Browsing by Subject "coasts"

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    • PCG, Navy asked to watch Davao coastlines for beach parties during Holy Week 

      Fenequito, Armando Jr. (Manila Bulletin, April 7, 2020, on page 5)
      The Regional Task Force 11- coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has requested the Philippine Coast Guard and Philippine Navy to conduct regular patrols off the coastlines of Davao Gulf, especially those along Davao City ...

    • Philippine beach forests 

      (The Philippine Star, December 1, 2012, on page B-7)
      Beach Forest Species and Mangrove Associates in the Philippines is the latest contribution of the tandem of Jurgenne Primavera and Rex Sadaba who eight years earlier published the highly acclaimed Handbook of the Mangroves ...

    • Phl, US troops storm 'enemy' in Zambales military exercises 

      Laude, Jaime; Clapano, Jose Rodel (The Philippine Star, May 10, 2018, on page 5)
      Some 340 Filipino and American troops stormed and neutralized “enemy” positions along the coastline of San Antonio, Zambales yesterday. This was among the highlights of the Balikatan joint military exercises between the ...

    • Plants to clean coastlines 

      Ocampo, Yas (Manila Bulletin, February 12, 2017, on page 18)
      The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) will embark on a pilot project that aims to sanitize, through natural biological techniques, the residential areas along the city's coasts. A Dutch scientist, who has worked ...

    • Reclaiming Bacolod's shoreline-2 

      Sa-onoy, Modesto P. (DailyGuardian, April 24, 2019, on page 4-5)
      There is no question that reclaiming the shorelines to increase the land area of a community is beneficial. In fact, almost every country in the world had done some form of reclamation or another. But not all shorelines ...

    • Reviving the Philippines' seas, shorelines, the 'Shore It Up!' way 

      Simon, Rajid (Philippine Daily Inquirer, March 18, 2018, on page B4)
      All over the country are quaint coastal towns, unknown to many people in Metro Manila, despite their rich biodiversity and exceptional beauty. Now on it's tenth-year, the Metro Pacific Investments Foundation(MPIF), the ...

    • RP is vulnerable to climate change 

      Lopez, Tony (Manila Standard, March 9, 2018, on page A5)
      Today I adapt the article of my daughter Ivy on climate change at risk: In the last 20 years, the Philippines suffered the most catastrophic events (289). It’s the fifth most vulnerable to climate change with its recurrent ...

    • Sea patrol nets 'trawl' fishers 

      (Panay News, March 23, 2016, on page 3)
      Four fishermen were arrested for illegal fishing off the coasts of Baligiuan and Tago islands in Concepcion Town.

    • Solons seek full compensation for damages caused by oil spill 

      Luci-Atienza, Charissa M. (Manila Bulletin, March 1, 2019, on page 6)
      Lawmakers are calling on the International Oil Pollution Compensation (IOPC) Fund to compensate in full all damages sustained and related expenditures incurred by the Philippines in the August 11, 2006 M/T Solar 1 Oil Spill ...

    • Southern towns push for 'uniform' coastal policies in Panay Gulf 

      Buergo, Angelika N. (DailyGuardian, October 15, 2019, on page 2-14)
      The municipal agriculturists of Miagao, Oton, Tigbauan, Guimbal and San Joaquin called for a uniform and synchronized implementation of policies in the coastal waters of Panay Gulf. The agriculturists requested for the ...

    • Stranded whales die en masse in Australia 

      (Panay News, March 26, 2018, on page 14)
      Only six whales have survived a mass stranding of pilot whales on the coast of Western Australia. About 150 of the animals were found beached at Hamelin Bay, about 300km (180 miles) south of Perth. Their discovery by local ...

    • Students use trash bins to rescue polluted Batangas shoreline 

      Necesario, Nikky (Manila Bulletin, May 18, 2019, on page B-5)
      Garbage disposal has been a rampant problem in the San Juan, Batangas shoreline. This is changing in Barangay Calubcub 2.0 in San Juan, Batangas, where a group of young students from the Joseph Marello Institute have started ...

    • Sustainable seas 

      (Panay News, April 8, 2016, on page 8)
      Next month, May is Ocen Month. But we need not wait for it to press for increased protection of the country's seas, and specifically our coral reef system. we should sustain efforts in protecting our oceans and marine ...

    • Time to consider the creation of a Dep't of fisheries and aquatic resources 

      Javier, Emil (Manila Bulletin, May 13, 2018, on page B-4)
      The recent decision of President Duterte to return the National Food Authority (NFA), the National Irrigation Administration (NIA), the Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA), and the Fertilizer and Pesticide Authority (FPA) ...

    • US coastline to rise 30 cm by 2050 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (The Manila Times, February 17, 2022, on page B7)
      The US coastline is expected to experience up to a foot (30 centimeters) of sea-level rise by the year 2050 because of climate change, making damaging floods far more common than today, a US government study said Tuesday ...

    • Villar leads in the sustainable development of Las Pinas- Paranaque wetland park 

      Fabonan, Epi III (The Philippine Star, September 29, 2018, on page 5)
      Our coastlines are vital to all biodiversity on this planet. Beaches and wetlands serve as the natural habitat of millions of living beings, including marine animals that form part of our diet. Imagine what would happen ...

    • W. Visayans join clean-ups to relieve aftermaths of typhoon 

      Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR)-Region VI; PN (Panay News, November 16, 2020, on page 15)
      The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Region 6 and its field offices conducted simultaneous coastal clean-up drives to raise awareness on waste management problems in Western Visayas in this typhoon ...