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China goes unconventional in escalating South China Sea face-off
In early December, a flotilla of two dozen Chinese fishing boats and escort warships sailed to here the disputed Filipino-occupied reef of Thitu. By the end of the month, Beijing had almost 100 vessels in and around the ...
- April 15, 2019
Bizarre waters
There’s no place in the world where tensions could arise at the slightest sighs of resistance quite like the bizarre waters right smack in the middle of Southeast Asia. Various nations claim certain portions of the area ...
- June 18, 2019
Chinese who sank Filipino boat must stand trial in PH: Robredo
Vice President Leni Robredo on Sunday said the crew of the Chinese vessel which hit and sank a Filipino fishing boat in the West Philippine Sea should be made to stand trial in the Philippines. Robredo said that while the ...
- June 18, 2019
Solon wants motor bancas to continue operations but..
Guimaras Rep. Ma. Lucille Nava wants the Maritime Industry Authority (Marina) to continue allowing wooden-hulled boats, or motor bancas, to ferry passengers from Iloilo to Guimaras and vice versa. In her privilege speech, ...
- August 16, 2019
'War over Scarborough not worth it for the US'
The United States knew that a war “about something so small” like the Scarborough Shoal in the disputed South China Sea was “not worth it”, President Rodrigo Duterte said Sunday, as he again conceded that the Philippines ...
- April 23, 2019
Duterte yields to China fishing in PHL sea for friendship perks we get
President Rodrigo Duterte resigns to the fact that the government cannot stop Chinese fishermen from fishing within the Philippine exclusive economic zone because Filipinos get frienship benefits from them, his spokesperson ...
- June 27, 2019
Oil and gas from Recto Bank by China
Both Manila and Beijing has confirmed that Chinese companies will explore, drill, and exploit oil and gas deposits at Recto Bank! This shallow part of the West Philippine Sea (WPS) is only 80 nautical miles (nm) from the ...
- September 23, 2019
Back at sea: Motor banca operations resume with restrictions
Passengers from both Iloilo and Guimaras had to endure eight long days as motor banca operations were suspended. But on Aug. 13, 2019, passengers were greeted with good news as the Maritime Industry Authority (MARINA) ...
- August 14, 2019
Boracay: A model of Clean Water
It is an amazing story worthy to be told again and again. Boracay is one of the world's most beautiful islands, until it was rocked with the controversy of being tagged a "cesspool" by no less than the country's president. ...
- April 22, 2019
PH may cut ties with China if sea 'collision' found intentional
The Philippines might cut diplomatic ties with China if the "collision" of its vessel and a Filipino fishing boat in the West Philippine Sea is found intentional, Malacañang said Thursday. Presidential Spokesperson Salvador ...
- June 14, 2019