Robredo thanks Vietnamese ambassador for support to Filipino fishermen

Credit to Author: eestopace| Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2019 13:12:25 +0000

Robredo thanks Vietnamese ambassador for support to Filipino fishermen

Vice President Leni Robredo has personally thanked Vietnamese Ambassador Ly Quoc Tuan for the help extended by Vietnamese seafarers to Filipino fishermen.

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Ramming of PH vessel intentional or accident? Boat captain now unsure

Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2019 13:18:46 +0000

Ramming of PH vessel intentional or accident? Boat captain now unsure

F/B Gem-Vir 1 captain Junel Insigne was confident the Chinese vessel deliberately rammed their boat at Recto Bank. Now, he’s already unsure.

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Filipino fishers’ interest foremost in Duterte – Bong Go

Credit to Author: dmorcoso| Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2019 08:26:16 +0000

LUCENA CITY –– Senator-elect Christopher Lawrence “Bong” Go assures Filipinos that President Duterte’s foremost interest was to secure and protect the welfare of his countrymen. “Rest assured na uunahin ni President Duterte ang kapakanan ng mga Filipino fishermen (Rest assured that President Duterte would place the welfare of the Filipino fishermen first),” Go said, after […]

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Palace: ‘Dangerous’ for Duterte to express anger on sinking of boat in WPS

Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2019 10:35:58 +0000

Palace: 'Dangerous' for Duterte to express anger on sinking of boat in WPS

It is “dangerous” for President Duterte as head of state to show his outrage over the sinking of a Filipino boat in the West Philippine Sea.

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Duterte ‘feckless, spineless’ before China – Hontiveros

Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2019 14:17:09 +0000

Duterte ‘feckless, spineless’ before China – Hontiveros

Senator Risa Hontiveros has called President Duterte “feckless and spineless” before China after he branded the Recto Bank incident as a “little maritime accident.”

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Hontiveros: Energy chief’s remark on sinking of PH boat ‘insensitive’

Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2019 12:25:53 +0000

Senator Risa Hontiveros has slammed as “insensitive” Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi’s remark on the sinking of a Filipino boat by a Chinese vessel at Recto Bank.

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Car-carrier ship catches fire near Recto Bank – PCG

Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2019 11:11:50 +0000

A car-carrier vessel has caught fire near Recto (Reed) Bank in the West Philippine Sea, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said Monday. 

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Piñol says photo of submerged Filipino vessel real

Credit to Author: eestopace| Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2019 09:27:20 +0000

Agriculture secretary Emmanuel “Manny” Piñol clarified that the photo of the submerged Filipino fishing boat involved in the incident with a Chinese vessel in the West Philippine Sea was real.

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Recto Bank incident violation of UNCLOS? Still premature to tell – Palace

Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2019 08:03:45 +0000

It is “premature” to say that the ramming of a Filipino fishing boat in the West Philippine Sea is a violation of UNCLOS, Malacañang said.

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Bayan Muna: No justice can be expected from China

Credit to Author: clopez| Date: Sat, 15 Jun 2019 09:31:43 +0000

The chair of left-wing party-list group Bayan Muna on Saturday (June 15) expressed belief that China’s statement dismissing the ramming of a Filipino boat

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