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    • Calida seeks dismissal of kalikasan petition on WPS 

      Punay, Edu (The Philippine Star, July 2, 2019, on page 4)
      Solicitor General Jose Calida has asked the Supreme Court (SC) to dismiss the petition of fishermen seeking to compel the government to protect disputed shoals in the West Philippine Sea where Chinese fishermen have ...

    • California oil spill gushed like hose 'without a nozzle' 

      Associated Press (AP) (Panay News, June 28, 2015, on page 10)
      Firefighters investigating a reported petroleum stench at a California beach last month didn’t take long to find a spill — oil was spreading across the sand and into the surf. Tracing the source, they found crude gushing ...

    • Call it 'West Philippines Sea' from now on 

      Kabiling, Genalyn D. (Manila Bulletin, September 13, 2012, on page 1-12)
      It’s official. The Aquino government has formally named the maritime areas of the western side of the Philippine archipelago as the "West Philippine Sea" and moved to popularize the change in the geographical name here and ...

    • Call me Fish-mael The Marriott Cafe serves up the bounty of the sea, your way 

      Corpuz, May (Manila Bulletin, March 28, 2013, on page C1)
      When we arrive at the Marriott Cafe, we immediately spy a glistening podium full of fish, and right on cue, a loud rumbling of the stomach follows. We ask Chef Meik Brammer about the offerings., and he explains that he ...

    • Call to declare Panaon protected seascape aired 

      Recuerdo, Elmer (Daily Tribune, May 21, 2023, on page B19)
      An international environmental group called on Congress for the immediate passage of a bill that will declare the island at the southernmost tip of Southern Leyte as a protected seascape under the Expanded National Integrated ...

    • A call to protect La Union's seas and 'pawikan' 

      Alpad, Christina (The Manila Times, May 17, 2016, on page B7)
      Tina Antonio of La Union Soul Movement joined “SOS: Save the Seas Coastival”—dubbed the green alternative to the famous “LaBoracay” Labor Day weekend in Boracay—but she was not there for the sea breeze, fresh seafood and ...

    • Caluya amping up seaweeds prod'n 

      Golez, Prince (Panay News, May 19, 2015, on page 2-15)
      Seaweed farming proves to be a gainful venture for Caluya, Antique, and the municipality eyes boosting its production. Majority of the townsfolk are engaged in seaweed farming. Caluya is the fifth largest seaweed producer ...

    • Caluya could be next tourism miracle 

      (Panay News, May 1, 2016, on page 1-15)
      This cluster of islets that comprise the only isolated municipality of Antique does not look as sad as it sounds. As every Antiqueño knows, "kaluya" means "sadness" in English. Through the initiative of Mayor Genevive Lim ...

    • Caluya goes environmental 

      (Panay News, July 9, 2017, on page 9)
      Mayor Genevive Lim Reyes is leaving no stone unturned in her determination to keep the sea off her town of Caluya, Antique a haven for sea creatures. Recently, a team of experts from the Municipal Agriculture Office and ...

    • Caluya's Tatusan Festival reels off May 22 

      Vego, Herbert (Panay News, April 26, 2015, on page 15-16)
      Every annual celebration of Tatusan Festival, this isolated island municipality literally suspends its isolation in the three days it takes to gather together migrant natives, local and foreign tourists to its white-sand ...

    • Cambodia foiling Asean consensus on sea row, says envoy 

      (Philippine Daily Inquirer, July 24, 2016, on page A5)
      Staunch China ally Cambodia is preventing Southeast Asia from reaching a consensus on the South China Sea after an international tribunal rejected Beijing’s territorial claims to the waters, a diplomat said on Saturday. ...

    • Camiguin: Unspoiled paradise 

      Francisco, JVM; Talavera, Catherine; Gorit, Gerry Lee (The Philippine Star, November 3, 2019, on page D8)
      During that first visit, I was with a group of friends who wanted to see some islands in the country yet unspoiled by hordes of tourists. Camiguin in the late 1980’s was pristine, unsullied by tourism and progress, and was ...

    • Camotes farmers, fishermen get DA inputs 

      Indino, Phohebe Jen (Manila Bulletin, April 27, 2014, on page 16)
      Some 600 farmers and fishermen from the municipalities of San Francisco, Poro, Tudela, and Pilar on this island recently received agricultural inputs from the Department of Agriculture (DA). DA Secretary Proceso J. Alcala ...

    • Campaign against illegal fishing earns citation for villar 

      Ramos-Araneta, Macon (Manila Standard, December 24, 2018, on page A3)
      Senator Cynthia Villar was recognized by the Department of Agriculture for her role in the enactment of the law against illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing. During the first command conference of the Philippines ...

    • Campaign against illegal fishing turns violent 

      Ellera, Teresa D. (SunStar Philippines, July 10, 2020, on page 2)
      A fisherman was seriously wounded after he allegedly tried to escape after his boat was apprehended for illegal fishing off the coast of EB Magalona early Wednesday morning, July 8, 2020. Police identified the wounded as ...

    • Campaign on amended fisheries code increased 

      Philippine Information Agency (PIA); PN (Panay News, December 1, 2015, on page 5)
      The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources 6 (BFAR6) is stepping up efforts on information, education and communication campaign on a new law which amended the Philippine Fisheries Code. Republic Act 10654, an act to ...

    • Campaign on to declare Visayan Sea as protected area 

      Dangcalan, Danny (The Philippine Star, June 11, 2015, on page A-27)
      Local government officials in the Visayas and other stakeholders have signed a resolution asking President Aquino to declare the Visayan Sea a marine reserve. The resolution was signed at the 7th Visayan Sea Summit in ...

    • Campaign to save Samar crabs 

      Philippine Information Agency (PIA) (Manila Bulletin, February 20, 2017, on page 8)
      A group of researchers, fisherfolk, and Samarnons have launched a campaign to save Samar Crabs. Jesus Racuyal, director of the Center for Fisheries Aquatic Resources Research and Development (CFFARRD), one of the leaders ...

    • Can 'weak' El Niño trigger coral bleaching epidemic? 

      Mercado, Juan L. (The Philippine Star, December 8, 2002, on page 12)
      Will this year's "weak" El Niño trigger another round of mysterious "bleaching" that savaged economically-vital coral reefs in a clocklike-wave of infection in 1998?. Scientists J. H. Primavera and E.D. Gomez have documented ...

    • Can bangus from Tigbauan feed the world? 

      (Panay News, November 4, 2017, on page 1, 2, 14)
      Iloilo - Feeding more than nine billion people by 2050 is one of the world’s greatest challenges, according to the United Nations (UN). At the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC) - Aquaculture Department ...