By MARYA SALAMAT
According to the Tubbataha management office, it is highly probable that the ship has damaged large portions of the heritage sites’ coral reefs, thus violating pertinent Philippine laws, including Republic Act 10067 or the Tubbataha Reefs National Park Act of 2009.
By MARYA SALAMAT
Last Friday, USS Hawaii, a Virginia class submarine, docked at Subic Bay in what the US embassy in Manila described as another “routine port call and goodwill visit”. It followed the USS Frank Cable, the ‘warship that fixes warships,’ which docked in Subic since September 3.
By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL Bulatlat.com MANILA – Activists decried the docking of US warship in Manila Bay as a symbol of US aggression and disregard for the sovereignty of the country. Members of various progressive groups under the banner of Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan) held a protest action near the US Embassy in Manila,…