Akbayan partylist Rep. Tom Villarin described President Rodrigo Duterte’s order to stop academic study by foreign countries on Philippine Rise, or Benham Rise, as part of his “usual squid tactics.”
The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) launched on Thursday two new 50.5-meter steel-hulled Multi-Mission Offshore Vessels (MMOVs) at Josefa Slipways Inc. in Brgy. San Roque, Navotas City.