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China asserts power in disputed sea
China still calls the shots at the prime fishing spot and has boosted its fleet there, nine months after an international panel ruled its blockade of the lagoon was illegal. Beijing rejected that ruling by the Permanent ...
- April 11, 2017
Benham trip to push through next week
The government is all set to embark on another exploratory trip to the 13-million-hectare Benham Rise next week, Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Piñol said yesterday. Piñol said President Duterte gave the green light for ...
- April 29, 2017
Friends in deed?
If the Philippines decided to set up an environmental monitoring station on Panatag or Scarborough Shoal, to preserve endangered giant clams and sharks from poachers, how would Beijing react? The United Nations-backed ...
- March 20, 2017
PHl plants flag underwater to assert maritime rights
Combined military and civilian divers, battling strong underwater currents and other life-threatening challenges, succeeded in hoisting a Philippine flag underwater as the country celebrated Monday its 119th Independence ...
- June 14, 2017
China, Asean sign 10-year pact on marine protection
China has agreed to work with its Southeast Asian neighbors to protect marine and coastal biodiversity in the South China Sea. The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) recently released a copy of the declaration on a 10-year ...
- November 19, 2017
No monitoring station on Panatag - Beijing
China is not building an environmental monitoring station on Panatag (Scarborough) Shoal, its foreign ministry said yesterday, apparently denying remarks made by a local official last week. Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying ...
- March 23, 2017
Benham Rise eyed as food zone
The Department of Agriculture (DA) wants President Duterte to declare the 13-million hectare Benham Rise as a protected food supply zone to ensure the country’s marine food security. “I will recommend to President Duterte ...
- May 9, 2017
China warns Duterte on SCS: we’ll go to war
Contrary to what critics believe, President Duterte raised with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping the ruling of a UN-backed arbitral court, which trashed Beijing’s claims over the South China Sea. Xi’s response, Duterte ...
- May 20, 2017
Duterte OKs BFAR trip to Benham Rise
President Duterte has approved the planned trip of five government ships to Benham Rise, a resource-rich area east of Luzon where Chinese research vessels were spotted earlier this year. Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Piñol ...
- May 1, 2017
DND: No need for military buildup in Spratlys
There’s no need for a Philippine military buildup in the Spratlys archipelago as the security environment in the region is seen to have greatly improved with President Duterte’s rapport with Beijing and the Association of ...
- November 18, 2017