Browsing The Philippine Star by Author "Macairan, Evelyn"

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    • 14 Pinoys missing in Mindoro sea mishap 

      Macairan, Evelyn; Romero, Alexis (The Philippine Star, June 30, 2020, on page 1-3)
      The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) yesterday launched search and rescue operations for 14 Filipino fishermen and individuals whose boat capsized after it collided with a Hong Kong-registered vessel off Occidental Mindoro ...

    • 220 Chinese vessels swarm Phl reef in WPS 

      Lee-Brago, Pia; Romero, Alexis; Macairan, Evelyn; Cabrera, Romina; Marcelo, Elizabeth (The Philippine Star, March 22, 2021, on page 2)
      About 220 Chinese maritime militia vessels were spotted within the West Philippine Sea earlier this month, according to the National Task Force for the West Philippine Sea (NTF-WPS), prompting the Philippines to file a ...

    • 3 kids dead, 3 missing in boat sinking off Iloilo 

      Macairan, Evelyn; Rendon, Jennifer (The Philippine Star, January 4, 2015, on page A17)
      The three youngest members of a family of nine, who reportedly went missing when their boat capsized off Iloilo on New Year’s Day have died, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) reported yesterday. Cristop Jan Rualio, 2; Cristel ...

    • 4 die as fishing boat sinks off Bataan 

      Sapnu, Ric; Macairan, Evelyn; Sison, Bebot Jr (The Philippine Star, June 28, 2022, on page 12)
      Four fishermen died while one was reported missing when a fishing boat capsized in the waters off Bataan last week, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) reported yesterday. The PCG identified the fatalities as Edgar Balboa, ...

    • AFP helps in search for 7 fishermen 

      Macairan, Evelyn (The Philippine Star, May 31, 2022, on page 9)
      The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) has joined a search and rescue operation being conducted by the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) for seven fishermen who were reported missing following a collision between a fishing ...

    • BI deports nine Chinese poachers 

      Macairan, Evelyn (The Philippine Star, June 16, 2015, on page 7)
      The Bureau of Immigration (BI) deported last Thursday nine Chinese fishermen caught poaching and taking hundreds of endangered giant sea turtles from Hasa-Hasa Shoal in the West Philippine Sea last year. The deportation ...

    • Biden: US must defend sea lanes in SCS, Arctic 

      Macairan, Evelyn (The Philippine Star, May 21, 2021, on page 1-4)
      US President Joe Biden on Wednesday used his first commencement address as commander-in-chief to tell Coast Guard Academy graduates they will play a vital role as the United States reasserts itself on the world stage. ...

    • Boat sinking reported to IMO 

      Mateo, Janvic; Macairan, Evelyn; Felipe, Cecille Suerte; Laude, Jaime (The Philippine Star, June 16, 2019, on page 1-2)
      As groans of disbelief greeted China’s version of the Recto Bank incident, the Philippines has formally called the attention of the United Nations’ International Maritime Organization (IMO) to the Filipino fishermen’s being ...

    • Bokashi mud balls seen to improve bay's water quality 

      Macairan, Evelyn (The Philippine Star, August 21, 2016, on page 10)
      Some 6,000 Bokashi mud balls will be made and thrown into the Estero de Abad in Malate district, Manila, to help improve its water quality, the Manila Bay Sunset Partnership Program Inc. (MBSPPI) said over the weekend. The ...

    • CBCP calls on faithful to minimize use of plastic 

      Macairan, Evelyn (The Philippine Star, July 17, 2019, on page 7)
      The CBCP recommended the faithful to start living simply and to refrain from using single-use plastic which greatly contributes to the pollution of the ocean and waterways. “Live simply, minimize consumption and actively ...

    • Change Chinese mindset: ‘West Philippine Sea is not yours’ 

      Macairan, Evelyn (The Philippine Star, December 16, 2018, on page 2)
      More Filipinos are likely to back calls for a more assertive government stand against China’s provocative activities in the West Philippine Sea, Supreme Court (SC) Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio said on Friday. ...

