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150 fishers back in Negros Oriental after extended 21-day quarantine
The 150 fishermen from Negros Oriental who were stranded aboard a vessel, helmed by a captain who tested positive and eventually died of COVID-19, have been sent home after completing their 21-day quarantine at a school ...
- June 14, 2020
Esperon: a ‘win-win’ for PH, China on Panatag
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 ...
- November 1, 2017
Carpio: PH should sue China for damaged reefs
The admission of National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon Jr. that Chinese fishermen have harvested giant clams and destroyed coral reefs at Panatag Shoal is enough for the Duterte administration to seek compensation ...
- June 13, 2018
Roque disputes Trillanes charge of turnaround
Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque on Monday shrugged off Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV’s statement that he had sold his soul to the devil. Roque asked the United Nations Human Rights Council in 2016 to tell China to respect ...
- June 19, 2018
Poverty incidence highest among farmers, fisherfolk, rural dwellers
While nationwide poverty incidence fell to 16.6 percent in 2018 and was reflected across 11 basic sectors, Filipinos living and working in the countryside remained poorer compared with those in urban areas, a Philippine ...
- June 5, 2020
Fishers seek shelter in occupied Panatag Shoal
Strong winds and large waves spawned by Typhoon “Bising” (international name: Surigae) have forced several groups of Filipino fishermen to take refuge in Panatag Shoal, about 240 kilometers southwest of Infanta town in ...
- April 23, 2021
‘Bangus’ saga: From Dagupan to the world
Tonight (Wednesday), thousands of residents of the coastal city of Dagupan in Pangasinan province will party on the stretch of the Dawel-Pantal-Lucao Road to cap the monthlong celebration of Bangus (Milkfish) Festival. ...
- April 30, 2014
Sea row takes center stage in June 12 rites
President Rodrigo Duterte and Chinese Ambassador to the Philippines Zhao Jianhua discussed China Coast Guard abuses at Panatag Shoal in the West Philippine Sea on Tuesday as the nation celebrated Independence Day. The ...
- June 13, 2018
Experts: Dump Fukushima radioactive water into ocean
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 ...
- February 1, 2020
Fishers, plea for help heard in South Korea
When typhoon survivor Sonny Ciriaco told the Inquirer that fishermen like him would rather have new boats than food and housing aid, he did not know that his appeal would be heard some 3,000 kilometers away. Ciriaco, in ...
- January 18, 2014