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Open harvest for 'diwal'
Mayor Angel Alan Celino will announce Wednesday, April 22, the open harvest for angel wings, locally known as "diwal". Policarpio Altamia Jr., chairman of the City Fishery and Aquatic Resources Management Council (CFARMC), ...
- April 21, 2015
PH, China coast guards meet
The two-day meeting in Manila on establishing a Joint Coast Guard Committee (JCGC) came just days after new images showed China had apparently installed defensive weapons on artificial islands in the hotly contested South ...
- December 17, 2016
Carpio: Chinese ships in PH's reef could be a 'prelude' to occupation
Former Supreme Court associate justice Antonio Carpio warned that the presence of Chinese vessels at Julian Felipe Reef should be a cause of concern as it may prelude to occupation and building of a naval base. The Chinese ...
- March 25, 2021
DENR aims to bag $4-M grant to enhance the protection of Philippine Rise (Benham Bank)
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) and Conservation International are now preparing the design of a $4-million project to be funded by the Global Environment Facility (GEF) to conserve and protect ...
- June 25, 2021
Salvage ops on US ship starts today
After over a month of preparations, the long- delayed actual salvage operation for the minesweeper USS Adventure, which got stuck at the Tubbataha Reef, will finally push through, according to a Philippine Coast Guard ...
- February 18, 2013
Calida seeks dismissal of kalikasan petition on WPS
Solicitor General Jose Calida has asked the Supreme Court (SC) to dismiss the petition of fishermen seeking to compel the government to protect disputed shoals in the West Philippine Sea where Chinese fishermen have ...
- July 2, 2019
Oil spill affects 31 Barangays, 300-Square-km of Manila Bay
Half-a-million liters of diesel that leaked from a submarine pipeline, or a tanker moored off the coast have covered a 300-square kilometer area of Manila Bay, affecting 31 Barangays in the towns of rosario, Naic Tanza, ...
- August 11, 2013
Barge spills oil in Iloilo; owner faces penalty
The Environment department will fine the owner of a barge that spilled oil in Iloilo on Friday, Undersecretary Benny Antiporda said Sunday. He said the department will notify the Ayala-controlled AC Energy Inc. over its ...
- July 6, 2020
Chinese research ship back in PH
A Chinese ship that was spotted in northern Philippine waters in 2020 was sighted again, this time on the country’s eastern side before it left that area on Monday morning. But according to the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG), ...
- February 2, 2021
Diverse marine life found in 2016 Benham Rise expedition
Since the United Nations' Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf recognized Benham Rise as the Philippines's newest territory in 2012, our country's territory has increased to 43 million hectares from 30 million ...
- June 9, 2016