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    • 5 key facts on Benham Rise 

      (The Daily Guardian, February 6, 2018, on page 5)
      Around a year ago, the obscure Benham Rise was catapulted to the center of national discourse, when Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana revealed the suspicious presence of Chinese vessels within our Exclusive Economic Zone ...
    • Amended fisheries law to curb illegal foreign vessels 

      Conserva, Louine Hope (The Daily Guardian, October 1, 2015, on page 2)
      The amended fisheries code also seeks to protect the Philippines' marine territory from illegal fishing activities of foreign vessels. Agriculture Undersecretary Segfredo Serrano said, "the law is for our own good as we ...
    • Roque is best adviser to Duterte on joint exploration with China 

      Tordesillas, Ellen (The Daily Guardian, March 10, 2018, on page 4-5)
      “We have gone beyond determining if there are resources” and “The only issue is now, is it commercially viable,” he said. Roque and Davila were talking about the Joint Marine Seismic Undertaking or JMSU entered into by the ...
    • Satellites over Benham eyed 

      Ramos-Araneta, Macon; Bencito, John Paolo; Fabunan, Sara Susanne D. (The Daily Guardian, March 30, 2017, on page A1-A2)
      A top security official on Wednesday recommended the procurement and use of satellites to better monitor marine activity in Benham Rise, an undersea region 250 kilometers east of the northern coastline of Dinapigue, Isabela. ...