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93% of Pinoys say Phl must regain China-occupied islands
Nine in every 10 Filipinos believe that it is important for the Philippines to regain control of Chinese-occupied islands in the West Philippine Sea, according to a recent survey conducted by Social Weather Stations (SWS). ...
- July 12, 2019
Frenemies
Critics of President Duterte’s China policy ask him to copy Vietnam, probably imagining that country is constantly screeching and whining and confronting the regional superpower. It is true that Vietnam and China have come ...
- July 27, 2019
SC to nat'l gov't: Protect WPS marine environment
Supreme Court (SC) has granted a petition of fishermen and a group of lawyers for the issuance of a Writ of Kalikasan directing the government to actively protect the West Philippine Sea and stop the degradation of itd ...
- May 4, 2019
Phl fishing boat was rammed - Navy chief
What made a Chinese vessel come into contact with a Filipino fishing boat and cause it to sink at midnight on Sunday in Recto Bank was no accident but a deliberate maneuver to ram the smaller craft, Philippine Navy chief ...
- June 15, 2019
Palace hits Chinese blocking of Ayungin resupply
Malacañang yesterday described as “objectionable” China’s blocking of a Philippine resupply mission to Ayungin (Second Thomas) Shoal in the West Philippine Sea. The Department of National Defense (DND) reported recently ...
- September 24, 2019
Duterte, Xi to plug holes in fishing deal?
Before the Duterte-Xi “verbal” fishing deal gets the Philippine president into trouble with the Constitution, he will have a chance to plug the loopholes in the agreement when he meets China’s paramount leader in Beijing ...
- August 8, 2019
Constitution reserves Phl EEZ to Filipinos
During the 2019 SONA, President Duterte acknowledged our United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) victory against China, and that “[o]ur ownership of the West Philippine Sea is internationally recognized.” ...
- July 24, 2019
Pasig River rehab body partners with Chinese firm
To help address pollution in the Pasig River and enhance its development for socioeconomic purposes, the Pasig River Rehabilitation Commission (PRRC) recently entered into a partnership with China First Highway Engineering ...
- March 29, 2019
Pinoys want China to pay for Phl boat sinking
The Philippine government should take action against the Chinese vessel that sank the boat of Filipino fishermen off the coast of Recto Bank, 34 percent of respondents said in a recent Pulse Asia survey. The latest Ulat ...
- July 27, 2019
Chinese ecocide
Ecocide, or ecocatastrophe, is the extensive damage to, destruction of or loss of ecosystem(s) of a given territory, whether by human agency or by other, to such an extent that peaceful enjoyment by the inhabitants of that ...
- March 29, 2019