Browsing Manila Standard by Author "Cruz, Maricel"

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    • China biggest source of imported fish for PH amid poaching-Recto 

      Cruz, Maricel; Campos, Othel (Manila Standard, September 26, 2023, on page A1-A2)
      While it imposes a fishing blockade in the West Philippine Sea, China has become the country’s biggest source of imported fish, some of which was poached from Philippine waters, Batangas Rep. Ralph Recto said Monday. In a ...

    • China is a true friend—envoy: Ambassador: Other nations trying to ‘sow discord’ using sea dispute 

      Casas, Willie; Cruz, Maricel (Manila Standard, May 2, 2021, on page A1)
      Chinese Ambassador Huang Xilian has cautioned against countries trying to drive a wedge between Manila and Beijing using the territorial disputes in the South China Sea. Huang said China is a true friend of the Philippines ...

    • China, PH discuss near-collision, agree to SCS fishing rights talk 

      Cruz, Maricel; Dantes, Charles (Manila Standard, May 2, 2023, on page A1-A2)
      President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said Monday he has raised the near-collision of Philippine and Chinese coast guard ships in the West Philippine Sea with Chinese officials. The Philippines has accused the Chinese coast guard ...

    • Dar: shortage of fish, pork, rice still persists 

      Cruz, Maricel (Manila Standard, June 1, 2022, on page A1-A2)
      Agriculture Secretary William Dar on Tuesday said there is still a shortage in the local production of fish, pork, and rice due in part to years of neglect of agriculture. In an interview on GMA-7, Dar said there was still ...

    • DFA confronts China envoy 

      Requejo, Rey; Ramos- Araneta, Macon; Cruz, Maricel (Manila Standard, April 14, 2021, on page A1-A2)
      The Department of Foreign Affairs has summoned Chinese Ambassador Huang Xilian to protest the presence of Chinese vessels at the Julian Felipe (Whitsun) Reef in the West Philippines Sea. Acting Foreign Affairs Undersecretary ...

    • Duterte to assert PH win in sea row 

      Barcelo, Vito; Cruz, Maricel (Manila Standard, May 6, 2018, on page A1-A2)
      President Rodrigo Duterte said he would assert the Philippines’ victory in an international court before his term ends in 2020 to get back the territory now occupied by China, as he blamed former President Benigno Aquino ...

    • Duterte told: Stop conceding more than what China is claiming 

      Pañares, Joyce; Cruz, Maricel (Manila Standard, May 9, 2021, on page A1)
      Retired Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonio Carpio chided President Rodrigo Duterte over his repeated claims that China is “in control” of the West Philippine Sea, saying the commander-in-chief is conceding more than ...

    • Fishers' settlement areas bill approved 

      Cruz, Maricel (Manila Standard, February 24, 2021, on page A3)
      The House of Representative has approved on third and final reading a bill mandating the establishment of settlement areas for fishermen throughout the country. The bill's author, Deputy Speaker Rufus Rodriguez, welcomed ...

    • Govt sets 6-point laundry list for Boracay cleanup 

      Cruz, Maricel (Manila Standard, April 19, 2018, on page A6)
      The government has unveiled its list of deliverables within the six-month closure of Boracay, giving a clearer picture of what the island’s locals and tourists should expect by the end of the shutdown. Meanwhile, some “big ...

    • House assures DENR of support 

      Cruz, Maricel; Casas, Willie (Manila Standard, September 11, 2020, on page A1-A2)
      Several ranking lawmakers have expressed House support to the P384-million Manila Bay project and that they see no valid objection to it, with one of them asserting that the use of dolomite to beautify the shoreline could ...

    • Manila Bay in critical condition, says Cimatu 

      Araja, Rio; Cruz, Maricel (Manila Standard, January 22, 2019, on page A3)
      Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu on Monday urged government offices, including the local governments, around Manila Bay to set a good example to private establishments—residential and commercial ones—on the compliance with ...

    • Oh my GG! Fish import plan triggers protest 

      Cruz, Maricel; Campos, Othel V.; Ramos-Araneta, Macon (Manila Standard, August 23, 2018, on page A1-A2)
      A party-list lawmaker on Wednesday snapped at the Department of Agriculture for its planned importation of around 17,000 metric tons of galunggong (round scads), saying the move was not only an insult to Filipino fishers ...

    • OMGG! PH seen buying back its own fish catch 

      Araja, Rio; Cruz, Maricel (Manila Standard, August 24, 2018, on page A1-A2)
      A fisheries official said Thursday that a government plan to import galunggong (round scad) could be a case of the country buying back its own fish. “What we will import could come from us too, since the [fish] may have ...

    • Probes shooting of Filipino boat 

      Cruz, Maricel (Manila Standard, April 23, 2017, on page A1-A2)
      China has said it will look into reports that Filipino fishermen have been driven away allegedly by the Chinese Coast Guard from Union Bank in the South China Sea, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman said Friday. ”I ...

    • Solons move to guard WPS areas 

      Ramos-Araneta, Macon; Cruz, Maricel (Manila Standard, January 26, 2023, on page A2)
      The proposed measure aimed at declaring certain areas in the Kalayaan Group of Islands (KGI) in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) as protected areas is now ready for transmission to the House plenary for sponsorship and debate. ...

    • Speaker assures fishers displaced by oil spill of P200m cash aid 

      Cruz, Maricel; Campos, Othel (Manila Standard, September 21, 2023, on page A1-A2)
      The House of Representatives will help secure P200 million in direct cash assistance for some 8,000 fishermen who lost all sources of livelihood as a result of the oil spill in Oriental Mindoro, Speaker Martin Romualdez ...

    • Think tank warns: China deploys jet in SCS 

      Fabunan, Sara Susanne; Cruz, Maricel; Araneta, Macon (Manila Standard, May 11, 2018, on page A1-A2)
      China has deployed a military aircraft to a base it had built on a reclaimed island in the South China Sea, photos from an American think tank released Wednesday confirmed. The Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative published ...