Browsing by Place "Egypt"
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Asean water security concerns: Focus on the Mekong River
(The Manila Times,July 23, 2022 , on page A4-A5)Conflicts over water are ancient. According to the US-based Pacific Institute which specializes in water policy, water conflict appears to have occurred for the first time 4,500 years ago when a king named Urlama diverted ... -
At Ph meet, more nations sign up to protect dugong
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,February 24, 2013 , on page A4)Four more countries have joined 21 signatories to an international pact to protect the dugong, the mysterious marine mammal that used to be a constant presence along coastlines around the world, including in the Philippines, ... -
Cargo vessel turns sideways, blocks Egypt's Suez Canal
(BusinessMirror,March 25, 2021 , on page A5)A cargo container ship that’s among the largest in the world has turned sideways and blocked all traffic in Egypt’s Suez Canal, officials said Wednesday, threatening to disrupt a global shipping system already strained by ... -
Locsin questions list of ocean-polluting countries
(The Philippine Star,July 15, 2019 , on page 2)Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. has called the inclusion of the Philippines in the list of eight countries responsible for 63.6 percent of ocean trash as “shameful” but questioned whether there are nations not ... -
Mega-ship in Suez Canal moved '80%'
(The Manila Times,March 30, 2021 , on page B4)The enormous container ship blocking the Suez Canal for almost a week has been turned 80 percent in the right direction, officials said Monday, raising hopes the vital trade route could soon be clear. But its owner said ... -
PH needs fisheries dep't, aquaculture experts say
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,November 30, 2017 , on page A9)The government needs to create a Department of Fisheries in order to improve fish production for domestic consumption and for export, leading aquaculture experts said here on Tuesday. Rafael Guerrero, the scientist who ... -
Red sea reefs offer last refuge for corals
(The Manila Times,October 11, 2022 , on page A6)Beneath the waters off Egypt’s Red Sea coast a kaleidoscopic ecosystem teems with life that could become the world’s “last coral refuge” as global heating eradicates reefs elsewhere, researchers say. Most shallow water ... -
Rich nations oppose new biodiversity fund
(DailyGuardian,December 16, 2022 , on page 5)Creating a new global fund for biodiversity - a core demand of developing countries at UN talks in Montreal --"would take years" and be less effective than reforming existing financial mechanism, Canada's environment ... -
Suez Canal reopens to ship traffic
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,March 31, 2021 , on page B2-3)Shipping was on the move again late on Monday in Egypt’s Suez Canal after a giant container ship which had been blocking the busy waterway for almost a week was refloated, with more than 400 ships waiting to pass through. ... -
UN sounds alarm on lethal tilapia virus
(The Manila Times,June 2, 2017 , on page B5)A highly contagious disease is spreading among farmed and wild tilapia, one of the world’s most important fish for human consumption, the United Nations warns, adding that though not a human health risk, Tilapia Lake Virus ...