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    • Esperon: a ‘win-win’ for PH, China on Panatag 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP); Associated Press (AP); Reuters (Philippine Daily Inquirer, November 1, 2017, on page A11)
      For National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon, “it is a win-win” for both the Philippines and China. “But this is not to say that we have dropped our claim,” Esperon said on Monday, referring to Panatag Shoal, a rich ...

    • Esperon: PH can't stop China buildup on isles 

      Avendaño, Christine (Philippine Daily Inquirer, March 30, 2017, on page A2)
      The government is fully aware that China has nearly completed construction work on three Philippine-claimed reefs in the South China Sea but cannot do anything about it, National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon said ...

    • Establish 'no-take zone' in Spratlys, gov't urged 

      (Philippine Daily Inquirer, April 22, 2017, on page A8)
      On the heels of its victory in the arbitration case against China, the Philippines must lead the other claimant states in exploring ways to reinforce the ruling by “improving both the national and regional fisheries ...

    • EU lifts trade warning on PH fish exports 

      Remo, Amy (Philippine Daily Inquirer, April 23, 2015, on page B2)
      The European Union on Tuesday cleared the way for Philippine fish exports to the 28-member bloc after it took stock of the country’s achievements in curbing illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing. The so-called ...

    • EU: China endangering peace in S. China Sea 

      Reuters (Philippine Daily Inquirer, April 26, 2021, on page A1-A2)
      The European Union called out China on Saturday for endangering peace in the South China Sea and urged all parties to abide by a 2016 tribunal ruling which rejected most of China’s claim to sovereignty in the sea, but which ...

    • Everything normal at Scarborough 

      Aning, Jerome (Philippine Daily Inquirer, July 13, 2017, on page A16)
      Everything is normal at the disputed Scarborough Shoal — no sign of construction, only the usual Filipino and Chinese fishing boats and the Chinese Coast Guard presence. The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) conducted an aerial ...

    • Ex-admiral says US should defend Panatag 

      Associated Press (AP) (Philippine Daily Inquirer, July 15, 2016, on page A21)
      The United States should be willing to use military force to oppose Chinese aggression at a disputed reef off the coast of the Philippines, a former commander of US forces in the Pacific told a congressional hearing on ...

    • Ex-Cordillera exec says commercial eroding native culture 

      Cariño, Delmar (Philippine Daily Inquirer, October 12, 2010, on page A8)
      The government’s open-door policy for big business, like commercial production of vegetables and large-scale mining, are fast eroding the Cordillera’s traditional practices that should instead be tapped to preserve indigenous ...

    • EX-DFA Chief calls for next strategy to press Beijing on sea row 

      Aning, Jerome; Ramos, Marlon; Ramos, Mariejo; Gascon, Melvin (Philippine Daily Inquirer, September 1, 2019, on page A2)
      The Philippine government should keep on raising with China the issue of the 2016 arbitral award that nullified Beijing's overreaching claims on the West Philippine Sea, former Foreign Secretary Albert del Rosario said on ...

    • Execs demand payment for coral reef damage 

      Padayhag, Michelle Joy; Bunachita, Jose Santino (Philippine Daily Inquirer, June 21, 2016, on page A7)
      Local officials are seeking to prevent the departure from the country of a cargo vessel that damaged at least three hectares of coral reefs in a popular diving spot off a northern town in Cebu province until the ship's ...

    • Expect more joint patrols in South China Sea–US nat’l security adviser 

      Corrales, Nestor (Philippine Daily Inquirer, April 11, 2024, on page A2-A3)
      The Philippines, United States, Japan and Australia will conduct more military patrols in the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea) after their first-ever joint maritime drills involving warships from the four nations in ...

    • Expert says recycling rubble to save mountains, rivers, beaches 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Philippine Daily Inquirer, September 2, 2019, on page A1-A14)
      Recycling rubble, particularly in countries pummeled by war, is one way to limit environmental damage caused by extracting sand and rock, according to Pascal Peduzzi of UN Environment. Extraction of sand and gravel cannot ...

    • Expert: China has placed 50 ships ahead of PH mission 

      Corrales, Nestor (Philippine Daily Inquirer, January 26, 2024, on page A2-A3)
      China has deployed at least 50 maritime militia ships at Panganiban (Mischief) Reef ahead of another mission to resupply Filipino troops on a decrepit World War II-era ship serving as the Philippines’ outpost at the nearby ...

    • Experts: Dump Fukushima radioactive water into ocean 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Philippine Daily Inquirer, February 1, 2020, on page A7)
      Radioactive water from the stricken nuclear plant in Fukushima should be released into the ocean or vaporized into the air, an expert panel advised the Japanese government on Friday. The proposal is nonbinding and sets no ...

    • Explaining the PH-China sea dispute 

      (Philippine Daily Inquirer, July 16, 2016, on page A1-A15)
      After an international tribunal in The Hague ruled emphatically against China in a maritime dispute with the Philippines, many Chinese state media outlets responded on Wednesday by publishing a map. It showed the South ...

    • Eyes on WPS: Coast Guard builds command outposts on 3 islands 

      Cabalza, Dexter (Philippine Daily Inquirer, May 21, 2022, on page A2)
      The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) has set up command-observation posts (COPs) on three islands in the Kalayaan Island Group in Palawan province, which are expected to improve its maritime domain awareness in the West ...

    • Eyewitness at Ayungin: Chinese force, PH grit 

      Mangosing, Frances (Philippine Daily Inquirer, June 24, 2022, on page A6)
      China is closely watching this patch of reef, one of the maritime features occupied by the Philippines in the West Philippine Sea, as if ready to seize it at the earliest opportunity to establish firm control over that ...

    • Farmers laud Marcos' agriculture focus; fishers hit 'silence' on WPS 

      Mallari, Delfin Jr; Aglibot, Joanna Rose (Philippine Daily Inquirer, July 2, 2022, on page A7)
      Peasant groups welcomed the declaration of President Marcos to immediately address problems besetting the agriculture sector but fishers’ groups lamented that the new Chief Executive failed to mention their right to fish ...

    • Farmers, fisherfolk achieve common ground with gov't 

      Ordoñez, Ernesto M. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, June 5, 2021, on page A13)
      Instead of an irreconcilable conflict between farmers/fisherfolk and government, common ground was forged at the National Food Security Summit (NFSS) on May 18-19. Furthermore, from May 31 to June 2, follow up top-level ...

    • Farmers, fisherfolk also COVID-19 front-liners 

      Ordoñez, Ernesto M. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, March 28, 2020, on page A11)
      While our health wor­kers are our recognized front-liners in addres­sing COVID-19, farmers and fisherfolk are also front-liners. This is because they produce the food we need to survive. With healthy food, our immune systems ...