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    • Yangtze fishermen embrace new life 

      Xinhua (Daily Tribune, January 7, 2021, on page B13)
      Located along the Yangtze River, ex-fisherman Song Bin’s fish restaurant touts the finest view of the Liziba station, a landmark of southwest China metropolis Chongqing where sky trains running through a residential building ...

    • Yangtze turtle facing extinction 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Manila Standard, April 16, 2019, on page A1-A2)
      The world’s rarest turtle has moved a step closer to extinction after a female specimen died in a Chinese zoo, leaving behind just three known members of the species. The Yangtze giant softshell turtle, believed to be above ...

    • Yap cites need to protect Coral Triangle 

      (Manila Standard, February 11, 2010, on page D4)
      The partnership between the government and the private sector and the pursuit of innovations in climate adaptations is meant to protect Coral Triangle and ensure its diversity and sustainability for some 360 million people. ...

    • Yap cites need to protect Coral Triangle 

      (Malaya, February 11, 2010, on page D4)
      The partnership between the government and the private sector and the pursuit of innovations in climate change adaptations is meant to protect the Coral Triangle and ensure its diversity and sustainability for some 350 ...

    • Yap orders thorough probe on Quedancor fund mess 

      Ison, Lilybeth G. (Visayan Daily Headlines, July 16, 2007, on page 2)
      Agriculture Secretary Arthur Yap has ordered a thorough audit of the loan portfolio of the Quedan and Rural Credit Guarantee Corp. (Quedancor) due to the more than P500 million unexplained losses to the government. In a ...

    • Yap orders thorough probe on Quedancor fund mess 

      Philippine News Agency (PNA) (The News Today, July 16, 2007, on page 3)
      Agriculture Secretary Arthur Yap has ordered a thorough audit of the loan portfolio of the Quedan and Rural Credit Guarantee Corp. (Quedancor) due to the more than P500 million unexplained losses to the government. In a ...

    • Yap unveils abalone breeding program 

      (The Philippine Star, July 22, 2007, on page B-4)
      Agriculture Secretary Arthur Yap launched here yesterday a five-year, P15-million program spearheaded by the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC) and DA-Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) ...

    • Year after arbitration: Options and directions 

      del Rosario, Albert (Philippine Daily Inquirer, July 12, 2017, on page A13)
      Today marks the first anniversary of the arbitral tribunal’s award on the case that the Philippines filed against China. This anniversary presents an opportunity for us to look closely at our country’s direction. Together, ...

    • A year after Iloilo Strait tragedy, was justice ever rendered? 

      (Panay News, August 4, 2020, on page 7)
      The squall that capsized three boats in the Iloilo Strait between Iloilo City and Guimaras Island on Aug 3, 2019 did not only kill over 30 people. It also broke hearts and dashed dreams. Questions were raised. Were the ...

    • The year of maritime cooperation between China and the ASEAN launched 

      (Manila Bulletin, March 31, 2015, on page 8)
      China hopes all-round maritime cooperation with the ASEAN will become a model for building the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road, Chinese State Councilor Yang Jiechi said here on March 28. Yang made the remark at a ceremony ...

    • Year-End Report 2018: A look back at the year's movers and shakers 

      PN (Panay News, December 31, 2018, on page 2)
      The country’s top tourist destination was closed to tourism activities for six months beginning April 26 for a massive cleanup and rehabilitation due to years of neglect and abuse. President Rodrigo Duterte called Boracay ...

    • YEARENDER: DENR restores Boracay as world-class destination 

      Villanueva, Rhodina; Simeon, Louise Maureen (The Philippine Star, December 28, 2018, on page 5)
      The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) – the lead agency of the Boracay Inter-Agency Task Force (BIATF) – immediately rose to the challenge, and closed down establishments found releasing waste and ...

    • Yellow River cleanup brings bright future 

      Zhao, Ruixue; Shi, Baoyin; Sun, Ruisheng (The Philippine Star, October 30, 2020, on page 11-12)
      Zhang Qinglin, a resident of Ronghe town, Wanrong county, Shanxi province, visits the Fenhe River, a couple of kilometers from his home, every other day. The 75-year-old enjoys watching the river meander through wetland ...

    • Yellow silent on Malaysian grab of PH territory 

      Tiglao, Rigoberto D. (The Manila Times, August 10, 2020, on page A1-A5)
      The Yellows keep ranting that President Duterte hasn’t continued to quarrel with the superpower China to assert our sovereign rights in our exclusive economic zone — ignorant of, or rejecting the fact that not just China, ...

    • Yellow submarine probe findings bared 

      Indino, Phoebe Jen (Manila Bulletin, June 7, 2013, on page 14)
      The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) 7 has issued its findings and recommendations on the controversial case of coral damage by a submarine used by a Korean company for commercial tourism purposes ...

    • Yellow zombie ideas on our China dispute 

      Tiglao, Rigoberto D. (The Manila Times, July 31, 2020, on page A1-A5)
      President Duterte’s comments on our disputes with China over the South China Sea in his recent State of the Nation Address (SONA) have resuscitated Yellow zombie ideas. That phrase was coined by Nobel laureate Paul Krugman, ...

    • Yellows lost not just Scarborough Shoal but also our Kalayaan Island Group 

      Tiglao, Rigoberto D. (The Manila Times, June 2, 2021, on page A1-A5)
      It wasn't just Scarborough Shoal (Bajo de Masinloc) that President Aquino 3rd and his minions lost in 2012 because of their bungling in their quarrel with China. Much worse than that: we lost our entire Spratly Island ...

    • Yes, Senate must investigate how Aquino, Trillanes and Del Rosario lost Panatag 

      Tiglao, Rigoberto (The Manila Times, June 18, 2018, on page A1-A4)
      Sen. Loren Legarda, the chairman of the Senate’s committee on foreign relations, said the other day that she welcomed a probe into the country’s handling of its territorial dispute with China in the South China Sea. That ...

    • Yes, we can!: Cleaning up a body of water is not impossible; Pasig River proves it can be done 

      Chua, Johannes; Lorenzo, Mae Lorraine Rafols (Manila Bulletin, January 31, 2019, on page B-7)
      In the past few days, news about the successful cleanup of Manila Bay is all over the press and social media. After the government inter-agency and volunteers' cleanup last Sunday, photos of what appeared to be Manila Bay's ...

    • Ynares welcomes shelving of ₱18-B lake dredging 

      (Manila Bulletin, September 10, 2010, on page 14)
      The move of the Department of Finance (DoF) to shelve the P18.7-billion dredging project for Laguna Lake is a welcome development as far as Rizal Governor Casimiro "Jun" Ynares III is concerned. Ynares, who formerly headed ...