MANILA — Following Malacañang’s pronouncement regarding the exploration of Philippine Rise (formerly known as Benham Rise), Senator Sonny Angara on Thursday called for the swift passage...
“It may have come a bit late but it is a good move just the same,” Senator Panfilo “Ping” Lacson on Tuesday said in reaction to...
No marine explorations by foreign researchers are allowed in the Benham Rise, President Rodrigo Duterte ordered. Agriculture Secretary Manny Piñol on Tuesday said that the president issued the...
The President stressed the Philippines’ authority on the Philippine Rise formerly known as the Benham Rise by ordering to stop all foreign explorations. “Let me be...
MANILA — The Department of Agriculture (DA) is pushing for the conservation of Philippine Rise, an undersea region east of Luzon, for it to be a rich...
Various Senators had expressed their opinion on the government’s next move in addressing its ongoing territorial dispute over the West Philippine Sea. Senators had agreed that...
MANILA— After Pres. Rodrigo Duterte signed an executive order renaming the Benham Rise as Philippine Rise, a senator on Tuesday urged the government to start building...
President Rodrigo Duterte signed Executive Order 25, officially renaming Benham Rise to Philippine Rise. EO 25 orders the National Mapping and Resource Information Authority to use...