Congress bicameral committee approves Maritime Zones bill

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To reinforce the country’s maritime sovereignty, the congressional Bicameral Conference Committee on Wednesday approved the Maritime Zones bill, which aims to assert the Philippines’ sovereignty, sovereign rights, and jurisdiction over its waters.

Robert affirmed his earlier account that it was a cargo vessel with Chinese character markings and the words, ‘Yang Fu,’ which smashed against their fishing boat that was then tied to a payao, while they were having lunch at 12:30 noon of July 3.

Tolentino handed cash assistance for the education of the couple’s three children, and committed to find a scholarship program for them, apart from also giving a laptop and printer to Kayla Marie, an education major at Kolehiyo ng Subic.

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Author / Journalist: Jovee Marie N. de la Cruz

Category: BusinessStartups

Markets: PhilippinesChinaIndonesia

Topics: Country’s Philippine Tolentino Bill Zones Waters Benitez “the Fishing Maritime West

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Published On: 2024-07-17 @ 13:27:04 (10 hours ago)

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