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Tubbataha reef salvage
The salvage team working on the USS Guardian, which ran aground in Tubbataha Reef, removed the warship’s last remaining section early Saturday afternoon after being stuck on the Unesco World Heritage site for more than 10 ...
- March 31, 2013
Pangasinan school's mangrove project makes it among 'World's Best'
From just a small project 10 years ago, Bonuan Boquig National High School’s environmental initiative of planting mangroves in Dagupan City, Pangasinan province, has brought the school to the shortlist of the World’s Best ...
- June 19, 2022
Palace: Sovereignty patrols continue in disputed waters
There is no standing order from malacañang preventing the deployment of Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) vessels to the West Philippine Sea, the Palace said yesterday. Communications Secretary Herminio Coloma Jr. said Coast ...
- May 14, 2015
Who manipulated fishermen? Palace points to Diokno, IBP
Presidential spokesperson Salvador Panelo on Thursday said human rights lawyer Jose Manuel “Chel” Diokno and the Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP) manipulated a group of fishermen into petitioning for an environmental ...
- July 12, 2019
Bans galore await tourists when Boracay reopens
When Boracay reopens on Oct. 26, fewer tourists will be allowed into the island and they will have to follow strict regulations that will help preserve the world-famous tourist spot, officials said on Friday. Tourism ...
- September 29, 2018
Crusaders against plastic pollution spread the word in Palawan
Race for Water expedition, the world’s largest solar-powered vessel, just ended a two-week stopover in Palawan. The expedition’s goal is a crusade against plastic pollution in the ocean. After 10 days in Puerto Princesa ...
- November 16, 2019
Laguna de Bay in grave peril
Bayani Enriquez has happy childhood memories of swimming and fishing in Laguna de Bay in the 1980s. Now, the lake is weighed down by shanties, fish pens, illegal reclamation, industrial pollution, sewage and sedimentation. ...
- January 5, 2017
Mangrove park outside of planned Bulacan airport
A mangrove park that was rehabilitated by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) in a town in Bulacan province is far from the proposed 2,500-hectare New Manila International Airport project of San ...
- August 24, 2019
Lake Sebu's coal
Here’s the rub. Under Region 12’s land use plan, Ned is a watershed area. If mining goes irresponsibly, as what we have witnessed of late, people living in the barangay and close to it would hardly feel its implications. ...
- March 17, 2017
What my Boracay is like now-like a bipolar existence
Since the days leading to the government’s closure on April 26, I’ve been trying to share glimpses of what is most often construed as a charmed life sprinkled with magic dust—but peppered with concrete rubble dust. Thus ...
- July 8, 2018