Browsing by Subject "canals"

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    • Candaba exec clarifies red water in Candaba irrigation 

      Arcellaz, Princess Clea (SunStar Philippines, February 26, 2021, on page 1-11)
      Candaba Councilor Narciso "Siso" Maglanque on Wednesday, February 24, 2021, shed light on the sudden change of color flowing in an irrigation canal in Barangay Barit in Candaba town, Pampanga. Over the weekend, residents ...

    • Cargo vessel turns sideways, blocks Egypt's Suez Canal 

      Associated Press (AP) (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 ...

    • Dead's Sea's revival with Red Sea canal edges closer to reality 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (The Manila Times, May 22, 2018, on page A5)
      Israel and Jordan have long pursued a common goal to stop the Dead Sea from shrinking while slaking their shared thirst for drinking water with a pipeline from the Red Sea some 200 kilometers away. Geopolitical tensions ...

    • Fisheries department 'knee-jerk' reaction 

      Jannaral, Julmunir (The Manila Times, September 19, 2016, on page A7)
      The secretary of the Department of Agriculture has expressed his misgivings on a move by the House of Representatives and the Senate to create a Department of Fisheries separate from the Bureau of Aquatic Resources (BFAR) ...

    • Life along: the mighty Mekong 

      Jarque, Edu (The Philippine Star, October 1, 2017, on page F6)
      The morning sun rose high and bright above the mighty Mekong River, a 4,350-kilometer wonder of nature which starts in Tibet and crosses through China, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam before finally emptying ...

    • Managing protected areas through PPP 

      Mayuga, Jonathan (BusinessMirror, May 21, 2018, on page A9)
      The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) is ready to accept applications for Special-Use Agreement in Protected Areas (Sapa) after Environment Secretary Roy A. Cimatu recently announced the lifting of ...

    • Mega-ship in Suez Canal moved '80%' 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (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 ...

    • Probe underway, day after giant cargo vessel freed in Suez Canal 

      Associated Press (AP) (BusinessMirror, March 31, 2021, on page A7)
      Experts on Tuesday boarded a colossal container ship that had been stuck sideways for nearly a week in the Suez Canal before it was dislodged as questions swirled about the grounding that had shaken the global shipping ...

    • Suez Canal reopens to ship traffic 

      Reuters (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. ...

    • Where tourists get the thrill of fishing for plastic 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Philippine Daily Inquirer, July 27, 2019, on page A10)
      Equipped with fishing rods and thick gloves, a group of people peers into the water from one of the many boats that line Amsterdam’s famous canals. But it’s not fish they’re hunting on their cruise along one of the Dutch ...