Credit to Author: clopez| Date: Thu, 04 Jul 2019 21:34:06 +0000
Malacañang on Thursday said it would direct concerned agencies to investigate reports that the Philippines was losing P33 billion a year from damaged reef ecosystems.
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Read moreCredit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2019 01:03:05 +0000
Senator Lacson raised few scenarios in relation to President Duterte’s threat against proponents of an impeachment complaint against him.
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Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2019 13:27:56 +0000
A report said two Chinese fighter jets buzzed a Canadian warship operating in international waters in the East China Sea.
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Read moreCredit to Author: DEMPSEY REYES| Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2019 09:20:47 +0000
A FILIPINO fishing vessel sank after it collided with a Chinese ship in the area of the West Philippine Sea, Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said on Wednesday. In a statement,…READ
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Credit to Author: eestopace| Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2019 14:06:48 +0000
Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio said Monday that Filipino communicators should help correct China’s ‘fake historical claim’ that they own almost the entire South China Sea.
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Read moreCredit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Tue, 04 Jun 2019 07:15:06 +0000
Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said Manila would not oppose Washington’s presence on the South China Sea – as Beijing admitted deploying military and weapons there – if it would promote peace and stability in the disputed area.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Dennis Maliwanag| Date: Sat, 01 Jun 2019 01:37:58 +0000
U.S. Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan on Saturday denounced China’s efforts to steal technology from other nations and militarize man-made outposts in the South China Sea.
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Read moreCredit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Fri, 24 May 2019 05:22:28 +0000
PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte will raise the issue of the West Philippine Sea dispute when he meets Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe next week, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said…READ
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Read moreCredit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Tue, 21 May 2019 06:31:49 +0000
CHINESE vessels left trails of broken reefs in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) following a resumption of clam harvesting activities in the last six months, a Washington-based think-tank reported. Satellite images from…READ
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Read moreCredit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Fri, 17 May 2019 10:00:50 +0000
THE United States has committed to keep its presence in the disputed South China Sea (West Philippine Sea), citing its decades-old duty of patrolling in the area. Admiral John Richardson,…READ
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