Browsing Tempo by Subject "Governments"

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    • AFP to deploy more ships in West Ph Sea 

      Recuenco, Aaron (Tempo, March 26, 2021, on page 3)
      Gen. Cirilito Sobejana, Jr., chief of staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), has ordered the deployment of Navy ships in the West Philippine Sea as China continues to defy the Philippine government’s demand ...

    • Artificial beach can't stand natural forces 

      (Tempo, November 2, 2020, on page 4)
      That patch of white sand – actually crushed dolomite rock – in Manila Bay on Roxas Boulevard was in the news again last Thursday. A part of the beach had turned dark, apparently covered by black sand brought in by the waves ...

    • Clean river in 7 years 

      Laparan, L. O. II; Villasana, B. G.; Fernandez, Y. P. P.; Garcia, C. D. B. (Tempo, September 5, 2012, on page 2-11)
      Much has been said and done about infamous deterioration of the 27-kilometer Pasig River - from when 84-year-old Purificacion "Nanay Puring" Malvas Punzalan could still drink clean, clear water from it in the 1940s to the ...

    • Content of PH protest notes vs China ‘strictly confidential’ 

      Mabasa, Roy C. (Tempo, April 24, 2020, on page 3)
      Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. has directed the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) not to disclose anything about the content of the two diplomatic protests filed by the Philippines against China, saying the ...

    • Digong on Manila Bay white sand beach: Napabilib ako 

      Geducos, Argyll Cyrus B. (Tempo, September 23, 2020, on page 4)
      President Duterte said he was impressed by the present appearance of a portion of Manila Bay beach, saying the Filipino people are now enjoying the benefits from a determined action of government. Duterte made the statement ...

    • Duterte's stand vs Manila Bay reclamation lauded 

      Terrazola, Vanne (Tempo, June 16, 2020, on page 6)
      Senator Cynthia Villar on Monday praised President Duterte's assurance against the reclamation plans in the Manila Bay. Villar, chair of the Senate Committee on Environment and Natural Resources, said the Duterte reiteration ...

    • Galunggong no longer a 'poor man's fish' 

      Casinas, Jhon (Tempo, March 6, 2021, on page 1-2)
      Don’t ever call mackerel scad or ‘galunggong’ as a poor man’s fish anymore. Even poor families now can no longer afford to buy ‘galunggong’ due to sudden increase of its price, obviously impacted by the skyrocketing prices ...

    • Manila Bay rehab project on right track - DENR 

      Chavez, Chito (Tempo, January 18, 2021, on page 3)
      The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) stressed Sunday that the government is on the right track in the implementation of the Manila Bay rehabilitation project. DENR Undersecretary for Solid Waste ...

    • New SEAFDEC chief still unknown 

      Benaning, Marvyn (Tempo, April 7, 2012, on page Retrieved from-tempo.com.ph)
      Government still has to formalize its choice on who should head the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center-Aquaculture Department (SEAFDECAQD) in Tigbauan, Iloilo. A treaty agency, SEAFDEC-AQD has been the leading ...

    • Super oysters 

      Associated Press (AP) (Tempo, September 4, 2012, on page 1-13)
      On a summer morning, marine biologist Ray Grizzle reaches into the waters of the Bronx River estuary and pulls up an oyster. The 2-year-old female is "good and healthy." He grabs another handful and gets more good news. "

    • White beach may help but the real problem is pollution 

      (Tempo, September 10, 2020, on page 4)
      Manila Bay is in the news again. It is being provided with a patch of white sand along 500 meters of the baywalk, actually not sand but crushed dolomite boulders, a variant of limestone, that is coming all the way from ...