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MANILA, Philippines — Sudden increases in households' water billings will prompt warning notices from the Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System (MWSS) as the government tries to conserve water during the El Niño phenomenon.
MANILA, Philippines — IngIt’s still best not to hit back in the face of water cannon attacks by the Chinese, as retaliating would give them an excuse for an escalation, Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) Commodore Jay Tarriela said yesterday.
Even before the Spaniards landed on our shores in 1521, the Philippines was already actively trading with its Southeast Asian neighbors, along with the Ryukyu Islands (now known as Okinawa, Japan) and, of course, China. Despite a vast body of water and relatively primitive means of seafaring, the spirit of trade – and the resulting cultural exchanges – endured.
MANILA, Philippines — Filipinos affected by the severe dry spell amid El Niño have received P97 million in “relief assistance” from the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD).
For the nth time, Chinese Coast Guard ships attacked with water cannons our Philippine vessels to shoo them away from the humanitarian mission to our Filipino fishermen in Panatag Shoal last Tuesday. At least five Chinese militia-crewed ships tried to prevent the entry of our civilian ships to reach the shoal although already surrounded with floating barriers that surreptitiously reappeared around its rich fishing grounds.
MANILA, Philippines — Two days after two of its ships were attacked and damaged with water cannons by the Chinese coast guard, the Philippine government yesterday summoned Beijing’s second highest diplomat in Manila to relay its protest and demand that Chinese ships immediately leave Panatag Shoal where the attacks took place.
MANILA: Manila summoned a senior Chinese envoy on Thursday to protest a water cannon incident that damaged two Philippine vessels during a patrol in the South China Sea. A coast guard vessel and another government boat were damaged in the April 30 incident near the disputed Scarborough Shoal, according to the Philippines' foreign ministry.Manila and Beijing have a long history of territorial disputes in the South China Sea, and the neighbours have been involved in several maritime incidents in recent months as they assert their rival claims in the strategic waterway.
BANGKOK,Thailand — As millions across Southeast Asia suffer a blistering heatwave that is melting railway tracks, a Thai village resorted to an unusual method to seek rain: parading a Japanese cartoon cat.