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    • Navy rescues 14 sea turtles in Palawan 

      Unite, Betheena Kae (Manila Bulletin, May 21, 2017, on page 15)
      Live marine turtles or “Pawikan” believed to be illegally caught were rescued by men from the Philippine Navy (PN) in Sitio Salingsingan, Barangay Mangsee, Balabac, Palawan, it was learned yesterday. The Naval Forces West ...

    • Navy stops Panatag patrol: National security adviser says decision meant to ease tension in disputed waters 

      Sotelo, Yolanda (Philippine Daily Inquirer, November 14, 2017, on page A8)
      The Navy has stopped sending patrols to the Panatag (Scarborough) Shoal to ease tension with China, the national security adviser, Hermogenes Esperon Jr., said here last week. “We do not send Navy ships to the area anymore. ...

    • Navy to drive away Chinese survey ships off Benham Rise 

      Philippine News Agency (PNA) (BusinessMirror, March 10, 2017, on page A3)
      Lorenzana told reporters who attended the “Kapihan sa Kampo”, held at the Honor Hall of the National Defense College of the Philippines in Camp General Emilio Aguinaldo in Quezon City on Thursday, that Chinese ships have ...

    • Navy to increase visibility in disputed West Philippine Sea 

      SunStar Philippines (SunStar Philippines, February 11, 2021, on page 3)
      Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Chief of Staff Cirilito Sobejana said they will increase visibility of naval assets in the disputed West Philippine Sea (South China Sea) to ensure the safety and security of Filipino ...

    • Navy to order 6 more patrol vessels 

      Mangosing, Frances (Philippine Daily Inquirer, May 23, 2022, on page A2-A3)
      The Philippines will order six offshore patrol vessels (OPVs) for P30 billion from South Korean shipbuilder Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) to boost its capability to protect national interests, particularly in the West ...

    • Navy vows more patrols in WPS 

      Reyes, Dempsey (The Manila Times, May 10, 2020, on page A1-A2)
      The Philippine Navy will continue to patrol territorial waters, especially the highly volatile West Philippine Sea (WPS) to provide a reassuring presence to Filipino fishermen. The Navy feels that the patrols are one way ...

    • Navy vows stricter campaign vs illegal fishing in Tañon Strait 

      Cordova, Calvin D. (Manila Bulletin, December 13, 2018, on page 9)
      The Naval Forces Central (Navforcen) vowed a stricter campaign against all forms of illegal and destructive fishing in Tañon Strait, the country’s largest marine protected area. In a joint maritime enforcement activity ...

    • Navy wants WPS gas platforms for monitoring 

      Punongbayan, Michael (The Philippine Star, September 28, 2020, on page 4)
      The Philippine Navy is moving to transform two retired gas platforms in Palawan into Littoral Monitoring Stations or LMS in the West Philippine Sea (WPS). Such observation posts will “further enhance our capability to ...

    • Navy's warship to patrol Benham, says AFP chief 

      Laude, Jaime (The Philippine Star, April 16, 2017, on page 9)
      The Navy's Strategic Sealift Vessel (SSV) BRP Davao del Sur will be deployed to patrol Benham Rise once the vessel is delivered by the Indonesian defense contractor next month, Armed Forces chief Gen. Eduardo Año said. The ...

    • Navy, fisherfolk warned vs 'violent' Chinese coast guard law 

      Romero, Paolo (The Philippine Star, February 1, 2021, on page 1-4)
      Government, commercial and exploration vessels as well as small fishermen have been warned to be on alert as Beijing’s new law authorizing its coast guard to fire on any foreign ship and demolish structures in the South ...

    • Nazi warship natagpuan sa dagat ng Norway 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Balita, September 12, 2020, on page 3)
      Isang Nazi cruiser noong World War II Nazi pinagbabaril at pinalubog sa baybayin ng Norway noong 1940 ay nagkataong natagpuan sa lalim na 490 metro habang isinasagawa ang isang subsea power cable inspeksyon, sinabi ng mga ...

    • NBI files complaints vs. Boracay resorts, Aklan officials 

      GMA News (The Daily Guardian, July 23, 2018, on page 2-5)
      The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) has filed criminal complaints against six Boracay resort operators and developers and several town officials over environmental offenses including alleged encroachment on forest ...

    • NBI files raps vs Aklan mayor, others on Boracay 

      Philippine News Agency (PNA) (Manila Standard, July 23, 2018, on page A6)
      The National Bureau of Investigation has filed criminal cases against Malay, Aklan Mayor Ceciro Cawaling and several local officials and corporations at the Department of Justice for their role in the deterioration of ...

    • NBI nabs giant pearl sellers 

      See, Aie Balagtas (Philippine Daily Inquirer, March 15, 2017, on page A5)
      The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) has arrested 10 people allegedly engaged in illegal wildlife trade, recovering a trove of pearls and endangered giant clams that they were selling for a whopping P97 million. The ...

    • NE fishers get 100K fingerlings 

      De Leon, Jovi (SunStar Philippines, May 12, 2023, on page 3)
      Fisherfolk from Nueva Ecija province who were affected by Super Typhoon Karding (Typhoon Noru) in September last year on Tuesday received some 100,000 catfish (hito) fingerlings from the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic ...

    • Near-unanimous against China's incursions 

      Oxales, Orlando (Manila Standard, July 15, 2019, on page A5)
      A month or so after the controversial Reed Bank incident involving a Filipino fishing boat and a Chinese trawler, public opinion on the matter has scarcely subsided. The horrific details from the altercation were rightly ...

    • Nearly 100 pilot whales strand themselves on an Australian beach; half have died despite rescue efforts 

      (SunStar Philippines, July 27, 2023, on page 11)
      Nearly 100 pilot whales stranded themselves on a beach in western Australia Tuesday, July 25, 2023, and about half had died by Wednesday morning, July 26, despite the efforts of wildlife experts and volunteers to save them. ...

    • Nearly 200 whales stranded on New Zealand beach 

      Associated Press (AP) (The Philippine Star, February 14, 2015, on page A-22)
      Nearly 200 pilot whales stranded themselves on New Zealand's South Island yesterday, with hordes of rescuers rushing to the remote area in a bid to guide them back to sea. Two dozen of the 198 whales had already died despite ...

    • Nearly 3T ha. of mangrove plantations up for rehab 

      Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) (Panay News, July 10, 2015, on page 9)
      The Department of Environment and Natrual Resources (DENR) targets to develop and rehabilitate almost 3,000 hectares (ha.) of mangrove plantations and beach forests in Western Visayas. Through the Mangrove and Forest ...

    • NEC Philippines employees help clean Manila Bay 

      (BusinessWorld, March 14, 2019, on page S2/8)
      The staff at NEC Philippines (NECPH) spent a day collecting data of an entirely different nature. They picked samples of trash and identified items found at the Las Piñas-Parañaque Critical Habitat and Ecotourism Area ...