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China defends Coast Guard law

The Chinese Embassy in Manila on Monday said China's new law authorizing its Coast Guard to shoot foreign vessels sailing through its claimed areas...

Search for 7 fishermen on; fishers rap Chinese

A group of fisherfolk on Friday urged the Philippine Coast Guard and Philippine Marines to expedite the search and rescue operations for the seven Filipino...

10 fishermen nabbed in Jakarta return home

Davao City—Ten Filipino fishermen, including one minor, who were arrested by Indonesian authorities  for various violations, arrived in Sasa Wharf here  Saturday afternoon. Most of...

Near-unanimous against China’s incursions

"The Duterte administration should listen to the people."     A month or so after the controversial Reed Bank incident involving a Filipino fishing boat and a...

A little maritime incident

"If China is indeed a true friend, it should not take offense when we forcefully say that what it is doing is wrong."   It may...

Government inaction blamed for fish row with China

A former Foreign Affairs assistant secretary and ambassador on Wednesday blamed the government for the reported harassment of Filipino fishermen in Scarborough or Panatag...

Philippines deals China rare rebuke

The Philippines on Monday demanded that China stop confiscating the catch of Filipino fishermen in the disputed South China Sea, calling the practice “unacceptable.” The...

Sotto on harassment: Let’s complain to China

SENATE President Vicente Sotto III said Sunday the Philippine government can directly complain to China about the harassment suffered by Filipino fishermen in the...

Handline fishing docks eyed in Benham

So as to  entice marginal  Filipino fishermen hunting  for high-value tuna, Buhay Rep. Lito Atienza on Sunday supported  the plan of  the Department of...

Probes shooting of Filipino boat

BEIJING—China has said it will look into reports that Filipino fishermen have been driven away allegedly by the Chinese Coast Guard from Union Bank...

Filipino boat fired upon by Chinese, probers told

A GROUP of Filipino fishermen have accused China’s coast guard of shooting at their vessel in disputed South China Sea waters, Philippine authorities said...

12 fishermen held by Indonesia for 5 months freed

TWELVE Filipino fishermen, arrested and detained for five months by Indonesian police authorities last year, returned to their families on Monday. Officials of the Department...

Coast Guard men deploy to keep an eye on Panatag

TRANSPORTATION Secretary Arthur Tugade said Thursday the Philippine Coast Guard will resume patrols around Scarborough Shoal, testing the waters even as its Chinese counterparts...

Think tank belies PH claim China vessels left Panatag

SATELLITE images from a US-based think tank dated Oct. 29 show a Chinese Coast Guard vessel in the disputed waters of Scarborough Shoal, contradicting...
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