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5 fishermen missing off Panatag Shoal
Five fishermen from Riverside in Sta. Cruz are missing in Panatag (Scarborough) Shoal. They have not returned after going to the shoal on a banca marked Tabat Antalan last Nov. 13, fisherman Oscar Tabat Sr. told The STAR ...
- November 28, 2016
‘Multilateral approach needed to honor sea row ruling’
Former foreign affairs secretary Albert del Rosario believes that the Philippines can engage in a friendly dialogue with China but a multilateral approach must be made with countries that supported the legal track to bring ...
- August 15, 2016
Phl accepts limit on greenhouse gases
The Philippines became the 63rd member-state to submit its instrument of acceptance of the Doha Amendment to the Kyoto Protocol to limit greenhouse gas emissions. A total of 144 member-states are needed for the Doha amendment ...
- April 15, 2016
170 states to sign landmark climate deal
World leaders will gather at the United Nations today to sign the Paris climate deal and get the ball rolling on a quick entry into force to start beating back global warming. French President Francois Hollande and Canada's ...
- April 23, 2016
DA rolling out 1-M fishing boats
The Department of Agriculture (DA) will be distributing one million fishing boats in the next five years to improve marine sufficiency. Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Piñol intends to provide 200,000 fiberglass boats ...
- August 21, 2016
Sexploits of tortoise save Galapagos species
Diego, a Galapagos giant tortoise, has fathered an estimated 800 offspring, almost single-handedly rebuilding the species’ population on their native island, Española, the southernmost in the Galapagos Archipelago. “He’s ...
- September 15, 2016
Dagupan fisherfolk get boats
The city government yesterday distributed bancas to fishermen as part of its livelihood program for the marginalized sector. Of the 90 bancas, 30 each were given to fishermen in the coastal villages of Salapingao and Carael, ...
- August 31, 2016
Widodo visits disputed islands in message to China
Indonesia's president visited the Natuna Island aboard a warship yesterday, making a bold move to assert sovereignty over the area in the southern reaches of the South China Sea after Beijing stated its "overlapping claim" ...
- June 24, 2016
Obama: China must abide by ruling on sea row
US President Barack Obama warned yesterday an international tribunal’s ruling that China’s sweeping claims to the South China Sea had no legal basis was “binding,” after Beijing vowed to ignore the verdict. “The landmark ...
- September 9, 2016
Nene: China decision on shoal an act of ownership
The Chinese decision to let Filipino fishermen back in Panatag Shoal is “an act of ownership,” former senator Aquilino Pimentel Jr. said yesterday. “Giving permission is an act of ownership, it should not stop our claim ...
- November 2, 2016