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Chinese vessels enter 2 more PH islands' waters
After swarming Pag-asa in the Kalayaan Island Group, Chinese vessels believed to be part of China’s maritime militia have been seen close to two other Philippine-occupied islands in the South China Sea. Some of the Chinese ...
- April 18, 2019
Iloilo-Guimaras boat trips resume after sea mishap
Motorboat trips between Guimaras Island and Iloilo City were allowed to resume on Tuesday, 10 days after three boats capsized in Iloilo Strait and left 31 people dead. A directive issued by Transportation Secretary Arthur ...
- August 14, 2019
Record $3.1M paid in Japan's New Year tuna auction
A Japanese sushi entrepreneur paid a record $3.1 million for a giant tuna Saturday as Tokyo's new fish market, which replaced the world-famous Tsukiji late last year, held its first pre-dawn New Year's auction. Bidding ...
- January 6, 2019
New wildlife traders rise in Facebook hubs
In the Philippines, transactions involving endangered and threatened species do not even have to lurk in the underbelly of the internet: On Facebook, where 65 million Filipinos are active users, the illegal trade in wildlife ...
- August 20, 2019
The Chinese invasion
At the beginning of July, or last month, Sen. Leila de Lima immediately raised a red flag (no pun intended) when she read that a Chinese-Filipino had bought the former Island Cove Resort off Kawit, Cavite, and was transforming ...
- August 10, 2019
Water service interruption worsens
Water users are in for a greater ordeal starting today as Manila Water Co. Inc. and Maynilad Water Services Inc. begin longer hours of service interruption as regulators are expected to further reduce supply coming from ...
- June 16, 2019
Chinese vessels continue clam harvest in Panatag
Chinese fishing vessels continue to gather giant clams at Panatag Shoal in the West Philippine Sea despite protests from maritime officials, according to Pangasinan fishermen who sailed there in late May. Unless Chinese ...
- June 14, 2019
PH warned anew of climate impact
More than 100 scientists from 36 countries worked on this report on the ocean, citing nearly 7,000 scientific papers and eliciting more than 31,000 comments during the reviews. The report observed that the global ocean, ...
- September 30, 2019
Carpio: China's sea claims 'fake news of the century'
Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio described China’s claim that the West Philippine Sea was part of its historical territory as “fake news of the century and a gigantic fraud of the human race” that ...
- August 25, 2019
Lorenzana: Navy setting protocol on entry of foreign vessels
The Navy is preparing a set of protocols to govern foreign vessels that intrude into Philippine waters without permission, including Chinese warships whose repeated unannounced presence has been an “irritant,” Defense ...
- August 28, 2019