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                    [ArticleID] => 1429143
                    [Title] => 300 boats of foreign poachers spotted daily in Kalayaan Island Group
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More than 300 boats carrying foreign poachers can be seen every day in the Kalayaan Island Group but could not be arrested by government forces due to lack of equipment, officials said.

[DatePublished] => 2015-03-02 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805309 [AuthorName] => Alexis Romero [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/headlines/20150302/Poachers-KIG.jpg ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1396535 [Title] => Para palayain ang 9 poachers... Malacañang dedma sa pakiusap ng Chinese govt [Summary] =>

Kahit na makiusap ang Chinese government na palayain na ang 9 Chinese poachers na nahuli sa Pilipinas sa Palawan ay hindi ito pakikinggan ng pamahalaan.

[DatePublished] => 2014-11-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1724518 [AuthorName] => Rudy Andal [SectionName] => Police Metro [SectionUrl] => police-metro [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1322613 [Title] => WATCH: Chinese crew face raps for turtle poaching in Philippines [Summary] =>

The Philippines charged nine Chinese fishermen on Monday for poaching more than 500 endangered sea turtles at a disputed South China Sea shoal. Police seized the boat that was allegedly laden with the giant turtles, most of them dead.

[DatePublished] => 2014-05-13 10:25:38 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => News Videos [SectionUrl] => news-videos [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/videos/20140513/turtle-philippines-china-puertoprincesa.jpg ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1269321 [Title] => EDITORIAL - Fighting illegal fishing [Summary] =>

Earlier this month the government adopted a national action plan that is meant to give more teeth to the campaign against poaching in Philippine waters.

[DatePublished] => 2013-12-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => http://img163.imageshack.us/img163/1572/h4ix.gif ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1118261 [Title] => More poachers enter Phl waters after killing of Taiwanese fisherman [Summary] =>

Following the May 9 shooting of a suspected Taiwanese poacher in Balintang Channel, poachers have become bold in trespassing into Philippine waters, according to a town mayor in Batanes.

[DatePublished] => 2013-08-22 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1366933 [AuthorName] => Jack Castaño [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 599966 [Title] => 13 Vietnamese nationals jailed for turtle poaching in Palawan [Summary] =>

A Philippine court has fined and sentenced 13 Vietnamese poachers to several months in prison after they were caught two years ago trying to flee with 101 critically endangered turtles, a conservationist group said Friday.

[DatePublished] => 2010-08-06 12:26:40 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 379369 [Title] => All 30 Chinese poachers out on bail [Summary] => All 30 Chinese poachers arrested for violating at least three environment and conservation laws of the Philippines are now out of jail after posting bail.

Marine park manager Angelique Songco of the Tubbataha Management Office (TMO) said the 24 Chinese fishermen who were detained at the Palawan Provincial Jail were able to post bail last weekend and were released on Tuesday afternoon.
[DatePublished] => 2007-01-11 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097177 [AuthorName] => Katherine Adraneda [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 263632 [Title] => Chinese, Vietnamese fishermen stranded in RP [Summary] => PUERTO PRINCESA CITY — Huddled in small groups in a prison courtyard here, Chinese and Vietnamese fishermen sit listlessly, anxious to know how their families back home are coping without their support.

Stuck behind bars in a strange land, the fishermen have no immediate prospect for repatriation, with the Philippines asserting its territorial authority against a wave of poachers from neighboring countries.
[DatePublished] => 2004-09-05 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 193149 [Title] => How can the world respect us when we’re acting like wimps? [Summary] => I read yesterday that Tourism Secretary Dick Gordon said he hopes to attract more tourists, "even Americans", for this "Visit the Philippines Year". Sorry, Dick, but the Americans are going – not coming.
[DatePublished] => 2003-01-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133172 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1510184 [AuthorName] => Max V. Soliven [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 193177 [Title] => Villar urges tougher DFA stance vs Sino poachers [Summary] => Irked by constant reports of Chinese fishermen poaching on Philippine territorial waters, the Senate foreign affairs committee yesterday asked government to take a tougher stance against offenders.

Sen. Manuel Villar Jr., committee chairman urged the Department of Foreign Affairs to reject the request of the Chinese embassy officials for the immediate release of 38 Chinese fishermen who were caught poaching last year.

Villar warned that releasing the Chinese poachers would only embolden others to conduct illegal fishing and violate our laws.
[DatePublished] => 2003-01-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) ) )
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