Search
Now showing items 1-8 of 8
DENR: Manila Bay swimmable by December
It may not end up like the turquoise waters of Boracay or El Nido, but the hyperpolluted Manila Bay would at least be swimmable after a major rehab by the end of the year, officials promised on Saturday. An interagency ...
- January 13, 2019
Duterte admin asked to heed SC order protecting PH reefs
President Rodrigo Duterte and other government officials must enforce the Supreme Court’s writ of kalikasan order directing them to protect and rehabilitate the marine environment in the West Philippine Sea (WPS), former ...
- May 5, 2019
Locsin says 60 protests sent to China over WPS
The Philippine government has “fired off” a total of 60 diplomatic protests against the incursions of China on the West Philippine Sea (WPS), Foreign Secretary Teodoro Locsin told lawmakers on Wednesday. But Locsin rejected ...
- September 5, 2019
EX-DFA Chief calls for next strategy to press Beijing on sea row
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 ...
- September 1, 2019
Defense chief on Chinese ships: Why the secrecy?
Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana has stepped up criticism on Chinese ships sailing unannounced into Philippine waters, in what may be taken as a signal of souring relations between the Philippines and China despite ...
- August 10, 2019
China warships in PH waters irk DND chief
Chinese warships crossing Philippine waters are an “annoying” matter for Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana, who did not mince words about the latest challenge to Philippine sovereignty by China when he questioned the ...
- August 17, 2019
8 die in rough seas; thousands flee floods
Eleven people died on Saturday after three passenger boats capsized in rough waters in the Visayas, while thousands fled their homes as monsoon rains triggered floods and caused rivers to swell in several provinces in ...
- August 4, 2019
PH files protest vs China over boat sinking
The Philippines has filed a diplomatic protest against China after an anchored Philippine fishing boat was hit by a Chinese vessel that abandoned 22 Filipino fishermen as the boat sank in the disputed South China Sea on ...
- June 14, 2019