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    • China wants PH to ignore ruling of arbitration court 

      Montemayor, Jocelyn; Hachero, Ashzel (Malaya, September 12, 2019, on page B1)
      President Duterte said the 2016 ruling of the Permanent Court of Arbitration which favored the Philippines in its territorial dispute with China should be "ignored" and set aside if the two countries will pursue a joint ...
    • Dinagat fisherfolk to benefit from new P5.6M ice plant 

      (Malaya, September 25, 2019, on page A8)
      Cagdianao Mining Corporation (CMC) turned over a P5.6-Million ice plant and cold storage facility to the members of GAAS Dinagat Fishermen Cooperative (GADIF-CO) in barangay Legaspi, Cadianao, Province of Dinagat Islands, ...
    • 'Chinese vessels not required to get PH clearance' 

      Reyes, Victor; Montemayor, Jocelyn (Malaya, August 22, 2019, on page B1)
      A senior military official yesterday said China is not required to get clearance from the Philippines when its vessels pass through international waters like Sibutu and Balabac straits, under the United Nations Convention ...
    • Pacific bird sanctuary ravaged by plastic, death 

      Associated Press (AP) (Malaya, December 12, 2019, on page B5)
      Flying into the uninhabited Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, Midway Atoll appears out of the vast blue Pacific as a tiny oasis of coral-fringed land with pristine white sand beaches that are teeming with life. But on the ...
    • 5 more Chinese warships monitored illegally passing PH territorial waters 

      Reyes, Victor (Malaya, August 15, 2019, on page B2)
      Five more Chinese warships were monitored to have passed the country's territorial waters in Sibutu Strait over the past weeks without informing local authorities. In a phone interview, AFP Western Mindanao Command chief ...
    • Lake disruption persists, Laguna Lake cleanup pushed 

      Macapagal, Jed; Castro, Ruelle (Malaya, May 3, 2019, on page A1)
      Maynilad Water Services Inc. said it increased the production of its Putatan water treatment facilities 1 and 2 from 80 million liters per day (MLD) to 125 MLD as of 2 a.m. yesterday, May 2 but noted supply disruption in ...
    • Boy, 10, killed by croc in Palawan 

      Africa, Raymond (Malaya, August 15, 2019, on page B2)
      A 10-year-old boy was killed and eaten by a crocodile in the waters of Sitio Taagpanasan, Barangay Salang, Balabac, Palawan last Sunday night, the Mimaropa Police Regional Office reported yesterday. Police Lt. Col. Socrates ...
    • PH ready to cut ties with China: Beijing: It's an 'ordinary maritime accident' 

      Montemayor, Jocelyn (Malaya, June 14, 2019, on page B1)
      President Duterte was "outraged" by an incident involving Filipino and Chinese fishing boats at the Recto Bank in the South China Sea, and government is ready to cut ties with China if the Chinese fishermen are found to ...
    • 'Raise your voice, not the sea level' 

      (Malaya, June 10, 2019, on page B8)
      To mark these events, DENR Region 8 in partnership with the Philippine Information Agency had a simultaneous launching of Climate Change Advocacy Campaign with a distinct theme of "Nagbabago na ang Panahon, Panahon na para ...
    • 'Is China really a friend?' 

      Nonato, Vince; Vigilia, Wendell (Malaya, June 14, 2019, on page B1)
      Senators yesterday asked if China could really be considered a "friend" of the Philippines in the wake of the June 9 incident in which the military said a Chinese fishing vessel hit an anchored Filipino fishing boat and ...
    • Iloilo sea tragedy death toll now 31: Rescuers find 20 more bodies 

      Reyes, Victor (Malaya, August 5, 2019, on page B1)
      Twenty more bodies were retrieved yesterday from the Iloilo-Guimaras Strait In Iloilo province, where three motorboats capsized on Saturday after being battered by huge waves. This brings the total number of fatalities to ...
    • Duterte to discuss arbitral ruling with China 

      Montemayor, Jocelyn; Nonato, Vince; Reyes, Victor (Malaya, August 7, 2019, on page B1)
      President Duterte yesterday said he would visit China later this month to discuss with Chinese President Xi Jinping the 2016 ruling of the Permanent Court of Arbitration that favored the Philippines and voided China's claim ...
    • Agri output fall 1.27% in Q2 

      Macapagal, Jed (Malaya, August 8, 2019, on page A1)
      The fisheries subsector improved by 1.9 percent during the period and contributed 17.41 percent to the total agricultural output. Increases in production were recorded for yellowfin tuna, round-scad, tiger prawn and tilapia. ...
    • Overloading ruled out in Iloilo sea tragedy 

      Reyes, Victor (Malaya, August 7, 2019, on page B3)
      An official of the Philippine Coast Guard yesterday ruled out overloading as the three motorboats capsized after being hit by huge waves last Saturday in the Iloilo-Guimaras Straight. The incident left 28 passengers dead. ...
    • 'PH not capable of defending seas vs Chinese incursion 

      Vigilia, Wendell (Malaya, August 28, 2019, on page B1)
      Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana yesterday admitted the country is practically incapable of defending its territorial seas against Chinese incursions because of lack of equipment. During a hearing of the appropriations ...
    • Carpio: Duterte's statement on passage of foreign ships violates UNCLOS 

      Tordesillas, Ellen (Malaya, August 23, 2019, on page B4)
      Following reports by the military two weeks ago about five Chinese warships passing through Philippine waters, President Duterte last Tuesday issued a statement requiring all foreign vessels to notify Philippine authorities ...
    • Landbank, DENR, Manila launch 'STP for Manila Bay' 

      (Malaya, September 17, 2019, on page A3)
      The Land Bank of the Philippines has signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) with the Department Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) and the city of Manila ofr the "STP for Manila Bay," a new credit program that will ...
    • Agri growth slows as El Niño strikes 

      Macapagal, Jed (Malaya, May 9, 2019, on page A1)
      Agriculture output grew by 0.67 percent in the first quarter of the year due to positive contributions from fisheries, livestock and poultry subsectors. This, is however, slower than the 1.47 percent growth registered in ...
    • MAP calls for Laguna Lake rehab 

      (Malaya, May 9, 2019, on page A8)
      The Management Association of the Philippines (MAP) asked the Duterte administration to order the rehabilitation of Laguna Lake both for water source and eco-tourism. The group urged President Duterte to take action similar ...
    • Writ of Kalikasan 

      (Malaya, May 7, 2019, on page B4)
      The Supreme Court's Writ of Kalikasan is a relatively new item in the judiciary's arsenal of weapons, along with the Writ of Amparo. This writ or court order is seldom used, and most of the time the Supreme Court issues ...