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Cavite SP sets oil spill probe
The Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) or Provincial Board will conduct an inquiry, in aid of legislation, on the oil spill which adversely affected the waters off the towns of Rosario, Tanza, Naic, Ternate, as well as a remote ...
- August 16, 2013
fisherfolk registartion Up In CL
With the aim of developing a standardized registry system for municipal fisherfolk, The bureau of fisheries and aquatic Resources BFAR) launched in Central Luzon its simplified National Program for Municipal Fisherfolk ...
- September 17, 2013
BFAR launces R-10 FishR Project
The national program for Municipal Fisherfolk Registration (FishR) has been launched in Northern Mindanao or Region-10 at a hotel and a convention center here Wednesday, kicking off activities for the extensive implementation ...
- August 23, 2013
Include oceans in post-2015 goals, UN urged
Oceans need to be part of the United Nation's (UN) development plans to save the already decaying marine life around the globe, activists urged the UN Tuesday. Stuart Beck, UN representative of Palau island nation smaller ...
- June 27, 2013
Tourism threatens Thai sea gypsies
They roamed the seas off the Andaman Coast for generations, but Thailand's sea gypsies say their traditional way of life is under threat and their homes at risk from a tourism boom. The plight of the once-nomadic ...
- June 11, 2013
Breeding Mangroves
Instead of the usual tree planting activities in celebration of the Arbor day yesterday, environmentalists and the local government personnel of Baler plant more than 5,000 mangrove propagules to enhance the existing ...
- June 29, 2013
Oil spill hits Ilocos shoreline
Local residents in the coastal areas of nine towns and two cities in Ilocos Sur and La Union are presently conducting a massive clean-up of their shorelines following the sudden occurrence of oil spill last Monday here. ...
- February 27, 2013
State of calamity declared in La Union over oil spill
The provincial board here has declared La Union under a state of calamity over the damage wrought on its coastline by the oil spill from "M/V Harita Bauxiote" which capsized last February 16 off Bolinao, Pangasinan. ...
- March 2, 2013
Mangrove enrichment
More than 5,000 propagules (mangrove seedlings) are planted on Friday, Feb. 1, 2013, by local environmentalists and governmant personnel to enrich the 48-hectare fish sanctuary in Sito Puntian, Barangay Zabali, Baler, ...
- February 3, 2013
Seawall to save coastal village
Bauang, La Union- After the completion of a seawall, also a flood control project of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), in the coastal Barangay Pilar of this town, local residents are optimistic that this ...
- June 24, 2013