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PH, China coast guards conduct joint search and rescue exercise

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 16 03:31 AM

The Philippine Coast Guard held joint maritime drills with their visiting counterparts from China. Read more »

Indonesia asks Japan to invest in islands near waters disputed with China

Reuters
Posted at Jan 10 03:40 PM

Widodo visited Natuna on Wednesday to assert Indonesia's sovereignty over the cluster of islands and the waters around them, after reports Chinese coastguard and fishing vessels had entered Indonesia's exclusive economic zone several times since last month. Read more »

Indonesia's president visits island in waters disputed by China

Reuters
Posted at Jan 08 04:32 PM

The confrontation began in mid-December when a Chinese coast guard vessel, accompanying Chinese fishing boats, entered waters off the coast of Indonesia's northern Natuna islands, prompting Jakarta to summon Beijing's ambassador. Read more »

Prices of goods could go up amid Middle East tensions

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 07 11:16 PM

Tensions in the Middle East are likely to drive up prices of goods if global oil rates continue to soar.  Read more »

How Indonesia-China spat could toughen ASEAN stance on code of conduct

Kinling Lo, South China Morning Post
Posted at Jan 03 09:09 AM

In another round of diplomatic exchanges, China's foreign ministry rejected Indonesia's accusations that its coastguard vessels illegally entered Indonesian territory at the Natuna islands, inside Jakarta's exclusive economic zone. Read more »

Indonesia rejects China's claims over South China Sea

Reuters
Posted at Jan 02 08:15 AM

Indonesia said on Wednesday it rejected China's claims over a disputed part of the South China Sea as "having no legal basis", after two days earlier protesting to Beijing over the presence of a Chinese coastguard vessel in its territorial waters.  Read more »

6 injured as giant cruise ships collide off Mexico

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 21 09:54 AM

MEXICO CITY, Mexico - Six people were injured Friday when 2 enormous cruise ships operated by US-based Carnival collided off Mexico's Caribbean coast, the company said. Read more »

China objects to Malaysia's UN submission on South China Sea- SCMP

Reuters
Posted at Dec 17 02:57 PM

China has protested against Malaysia filing a submission with the United Nations last week seeking to establish the limits of Malaysia's continental shelf in the northern part of the disputed South China Sea, the South China Morning Post reported on Tuesday.   Read more »

Vietnam hopes for Chinese restraint in South China Sea in 2020

Reuters
Updated as of Dec 17 02:34 PM

Vietnam said it hoped China would show restraint in the South China Sea next year after a Chinese oil survey vessel and its escorts spent months within Vietnam's exclusive economic zone in what Hanoi called a blatant violation of its sovereignty.   Read more »

PH, US officials inaugurate PNP patrol boat facility

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 06 05:31 PM

The US Embassy in Manila said the nearly P100 million-worth facility includes a boat ramp, pier, armory, offices, barracks, and a laboratory. Read more »

2 dead, 9 missing as fishing boat sinks off Morocco

Reuters
Posted at Nov 23 09:44 AM

RABAT - A boat capsized off the coast of Morocco's port of Tan Tan, 856 km (537 miles), south of capital Rabat, leaving two fishermen dead while at least nine others were still missing, the fisheries department said late on Friday.  Read more »

2 Filipino seafarers kidnapped off Togo, DFA says

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 11 09:30 PM

MANILA — Two Filipino sailors were kidnapped in the waters off West Africa, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) confirmed Monday, bringing the total number of abducted Filipino seafarers in the region to 11. Read more »

2 Filipino seafarers, 2 others kidnapped by suspected pirates off Togo: navy

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 04 10:58 PM

Four sailors, including 2 Filipinos, were kidnapped and a guard was shot and wounded when suspected pirates stormed an oil tanker off the coast of Togo on Monday, the country's navy said. Read more »

Palace shrugs off alleged Chinese harassment of foreign-flagged vessel in PH waters

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 04 10:09 PM

Malacañang expressed no interest in meddling in a reported encounter between a foreign flagged vessel and a Chinese warship in Philippine waters.  Read more »

China eyes sea code after building Scarborough military base: ex-justice Carpio

Christian V. Esguerra, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 28 03:36 PM

Carpio said the base would allow Beijing to “plug the loophole” in its “strategic plan to control the South China Sea for economic and military purposes.”   Read more »

PH security adviser: Joint oil exploration deal with China a 'fair' agreement

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 26 12:11 AM

Manila's national security adviser is standing by the fairness of the Philippines' proposed exploration deal with China. Read more »

Palace: Removing ‘Abominable’ from local cinemas up to MTRCB

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 15 04:32 PM

Removing animated film “Abominable” from Philippine cinemas over a scene featuring China’s 9-dash line in the South China Sea, will be up to the Movie and Television Review and Classification Board (MTRCB), Malacañang said Tuesday. Read more »

Why the topic of drowning prevention needs to be brought to the surface

Sherrie Ann Torres, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 10 12:32 PM

In a country surrounded by expansive bodies of water, the Philippines must be aware of measures to mitigate cases of drowning. Read more »

Doomed Kiribati ferry crew drunk, victims died horribly: official report

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 08 04:12 PM

WELLINGTON, New Zealand - Crew members of an overloaded Kiribati ferry which sank in the Pacific claiming 95 lives were drunk, leaving passengers to die slow deaths from starvation and hypothermia, a damning report has found.  Read more »

MARINA pushes for modernization of domestic shipping sector

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 14 12:02 AM

The Philippines' Maritime Industry Authority pushes for the modernization of the domestic shipping sector in an effort to improve public services.  Read more »