NEW DELHI – The leaders of India and southeast Asia agreed on Thursday to boost their maritime ties at a summit in New Delhi, as they seek to balance the increasing weight of China across the region. India is hosting the leaders of the Association of Southeast...
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There has been a series of maritime accidents so far this month involving cargo ships colliding with fishing vessels in Asia. This produces opportunities for salvage companies in the region. It also highlights the navigational threat that fishing vessels are to...
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Naval personnel attached to North Central Naval Command arrested six local fishermen who engaged in illegal fishing using banned fishing nets in the Vedithalativu sea area yesterday (09 January). A dinghy, 7 diving masks, a GPS and 5 banned nets were also...
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Indonesia aims to tackle illegal, unreported and unregulated, or IUU, fishing, by expanding its approach and creating a more integrated system that includes monitoring via satellite and drones and by placing a tanker on standby for refuelling. Speaking at a press...
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People taking pictures of a ship being blown up blown up by the Indonesian government, after it was found fishing illegally, at Morela village in Ambon island on April 1, 2017.PHOTO: REUTERS/ANTARA FOTO JAKARTA (REUTERS) – Senior government and business...
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The waters of Panglao Beach in Bohol have been found to be contaminated with coliform bacteria. According to a report on Balitanghali by Katrina Son on Thursday, one of the reasons for the contamination could be the lack of waste water facility in the area. Some local...
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In this Monday, May 11, 2015, file photo, the alleged on-going reclamation of Subi Reef by China is seen from Pag-asa Island in the Spratly Islands in the South China Sea, western Palawan Province, Philippines. China’s campaign of island building in the South China...
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ZAMBOANGA CITY–At least 96 people were plucked from a passenger boat that suffered mechanical problem in the high seas off Mataha Island in Basilan on Tuesday, the Philippine Coast Guard reported on Wednesday. Lieutenant Commander Alvin Dagalea, the PCG Zamboanga...
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China has defended its construction activities on Fiery Cross Reef, one of its artificial islands in the South China Sea. Beijing asserted it has the right to build on its territory. “China carrying out peaceful construction on its own sovereign territory is...
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The Philippines will begin rehabilitating its facilities in the Kalayaan Group of Islands at the Spratly archipelago during the first quarter of this year, expecting neither protest nor harassment from China. “We plan to improve the facilities. On Pag-asa, we plan to...
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Indonesian President Widodo stands on deck of Indonesian Navy ship KRI Imam Bonjol in the waters of Natuna Islands, Riau Islands province, Indonesia. Reuters/file photo The Indonesian government said Tuesday it will push for an effective code of conduct in the South...
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China Coast Guard vessels patrol past Philippine fishing boats at the disputed Scarborough Shoal, April 5, 2017. Erik De Castro, Reuters MANILA – Malacañang on Tuesday maintained that China has not breached its “good faith commitment” in the South China Sea, as...
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