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Manila to uphold importance of freedom of navigation in West PHL Sea
The government is committed to uphold the importance of freedom of navigation and overflight in the West Philippine Sea, Malacañang said on Sunday, noting that construction of additional runways in the disputed waters will ...
- January 18, 2016
BFAR needs at least 6 more vessels to monitor waters, marine resources — advocacy group
The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) should have more big vessels for patrolling Philippine waters, food advocacy group Tugon Kabuhayan said. Tugon Kabuhayan convener Asis G. Perez, a former BFAR national ...
- June 29, 2021
Cruise ruins 18,900 sqm of coral reef in Indonesia
Indonesia said Wednesday a cruise ship on a voyage organized by a British company had damaged about 18,900 square meters of coral reef, increasing the estimate of the devastation caused when the vessel ran aground. The ...
- March 23, 2017
Roxas Holdings to help clean up river in Negros Occidental
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 ...
- July 5, 2017
4 Visayas governors want additional provisions in law to fight illegal fishing
The governors of four provinces surrounding the Visayan Sea will lobby for further adjustments to Republic Act 10654, passed in February 2015 and containing the amended Fisheries Code of the Philippines, to include more ...
- July 17, 2017
Laguna de Bay bangus industry calls for more restrictive pollution controls
The Bangus Industry Stakeholders & Dealers Alliance (BISDA) said the government needs to impose tougher pollution controls on industry and households to ensure the sustainability of the Laguna de Bay fishery, as prices of ...
- September 25, 2018
Trying to halt the end of the world as we know it
While other extinction events in prehistory were due to freak accidents or an ever-changing planet, scientists claim that the present extinction event is due to human impact on the environment. Overfishing and the alteration ...
- March 1, 2018
Philippines expresses concern about China ships moored at reef
The Philippine government said it was concerned that more than 200 Chinese militia vessels had been moored at a Philippine-claimed reef in the South China Sea. The Chinese vessels massed at Whitsun Reef showed no actual ...
- March 22, 2021
Chinese vessels still in Spratlys, says task force
Hundreds of Chinese militia vessels were still scattered around the Spratly Islands in the South China Sea, both within and outside Manila’s exclusive economic zone, according to a Philippine task force. In a statement, ...
- May 13, 2021
US vows to help Manila in case of war vs China
The US under President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. has affirmed its commitment to help the Philippines in case its naval ships are attacked by China amid growing tensions in the South China Sea. The US would help its former colony ...
- January 29, 2021