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    • Red tide warning raised in Milagros, Masbate; several other areas still positive 

      Ochave, Revin Mikhael (BusinessWorld, December 9, 2021, on page S1/12)
      The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) issued a new warning in Milagros, Masbate after the area tested positive for paralytic shellfish poison, or commonly known as red tide. BFAR said in its 34th shellfish ...

    • Red tide warning up in Bislig Bay 

      Ochave, Revin Mickhael D. (BusinessWorld, May 3, 2021, on page S1/12)
      The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) warned consumers from eating shellfish harvested from Bislig Bay, Surigao del Sur after the area tested positive for paralytic shellfish poison or red tide contamination. ...

    • Red tide warning up in Puerto Princesa 

      Ochave, Revin Mikhael D. (BusinessWorld, June 25, 2020, on page S1/10)
      The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) has warned consumers against eating shellfish collected from Honda Bay in Puerto Princesa City, Palawan after the area tested positive for red tide contamination. In a ...

    • Red tide warning up in Siaton, Negros Oriental 

      Ochave, Revin Mickhael D. (BusinessWorld, August 31, 2020, on page S1/12)
      The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) has warned consumers against shellfish collected in Siit Bay in the town of Siaton, Negros Oriental after i tested positive for red tide contamination. All types of ...

    • Red tide warning up in three more Western Samar bays 

      Ochave, Revin Mikhael D. (BusinessWorld, May 14, 2021, on page S1/12)
      The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) warned consumers from eating shellfish harvested in three bays in Western Samar after these areas tested positive for paralytic shellfish poison or red tide. BFAR said ...

    • Reefs cheaper than concrete to protect coast cities 

      Ingham, Richard (BusinessWorld, May 16, 2014, on page S3/9)
      Coral reefs are as good as concrete defenses at protecting tropical coastal cities from the rising seas but are far cheaper, scientists said in a study published on Tuesday. Instead of committing billions of dollars to ...

    • Reflections on water 

      Kaelin, Lukas (BusinessWorld, January 26, 2010, on page S1/5)
      There is no doubt the importance of water for all life on our planet. Civilizations developed along bodies of waters, rivers, lakes, and oceans. Throughout the long stretches of history, water has been understood as a ...

    • Regulated whale shark-watching policy put on hold 

      Freeman (BusinessWorld, November 22, 2018, on page S1/10)
      The implementation of the new rules and regulations for whale shark-watching in Oslob, Cebu has been put on hold after local tourism workers and operators complained that the policy favors city-based tour guides. Cebu Vice ...

    • Residents blame laterite mining for discolored Davao Oriental river as DENR probes incident 

      Padillo, Maya M. (BusinessWorld, January 17, 2022, on page S1/12)
      The Davao regional office of the Environment department has started investigating a heavy siltation and discoloration incident of a river in Davao Oriental province. Photos posted by several residents online on Jan. 14 ...

    • Resorts, shrimp farm owners get until end-Sept. to comply with Pujada Bay protected area requirements 

      MSJ (BusinessWorld, August 27, 2021, on page S1/10)
      Business owners along the Pujada Bay in Mati City have been given an extension until end-September to comply with all the requirements to operate in a declared protected area. The Department of Environment and Natural ...

    • Reviving Visayas agriculture and fishery ( a Marshall Plan?) 

      Dy, Rolando (BusinessWorld, January 7, 2014, on page S1/4-S1/5)
      First, small-scale fishing needs to be brought back to its feet quickly. According to a University of Asia and the Pacific study, there were about 3,350 motorized boats and 975 non-motorized boats in 2008 in Guiuan, Eastern ...

    • Rising seas are the next crisis for the world's ports 

      Wilkinson, Francis (BusinessWorld, July 19, 2022, on page S1/7)
      The delicate choreography of ships, trains, and trucks at the world’s ports has been badly disrupted by the pandemic, and the turmoil is not likely to end soon. If a virus can have such an adverse impact on the journey of ...

    • The risk of downplaying Chinese gray zone operations against the Philippines 

      De Castro, Renato (BusinessWorld, June 17, 2020, on page S1/11)
      One year ago, at midnight of June 9, 2019, a Chinese fishing vessel suddenly rammed and sank a wooden Filipino fishing boat, the F/B Gim Vir 1, which was anchored at the Reed Bank. The captain of the ill-fated Gim Vir 1 ...

    • River crisis' worsens threat of water scarcity 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (BusinessWorld, October 1, 2010, on page S3/8)
      The vast majority of the world's rivers are reeling from pollution, over-development and excessive extraction, and billions of dollars of investment by rich countries to avert water stress have damaged biodiversity, a study ...

    • River dredging to start in January 

      Cortez, Gillian M. (BusinessWorld, December 18, 2020, on page S1/10)
      The government will start its dredging project for Cagayan River next month, which will widen the river and prevent heavy floods. Several areas of the region will be prioritized, Environment Secretary Roy A. Cimatu told a ...

    • Roque cries 'fake news' on remarks on Benham Rise 

      Balinbin, Arjay L. (BusinessWorld, January 29, 2018, on page S1/10)
      Presidential Spokesperson Herminio Harry L. Roque, Jr. on Sunday said recent statements attributed to him regarding sovereignty issues over Benham Rise are “fake news.” “Finake news po ako (I’m a victim of fake news),” Mr. ...

    • Roxas Holdings to help clean up river in Negros Occidental 

      Lim, Janina (BusinessWorld, July 5, 2017, on page S1/4)
      Roxas Holdings, Inc. (RHI) said it supports the environmental campaign of the local government of Pontevedra, Negros Occidental, with a commitment to help clean up the San Juan River. The company's ethanol plant Roxol ...

    • RP media remiss in covering mangrove conservation issues 

      (BusinessWorld, June 16, 2006, on page S3/8)
      Issues related to mangrove development and conservation appear to have the least important among Filipino journalists covering the environment, a survey of the Washington-based Population Reference Bureau showed. Kathleen ...

    • RP-EU partnership for wider tuna market pushed 

      Sarmiento, Romer S. (BusinessWorld, September 10, 2010, on page S1/8)
      The forging of a Partnership and Cooperation Agreement between the European Union and the Philippines is essential to advance the chances of the country’s tuna products in the 27-member states, a European diplomat said. ...

    • The rule of law in the South China Sea dispute 

      (BusinessWorld, May 8, 2017, on page S1/8)
      “This battle to defend our Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) from China, the superpower in our region, is the 21st century equivalent of the battles that our forebears waged against Western and Eastern colonizers from the 16th ...