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Mangroves planting
The Iligan City Office-Philippine National Police (ICPO-PNP), Station 1, in Ambo, Iligan City and members of the Alpha Phi Omega International fraternity and sorority recently joined forces in planting mangrove propagules ...
- September 11, 2012
Mangroves protection
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR-7) has called anew for the continued protection and preservation of the mangrove plantations within the Getafe Mangrove Swamp Forest Reserve and Wilderness Area ...
- October 23, 2012
Quezon seen as PH mangrove haven
In five years, Quezon will be known as the Philippine’s “mangrove haven” with the high survival rate of more than two-million propagules that were mass-planted along the province’s coastal areas in June, an environment ...
- October 20, 2012
Sea turtle habitat protection established
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has declared 5,756 hectares along the coast of Carmen, Agusan del Norte as a critical habitat for marine turtles, as most species are considered endangered. Secretary ...
- October 31, 2012
Research: Sharks are color-blind
The US Navy did tests on colors other than yellow for the life jackets military pilots wear in case they have to eject and splash down in the ocean. They found that sharks were less likely to be attracted to red r black ...
- October 4, 2012
Untraveling Masbate's tourism treats
Filipinos may not know much about Masbate, but this province in the Bicol Region occupies a conspicuous space on the Philippines map - rigth at the heart of the archipelago. Surrounded by the Burias and Ticao Pass on the ...
- October 30, 2012
PH studies bringing sea row before UNCLOS
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Monday tasked its representative to the United Nations (UN) to acquire information regarding China's submission of claims over the disputed islands in the East China Sea. Japan ...
- September 18, 2012
Fishkill strikes Anda
The fishkill scourge has again affected the town of Anda, days after the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) declared its water in western Pangasinan free of red tide. Nestor Domenden, BFAR regional director, ...
- December 27, 2012
Manila told to improve sea security
An Australian delegate said on Wednesday that the Philippines and other claimants to the West Philippine Sea or South China Sea against China should strengthen their maritime capabilities because the dispute could possibly ...
- October 4, 2012
Shark lands in golf course
Golf club employees in Southern California came to the rescue when a shark dropped out of the sky and flopped around on the 12th tee. San Juan Hills Golf Club operations director Melissa McCormack says a course marshal ...
- October 27, 2012