Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (Pamalakaya), a coalition of small fisherfolk organizations, is calling on president-elect Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to “permanently shelve” joint oil exploration talks with China.

The Energy department said Saturday that it "firmly stands for the assertion of Philippine rights by through the promotion of exploration in the West Philippine Sea."

The Philippines earlier ended talks with China for a joint energy project in the South China Sea after President Rodrigo Duterte ordered an end to the negotiations. 

On June 11, I made my first overseas trip in two and a half years.

Jumbo Floating Restaurant, a once famed but financially struggling Hong Kong tourist attraction, sank in the South China Sea after being towed away from the city.