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Antique: Where the mountains meet the sea
Antique, a province in Panay Island in Western Visayas in the Philippines, is often overlooked as a tourist destination because of its proximity to the more popular Boracay Island in Aklan. But Antiqueños believe this will ...
- March 21, 2022
Kalayaan Island Group eyed as protected area
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 ...
- November 28, 2022
Peru: Environmental emergency after oil spill
Peru declared an environmental emergency Saturday (Sunday, Manila time) to battle an oil spill caused by freak waves from a volcanic eruption in the South Pacific. The stunningly powerful eruption last Saturday of an ...
- January 24, 2022
PXP Energy set to drill two wells in Recto Bank
PXP Energy Corp., the oil and gas exploration unit of Philex Mining Corp., said Thursday it will drill two appraisal wells in the gas-rich Recto Bank this year along with subsidiary Forum Energy Plc. “Each of Forum and PXP ...
- February 25, 2022
US backs PH protest vs. China's fish ban
The United States on Thursday backed the Philippines in criticizing a unilateral seasonal ban on fishing declared by Beijing in the dispute-rife South China Sea. This developed as Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin ...
- June 4, 2022
BFAR identifies 3 VisMin areas affected by red tide
The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) warns residents of at least three coastal areas in the Visayas and Mindanao against eating shellfish and alamang due to possible contamination of toxic red tide. In an ...
- August 23, 2022
Maynilad underscores measures to control Laguna Lake's algal bloom
West zone concessionaire Maynilad Water Services Inc. said over the weekend it took active steps to manage the impact of the algal bloom episode in Laguna Lake on water production. Laguna Lake is the primary raw water ...
- June 20, 2022
Think tank: Assert PH claim to WPS
A think tank organization urges the Philippine government to adopt a stronger stance on the South China Sea territorial debate by asserting the 2016 Permanent Court of Arbitration Ruling that dismissed Beijing’s so-called ...
- July 6, 2022
Villar eyes more legislation for PH fish hatcheries
Senator Cynthia A. Villar is pushing for the establishment of more legislation to beef up the country’s fish hatcheries. Villar, chairperson of Senate committee on Agriculture, Food and Agrarian Reform, on Monday, led the ...
- January 27, 2022
China ready to talk with Marcos on oil, gas exploration in WPS
China said it is prepared to revive stalled negotiations on joint oil exploration and development with the Philippines under the incoming administration of President-elect Ferdinand Marcos Jr. “China stands ready to work ...
- June 26, 2022