Philippine News

At a Glance The Recto Bank (also known as the Reed Bank), is the major gas exploration prospect that is being placed in the middle of a menacing diplomatic strife in the West Philippine Sea. Apart from foreign relations skirmish with China, the Philippine upstream sector is also afflicted with …

The Department of Agriculture has approved the importation of 35,000 metric tons of various types of fish, including “galunggong” or round scad. Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources spokesperson Nazer Briguera said the importation will cover the expected shortage due to the annual closed fishing season in Palawan from Nov. …

PLENTY IN STOCK. Workers unload sacks of rice from a truck at a rice dealer along Dagupan St. in Tondo, Manila on Friday. Norman Cruz  President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Friday said that the government is keeping an eye on the country’s rice supply to stabilize its price as he …

The government is embarking on a flagship multi-billion-peso “Bamboo Villages” program that seeks to uplift the poor and indigenous people (IP) still residing in ancestral lands while generating foreign exchange from the global bamboo market that could grow to a $90 billion industry by 2030. “The program will use bamboo …

THE City of Muntinlupa has taken another move in a bid to resolve a long-standing land dispute with the City of Parañaque over parcels of land in Barangay Sucat, while a similar jurisdiction controversy continues to rage between the cities of Makati and Taguig, all in Metro Manila. Mayor Rozzano …

SEVENTY-NINE percent of Filipinos consider China the “greatest threat” to the Philippines and backed President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s approach of not yielding to the Asian superpower’s provocative actions in the South China Sea, the latest survey of Publicus Asia showed. The Pahayag 2023 First Quarter survey showed that majority of …

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said bilateral relations with Japan have now expanded to cover issues concerning security and defense, including ensuring freedom of navigation in the South China Sea amid overlapping claims with Beijing and other neighboring countries. “In the past, it could be said that the largest part of …

POWWOW ON TEVES. Speaker Ferdinand Martin G. Romualdez (center left) listens to the concerns of the Makabayan Block members at the plenary session of the House of Representatives on Wednesday, moments before the chamber voted overwhelmingly to expel Negros Oriental 3rd District Rep. Arnolfo Teves, Jr. for disorderly behavior and …

Lawmakers have rallied behind the appointment of former Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. as special envoy to China amid increasing tensions in the West Philippine Sea. The Palace on Thursday remained tight-lipped on Locsin’s appointment after issuing a terse statement that it aimed to “boost bilateral relations between the …

The Philippine government will not stop the Filipino fishermen from fishing in the West Philippine Sea as it refused to acknowledge China’s unilaterally imposed fishing ban. “We do not recognize China’s fishing ban,” the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Friday, August 18. DFA said what Beijing did was an …