The bicameral conference committee approved on Wednesday, July 17, the final version of the Maritime Zones Bill. Senate Majority Leader Francis Tolentino (Senate PRIB photo) "Yung salient points ay sinama natin yung sa Palawan, sinama natin yung sa Philippine Rise. Tapos ni-reconcile natin yung...
CALAMBA CITY, Laguna – A 19-year-old maritime academy cadet died after he was ordered by an upper classman to exercise as punishment for a violation in a maritime school in Barangay Canlubang, this city, on Monday afternoon, July 8. Police identified the victim as Cadet Vince Andrew de Los Reyes,...
President Marcos is bent on achieving the Philippines' goal for a modern and future-ready maritime industry. Filipino seafarers (Photo from the Maritime Industry Authority) Marcos made the reiteration in his message on Tuesday, June 25, for the celebration of Day of Seafarer. “Let me reiterate...
National Security Adviser Eduardo Año (Contributed photo) National Security Adviser (NSA) Eduardo Año will not recommend to President Marcos Jr. to reconvene the National Security Council (NSC) over the latest aggressive actions by China Coast Guard (CCG) in the West Philippine Sea (WPS). In a...
The Philippines, the United States, Japan and Canada have showed anew joint forces in the West Philippine Sea amid China's continued aggression in the waters it continues to claim to be its own. The US Navy deployed its largest Destroy Squadron (DESRON) ship, the guided-missile destroyer USS Ralph...
Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin downplayed the latest Ayungin Shoal incident where the China Coast Guard (CCG) reportedly rammed, boarded, and used axes to damage two Philippine Navy (PN) boats. (From left) Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin and Presidential Assistant on Maritime Concerns Andres...
A Philippine civilian mission of volunteers and fishermen to West Philippine Sea (Akabayan Party's Facebook page) The Philippine Air Force (PAF) said Sunday, June 16, that it will continue to hold maritime patrol over the West Philippine Sea (WPS) as part of its inherent duty to protect Filipinos...
(PCG) Bukidnon 2nd district Rep. Jonathan Keith Flores says the best option to restore freedom of navigation in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) is through the enactment of the Philippine Maritime Zones bill. In a statement, Flores said this proposed...
President Ferdinand Bongbong Marcos Jr., (left), Cagayan de Oro 2nd district Rep. Rufus Rodriguez (Facebook) Cagayan de Oro City 2nd district Rep. Rufus Rodriguez says there's one measure that Malacañang can enact to strengthen the country’s stand...
CEBU CITY – Six persons were killed and six others were rescued after a fishing boat caught fire in the sea of Naga City, southern Cebu on Wednesday night, June 5. RESCUERS from Coast Guard-Central Visayas unload the bodies of two fishermen who were among the six persons who perished after a...
Senate Majority Leader Francis Tolentino told the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) on Saturday, June 1, that the Philippine Maritime Zones Law, once enforced, would lead to the protection of fishing areas in the West Philippine Sea (WPS). In a statement, Tolentino said that this...
Gabriela Women’s Party-list Rep. Arlene Brosas (PPAB) Gabriela Women’s Party-list Rep. Arlene Brosas lauded the deletion of the execution bond--a provision she calls “anti-worker and unconstitutional”--in the second bicameral version...
