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    • Tubbataha reefs, a biodiversity haven 

      (Manila Bulletin, November 25, 2015, on page 11)
      Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park (TRNP), located in the Sulu Sea in Cagayancillo, Palawan, and right at the apex of the Coral Triangle, a center of global marine biodiversity, was declared the 35th ASEAN Heritage Park (AHP) ...

    • Tubbataha sets April timetable 

      Zurbano, Joel E.; Pañares, Joyce Pangco (Manila Standard, February 8, 2013, on page A3)
      Task Force Tubbataha targets removal of USS Guardian by April 9 Coast Guard commandant Rear Admiral Rodolfo Isorena said on Thursday. “The timetable is April but it will depend on sea and weather condition in the area,” ...

    • Tubbataha still open to divers 

      Santos, Tina G. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, March 2, 2013, on page A15)
      The ongoing salvage operations for the United States Navy warship USS Guardian, which remains grounded at the Tubbataha Reef, will not prevent diving enthusiasts from exploring the underwater beauty of the diving site. ...

    • Tubbataha tourism picks up 2 years after US ship runs aground 

      Medenilla, Samuel P. (Manila Bulletin, February 20, 2015, on page 14)
      two years after a United States warship got stranded in the Tubbataha Reef, the Philippine Commission on Sports Scuba Diving (PCSSD) said the number of tourists visiting the World Heritage site have began to pick up. PSSCD ...

    • Tubbataha update 

      Antonio, Raymund (Manila Bulletin, March 4, 2013, on page 6)
      The head task Force Tubbataha said the March 23 target of the salvage personnel hired by U.S. government to dismantle the USS Guardian and remove it from the Tubbataha Reef is feasible. "They (salvors) works fast and very ...

    • Tubbataha update: 2 engines removed from US minesweeper 

      Macairan, Evelyn (The Philippine Star, March 14, 2013, on page A-25)
      At least two main engines have been safely taken out from the United States Navy vessel that ran aground in the Tubbataha Reef, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said yesterday. Commodore Enrico Efren Evangelista, PCG Palawan ...

    • Tubbataha waits for US payment 

      Villanueva, Rhodina (The Philippine Star, April 26, 2014, on page 8)
      The US government has not yet paid compensation for the damage done to the Tubbataha Protected Area 15 months ago. Angelique Songco, Tubbataha Management Office (TMO) officer-in-charge, said yesterday that time is running ...

    • 'Tubbataha' to cut US ship in 4 sections 

      Zurbano, Joel (Manila Standard, March 26, 2013, on page A3)
      On the final stage of dismantling a US ship that ran aground on Tabbataha Reef in the Sulu Sea, salvor ships and crew will cut the hull in four sections this week and bore holes for steel cables of giant cranes that will ...

    • Tubbataha: A worthy substitute for a dinosaur safari 

      Belmonte, Ethan Gabriel Garcia (The Philippine Star, April 16, 2010, on page G-2)
      Located in the Sulu Sea, 181 kilometers from Puerto Princesa City in Palawan, Tubbataha Reef is a marine sanctuary home to over 300 species of coral and 1,000 species of animals, many of which are endangered. It has also ...

    • Tubbataha: ‘We must build apartments for some 2,000 birds—we’re halfway there’ 

      Honasan, Alya B. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, August 18, 2019, on page C5)
      One cloudy afternoon last June, I skipped a dive during the extended transition trip from Tubbataha to Batangas of the Discovery Fleet’s sleek, comfortable dive boat M/V Discovery Palawan, so Angelique Songco, the indefatigable ...

    • Tubigon fisherfolk earn from bangus harvest 

      (SunStar Philippines, March 1, 2021, on page 12)
      The Kapunungang Mananagat sa Potohan in Tubigon town, Bohol earned more than P151,000 from its recent harvest. The fisherfolk group harvested 1,265 kilograms of milkfish, or “bangus,” on Jan. 29, 2021 from its floating ...

    • Tubungan beneficiary of SEAFDEC technology 

      PN (Panay News, February 3, 2000, on page 4-8)
      This town is the new addition to the list of the beneficiaries of SEAFDEC (Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center) technologies particularly tilapia culture in small freshwater reservoir (SFR). The town, although ...

    • TUCP backs calls for China pullout from reef 

      Romero, Paolo; Talavera, Catherine (The Philippine Star, April 17, 2021, on page 2)
      The Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP) supports the statements of Secretaries Delfin Lorenzana and Teodoro Locsin Jr. in demanding the withdrawal of Chinese naval, militia and maritime presence in and around ...

    • Tuloy ang paglilinis sa Manila Bay 

      Philippine News Agency (PNA) (Balita, August 16, 2020, on page 4)
      Tuloy-tuloy ang pagsisikap upang malinis ang Manila Bay. Ibinahagi kamakailan ng Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) regional office sa Pampanga na nagkabit ang ahensiya ng 50 trash traps sa ilang ilog ...

    • Tuna canner buys more fishing boats 

      de la Fuente, F. J. G. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, September 11, 2012, on page A1)
      Listed Canner Alliance Select Foods International, Inc. (ASFII) has purchased six more commercial fishing vessels from BSJ Fishing & Trading, Inc. in a bid to increase its direct access to fishing grounds. In a disclosure ...

    • Tuna congress seeks Cabinet portfolio 

      (Manila Standard, September 12, 2012, on page B4)
      Major players and stakeholders in the tuna industry called anew on the government to institute reforms in the recently-concluded 14th National Tuna Congress and Trade Exhibit held in Gen. Santos City. Organized by the ...

    • Tuna Congress to highlight gains 

      Sarmiento, Romer S. (BusinessWorld, August 23, 2013, on page S1/2)
      This year’s National Tuna Congress will celebrate the partnerships and achievements gained by the industry over the last 15 years, organizers said. Rosanna Bernadette B. Contreras, Socsksargen Federation of Fishing and ...

    • Tuna exports to EU in peril 

      Canivel, Roy Stephen C. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, September 23, 2020, on page A10-A9)
      The country’s biggest tuna canneries are worried about losing their biggest market because of international politics after majority of lawmakers in the European Union (EU) voted to use trade to express their dissent over ...

    • Tuna farming soon in PH as research project takes off 

      de la Cruz, JM (DailyGuardian, January 8, 2020, on page 7-8)
      Japanese technology on farming mackerel tuna, locally known as tulingan, is set to be adopted in the Philippines with a Japanese researcher already procuring breeders to establish a hatchery in Iloilo. Experimental runs ...

    • Tuna fetches record $3.1M 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Manila Bulletin, January 6, 2019, on page A4)
      A Japanese sushi entrepreneur paid a record $3.1 million for a giant tuna Saturday as Tokyo's new fish market, which replaced the world-famous Tsukiji late last year, held its first pre-dawn New Year's auction. Bidding ...