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MANILA, Philippines — There may be foreign interference in next year’s midterm elections and the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) should prepare to counter cyberattacks, the National Security Council (NSC) warned yesterday.
MANILA, Philippines — The government will pursue legal action against Chinese fishermen if evidence supports claims of cyanide fishing in Bajo de Masinloc, also known as the Scarborough Shoal, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said Tuesday.
MANILA, Philippines — Beijing has denied claims that Chinese fishermen used cyanide in Bajo de Masinloc to destroy the resource-rich shoal and prevent Filipino fishers from entering their traditional fishing ground.
MANILA, Philippines — The reasons are not yet clear, but China has removed its floating barriers in the vicinity of Panatag (Scarborough) Shoal in the West Philippine Sea, National Security Council assistant director general Jonathan Malaya said yesterday.
MANILA, Philippines — The Supreme Court (SC) has granted writs of amparo and habeas data as well as temporary protection order to environmental defenders Jonila Castro and Jhed Tamano, who accused the military of abducting them in Bataan last year.
THE National Security Council (NSC) yesterday belied a pronouncement of China that it made temporary special arrangements that allowed the Philippines to deliver supplies to troops at Ayungin Shoal in the West Philippine Sea in the South China Sea.
MANILA: The Philippines on Monday denied China had a "temporary special arrangement" with Manila to allow the delivery of supplies to Philippine troops occupying a disputed South China Sea reef, calling it "a figment of imagination". The Chinese coastguard said on Saturday it had temporarily allowed the Philippines to provide food and water to soldiers stationed at the BRP Sierra Madre, a vessel grounded in 1999 at the Second Thomas Shoal, 190 km (118 miles) off Palawan province, to assert Manila's territorial claims.
THE Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) yesterday said it is planning to increase its presence at Scarborough Shoal, also known as Bajo de Masinloc, following a recent incident involving Chinese vessels harassing Filipino fishermen in the area.