"But implementing the vessel monitoring system, or VMS, backfired amid accusations that it was tainted with corruption and overpricing."
An archipelago like the Philippines has its hands full in scouring the seas surrounding it. The waters of the Pacific Ocean in the east, West Philippine Sea, and the Sulu Sea and Celebes Sea in the south are so vast and rich in marine resources that they pose an enormous challenge...
… many of the Philippines’ neighboring countries... appear to have cheaper electricity because their governments subsidize more than 50 percent of their tariffs.
Manila Electric...
