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Island defense buildup targets no one-China
(Manila Standard,January 11, 2018 , on page A1-A2)China said Wednesday that the defense facilities it has built on the disputed Kagitingan Reef in the West Philippine Sea are not directed at any country. China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson Lu Kang made this ... -
Island facing West PH Sea seen boosting coastal defense
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,February 27, 2023 , on page A3-A4)The Philippine Marine Corps (PMC) is considering a donated 10-hectare land on Lubang Island in Occidental Mindoro province as a vital location in the military’s “coastal defense strategy” against external threats. The ... -
Island may offer clues to coral reefs' survival
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,April 18, 2017 , on page A4)The key to the survival of the world’s threatened coral reefs may lie in the waters surrounding a small volcanic island off the coast of Japan, scientists say. The seabed of Shikine island is a “living laboratory” for ... -
Island village in Roxas suffers from dry spell
(The Daily Guardian,June 2, 2015 , on page 2)Residents of the island barangay of Olotayan here are relying on rations from the Metro Roxas Water District(MRWD) due to the dry spell brought about by the mild El Niño. Three boats deliver some 200 to 300 containers of ... -
Islands ready for climate agreement
(Manila Standard,April 22, 2016 , on page B6)With their very existence under threat from climate change, the world's island states come to the United Nations on Friday not only to sign the Paris climate deal but to be first in line to make sure it goes into force. ... -
Islands want UN to see climate as security threat
(Malaya,February 18, 2013 , on page B4-B5)The Marshall Islands and other low-lying island nations appealed to the U.N. Security Council on Friday to recognize climate change as an international security threat that jeopardizes their very survival. Tony deBrum, a ... -
ISO certification for testing labs in WV
(DailyGuardian,April 24, 2019 , on page 6)The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) is working to assist at least five laboratories in Western Visayas in acquiring International Organization for Standardization (ISO) certification in the next three years. ... -
Isolate- China bid gains steam
(Manila Standard,August 13, 2016 , on page A1-A2)The Philippines will urge all claimant countries to isolate China by declaring their own claims in the South China Sea as protected areas to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, an official said Friday. ... -
ISU home of Phl 1st freshwater fisheries center
(The Philippine Star,June 29, 2018 , on page B16)The Isabela State University (ISU) will be the home of the soon-to-be-established Cagayan Valley Freshwater Fisheries Center (CVFFC) after becoming one of the first awardees of the Niche Center of Science and Technology ... -
ISUFST faculty embark on historic Thailand visit
(DailyGuardian,June 4, 2024 , on page 2-11)Faculty and administrators from the Iloilo State University of Fisheries Science and Technology (ISUFST) College of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences (CFAS) embarked on the university’s first-ever international cross visit ... -
ISUFST visits SEAFDEC Thailand to explore collaboration opportunities
(DailyGuardian,June 7, 2024 , on page 10)The Iloilo State University of Fisheries Science and Technology (ISUFST) delegation visited this Tuesday, June 4, 2024, the Training Department of the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC-TD) in Phra Samut ... -
It will take years to clean up Manila Bay
(Manila Bulletin,January 18, 2019 , on page 8)It took six months to clean up Boracay’s waters. It will take seven years to clean up Manila Bay until it becomes as clean as in Boracay today, Secretary of Agriculture Emmanuel Pinol said in a radio interview this week. ... -
It's China that must be sued for sea theft, ruin
(The Philippine Star,February 19, 2021 , on page 9)Malacañang “hopes” no conflict erupts from China’s new coast guard law to fire on foreign vessels in waters it illegally claims. It’s feeble, critics cry. One doesn’t craft foreign policy on wishful thinking, former national ... -
'It's not fair!': total island closure riles tourism stakeholders Gov’t readies P2-B Boracay calamity fund
(Panay News,April 6, 2018 , on page 1-37)A calamity fund of P2 billion will be used to help worked that would be displaced by Boracay Island's six-month closure starting April 26. No resort owners, however, would benefit form the fund, said Presidential spokesperson ... -
It's o-fish-al: Tokyo's Tsukiji market to move on Oct. 11
(BusinessWorld,December 21, 2017 , on page S1/8)Tokyo’s famed Tsukiji fish market will move to a new site on October 11, the capital’s governor said Wednesday, ending years of delays marked by scandals and emotional divisions among fishmongers. Yuriko Koike’s decision ... -
It's painful but it hastens prawn fertilization
(BulletinToday,July 8, 1985 , on page 14)At the research station here of the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (Seafdec), researchers may be considered 'sadists': They are inflicting painful injuries to female prawns by pinching or crushing their ... -
It's shark week, guys!
(Manila Standard,June 27, 2016 , on page C5)The sharks are back and will stay for a week starting today. Shark Week holds a week-long of exciting shows. Premiering at 8 tonight is The Return of the Monster Mako, which centers on the transformation of giant mako ... -
It's Tatusan time again
(Panay News,June 9, 2016 , on page 1-15)Tatusan Festival is so named because Caluya is the only known source of tatus in the whole Philippines. This blue-streaked crab looks different from other crabs and may be considered "exotic" by world standard, hence selling ... -
It's the green, blue and sand combination
(DailyGuardian,April 21, 2022 , on page 9-10)Located in the northernmost tip of Negros Occidental lies the well-preserved 32,000 hectares of lush marine resources. Sagay City is one of the major fishing coastal communities in Negros Occidental. But with man’s destructive ... -
'It's time': Duterte to raise sea row ruling on China trip
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,August 7, 2019 , on page A6)President Duterte will meet Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing later this month to discuss a 2016 ruling by the UN-backed Permanent Court of Arbitration that nullified China’s claim to nearly the entire South China ...