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'A little accident': Duterte on boat sinking
Speaking for the first time on the June 9 sinking of a Filipino fishing boat by a Chinese vessel, President Rodrigo R. Duterte on Monday described the incident as a “little maritime accident,” and reiterated anew that the ...
- June 18, 2019
Protecting the Coral Triangle a top priority
Protecting the biodiversity-rich Coral Triangle needs the combined efforts of the government and private sector, and should be a top priority if the region wants to sustain the area's vast fishery resource, experts yesterday ...
- January 20, 2010
Fishers appeal tuna ban
The tuna fishers' federation here has appealed to an international body to exempt small-and medium-sized purse seine vessels from the fishing ban in portions of the Pacific Ocean, noting that the number of workers displaced ...
- February 16, 2010
BFAR orders vessel tracking systems for all commercial fishing boats
The Department of Agriculture (DA), through the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR), said all commercial fishing vessels are subject to government tracking and must have vessel monitoring measures (VMM) and ...
- October 11, 2018
Manila Bay dev’t plan deal signed with Dutch gov’t
The Philippines and the Netherlands signed a memorandum of understanding for a sustainable development and management master plan for the Manila Bay area. The two governments agreed to work together to draft the Manila Bay ...
- January 23, 2018
Post Arbitration: Duterte’s joint development and other policy approaches to the West Philippine Sea
Recently, the Philippines under President Rodrigo R. Duterte announced its plan to pursue "co-owner-ship" or, more accurately the joint exploration, of portions of the South China Sea (also known as WestPhilippine Sea) ...
- March 13, 2018
Historically courageous people toadying up to China
If he hasn’t acquired one yet, perhaps someone should give Rodrigo Roa Duterte a Jetski so he can fulfill his campaign promise to ride one to the Spratleys where he would plant a Filipino flag. So far, our president has, ...
- June 26, 2019
Other threats off our coastal waters
China's territorial expansion in the South China Sea, illegal poaching by Chinese and other foreign fishers in Philippine internal waters, and piracy in Southeast Asian waters are driving the Philippine government to focus ...
- January 8, 2015
Large-scale smuggling of agricultural products is anti-poor
The level of smuggling in the Phillippines has reached horrendous heights. Large-scale smuggling of agricultural products retards farm output production, limits manufacturing, and increase income inequality. " Smuggling ...
- April 6, 2016
China fishing deal seen as preliminary to more talks
Cabinet Secretary Karlo Alexei B. Nograles called a 2016 verbal agreement on fishing rights at Reed Bank between President Rodrigo R. Duterte and China’s Xi Jinping a preliminary step to a more formalized deal, as members ...
- July 4, 2019