Malacañang hasn't closed its doors to the possible refurbishment of the dilapidated BRP Sierra Madre, which has served as the Philippines' outpost in Ayungin Shoal for over two decades. Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles (Photo from Karlo Nograles's Facebook) This can be gleaned from the statement...
Presidential aspirant Vice President Leni Robredo and her running mate, Senator Francis "Kiko" Pangilinan maintained that the Philippines has “exclusive rights” in the Ayungin Shoal amid China’s demand for the country to remove the grounded BRP Sierra Madre from it. Vice President Leni...
Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana rejected on Thursday, Nov. 25, the demand of the Chinese government for the Philippines to remove the BRP Sierra Madre at the Ayungin Shoal in the disputed West Philippine Sea. The BRP Sierra is an old Navy ship which was grounded at the Ayungin Shoal with...
The Philippines has successfully resupplied its troops stationed at Ayungin Shoal, Malacañang announced Tuesday, Nov. 23. "Dumating na ang resupply boats sa Ayungin Shoal at nakarating na sa BRP Sierra Madre ngayong tanghali (The resupply boats have arrived at Ayungin Shoal and they reached BRP...
It’s about time to put the spotlight to the Queen City of the South’s mountainous areas Fresh air, luscious greneries, and a cool temperature that sometimes causes zero visibility in the area. At first, some might think that locally, it can only happen in the mountainous areas of Northern Luzon...
Actual construction of the P12-billion Kaliwa Dam, pegged by the Duterte administration as its top solution to Metro Manila's water woes, may have to wait until next year because of delays in meeting some conditions, including consent from the affected indigenous peoples, according to the new...
Netflix recently unveiled images from the fifth and final season of "La Casa de Papel (Money Heist)." Among them is an encounter involving two key characters - Professor and Sierra, with the latter pointing gun at the former. The Professor or Sergio Marquina, played by Álvaro Morte, is the...
Kalaw – or the Philippine hornbill – is classified globally as a threatened-vulnerable species. In the country, however, the bird is “endangered” according to the DENR’s National List of Threatened Philippine Fauna. It is alarming indeed as nine out of the 11 species of hornbill in...