    • China in control of Panatag shoal, say Filipino fishermen 

      Romero, Alexis; Flores, Helen; Macairan, Evelyn; Visperas, Eva (The Philippine Star, June 12, 2018, on page 1-10)
      China is in control of Panatag or Scarborough Shoal off Zambales and its coast guards are seizing the best catch of Filipino fishermen. Romel Cejuela, a Filipino fisherman, raised the accusation at Malacañang in a briefing ...

    • China warns Duterte on SCS: we’ll go to war 

      Regalado, Edith; Macairan, Evelyn; Mendez, Christina; Rivera, Danessa; Laude, Jaime (The Philippine Star, May 20, 2017, on page 1-12)
      Contrary to what critics believe, President Duterte raised with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping the ruling of a UN-backed arbitral court, which trashed Beijing’s claims over the South China Sea. Xi’s response, Duterte ...

    • Chinese challenge Phl defense chief's plane 

      Laude, Jaime; Punongbayan, Michael; Macairan, Evelyn; Romero, Alexis (The Philippine Star, April 22, 2017, on page 1-6)
      A military aircraft flying Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana and Armed Forces chief Gen. Eduardo Año over the West Philippine Sea received a warning yesterday from Chinese forces to leave the airspace. The Philippine Air ...

    • Coast Guard off to Panatag 

      Nilles, Giovanni; Macairan, Evelyn; Laude, Jaime; Sison, Bebot Jr.; Lee-Brago, Pia; Visperas, Eva (The Philippine Star, November 4, 2016, on page 1-8)
      The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) has resumed sending patrol vessels to Panatag (Scarborough) Shoal, but only to “test the waters” and not to confront the Chinese who have stopped harassing Filipino fishermen but remained ...

    • Coast guard to conduct patrols in Phl Rise 

      Mendez, Christina; Zoleta, Michelle; Macairan, Evelyn (The Philippine Star, February 9, 2018, on page 1-7)
      The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) will send a patrol vessel to the Philippine Rise to keep intruders at bay, in compliance with President Duterte’s order that unauthorized foreign vessels be barred from the 13-million- ...

    • DFA: Phl may ink deal with China in Benham 

      Lee-Brago, Pia; Romero, Paolo; Flores, Helen; Laude, Jaime; Mendez, Christina; Macairan, Evelyn (The Philippine Star, March 18, 2017, on page 7)
      The Philippines does not have a policy allowing China to conduct research in Benham Rise, but President Duterte may enter into binding agreements with China to explore the gas-rich underwater plateau, the Department of ...

    • DILG: Inventory Manila Bay's informal settlers 

      Cabrera, Romina; Macairan, Evelyn (The Philippine Star, February 3, 2019, on page 12)
      The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) has directed barangays to conduct an inventory of the informal settler families (ISFs) living along Manila Bay’s shoreline and the bay’s tributaries, an official ...

    • DOJ: WPS fishermen's P6-M settlement not final 

      Macairan, Evelyn; Flores, Helen; Romero, Paolo (The Philippine Star, July 12, 2021, on page 1-5)
      A P6-million settlement with 22 Filipino fishermen, whose fishing boat Gem-Ver was reportedly rammed by a Chinese vessel two years ago, is not yet a done deal, the Department of Justice (DOJ) said yesterday. “The discussion ...

    • DOT orders foreign offices to stop promoting Boracay 

      Ramirez, Robertzon; Rendon, Jennifer; Felipe, Cecille Suerte; Macairan, Evelyn; Diaz, Jess (The Philippine Star, April 19, 2018, on page 1-6)
      More than a week before the six-month closure of Boracay, the Department of Tourism (DOT) has issued a memorandum order asking its central and foreign offices to stop promoting the island. The order obtained by The STAR ...