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VERA Files maintains that its story, “Iggy to use biofuels law to evade CARP,” written by Jessica Hermosa and Johanna Sisante, is factual and accurate. The Biofuels Act of 2006 which Rep. Jose Ignacio Arroyo co-authored effectively creates a demand for ethanol. The construction of an ethanol plant on Hacienda Bacan was in line with

MALACANANG has asked the House of Representatives to reconsider a bill which seeks to enclose the Kalayaan Island Group (KIB) and Scarborough Shoal within the archipelagic baseline.  

SEN. Antonio Trillanes IV has warned the government of the likelihood of more skirmishes between the Philippine Navy and the naval forces of other countries claiming the Spratlys in view of the increasing global demand for oil and the growing need to explore oil reserves in the area.

REP. Antonio Cuenco has said that sending the proposed baseline law back to the House committee on foreign affairs after it has passed second reading would violate the rules of the chamber.

NEGLECT by President Gloria Arroyo and squabbles over turf and money have derailed government efforts to establish the country's new archipelagic baseline, and may jeopardize the Philippines' claim over resource-rich Spratlys that fall within its extended continental shelf.

SIX islands occupied by the Philippines in the disputed Spratly Islands Groups are covered by two controversial joint seismic monitoring agreements among the Philippines, China and Vietnam that have come under fire for purportedly “sacrificing” Philippine interests in exchange for huge loans from Beijing.