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    • Ignoring climate change will be disastrous: DA 

      (Malaya, August 10, 2015, on page B3)
      An official of the Department of Agriculture recently warned that the Philippines will continue to lose billions of pesos worth of public infrastructure and human lives if "we continue to ignore" climate change. "From the ...

    • Iloilo sea tragedy death toll now 31: Rescuers find 20 more bodies 

      Reyes, Victor (Malaya, August 5, 2019, on page B1-B3)
      Twenty more bodies were retrieved yesterday from the Iloilo-Guimaras Strait In Iloilo province, where three motorboats capsized on Saturday after being battered by huge waves. This brings the total number of fatalities to ...

    • IMO meeting to adopt fishing boat safety rules 

      (Malaya, October 11, 2012, on page A8)
      A two-day diplomatic conferences that opened here Tuesday is expected to adopt an agreement on implementing the provisions of the 1993 protocol relating to a UN convention for the safety of fishing vessels. The conference ...

    • Imported 'bangus' fingerlings seized 

      Chua, Jay (Malaya, March 11, 2013, on page B2)
      Customs authorities seized yesterday at the Paircago and Miascor bonded warehouses of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) three shipments of milkfish (bangus) fry, unloaded from three airlines from Singapore, ...

    • Interests converge vs marine pollution 

      United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) (Malaya, October 12, 2012, on page A11)
      Public awareness about the seas in the Philippines may be unparalleled. This, according to the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) which cites the work of the Coastal Conservation and Education Foundation (CCEF) in ...

    • 'Is China really a friend?' 

      Nonato, Vince; Vigilia, Wendell (Malaya, June 14, 2019, on page B1-B6)
      Senators yesterday asked if China could really be considered a "friend" of the Philippines in the wake of the June 9 incident in which the military said a Chinese fishing vessel hit an anchored Filipino fishing boat and ...

    • Islands want UN to see climate as security threat 

      Associated Press (AP) (Malaya, February 18, 2013, on page B4-B5)
      The Marshall Islands and other low-lying island nations appealed to the U.N. Security Council on Friday to recognize climate change as an international security threat that jeopardizes their very survival. Tony deBrum, a ...

    • Italy backs PH stance on South China Sea 

      Africa, Raymond (Malaya, December 4, 2015, on page B1-B6)
      Manila got a boost in its stance on the South China Sea after Italy said claimants must respect the rule of law, while saying that it is vital to exert efforts towards de-radicalization in the campaign against global ...

    • Justice Carpio wants to speak to the Chinese through his eBook 

      Tordesillas, Ellen (Malaya, May 8, 2017, on page B4-B5)
      Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio's hope springs eternal. At the launch of his eBook, “The South China Sea Dispute: Philippine Sovereign Rights and Jurisdiction in the West Philippine Sea,” Carpio said the reason why ...

    • Justice Carpio's Benham Rise 101 

      Tordesillas, Ellen (Malaya, March 15, 2017, on page B4-B5)
      The notes by Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Antonio T. Carpio on Benham Rise are very useful as the 13-million-hectare undersea region east of Luzon is in the news with the disclosure last week by Defense Secretary ...

    • Killing watersheds, killing life 

      Dela Paz, Dean (Malaya, March 14, 2017, on page A2)
      The simplest, most graphic and perhaps the most eloquent argument against open pit mining is found, not in the voluminous academic dissertations where arguments encompass the spectrum from bludgeoned biodiversity and ravaged ...

    • Laguna de Bae and its knifefish 

      Aspillera, Dahli (Malaya, October 20, 2017, on page B5)
      Laguna de Bae is the largest fresh water lake of all of South East Asia, 12 leagues wide (66 kilometers) and very deep. Centuries past, fishing from this lake was productive, for subsistence fisherfolks, but not anymore ...

    • Lake disruption persists, Laguna Lake cleanup pushed 

      Macapagal, Jed; Castro, Ruelle (Malaya, May 3, 2019, on page A1-A7)
      Maynilad Water Services Inc. said it increased the production of its Putatan water treatment facilities 1 and 2 from 80 million liters per day (MLD) to 125 MLD as of 2 a.m. yesterday, May 2 but noted supply disruption in ...

    • Lake Lanao on conservation mode 

      (Malaya, January 27, 2016, on page A2)
      Government has mandated to have all generating power plant units running one week before and after the elections. The Climate Prediction Center of the United States- National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration ...

    • Landbank, BFAR tie up for mariculture parks 

      (Malaya, March 22, 2010, on page A7)
      The Land Bank of the Philippines (Landbank) recently signed a memorandum of agreement with the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) for the promotion of mariculture parks in the country. This tie up its congruent ...

    • Landbank, DENR, Manila launch 'STP for Manila Bay' 

      (Malaya, September 17, 2019, on page A3)
      The Land Bank of the Philippines has signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) with the Department Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) and the city of Manila ofr the "STP for Manila Bay," a new credit program that will ...

    • Leni: Fight attempts to give up claims in S. China sea 

      De Leon, Angela Lopez (Malaya, November 19, 2018, on page B1-B6)
      Vice President Leni Robredo yesterday said any attempt from the government to give up the country's ownership and claims in the South China Sea should be strongly opposed. Robredo issued the statement in reaction to President ...

    • A lesson from Sri Lanka on saving mangroves 

      Marcelo, Ferdie C. (Malaya, June 1, 2015, on page B1-B6)
      When Yolanda lashed Samar and Leyte in November 2013, feet tripped on feet to contain the damage. The statistics that surfaced five months after were terrifying: 6,300 dead, 4.1 million displaced, and 1.1 million houses ...

    • LG Commemorates World Environment Day 2018 with a Global Clean-up Initiative 

      (Malaya, June 13, 2018, on page A10)
      Celebrated every year on June 5, World Environment Day, hosted by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), promotes positive eco-action, and creates ideal opportunities for individuals and communities to understand ...

    • LGUs urged to help in Pasig River clean-up 

      Africa, Raymond (Malaya, March 20, 2017, on page B2)
      Interior Secretary Ismael “Mike” Sueno urged local government units (LGUs) to do their part in cleaning up the Pasig River. Sueno called on the cities of Manila, Makati, Mandaluyong, Pasig and Taguig, and the municipality ...