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(Eagle News) — The Philippine Navy rescued six fishermen from a half-sunken boat off Philippine Rise on Tuesday, Sept. 15. According to the Navy, the boat captain and five crew members of FV Mr. Kupido were rescued from the half-sunken vessel following a distress call from another fishing vessel, Gabriel Tres. The Navy said Gabriel Tres made the call after rescuing another four crew members of FV Mr. Kupido but had to leave the other six […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippine Coast Guard and the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources are preparing for the second leg of their comprehensive maritime exercises. The second leg will be held in the Batanes Group of Islands and the Benham Rise (Philippine Rise), the undersea landmass in the Pacific Ocean which China has also claimed. Based on the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea, though, Benham Rise, also known as Benham […]
By Mar Gabriel Eagle News Service ON BOARD BRP DAVAO DEL SUR — The Armed Forces of the Philippines said it wants to build a naval base in Casiguran, Aurora to ensure that the Philippine Rise was protected against intrusions. “We are just here to implement the desire of our president, the desire of our nation to create a public awareness that this place, the Philippine Rise, is ours,” Lt. Gen. Emmanuel Salamat, chief of the […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) said it would still have to study further the possibility of allowing foreign help in the exploration of the 24-million hectare Philippine Rise. DENR undersecretary Jonas Leones said officials from the National Security Council, the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) and the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) will still have to evaluate this option. He noted that other countries which […]
Special Assistant to the President Christopher Lawrence “Bong” Go and the youngest son of President Rodrigo Duterte, Sebastian “Baste” Duterte rode their jet ski as they took a tour around the Casiguran Sound during the Philippine Rise commemoration on May 15, 2018. Duterte on Tuesday asserted the Philippines’ sovereignty over the Philippine Rise. Duterte said he does not distinguish between sovereign rights and sovereign territory because the underwater feature falls within the Philippines’ Exclusive Economic […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippine Rise is ours. President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday, May 15, reiterated this as he sent off a group of Filipino scientists to the submerged continental shelf off the province of Aurora. The President also dispelled information he would jet ski to the area which China has said houses “Chinese second-chain islands,” choosing to hold the send-off ceremonies on board the BRP Davao del Sur instead. The ship was at that time off […]
By Mar Gabriel Eagle News Service President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday, May 15, may ride a jet ski to the Philippine Rise on the day the country marks the first year since it renamed the vast undersea plateau in Aurora province. When he was still a candidate for the presidency in 2016, the President had promised to ride the vehicle to the South China Sea when asked how he would handle China and its alleged “expansionism.” […]
(Eagle News) — Personal na magtutungo si Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte sa Philippine Rise. Sinabi ni Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque, pangungunahan ng Pangulo ang paggunita sa unang anibersaryo ng pagpapalit ng pangalan ng Philippine Rise mula sa dating Benham Rise. Ayon kay Roque, kasabay ng unang anibersaryo ng pagpa-pangalan sa Philippine Rise sa ilalim ng Executive Order Number 25, normal ding ilulunsad ng Pangulo ang pagsasagawa ng scientific research sa lugar. Dalawang araw mananatili ang Pangulo […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte reiterated his stand he was “not prepared to go to war” amid criticisms the Philippines was not doing enough to protect its claims in the South China Sea. “We just don’t have the capability..,” the President said in a speech at the Armed Forces of the Philippines Central Command Headquarters at Camp Lapu-Lapu in Cebu City on May 1, Tuesday. According to Duterte, in the first place, America should […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte is slated to visit the Philippine Rise next week. The President made the pronouncement during a speech on Thursday, April 26, in Davao. According to the President, he would “make a statement there that nobody but nobody owns this place (but us).” He said this included “the continental shelf, the underground landmass that extends under the sea.” It was President Duterte that gave the name Philippine Rise to the active […]
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) –Hinikayat ni Senador Sherwin Gatchalian ang mga ahensya ng gobyerno na agarang magbigay ng Filipino names sa limang underwater features sa Philippine Rise na nabigyan na ng pangalan ng China. Ayon kay Gatchalian, napag-usapan na nila sa isinagawang pagdinig ng Senate Economic Affairs Committee ang legalidad ng pagbibigay ng Filipino names sa mga nasabing features para sa internal purposes. Aniya, inirekomenda na niya sa Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) at […]
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — The House of Representatives has formed a technical working group that will study the possibility of declaring the Philippine Rise as a protected area. Muntinlupa Representative Ruffy Biazon, who filed House Bill 6036 which proposes the creation of the Philippine Rise Natural Park, said that there was a very urgent need to enact a law that will protect the Philippine Rise as it was still in a pristine condition. […]
