Browsing by Author "Cayabyab, Marc Jayson"

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    • 7 dead as 2 boats capsize off Iloilo 

      Rendon, Jennifer; Laude, Jaime; Ramirez, Robertzon; Villanueva, Ralph Edwin; Villanueva, Rhodina; Cayabyab, Marc Jayson; Bayoran, Gilbert (The Philippine Star, August 4, 2019, on page 1-6)
      Monsoon rains pounded Metro Manila and other parts of the country from Central Luzon to the Visayas yesterday, leaving at least 11 people dead as three boats capsized in rough seas in Iloilo. Thousands fled to higher ground ...

    • China's Spratlys baseline plan exceeds nine-dash line 

      Cayabyab, Marc Jayson; Felipe, Cecille Suerte; Lee-Brago, Pia (The Philippine Star, March 26, 2019, on page 6)
      China’s plan to draw straight baselines around the Spratly Islands and declare much of South China Sea as part of its internal water closed to foreign planes and ships would further escalate tensions in the region, according ...

    • Hundreds visit dolomite beach 

      Cayabyab, Marc Jayson; Villanueva, Rhodina (The Philippine Star, June 14, 2022, on page 5)
      At least 300 people visited the Manila Bay dolomite beach as it reopened on Sunday, coinciding with the Independence Day celebration. The visitors lined up as early as 3:30 p.m. to be on the beach for the afternoon opening, ...

    • Intense rainfall spawns sea of garbage 

      Cayabyab, Marc Jayson; Villanueva, Rhodina; Laude, Jaime; Mateo, Janvic; Dumlao, Artemio; Lazaro, Ramon Efren (The Philippine Star, August 12, 2018, on page 1-6)
      The stretch of Roxas Boulevard looked like a sea of trash yesterday after Manila Bay overflowed due to heavy rains. Loads of trash, mostly plastic and styrofoam, from the sea were scattered along Roxas Boulevard, both lanes ...

    • Manila asks BFAR: Probe bay fish kill 

      Cayabyab, Marc Jayson; Villanueva, Rhodina (The Philippine Star, September 19, 2020, on page 8)
      The city government of Manila has asked the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) to look into the fish kill in Manila Bay along the Baseco seawall in Tondo that groups blamed on the dolomite sand project, an ...

    • Manila Bay cleanup nets 3,810 tons of trash 

      Cayabyab, Marc Jayson (The Philippine Star, September 10, 2019, on page 10)
      Some 3,810 tons of garbage, water hyacinth and silt have been collected from coastlines and estuaries draining to Manila Bay since the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) launched its cleanup this year. In ...

    • Manila Boat Club offers rowing experience along Pasig River 

      Cayabyab, Marc Jayson (The Philippine Star, December 5, 2022, on page 4)
      Bea Dolores, a heritage advocate, had always found herself too clumsy to even sit on a sculling boat without falling into the Pasig river. On a quiet Sunday morning, however, she was surprised that while sitting in a small ...

    • Manila cleans up debris left by Florita 

      Cayabyab, Marc Jayson (The Philippine Star, August 25, 2022, on page 8)
      The Manila city government’s Department of Public Services (DPS) cleaned up the debris left by Severe Tropical Storm Florita on Tuesday. Personnel of the DPS collected garbage scattered along Quirino Avenue in Barangay ...

    • MMDA hauls water hyacinths from Pasig River 

      Cayabyab, Marc Jayson (The Philippine Star, October 8, 2020, on page 8)
      The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) hauled this week 770 cubic meters of water hyacinths as the Pasig River ferry service remains suspended due to the invasive plant species. According to the MMDA public ...

    • MPD exec axed over Manila Bay beach crowd 

      Servallos, Neil Jayson; Cayabyab, Marc Jayson; Cabrera, Romina; Romero, Paolo (The Philippine Star, September 21, 2020, on page 1-2)
      The police station commander in charge of the Manila Bay area was sacked yesterday after crowds that gathered to see the newly opened beachfront featuring artificial white sand failed to observe social distancing amid the ...

    • No signs of life in search for 14 boat crew 

      Ramirez, Robertzon; Cayabyab, Marc Jayson; Amoroso, Ed (The Philippine Star, July 1, 2020, on page 1-4)
      There were no signs of life on the second day of search and rescue operations for 14 Filipinos who went missing following a sea collision in the waters off Mamburao, Occidental Mindoro on Saturday. As this developed, the ...