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Why is there a Chinese military vessel in Reed Bank
Supreme Court Justice Antonio T. Carpio believes that it was not a collision of fishing vessels that happened on June 9 in Reed Bank (Philippine name: Recto Bank; Chinese name: Liyue Tan), 80 nautical miles off Palawan and ...
- June 17, 2019
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
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
Endangered giant clams confiscated in Sagay
Three fishermen were arrested by Sagay City police for hoarding “endangered” giant clams at Barangay Molocaboc Thursday. Police identified the suspects as Felix Causapin, 60; Lito Cañete, 49; and Adan Atabelo, 54, all ...
- April 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
NegOcc farmers, fisherfolk lose P124-M due to dry spell, pests
Farmers and fisherfolk in Negros Occidental have suffered PHP124.264 million in production losses due to the dry spell, pests, and plant diseases in the first five months of this year. A progress report of the Office of ...
- June 3, 2019
Fisherman rescues trapped in fishing net
A fisherman rescued a hawksbill sea turtle trapped in a fishing net in the waters of Barangay Central Tabao, Valladolid, Negros Occidental Thursday. Melvin Trayco was on board his fishing boat when he saw the turtle tangled ...
- August 17, 2019
Fisherman rescues another endangered sea turtle
A fisherman in Valladolid town rescued another Hawksbill sea turtle in the waters of Barangay Bagumbayan last Monday. Mark Cabrillos, staff from the Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (Mdrrmo), said ...
- August 21, 2019
Southern towns push for 'uniform' coastal policies in Panay Gulf
The municipal agriculturists of Miagao, Oton, Tigbauan, Guimbal and San Joaquin called for a uniform and synchronized implementation of policies in the coastal waters of Panay Gulf. The agriculturists requested for the ...
- October 15, 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