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Saving 'tawilis': BFAR revives fishing ban bid
The government is scrambling to save the popular tawilis which was recently declared an endangered species by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN). Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources director ...
- January 27, 2019
Execs demand payment for coral reef damage
Local officials are seeking to prevent the departure from the country of a cargo vessel that damaged at least three hectares of coral reefs in a popular diving spot off a northern town in Cebu province until the ship's ...
- June 21, 2016
Ersatz Boracay in Manila Bay
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources started dumping last week “white sand” on a portion of the Manila Bay beach, near the Baywalk strip along Roxas Boulevard, ostensibly as part of a “beach nourishment” ...
- September 10, 2020
Ilocos salt industry losing its savor
Rene Aruelo, 52, was in his teens in the 1980s when he would rake mud at a fishpond in a village in La Union province facing the Lingayen Gulf. His family, like most households in their community, would troop to the pond ...
- May 16, 2021
Fortifying Boracay's green line of defense: the 'bakawan'
Known worldwide for its powdery white beaches and lately, for its polluted waters and six-month closure to tourists, Boracay Island holds another secret that has been a virtual lifesaver to its marine life: the mangrove ...
- July 1, 2018
Unesco asked to help assess damage to reef
An official of the Climate Change Commission on Saturday asked the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (Unesco) to assess the damage wrought on the Tubbataha Reefs by the USS Guardian which ran ...
- February 3, 2013
Newbie volunteers deface sea turtle
Members of a group of volunteers guarding against poaching in the seas have learned a valuable lesson on handling green sea turtles—don’t paint on their carapace. Bantay Dagat (sea watch) volunteers in Silay City, Negros ...
- January 6, 2017
Time running out for Taal Lake's 'tawilis'?
“Tawilis,” the world’s only freshwater sardine, is a delicacy once considered the “poor man’s fish” and a household staple in the communities around Taal Lake. In the old days, the lake would “turn white” at night as schools ...
- February 10, 2019
DENR sees new Boracay after 6-month closure, cleanup
Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu on Saturday vowed to deliver a “new Boracay” once the government completed its rehabilitation of the island which began on April 26. But, Cimatu said, the government needed the support of ...
- April 29, 2018
Manila bay rehab set in January-Cimatu
After Boracay Island, it's the turn of Manila Bay. "I am determined to start the rehabilitation of Manila Bay immediately, possibly to start [in the] second week of January," Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu said on Monday ...
- December 18, 2018