Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque Jr. announces during a press briefing at the New Executive Building (NEB) in Malacañang on January 8, 2018. Presidential Photo/Yancy Lim MANILA, Philippines — Whether or not Beijing accepts the July 2012 ruling of a United...
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Fourteen tourists and two crew members were injured in the explosion. (Photo: AP) BANGKOK: A speedboat carrying 26 Chinese tourists – including three children – and five crew exploded in the waters off Krabi, a top holiday destination in southern...
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Iranian oil tanker Sanchi is seen engulfed in fire in the East China Sea, in this January 13, 2018 picture provided by Shanghai Maritime Search and Rescue Centre and released by China Daily. China Daily via REUTERS BEIJING: An Iranian oil tanker burst into...
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It would be “dumb” of the Philippines to allow China to explore Philippine Rise despite Beijing’s disrespect for a UN-backed arbitral court ruling recognizing Manila’s sovereign rights in the West Philippine Sea, Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio...
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The stretch of white sand beach in Sta. Ana ordered closed by authorities. —PHOTO FROM STA. ANA TOURISM OFFICE. TUGUEGARAO CITY—A stretch of white sand beach in Sta. Ana town touted as one of the best in the world has been shut down by authorities following its...
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Japan protested to China on Friday after a foreign submarine in waters near disputed islands in the East China Sea was confirmed to be Chinese, calling it a unilateral action and a “serious escalation” that raised bilateral tensions. Japan’s Defence...
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Rescue ships work to extinguish the fire on the Panama-registered Sanchi tanker carrying Iranian oil, which went ablaze after a collision with a Chinese freight ship in the East China Sea. (Photo: Reuters) SHANGHAI: A Chinese salvage team recovered two bodies...
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NAGA CITY—One fisherman went missing while 24 others were rescued on Friday off the shores of Siruma and Tinambac towns in Camarines Sur province after the tail-end of a cold front caused seas to turn rough. Luzena Bermeo, head of Environment, Disaster Management and...
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In this photo made from video by Aclimah Disumala, Friday, Dec. 22, 2017, villagers ross raging flood waters in Lanao del Norte, Zamboanga Pennisula, southern Philippines. A tropical storm has unleashed flash floods and set off landslides in the southern Philippines...
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Without revealing his source of information, Magdalo Rep. Gary Alejano slammed the Department of Foreign Affairs for supposedly allowing the Institute of Oceanology of Chinese Academy of Sciences (IO-CAS) to conduct research in Eastern Luzon, where Benham Rise is...
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FASTCRAFTS going to and from Camiguin and Jagna, Bohol will be starting its operations on January 15, four days after the memorandum of agreement between the local government of Opol and the Philippine Archipelago Ports and Terminal Services Inc. was signed. According...
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In this Friday, Aug. 29, 2014 file photo, Pinot Noir grapes just picked are shown in a bin in Napa, Calif. Federal scientists have determined that a family of widely used pesticides poses a threat to dozens of endangered and threatened species, including Pacific...
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