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    • Aquino mismanaged PH sea dispute with china, says defense chief 

      Andrade, Jeannette I. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, June 12, 2018, on page A6)
      Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana on Monday insisted that President Rodrigo Duterte was handling the Philippines’ maritime row with China in the South China Sea very well compared with the Aquino administration, which he ...

    • Aquino slams Cayetano's handling of WPS dispute 

      Reysio-Cruz, Matthew (Philippine Daily Inquirer, August 3, 2018, on page A4)
      Former President Benigno Aquino III on Wednesday belittled Foreign Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano’s conduct with China, telling the country’s top diplomat that his politics should be as “transparent as his hairstyle.” ...

    • Arbitral court member has advice to PH, China 

      Santos, Tina G. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, November 24, 2021, on page A3-A5)
      A member of the five-man Permanent Court of Arbitration that handed down the decision in favor of the Philippines against China’s sweeping claims to the South China Sea and the West Philippine Sea has urged countries in ...

    • Arctic Sea ice shrinks to second lowest on record 

      Reuters (Philippine Daily Inquirer, September 23, 2020, on page A8)
      Warming in the Arctic shrank the ice covering the polar ocean this year to its second-lowest extent in four decades, scientists said Monday, yet another sign of how climate change is rapidly transforming the region. ...

    • Are we China's slaves? Filipino fishermen ask 

      Ramos, Marlon; Aurelio, Julie M.; Aning, Jerome; Macatuno, Allan; Cardinoza, Gabriel (Philippine Daily Inquirer, June 9, 2018, on page A1-A4)
      A video report that showed Filipino fishermen watching helplessly as Chinese Coast Guard personnel seized part of their catch at Panatag (Scarborough) Shoal should move the government to file a protest with Beijing or even ...

    • Argentinian firm farmesa plans P300-M seaweed processing plant in PH 

      Canivel, Roy Stephen (Philippine Daily Inquirer, December 15, 2017, on page B3)
      Argentinian food ingredient-producer Farmesa wants to put up a P300-million processing plant in the Philippines, marking its first manufacturing initiative overseas, according to the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI). ...

    • Armed conflict in sea row feared 

      Torres, Estrella (Philippine Daily Inquirer, August 4, 2016, on page A2)
      Diplomats and experts warned Wednesday of a heightened risk of armed conflict in disputed waters in the South China Sea due to a lack of cohesion among members of the 10-nation Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean). ...

    • Arming Moro guerrillas with know-how, not guns 

      (Philippine Daily Inquirer, May 1, 1999, on page 18-19)
      Fish for peace? From a press statement of the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center Aquaculture Department (Seafdec AQD) in Tigbauan, Iloilo, comes this question: "Can peace and development finally come to Muslim ...

    • ARMM leads regions in fish poduction 

      Nawal, Allan (Philippine Daily Inquirer, May 19, 2018, on page A10)
      The five-province Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) emerged anew as the country’s top fisheries producer among 17 regions, providing nearly 26 percent of the country’s total fisheries output, data from the ...

    • Arsenic contaminates groundwater in 9 Batangas localities 

      Mallari, Delfin Jr (Philippine Daily Inquirer, June 6, 2022, on page A6)
      The groundwater in a city and eight towns in Batangas province have been found positive for arsenic contamination. This was disclosed by Dr. Rhodora Reyes, Batangas Medical Center Toxicology Center chief, during the ...

    • As sardine shortage looms, canners seek leeway in commercial fishing 

      Lagare, Jordeene (Philippine Daily Inquirer, September 20, 2022, on page B2)
      Sardine canners are appealing to the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) to ease regulations on commercial fishing to avoid a shortfall in fish supply. Canned Sardines Association of the Philippines executive ...

    • Asean ministers rock no boats in Myanmar, South China Sea 

      Associated Press (AP) (Philippine Daily Inquirer, January 20, 2019, on page A2-4)
      Foreign ministers of the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations on Friday hewed to the group’s practice of reaching the least provocative consensus possible in discussions of such divisive issues as Myanmar’s ...

    • ASEAN urges restraint in South China Sea 

      Dizon, Nikko (Philippine Daily Inquirer, March 19, 2018, on page A19)
      Leaders from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean), at the end of a three-day meeting in Sydney, also tackled the Rohingya crisis in Myanmar and agreed to work more closely to tackle the growing menace of ...

    • Asean, China agree on code of conduct at sea framework 

      Pazzibugan, Dona Z. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, August 1, 2017, on page A5)
      Fifteen years after their first joint declaration on the South China Sea disputes, the 10-nation Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) and China have agreed to adopt a framework to guide future negotiations for a ...

    • Asians join Pinoys in condemning Chinese Embassy-produced video 

      Concepcion, Pocholo (Philippine Daily Inquirer, May 3, 2020, on page A3)
      Only Filipinos at first expressed disgust over “Iisang Dagat” (“One Sea”), a music video that trumpeted China’s extending aid and support to the Philippines amid the COVID-19 pandemic. But now, other nationalities have ...

    • At 86, still a marine biodiveristy champion 

      Grafe, Nova Veraley; Acedo, Celia (Philippine Daily Inquirer, August 1, 2015, on page A9)
      His silver hair and well-toned skin hardly reveal his age of 86 years. In fact, listening to him talk in his usual passionate and thickly accented manner, one may even imagine him to be a few decades younger. Speaking about ...

    • At home in Tambobo Bay 

      Pal, Irma Faith (Philippine Daily Inquirer, July 19, 2020, on page A8)
      Emma Palallos was in her 20s when she first came to Tambobo Bay in the southern tip of Negros Oriental province in the late 1980s. This body of water shared by Barangays Bonbonon and Siit in the southern town of Siaton has ...

    • At Panatag Shoal, China asserts power through control and concessions 

      Reuters (Philippine Daily Inquirer, April 11, 2017, on page A6)
      Far out in the South China Sea, where dark blue meets bright turquoise, a kilometers-long row of fishing boats anchor near Panatag Shoal, backed by a small Coast Guard armada projecting China's power in Asia's most disputed ...

    • At Ph meet, more nations sign up to protect dugong 

      Yap, DJ (Philippine Daily Inquirer, February 24, 2013, on page A4)
      Four more countries have joined 21 signatories to an international pact to protect the dugong, the mysterious marine mammal that used to be a constant presence along coastlines around the world, including in the Philippines, ...

    • Australia boosts PH in South China Sea dispute 

      Doronila, Amando (Philippine Daily Inquirer, January 29, 2016, on page A17)
      The international arbitration case filed by the Philippines over disputed territories in the South China Sea received timely diplomatic support from Australia on Tuesday, when Foreign Minister Julie Bishop declared that ...