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Supreme Court junks fisherfolks' plea for protection of West PH Sea

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 03 04:00 PM

The Supreme Court has dismissed the plea of Filipino fishermen seeking to protect the marine environment in the West Philippine Sea. Read more »

Palawan fisherman says he was 'pressured' to withdraw from writ of kalikasan plea

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 19 09:34 PM

MANILA (UPDATED) - A Palawan fisherman named as one of the petitioners in the plea seeking to protect the marine environment in the West Philippine Sea has claimed he was “pressured” into withdrawing from the petition pending before the Supreme Court. Read more »

More fisherfolk withdraw writ of kalikasan petition to protect West Philippine Sea

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 14 05:28 PM

MANILA – Eighteen more fisherfolk have opted to withdraw their writ of kalikasan petition before the Supreme Court, based on a filing by their counsel, the Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP) on Wednesday.   Read more »

IBP, fisherfolk withdraw writ of kalikasan plea before SC

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 19 09:02 PM

MANILA – The Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP) and 7 fisherfolk from Palawan and Zambales have asked the Supreme Court(SC) to withdraw as petitioners in the petition seeking to protect marine life in the West Philippine Sea, a reliable source told ABS-CBN News Friday. Read more »

2 fishers claim PH Navy told them to disown writ of kalikasan plea

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 17 01:41 AM

Two Filipino fishermen claim they were urged by the Philippine Navy into disowning a Supreme Court petition that sought to compel the Duterte government to protect the West Philippine Sea. Read more »

'Navy lumapit sa petitioners para iurong ang writ of kalikasan'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 16 11:48 PM

Dalawang mangingisda ang nagsabing nilapitan sila ng Philippine Navy para iurong ang writ of kalikasan petition. Read more »

2 Palawan fishers say Navy lawyer approached them to withdraw West PH Sea plea

Mike Navallo and Diana Lat, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 16 07:04 PM

PUERTO, PRINCESA/MANILA – Members of the Philippine Navy approached fishermen to execute statements disowning a petition filed before the Supreme Court seeking to protect marine resources in the West Philippine Sea, two of the fishers told ABS-CBN News.    Read more »

Chel Diokno unfazed by disbarment threat after clients disown West PH Sea plea

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 16 03:39 PM

MANILA - Veteran human rights lawyer Chel Diokno on Tuesday brushed aside the threat of disbarment after his clients disowned a petition asking the government to protect the marine environment in the disputed West Philippine Sea. Read more »

IBP seeks more time to consult with fishermen over writ of kalikasan plea

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 13 06:59 AM

The Integrated Bar of the Philippines on Friday filed a motion before the Supreme Court to allow lawyers more time to consult with fisherfolk, who filed an environmental protection order in some areas of the West Philippine Sea. Read more »

Diokno believes gov't behind fishermen's withdrawal from writ of kalikasan petition

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 10 10:40 PM

Human rights lawyer Chel Diokno suspected the Duterte administration may have duly influenced a group of fishermen into disowning a petition that seeks to compel the government to enforce Philippine laws in its West Philippine Sea territories. Read more »

Fishermen claim deception vs IBP in SC plea for West PH Sea protection

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 10 09:03 PM

MANILA – Some of the fishermen included as petitioners in a plea before the Supreme Court for the protection of the West Philippine Sea marine environment have accused lawyers from the Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP) of deception, affidavits obtained by ABS-CBN News Wednesday showed. Read more »

'Labag sa legal ethics': Lawyer sees gov't hand in fishermen's withdrawal of SC petition

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 10 06:19 PM

One of the lawyers who filed the petition asking the Supreme Court to compel Philippine government officials to enforce Philippine environmental laws to protect the West Philippine Sea claimed on Wednesday the government may be behind the fishermen’s move to disown the petition. Read more »

Calida: Parties agree to dismiss SC plea to protect West PH Sea marine environment

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 09 07:09 PM

MANILA - Solicitor General Jose Calida on Tuesday said petitioners and respondents have agreed on the dismissal of a writ of kalikasan plea seeking to protect the West Philippine Sea marine environment after several petitioners withdrew from the plea.  Read more »

SC justices ask writ of kalikasan petitioners: What exactly do you want?

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 03 01:33 AM

MANILA – One justice after another posed almost the same question to writ of kalikasan petitioners during Tuesday’s oral arguments at the Supreme Court: What exactly do you want the Court to do? Read more »

SC Justice Reyes: Other important things to do than guard shoals

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 02 11:50 PM

MANILA – As oral arguments in the petition for writ of kalikasan before the Supreme Court kicked off Tuesday, one Supreme Court associate justice said he’d rather have the government focus on “other important things” than guard the country’s shoals in the West Philippine Sea. Read more »

Carpio voluntarily inhibits from Writ of Kalikasan case

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 02 02:38 PM

MANILA – Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio on Tuesday inhibited from deliberations on the petition for Writ of Kalikasan filed by the Integrated Bar of the Philippines and fishermen from Palawan and Zambales, according to sources privy to the matter. Read more »

SolGen asks SC to inhibit Carpio in West PH Sea case

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 28 06:09 PM

The Office of the Solicitor General on Thursday asked the Supreme Court to inhibit Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio from participating in the writ of kalikasan petition on the disputed West Philippine Sea. Read more »

SC sets oral arguments on West PH Sea's 'massive destruction'

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 04 05:01 PM

MANILA — The Supreme Court (SC) en banc will hear oral arguments on the petition filed by the Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP) and fisherfolk from Palawan and Zambales seeking to compel cabinet members and government officials to protect and preserve the environment in the West Philippine Sea from “massive destruction” caused by Chinese fishing vessels. Read more »

Writ of kalikasan presses gov't to prove it has been protecting West PH Sea - analyst

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 07 12:02 PM

The writ of kalikasan the Supreme Court issued will push the Duterte administration to prove what it has done to protect and preserve the Philippines' marine environment in its exclusive economic zone, an analyst said Tuesday. Read more »

Protection of West PH Sea ‘already top concern’ of gov’t: Palace

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 04 11:49 PM

Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo made the statement after the Supreme Court issued on Friday a writ of kalikasan in response to a petition. Read more »