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European Commission decision reinforces the crucial role Filipino seafarers play in global shipping and trade. The European Commission announced today that it

MANILA, March 14 (Reuters) – Philippine authorities have increased efforts to contain an oil spill from a sunken fuel tanker that has affected coastal

MANILA, March 4 (Reuters) – The Philippines said on Saturday it had spotted a Chinese navy ship and dozens of militia vessels around a

MANILA, March 3 (Reuters) – Environment and disaster authorities in the Philippines rushed to contain an oil spill on Friday from a sunken fuel

by John Konrad (gCaptain) According to Craig Hooper, a senior military contributor for Forbes, the US Marine Corps has been working with offshore oil and gas

MANILA, Feb 18 (Reuters) – Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos Jr said on Saturday that the country “will not lose an inch” of

By Cecilia Yap (Bloomberg) Two Chinese coast guard ships and two militia vessels tailed a Philippine warship near Mischief Reef in the South China Sea, the

By Karen Lema MANILA, Nov 21 (Reuters) – U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris will reaffirm American commitments to the defense of the

By Trevor Hunnicutt (Reuters) U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris arrives in the Philippines on Sunday for talks aimed at reviving ties with Washington’s

by Karen Lema (Reuters) A lawmaker in the Philippines has reintroduced legislation to prevent maritime and airspace encroachment by Chinese vessels, by

Uy accepted billions in loans - including more than $1 billion from Chinese banks to fund a partnership deal with China Telecommunications - and now the

by Shivam Patel  (Reuters) – Washington will defend treaty ally the Philippines if its forces are attacked in the South China Sea, U.S. Secretary of

MANILA, June 11 (Reuters) – The Philippines has lodged a new diplomatic protest against China’smaritime activities within

Prosecutors in the Philippines have filed charges against four crew members of a Marshall Islands-flagged bulk carrier that collided with a Filipino fishing

By Ditas Lopez, (Bloomberg) — BDO Unibank Inc., the Philippines’ largest bank by assets, will sell bonds to help fight marine pollution and preserve

Editor’s note: This Image of the Day includes the answer to the April 2022 puzzler. Story by Kathryn Hansen(NASA) –A running hare. A jumping

MANILA, April 9 (Reuters) – Philippines’ Rodrigo Duterte and Chinese President Xi Jinping stressed the need to exercise restraint to

By Andreo Calonzo(Bloomberg) –After losing her son to Covid-19 last year, 79-year-old Tomasa Valdez was desperate to get vaccinated. But on the

By Andreo Calonzo (Bloomberg) The Philippines signed a deal to purchase two corvettes from Hyundai Heavy Industries, beefing up its defense capabilities in a

By Siegfrid Alegado and Yantoultra Ngui (Bloomberg) — Severe weather disruptions hit Malaysia and the Philippines, leaving a trail of destruction among