Browsing Aquatic News Index by Author "Honasan, Alya B."

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    • Beyond the river: Caves, mangroves and quiet islands in Puerto Princesa 

      Honasan, Alya B. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, July 31, 2022, on page C1)
      The world-renowned Underground River in Puerto Princesa, Palawan, remains the city’s most venerable attraction, being a United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (Unesco) World Heritage Site and a ...

    • Greta, Tubbataha and Masungi: A strong month for the environment 

      Honasan, Alya B. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, September 29, 2019, on page C8)
      There has been some good news on the environment, over and beyond the fires that have turned Indonesia into a red planet, and which have sent hazy skies as far away as Singapore, Malaysia, even Palawan and Iloilo in the ...

    • It’s official: ‘Butanding’ an endangered species 

      Honasan, Alya B. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, July 17, 2016, on page A1-A14)
      There’s bad news for the whale shark (Rhincodon typus), an iconic marine animal frequently spotted in Philippine waters and known locally as butanding. Now listed as “endangered” on the International Union for Conservation ...

    • Making fisheries 'sexy' 

      Honasan, Alya B. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, September 25, 2016, on page C2)
      The Visit of Alexandra Cousteau has thrust Oceana Philippines, the two-year-old local office of environmental organization Oceana, into the spotlight. Cousteau was the special guest at a media forum on the recent exploratory ...

    • Our big surprise in Tubbataha-diving with Destiny 

      Honasan, Alya B. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, July 2, 2016, on page F1-F2)
      It was a quintessential Tubbataha dive—volatile currents, tons of fish, and a big surprise. We were at Seafan Alley on Tubbataha’s North Atoll, making our way back to the shallows after some 40 minutes of spotting slender ...

    • PH top 5 dive sites still the world's best 

      Honasan, Alya B. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, March 30, 2014, on page A1-A19)
      Scuba divers will never stop telling you: The Philippines is one of the best places in the world to dive. Just ask dedicated locals as well as visitors from all over the world, including award-winning underwater photographers ...

    • A socially distanced scuba diving weekend in Batangas 

      Honasan, Alya B. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, December 6, 2020, on page D1)
      Scuba divers like to joke that, after a long time out of the water, our bodies crave the nitrogen that enters the system after some time at depth. COVID-19 has certainly kept many of us out of the ocean for a long time—too ...

    • 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 ...

    • ‘We could be facing our last, best chance to save our species’ 

      Suntay, Robert; Honasan, Alya B. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, May 24, 2020, on page 1)
      The ocean is my deepest love! It is my soul mate. It is what makes my most joyful experiences possible: filming and going on dive trips with Studio H2O (watch our underwater series, “Wreck Hunters,” on iWant TV), doing ...