Topic: philippine-rise

OPINION: Duterte’s achievements

OPINION: Duterte’s achievements

Ellen T. Tordesillas
Posted at May 17 04:51 PM

Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque announced last week that President Duterte’s State of the Nation Address on July 23 will follow a new format where he will be talking to the people on matters close to his heart.  Read more »

Philippine Navy naglayag sa Philippine Rise

Philippine Navy naglayag sa Philippine Rise

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 17 06:45 PM

Iwinagayway ang bandila ng Pilipinas sa tuktok ng barko ng Philippine Navy na nagtungo sa pinakamababaw na bahagi ng Philippine Rise bilang simbolo sa pag-aari ng Pilipinas sa naturang teritoryo.  Read more »

Gov't installs markers, buoy at Philippine Rise

Gov't installs markers, buoy at Philippine Rise

Pia Gutierrez, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 16 03:26 PM

Exactly a year after its renaming, the Philippine government asserted the country’s sovereign rights over the Philippine Rise, the vast resource-rich underwater plateau off the coast of Eastern Luzon.   Read more »

Bong Go, Baste Duterte ride jet skis in Casiguran

Bong Go, Baste Duterte ride jet skis in Casiguran

Robinson Ninal, Malacanang Photo
Posted at May 16 01:34 PM

Secretary Bong Go of the Office of the Special Assistant to the President and President Duterte's son Sebastian pose for photos onboard their respective jet skis as they take a tour around the Casiguran Sound during the Philippine Rise commemoration on Tuesday.  Read more »

What you need to know about the Philippine Rise

What you need to know about the Philippine Rise

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 16 07:14 AM

President Duterte failed to fulfill his promise to sail to the Philippine Rise, reaching only as far as Casiguran Bay in Aurora. Why is this area significant for the country? Watch this video and find out. Read more »

Duterte cancels PH Rise jet ski ride

Duterte cancels PH Rise jet ski ride

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 16 12:07 AM

President Rodrigo Duterte cancelled what would have been his first trip to the Philippine Rise. Duterte also scrapped his decision to ride a jet ski at the area. Read more »

Duterte starts Benham Rise visit

Duterte starts Benham Rise visit

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 16 12:44 AM

Duterte’s chopper landed at 3:45 p.m. on BRP Davao del Sur, which was then expected to ferry him to the area above the underwater plateau east of Isabela.  Read more »

No jet ski ride, Benham trip for Duterte

No jet ski ride, Benham trip for Duterte

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 16 01:58 AM

MANILA (2nd UPDATE) - President Rodrigo Duterte’s supposed jet ski ride on Benham Rise (Philippine Rise) did not push through on Tuesday and the chief executive also failed to reach the waters above the underwater plateau. Read more »

OPINION: Benham Rise trip: Duterte’s latest comedy act

OPINION: Benham Rise trip: Duterte’s latest comedy act

Ellen T. Tordesillas
Posted at Apr 30 03:42 AM

No one is claiming Benham Rise which was confirmed by the UN Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf March last year as part of the Extended Continental Shelf (ECS) of the Philippines. No one disputes that. Not even China. Read more »

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