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Gov't not neglecting duties in West PHL Sea - Palace
Malacañang on Saturday stressed that the government has not been lax in protecting the maritime environment in areas being claimed by China. "We stress that the essence of such writ of kalikasan, which is the protection ...
- May 6, 2019
Take care, protecte municipal water - BFAR chief
Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) national director Commodore Eduardo B. Gongona underscored the importance of municipal water and its abundant marine resources in view of the government’s campaign to achieve ...
- May 13, 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
Recto Bank the only replacement to Malampaya
Recto Bank (formerly known as Reed Bank) is a large table mount (a flat-topped mountain range under the sea sometimes also called seamounts or guyots) in the South China Sea covering an area of 8,866 square kilometers (sq. ...
- July 1, 2019
DENR-6 strengthens enforcement of Wildlife Act
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Western Visayas recently hosted the “9th Training of Trainers (ToT9) on the Application of the Wildlife Law Enforcement Manual of Operations” among national ...
- July 29, 2019
Efforts to protect Visayan Sea hailed
Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel “Manny” Piñol on Monday commended stakeholders in the just concluded seaborne law enforcement operations in the Visayan Sea. “I commend the men and women of the Department of Agriculture’s ...
- May 15, 2019
SEAFDEC cited for lowering cost of fish farming
A Philippine government committee commended developments in aquaculture research that lowered the cost of aquafeeds for milkfish and tilapia by 30 percent. In a recent meeting, the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development ...
- October 31, 2019
Beijing running illegal paramilitary force at sea: analyst
The June 9 incident involving the sinking of a Philippine fishing boat by a Chinese vessel in Recto (Reed) Bank highlights the need to focus attention on Beijing's maritime militia, which is intent on flooding the West ...
- June 21, 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
China will reclaim Scarborough in three years, SC justice says
Expect China to reclaim the disputed Scarborough Shoal before President Rodrigo Duterte steps down in 2022. This is the belief of Supreme Court (SC) Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio in his lecture during the U.S. ...
- September 26, 2019