MT Princess Empress, an oil tanker that sank off Oriental Mindoro province of the Philippines three weeks ago and is spilling toxic oil into the sea, has been spotted by a remotely operated vehicle.
The Philippines and the US will hold security talks in Washington on April 11, the first in about seven years, a spokesman of the US Embassy in Manila said on March 20.
The massive oil leak from a tanker that sank off Oriental Mindoro province last month has reached one of the Philippines' marine reserves and sanctuaries, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said on March 20.
Residents on the western Philippine island of Mindoro are still affected by a massive oil spill from a sunken tanker, as government and private-sector responders scramble to determine the extent of damage to livelihoods and marine resources.
The Vietnamese national track-and-field team will participate in the Philippines Open Athletics Championships which is scheduled to take place from March 21 to March 26 in the Philippines.
Philippine authorities said on March 10 that they had sought help from Japan and the US to contain and clean up an oil spill 10 days after a tanker sank.
Following a 6-magnitude earthquake in Davao del Norte province of the Philippines on March 7, a 5.6-magnitude earthquake in New Bataan city nearby collapsed several houses, forcing nearly 300 people to evacuate.
Thousands of fishermen in the Philippines have been ordered to stay ashore as authorities struggled on March 3 to contain an oil spill from a sunken tanker.
Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha received Philippine Secretary of Energy Raphael Perpetuo M. Lotilla on the sidelines of the Asia Zero Emission Community (AZEC) Ministerial Meeting in Tokyo, Japan on March 4.
Authorities in the Philippines are exerting efforts to find and secure a sunken tanker loaded with 800,000 litres of industrial fuel oil that has started to leak into waters.
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim on March 1 agreed to bolster the two countries’ political and security cooperation and emphasised the importance of maintaining peace in the East Sea (also known as South China Sea).
A Philippine fuel tanker partially sank in the country's waters on February 28, authorities said, as they tried to contain a diesel spill stretching several kilometres.
Doctors from Binh Dan Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City have assisted their colleagues at Chinese General Hospital and Medical Center (CGHMC) of the Philippines with using robots to perform Gastrointestinal (GI) cancer surgeries.
Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim will pay an official visit to the Philippines from March 1-2, his maiden visit to the Philippines after being swon-in as the 10th Prime Minister, said a statement released by Malaysia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The Philippine central bank (BSP) on February 21 said the country’s overall balance of payments (BOP) posted a 3.1 billion USD surplus in January, a reversal from the 102 million USD deficit recorded a year earlier.
The Phillipines’ Foreign Affairs Secretary Enrique Manalo has reiterated the country's firm resolve to address the East Sea (also known as West Philippine Sea or South China Sea) issue through peaceful and legal means.
According to the Thai Rice Exporters' Association, the country’s rice exports to the Philippines are expected to double in 2023 as rival supplier Vietnam faces capacity constraints.
President of the Philippines Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida agreed to strengthen economic and security cooperation between the two countries.
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