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Large drop in RP seaweed output seen
Philippine seaweed production is expected to drop by 28.6 percent to 50,000 metric tons from last year’s 70,000 MT due to the prevailing El Niño weather phenomenon, driving up further the price of seaweeds and exerting ...
- March 11, 2010
Recovery of agri sector expected in 2011
Recovery of the agriculture sector is expected in 2011 barring another extreme weather phenomenon, according to macroeconomic assumptions drawn up by the Development Budget Coordinating Committee. For this year, the DBCC ...
- May 16, 2010
Foreigners barred from Phl Rise, unless with Pinoys
Just after the Chinese had completed their “scientific research” in Benham Rise or Philippine Rise, President Duterte ordered similar foreign endeavors in the area stopped and for new ones to secure permit from the national ...
- February 7, 2018
Fisherfolk group to defy ban on catching galunggong
The Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (Pamalakaya) said that small fishermen would defy the three-month, government-imposed ban on catching galunggong (roundscad) in Northern Palawan. The Philippines ...
- November 9, 2015
Asean urged: Make SCS ruling part of sea code
Former foreign secretary Albert del Rosario yesterday urged the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to make the South China Sea (SCS) ruling an “integral” part of the Code of Conduct framework and the eventual ...
- April 26, 2017
'China has shown great restraint in south china sea'
China has shown “great restraint” in the South China Sea by not seizing islands occupied by other countries even though it could have, a senior Chinese diplomat said on Tuesday ahead of two regional summits where the ...
- November 18, 2015
Possibility of war in SCS 'totally remote' - Locsin
President Duterte may have repeatedly warned that raising the arbitral ruling favoring the Philippine claim in the South China Sea may lead to a war with China. But for Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr., the ...
- September 30, 2019
Phl fishermen remove Chinese buoys
Filipino fishermen found several buoys with Chinese markings near Panatag or Scarborough Shoal and towed them back to shore, officials said yesterday. "Yes, there are buoys," said Desiree Edora, mayor of Masinloc town in ...
- July 27, 2015
Phl won't stop China action on reefs
The Philippines will not stop China from building military structures on disputed islands in the South China Sea, Foreign Affairs Secretary Perfecto Yasay Jr. said yesterday. “We cannot, we cannot stop China at this point ...
- December 17, 2016
Asean, Australia issue joint declaration on sea row
The push for stricter compliance with the rule of law in the South China Sea has gained greater momentum with the issuance of a joint declaration by Australia and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) against ...
- March 23, 2018