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Phl, Vietnam push sea code
Given China’s increased activities in the South China Sea, the Philippines and Vietnam are calling for the immediate crafting and implementation of a Code of Conduct (COC) in the disputed region. Defense Secretary Delfin ...
- March 16, 2019
'China can't name Phl Rise undersea features'
China has no right to name undersea features in the Philippine Rise or Benham Rise, according to a senior magistrate of the Supreme Court. Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio said only the Philippines has the right to ...
- February 19, 2018
Help drought-affected fisherfolk, gov't asked
Fishermen affected by the dry spell should be provided assistance by the government, a fisherfolk group said. The Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (Pamalakaya) urged the Department of Agriculture and ...
- March 19, 2019
Phl informs US: no more joint sea patrols
The Philippines has officially informed the United States it had suspended joint patrols in the South China Sea with its long-time ally, following the orders from President Duterte. "They have been suspended for the time ...
- October 8, 2016
Palace: Rody won't change SCS policy
There’s no way President Duterte will change his policy on the West Philippine Sea or apologize for it, his spokesman said yesterday, at the same time blaming the previous Aquino administration for triggering the militarization ...
- June 26, 2018
Endangered 'pawikan' still at high risk
Smuggling of Philippine wildlife has been in the news in Sabah. Twelve Filipinos were detained last month in Sandakan, Sabah, for trying to bring in 19,000 eggs of pawikan (marine turtles). Romeo Trono, former head of the ...
- August 21, 2016
Palace: Phl not dropping claims, arbitral victory
Setting aside or ignoring the 2016 arbitral court ruling on the South China Sea is not the same as abandoning it and relinquishing the country’s sovereign rights over its exclusive economic zone (EEZ), Malacañang clarified ...
- September 13, 2019
Phl mulls tourist for Pagasa Island
The Philippines is considering inviting tourists to its biggest and most strategically important outpost in the South China Sea, part of efforts to assert its claim to sovereignty over some of the world’s most contested ...
- July 24, 2019
Rody warns China not to siphon oil in WPS
While his economic team is in Beijing to firm up the funding for the government’s “Build, Build, Build” program, President Duterte warned China not to initiate moves to explore oil deposits in the disputed areas with ...
- August 23, 2018
DOT holds Philippines' first int'l dive expo
Department of Tourism (DOT) Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat and Senate committee on tourism chair Senator Nancy Binay headline the opening of the Philippine International Dive Expo (PHIDEX), the country’s first and only ...
- September 20, 2019