Browsing Malaya by Subject "Governments"

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    • 25 dolphins 'allowed' to leave 

      de Leon, Angela Lopez (Malaya, October 18, 2012, on page B6)
      A Quezon City court yesterday lifted the 72-hour temporary environment protection order (TEPO) that prevents the Department of Agriculture and the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources from issuing a permit to re-export ...

    • 7 in 10 Pinoys want Duterte to assert PH rights in S' China Sea 

      Montemayor, Jocelyn; Hachero, Ashzel (Malaya, July 13, 2018, on page B1-B6)
      Seven out of 10 Filipinos believe President Duterte and his administration should assert the Philippines' sovereignty conducted by the Pulse Asia survey showed. The survey, which involved 1,800 adult respondents nationwide, ...

    • 8 in 10 pinoys say PH inaction on WPS wrong 

      Montemayor, Jocelyn; Africa, Raymond (Malaya, November 21, 2018, on page B1-B3)
      Eight in 10 Filipinos believe the government's supposed inaction over China's intrusion in the West Philippine Sea is wrong, and more Filipinos prefer strengthening the military as a deterrent to diplomatic action, the ...

    • 8 of 10 Pinoys want to assert rights in West Philippine Sea 

      (Malaya, January 26, 2017, on page B4)
      As the Duterte administration continues to push for warmer ties with China, the latest survey by Pulse Asia found that a majority of Filipinos want the Philippine government to assert its rights in the West Philippine Sea. ...

    • ADB gives Pasig River rehabilitation a failing grade 

      Celis, Angela Lorraine (Malaya, December 28, 2010, on page A7)
      A 15-year program which started in 1999 to rehabilitate the Pasig River was rated unsuccessful by the Asian Development Bank (ADB). "The program was too ambitious, and its implementation arrangements too complicated to be ...

    • AIIB says Pasig River rehab 'game changer' 

      (Malaya, October 20, 2017, on page A1-A4)
      Ernesto Pernia, socioeconomics planning secretary, said the government may include the rehabilitation of the Pasig river in the administration's list of flagship projects, after the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank ...

    • Aquino vows tough action on illegal fishing 

      Montemayor, Jocelyn (Malaya, April 24, 2015, on page B2)
      President Aquino yesterday vowed to sustain government's campaign against illegal and unregulated fishing after the European Union (EU) lifted its yellow-card warning on the Philippines last year. "Rest assured: We will ...

    • Aquino's tack with China made sea dispute worse: Palace 

      Montemayor, Jocelyn (Malaya, July 23, 2018, on page B3)
      The Duterte government prefers to deal with China on a conciliatory and friendly manner with regards to the territorial dispute in the South China Sea because of the Aquino administration's confrontational approach resulted ...

    • ATI backs Manila Bay rehab 

      (Malaya, February 8, 2019, on page A7)
      ASIAN Terminals Inc. (ATI), operator of international gateway port Manila South Harbor, expressed readiness to support multisectoral efforts, led by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), to bring ...

    • 'Bangus' shortage feared due to El Niño 

      Lopez, J. P. (Malaya, March 1, 2010, on page B3)
      Nacionalista Party vice presidential candidate Loren Legarda Saturday feared of bangus (milk fish) shortage due to El Nino. Legarda raised the alarm for government's local fisheries units to monitor the water situation ...

    • BFAR's P281M fish centers waste of money, says COA 

      Tabingo, Peter (Malaya, September 18, 2018, on page B2)
      Government auditors have labeled the P281.2 million community Fish Landing Centers (CFLC) project of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources as a "wastage of government funds" after discovering that only 19 out of ...

    • Cannibal crab PH's third most important fishery export 

      Icamina, Paul (Malaya, October 23, 2017, on page A2)
      This crab is a cannibal. And the government wants more of them. The Blue Swimming Crabs, also known as Portunuspelagicus, is well known for its cannibalistic habits. It preys on other weak crabs, those with missing appendages ...

    • Carpio: Duterte's statement on passage of foreign ships violates UNCLOS 

      Tordesillas, Ellen (Malaya, August 23, 2019, on page B4)
      Following reports by the military two weeks ago about five Chinese warships passing through Philippine waters, President Duterte last Tuesday issued a statement requiring all foreign vessels to notify Philippine authorities ...

    • Chevron joins coastal cleanup for endangered sea turtles 

      (Malaya, November 17, 2017, on page A2)
      Employees of Chevron Philippines Inc. (CPI), marketer of Caltex fuels and lubricants, teamed up with over 200 townsfolk and local government officials of San Pascual, Batangas to fill more than 400 trash bags which amounted ...

    • China fishing rule defied 

      Reyes, Victor (Malaya, January 17, 2014, on page B1-B6)
      Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin yesterday said the Philippines will not recognize a fishing ban reportedly imposed by China in the disputed Spratly Islands in the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea). " We will not ...

    • China presence not only in Spratlys 

      Tribdino, Raymond Gregory B. (Malaya, April 15, 2015, on page A11)
      China is not only reclaiming land around the Spratly Islands, they are also stealing our sovereignty in the digital space. This was reported by Reuters and confirmed by two anonymous sources I talked to. The Philippines ...

    • China recognizes PH rights over Benham Rise 

      Hachero, Ashzel; Lopez, JP; Vigilia, Wendell (Malaya, March 16, 2017, on page B1-B6)
      Acting Foreign Affairs Secretary Enrique Manalo yesterday said China has sent word recognizing Philippine sovereignty over the 13-million hectare Benham Rise and it is not going to claim ownership of the undersea region ...

    • Cleaning Manila Bay 

      (Malaya, January 14, 2019, on page B4)
      Several administrations in the past have attempted-- and obviously failed -- to clean the waters of Manila Bay, where one can see the world-famous beautiful sunset. This time around, under the leadership of President ...

    • Consumer good makers lead fight against plastic pollution 

      (Malaya, October 12, 2018, on page A10)
      The International Coastal Cleanup 2018 has mobilized various companies and organizations in the shared advocacy of cleanup of bodies of water while fostering awareness on the global issue of marine debris. The Philippines ...

    • Crop insurance for 1M farmers, fisherfolk 

      (Malaya, March 26, 2015, on page A4)
      The number of covered farmers and fisherfolk under the Philippine Crop Insurance Corp. (PCIC) grew by 24.31 percent in 2014, insuring close to a million in the agricultural workforce. PCIC is a government-owned and controlled ...