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Senate starts inquiry on PH Rise
The Senate committee on science and technology will start today its hearing on issues surrounding the Philippine Rise amid controversies on the naming of some of its features by Chinese scientists. Invited to the hearing ...
- February 26, 2018
Policy on China probed today
Senators are expected to grill Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano today, as the Senate foreign affairs and defense committees start their foreign policy audit on the Duterte Administration in relation to the ...
- August 13, 2018
What's going on in Benham Rise?
The decision of the Duterte government to allow Chinese scientists to do research in Benham Rise, renamed Philippine Rise, a 13-million-hectare undersea region off the provinces of Isabela and Aurora has generated heated ...
- January 29, 2018
Sustainable dev't eyed for Manila Bay
The government is eyeing to complete within two and a half years a master plan which aims to provide a comprehensive framework for sustainable development in the Manila Bay Area. Officials representing the Philippines and ...
- January 23, 2018
PH to file protest vs China over reef
Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana yesterday said government will file a diplomatic protest against China for militarizing the Fiery Cross Reef or Kagitingan Reef, one of the disputed areas in the South China Sea or West ...
- January 9, 2018
BFAR's P281M fish centers waste of money, says COA
Government auditors have labeled the P281.2 million community Fish Landing Centers (CFLC) project of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources as a "wastage of government funds" after discovering that only 19 out of ...
- September 18, 2018
DOLE ready to assist Boracay workers who will be displaced
The Labor Department is ready to assist workers who would be displaced if government makes good on its disposal to close Boracay for six moths starting April 26 for rehabilitation. DOLE-Western Visayas Director Johnson ...
- April 2, 2018
One voice on China
The Senate has finally made known its predilection to put in order the ongoing national conversation on the South China Sea, by conducting a public inquiry on the current foreign policy issues bedeviling the trouble-prone ...
- June 19, 2018
PH has to make clear stand on China issue
An administration congressman yesterday joined opposition law makers in challenging the Duterte administration to show firm resolve in opposing China's militarization of the West Philippine Sea before it becomes too late. ...
- May 7, 2018
P20B losses seen with Boracay closure
As much as P20 billion will be lost due to the six-month closure of Boracay Island. President Duterte is set to declare a state of calamity in Boracay before the island is shut down starting April 26 and will make available ...
- April 6, 2018