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Pinoy fishers return from Panatag Shoal with huge catch of fish Fishermen from Pangasinan returned home early Saturday with a huge load of big species of fish they caught from Panatag (Scarborough) Shoal, after Chinese harassment had stopped, allowing them to fish inside the lagoon for the first time in four years. Some fishermen arrived with their huge catch, after days of fishing inside the shoal beginning Wednesday night.   They showed their "brimming" boats with the catch of black and orange lapu-lapu fish, bakalaw, tanigue, and damas o bisugong bato, among other species of fish. The returning fishermen said they were surprised when finally on Wednesday evening no Chinese Coast Guard vessel blocked them upon their approach at the entrance of the shoal. "Noong Martes, sinubukan naming pumunta sa Scarborough Shoal (called Kalburo in the locality) pero hinarang kami ng Chinese Coast Guard vessels," said Gilbert Rovinna, the skipper of F/B Rovinna fishi...

Duterte vows to give way to federalism DAVAO CITY—President Duterte on Saturday made another pitch for federalism and promised to step down as soon as a framework for a federal form of government is established. “I give you my word, if the framework is already there, I will resign to  give way to the new president,” Duterte said. Mr. Duterte said he would not wait for his six-year term to end once there is an assurance that federalism will be fully implemented. ADVERTISEMENT “Accelerate federalism and let us find a configuration of government where  the regions are more powerful,” Duterte said, addressing Congress. The shift to a federal form of government was one of the key planks on Duterte’s election campaign platform, saying federalism will unleash the growth potentials of other regions aside from the capital, Manila. He said this would also resolve decades-long unrest among Muslim Filipinos who have felt left out of whatever economic development has bee...

Retired cop asks Duterte, De la Rosa to help solve son’s killing “If I find out that one of your policemen had a hand [in] the death of my son, God forbid… I know you don’t tolerate this, but let me be very, very frank: If they know how to kill people, so do I.” That’s the online message that retired intelligence officer SPO4 Alfredo Jebulan addressed to President Rodrigo Duterte and Director General Ronald “Bato” de la Rosa, chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP). Jebulan was venting his rage over the death of his son, 21-year-old Yani Jebulan, whom motorcycle-riding gunmen shot at close range in the head at around 12:38 a.m. ADVERTISEMENT Yani, a third year psychology student at Our Lady of Fatima University in Antipolo, died on the spot, while his companion, 21-year-old Arnel Cinco, who was shot thrice in the neck and body, was taken to the hospital. The attack happened at a store on Sta. Rosa Road, Purok II in Peñafrancia in Cupang, Antipolo, about a kilometer...