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Locsin loses cool over clams issue
Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. yesterday again lost his cool over the clam issue as he reacted to a netizen saying “China granting permission and helping to save clams will erode the Philippines’ victory in ...
- April 29, 2019
‘No need to invoke MDT in Recto Bank incident’
The hitting of a Filipino fishing boat by a Chinese vessel at midnight of June 9 in Recto Bank in the West Philippine Sea was not an armed attack on the Philippines, hence not covered by the Mutual Defense Treaty (MDT) ...
- June 20, 2019
Red Planet goes green
Red Planet Hotels announced its longterm environmental sustainability goals. The green milestones to battle global ecological challenges focus on three strategic areas – separation of waste, phasing out single-use plastics ...
- June 14, 2019
Leni backs DFA on non-binding fishing agreement
Vice President Leni Robredo backed yesterday Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr.’s position that the verbal fishing agreement between President Duterte and Chinese President Xi Jinping is not legally binding. ...
- July 8, 2019
'China's clam harvesting violates Phl sovereignty'
Malacañang yesterday described as an “affront” to Philippine territory and sovereignty the harvesting of giant clams in Panatag (Scarborough) Shoal by Chinese ships as the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) announced it ...
- April 17, 2019
Fishermen's shelter completed on Batanes island
Government troops have completed construction of a fishermen’s shelter on Mavulis Island, the uninhabited and northernmost island of the country. Also known as Y’Ami island, Mavulis is considered strategic, being the ...
- April 26, 2019
PHL seeks oil exploration partners in UAE
The Philippines is seeking oil exploration partners in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) with offers of attractive terms, incentives and viable service contracts with the government. The Department of Energy (DOE) and the ...
- October 6, 2019
Limit fisheries subsidies, Phl urges WTO members
The Philippines is urging World Trade Organization (WTO) members to conclude negotiations on fisheries subsidies by next month to address illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing. In a statement, the Department of Trade ...
- November 17, 2019
How to rehab Manila Bay- earth lawyer Oposa
Twenty years ago this month a band of law students and conscientious citizens filed an ambitious lawsuit to make the government clean up Manila Bay. At the time, Jan. 1999, people already were complaining about the stench, ...
- January 18, 2019
US: SCS ruling legally bining on China, Phl
The United States underscored the United Nations arbitral tribunal’s 2016 decision invalidating China’s nine-dash line claim in the South China Sea is “final” and “legally binding,” as Washington strongly opposed Beijing’s ...
- July 15, 2019