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    • Just paper, Duterte describes arbitral ruling 

      Peralta-Malonzo, Third Anne (SunStar Philippines, May 8, 2021, on page 5)
      President Rodrigo Duterte reiterated that the arbitral ruling on the South China Sea dispute lacks teeth and could not be enforced. In another televised briefing Wednesday, May 5, 2021, Duterte said China’s President Xi ...

    • Justice assured in boat sinking 

      Geducos, Argyll Cyrus B.; Kabiling, Genalyn D. (Manila Bulletin, June 20, 2019, on page 1-3)
      Malacañang assured that someone will be held responsible for the sinking of the Philippine fishing vessel and the abandonment of its 22-man crew in the West Philippine Sea last week. Presidential Spokesman Salvador Panelo ...

    • Justice Carpio wants to speak to the Chinese through his eBook 

      Tordesillas, Ellen (Malaya, May 8, 2017, on page B4-B5)
      Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio's hope springs eternal. At the launch of his eBook, “The South China Sea Dispute: Philippine Sovereign Rights and Jurisdiction in the West Philippine Sea,” Carpio said the reason why ...

    • Justice Carpio's Benham Rise 101 

      Tordesillas, Ellen (Malaya, March 15, 2017, on page B4-B5)
      The notes by Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Antonio T. Carpio on Benham Rise are very useful as the 13-million-hectare undersea region east of Luzon is in the news with the disclosure last week by Defense Secretary ...

    • Justice prods Palace to assert PH rights over Benham 

      Requejo, Rey E. (Manila Standard, February 19, 2018, on page A1)
      Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonio Carpio has rebuffed the position of Malacanang that there is nothing wrong with China naming undersea features in the Philippine Rise. China, Carpio said, has no right to name the ...

    • Juvenile whale dies after refusing to return to open seas 

      Ocampo, Yas D. (Panay News, May 3, 2018, on page B-9)
      The total number of dead cetaceans found in Mindanao shores is now at 57, according to a non-government organization specializing in the care, rescue, and protection of marine animals. D’Bone Museum curator Darrell ...

    • Juvenile whale shark washes ashore in San Jose 

      Sornito, Ime (Panay News, January 23, 2023, on page 10)
      A juvenile whale shark, or butanding, washed ashore in Sitio Banay-banay, Barangay San Pedro, San Jose, Antique, around 6:30 a.m. yesterday, Jan. 22. Personnel from the San Jose Municipal Environment and Natural Resources ...

    • 'Kadiwa' in Cebu offers cheaper fish, P25/kg rice 

      Cotejo, Honey (SunStar Philippines, December 13, 2022, on page 2)
      A total of 17 stalls are now selling affordable market commodities, including National Food Authority (NFA) rice at P25 per kilo, at the Department of Agriculture (DA) compound in Barangay Maguikay, Mandaue City. This as ...

    • Kalayaan Island Group eyed as protected area 

      Araja, Rio N. (Manila Standard, November 28, 2022, on page A4)
      Palawan 3rd District Rep. Edward Hagedorn has filed a bill declaring all low-tide elevations and high-tide features, and an area of three nautical miles around the Kalayaan Island Group and Scarborough Shoal, as a marine ...

    • Kalayaan mayor urges PH fishers to defy China. 

      Anda, Redempto; Quismundo, Tarra; Cabacungan, Gil (Philippine Daily Inquirer, January 11, 2014, on page A1-A9)
      The mayor of Kalayaan town, in the Spratlys, on Friday said he would encourage Filipino fishermen to ignore China’s new rules that require foreign fishermen to seek permission from Chinese regional authorities before ...

    • Kalayaan: Sovereignty and joint business opportunity 

      Romulo, Roberto R. (The Philippine Star, June 19, 2020, on page B5)
      The recent visit of Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana to Pagasa Island in the West Philippine Sea brings back a time when I was foreign affairs secretary in the 1990s. It was during that period when we were blindsided by ...

    • Kalibo diocese backs local groups vs Boracay closure 

      Aguirre, Jun (Panay News, April 11, 2018, on page 13)
      The Diocese of Kalibo supports the preparations of several local organizations against the six-month temporary closure of this island resort. The Diocese also expressed its opposition on the proposed construction of a mega ...

    • Kalikasan writ eyed against 'Manila Beach' 

      Subingsubing, Krixia (Philippine Daily Inquirer, September 7, 2020, on page A1-A2)
      The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) claims that the “white sand” being poured to create a beach on a stretch of Manila Bay’s rocky shore poses no harm to the bay’s ecosystem, but independent safety ...

    • Kaliwa Dam gets crucial ECC 

      De Vera-Ruiz, Ellalyn; Casayuran, Mario B. (Manila Bulletin, October 25, 2019, on page 1-7)
      The Department of Environment and Natural resources (DENR) has granted the crucial environmental compliance certificate (ECC) for the implementation of the Kaliwa Dam project in Rizal and Quezon provinces. Environment ...

    • Kapampangan fishers get livelihood assistance 

      De Leon, Jovi (SunStar Philippines, August 20, 2022, on page 3)
      Fishermen from Apalit, Mexico, Minalin, Porac, and Sasmuan towns recently received assistance from the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR). The aid goes in the form of equipment and gear to help the fishermen ...

    • Kapis conservation in Iloilo pushed 

      (The Manila Times, August 8, 2000, on page 3)
      Agriculture Undersecretary for Fisheries Cesar Drilon has enjoined Ilonggos to protect the kapis shells in their coastal waters. Drilon made the appeal during a recent dialogue with fisherfolk concerning the protection of ...

    • Kapis shell industry - can the downfall be reversed? 

      Portal, Tadz (Panay News, February 19, 2002, on page 9)
      Kapis shell once made a record of ranking in US$35 million and placed 5th among the major fishery export products of the Philippines. That was 1991. Today, the number of kapis are dwindling and worst, they have totally ...

    • Kapis shell industry being revived 

      Fernandez, Rudy A. (The Philippine Star, July 31, 2000, on page B-5)
      Kapis is known scientifically as Placuna placenta and locally as "lampirong." It is a bivalve mollusk with translucent shells and a very small body. The only source of this shell is wild stocks that used to abound in some ...

    • Kapis shell industry revival 

      (Manila Bulletin, September 1, 2000, on page 30)
      Agriculture Undersecretary for Fisheries Cesar Drilon pledges the support of the Department of Agriculture in the campaign to revive the kapis shell industry in western Iloilo coastal towns. The program is being undertaken ...

    • Kapis shell revival off to a good start 

      (Manila Bulletin, August 29, 2002, on page B-10)
      A program to revive the country's kapis shell industry is now being pushed through by the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center Aquaculture Department based in this town. SEAFDEC AQD head Rolando Platon initiated ...