Browsing by Subject "environmental monitoring"

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    • Duterte: US to blame for China sea actions 

      Laude, Jaime; Cervantes, Ding (The Philippine Star, March 25, 2017, on page 1-6)
      It was the inaction of the United States that emboldened China to aggressively assert its claim in the South China Sea and the West Philippine Sea, including building artificial islands, many of which have evolved into ...

    • Environmental groups undergo seminar on reef monitoring 

      Villanueva, Rhodina; Macairan, Evelyn (The Philippine Star, March 3, 2013, on page 8)
      Environmental groups underwent a workshop on coral reef monitoring processes as part of the preparation for assessment of the full extent of damage brought by the grounding of the US Navy warship in Tubbataha Reef. Seven ...

    • Esperon: PH can't stop China buildup on isles 

      Avendaño, Christine (Philippine Daily Inquirer, March 30, 2017, on page A2)
      The government is fully aware that China has nearly completed construction work on three Philippine-claimed reefs in the South China Sea but cannot do anything about it, National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon said ...

    • Fewer birds seen in Mindoro lake 

      (Philippine Daily Inquirer, February 1, 2017, on page A10)
      Fewer migratory birds visited the Naujan Lake National Park in Naujan town in Oriental Mindoro province last month, a recent bird census showed. From 10,821 birds recorded in 2016, only 6,932 from 36 species were recorded ...

    • Fish cages crowding Laguna's Sampaloc Lake next targey on LLDA demolition list 

      Cinco, Maricar (Philippine Daily Inquirer, August 2, 2017, on page A16)
      The government is now targeting to dismantle illegal fish cages in Sampaloc Lake, one of this city's popular seven interconnected lakes and a major tourist attraction in Laguna province. The Laguna Lake Development Authority ...

    • Fishing ban up in Davao Gulf 

      Regalado, Edith (The Philippine Star, June 21, 2015, on page A-27)
      Fishing in the Davao Gulf has been declared closed starting this month until August to allow fish to spawn in the area. Davao Gulf, which spans 3,087 kilometers, covers the Cape San Agustin in Governor Generoso town in ...

    • Friends in deed? 

      (The Philippine Star, March 20, 2017, on page 14)
      If the Philippines decided to set up an environmental monitoring station on Panatag or Scarborough Shoal, to preserve endangered giant clams and sharks from poachers, how would Beijing react? The United Nations-backed ...

    • Garbage booms set up to keep Iloilo River clean. 

      De los Santos, Maricyn A. (The Daily Guardian, July 18, 2017, on page B7)
      The Iloilo city government through the City Agriculture Office has the installation of garbage boom in bodies of water here to track the barangays which are sources of garbage found in Iloilo River. Garbage boom is a ...

    • Greenhouse gases hit record highs in 2014 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Philippine Daily Inquirer, July 18, 2015, on page A20)
      In 2014 the world's oceans swelled, major greenhouse gases that fuel global warming hit record highs and the planet's surface temperature reached its hottest point in 135 years, international researchers said Thursday. "If ...

    • Guimaras, DENR-6 ink pact on Cabano river water, air quality 

      (The Daily Guardian, April 4, 2019, on page 14-15)
      The province of Guimaras and the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) in Region 6 forged a partnership for the water classification of Cabano River and Ambient air quality monitoring. Guimaras Governor ...

    • Heavy pollutants plague Seven Lakes 

      Icamina, Paul (Malaya, March 27, 2018, on page A4)
      The appearance of white worms bodes ill for the Seven Lakes of San Pablo, Laguna. The worms, called by local fishermen "puting bulate," are found in the guts of Nile tilapia caught in the Seven Lakes. The worms have alerted ...

    • How to defend Panatag Shoal 

      Saludo, Ricardo (The Manila Times, March 23, 2017, on page A1-A5)
      Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonio Carpio, who contributed immensely to our winning our arbitration suit against China’s “nine-dash line” maritime claim, wants President Rodrigo Duterte to shut up. Justice Carpio asked ...

    • Manila Bay cleanup launched today 

      Mahilum, Ed; Villas, Anna Liza (Manila Bulletin, November 26, 2011, on page 2)
      Navotas City joins today the simultaneous metrowide waterways cleanup at the Manila Bay, an activity spearheaded by the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) dubbed " One Day. One Bay." The city government ...

    • Marine scientists express concern over Chinese activities in WPS 

      JYA (The Philippine Star, March 28, 2019, on page B6)
      Visiting scientists from the California Academy of Sciences have sounded the alarm over dredging activities in the West Philippine Sea, as Chinese construction of artificial islets would likely damage coral reefs and inflict ...

    • Metro Pacific shores up Balayan Bay ecosystem 

      (The Manila Times, February 7, 2019, on page B5)
      As part of its corporate social responsibility, Metro Pacific Investments Corp. (MPIC) Foundation, through its Shore It Up program, recently received a donation of 40 eco-reef modules that will be installed in Balayan Bay, ...

    • Metro Pacific shores up Balayan Bay ecosystem 

      (Manila Standard, February 12, 2019, on page C2)
      As part of its corporate social responsibility, Metro Pacific Investments Corporation Foundation, through its Shore It Up program, recently received a donation of 40 eco-reef modules which will be installed in Balayan Bay, ...

    • Monitoring to be more stringent than before 

      Miraflor, Madelaine B. (Manila Bulletin, October 21, 2018, on page 8)
      Even if the government is already set to formally reopen Boracay Island from a six-month rehabilitation, things will no longer be the same for the world-famous island destination. From now on, the island will always be a ...

    • No monitoring station on Panatag - Beijing 

      Romero, Alexis; Clapano, Jose Rodel; Laude, Jaime (The Philippine Star, March 23, 2017, on page 1-6)
      China is not building an environmental monitoring station on Panatag (Scarborough) Shoal, its foreign ministry said yesterday, apparently denying remarks made by a local official last week. Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying ...

    • No one can stop China on Panatag - Duterte 

      Mendez, Christina; Regalado, Edith; Punay, Edu; Cabrera, Romina (The Philippine Star, March 20, 2017, on page 10)
      President Duterte believes the Philippine government cannot stop China from installing a radar station in Panatag or Scarborough Shoal that has been declared a traditional common fishing ground by an arbitral tribunal, ...

    • Nurturing a sustainable partnership 

      (Malaya, October 1, 2018, on page B7)
      The Philippines ranks third in plastic pollution in terms of dumping plastic into our oceans. Because of this, the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) Philippines, has been closely involved in coastal cleanups and other ...