by dela Cruz | Mar 15, 2023 | Finance
MANILA, Philippines – For decades, Philippine fishermen have laid out their catch each dawn at a seafood market on the shores of Manila Bay, their traditional system of hushed bartering giving the Bulungan (Whispering) market its name. But fishermen and traders at the...
by dela Cruz | Mar 4, 2023 | Finance
The Philippines is the center of marine biodiversity in the world, and the February 28 Oriental Mindoro oil spill occurred smack in the heart of the country’s richest fishing and aquatic area. The Oriental Mindoro oil spill threatens the marine ecology not only of the...
by dela Cruz | Feb 27, 2023 | Finance
DAVAO CITY, Philippines – The iconic national bird, the Philippine eagle, is on the brink of extinction. Also known as the monkey-eating eagle (Pithecophaga jefferyi), it is one of the world’s most endangered forest eagles due to human activities like hunting and...
by dela Cruz | Feb 22, 2023 | Finance
Watch ‘Newsbreak Chats’ on Thursday, February 23, at 4 pm MANILA, Philippines – On February 13, a Chinese Coast Guard (CCG) vessel harassed Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) personnel near Ayungin (Second Thomas) Shoal in the West Philippine Sea. The BRP...
by dela Cruz | Feb 18, 2023 | Finance
‘The Philippines wants to make sure that China knows the Philippines has not given up on its rights,’ says Ray Powell, a national security innovator at the Gordian Knot Center for National Security Innovation in Stanford MANILA, Philippines – The...