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    • Giant garbage patches of the sea become 'national' art in Venice 

      Reuters (BusinessWorld, May 31, 2013, on page S3/8)
      Five huge patches of rubbish floating in seas around the world will have their own unofficial national pavilion on the sidelines of the world's largest non-commercial art fair in Venice this week, thanks to artist Maria ...

    • Giant grouper found in Antique 

      Calawag, Flord Nicson (Philippine Daily Inquirer, July 9, 2015, on page A8)
      A stranded seven-foot, 176-kilogram giant grouper, the largest reef-dwelling fish in the world, was found by a fisherman in the shore of Libertad town in Antique province on Wednesday. Jesie Cacam, a fisherman from Barangay ...

    • Giant Lapu-Lapu spawners freed into Sarangani Bay 

      (Malaya, July 28, 2017, on page A10)
      Sarangani Bay is now the home of five king grouper spawners donated by Finfish Hatcheries Inc., the largest commercial fishing hatchery in the Philippines.

    • Giant lapu-lapu spawners freed into Sarangani Bay 

      Gulle, Jimbo (Manila Standard, July 23, 2017, on page D1)
      Sarangani Bay is now the home of five king grouper spawners donated by Finfish Hatcheries Inc., the largest commercial fishing hatchery in the Philippines. Locally known as “lapu-lapu” or “kugtong,” the giant groupers were ...

    • 'Giant lapu-lapu' spawners released into Sarangani Bay 

      (Malaya, July 28, 2017, on page A10)
      Sarangani Bay is now the home of five king grouper spawners donated by Finfish Hatcheries Inc., the largest commercial fishing hatchery in the Philippines. Locally known as “lapu-lapu” or “kugtong,” the giant groupers were ...

    • Giant manta ray unhooked 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Manila Standard, July 17, 2019, on page A1-A2)
      A Giant manta ray with several fishing hooks caught below its eye appeared to ask two nearby divers for help in removing them, and then waited patiently for them to do so.

    • Giant ocean sunfish washes up in Sagay 

      Masculino, Glazyl Y. (DailyGuardian, October 8, 2019, on page 6-14)
      A very rare giant ocean sunfish, locally known as “Mola-Mola” was found floating at the waters of a beach resort in Barangay Taba-ao, Sagay City, Negros Occidental early Monday. According to Jose Roberto Togle of the City ...

    • Giant Opah fish caught in E. Samar after powerful Tuesday quake 

      Marticio, Marie Tonette (Manila Bulletin, August 20, 2020, on page 5)
      Hours after a 6.6-magnitude earthquake hit Masbate and some parts of Eastern Visayas, a giant Opah fish was caught by fishermen in an island in Oras, Eastern Samar. The colorful giant fish, weighing more than 80 kilograms, ...

    • Giant predatory whale named 

      Associated Press (AP) (Manila Bulletin, July 13, 2010, on page B-10)
      Scientists have discovered an ancient whale whose bite ripped huge chunks of flesh out of other whales about 12 million years ago - and they've named it after the author of "Moby Dick." The prehistoric sperm whale grew to ...

    • [Giant softshell turtle] 

      Ramirez, Cesar (The Philippine Star, June 7, 2019, on page A-30)
      Anthony Magalong, a technician at the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources' National Integrated Fisheries Technology and Development Center in Dagupan City, holds a rare 2.5-kilogram Cantor's giant softshell turtle, ...

    • Giant sperm whale dies in Dimasalang, Masbate 

      Barcia, Rhaydz (The Manila Times, June 30, 2022, on page A10)
      The sperm whale (Physeter catodon) that was stranded on June 25 in the shallow waters of Dimasalang, Masbate died on June 26. "A giant sperm whale was stranded, struggling, breathing, and swimming in the shore of Banahao ...

    • Giant squid (2) 

      Mercene, Floro (Tempo, October 29, 2012, on page 7)
      Recent studies showed that giant squid feed on deep-sea fish, shrimps and other squid species. The adult giant squid's only known predators are sperm whales. Scientists have tried to observe sperm whales to study giant ...

    • Giant squid invade California waters 

      Associated Press (AP) (The Philippine Star, February 3, 2010, on page A-24)
      Giant squid weighing up to 27 kilograms have invaded the California waters off Newport Beach and are being caught by sport fishermen by the hundreds. The squid showed up last week and anglers started booking twilight ...

    • 'Giant tilapia' caught 

      Fuerzas, Edgar R. (SunStar Philippines, June 29, 2021, on page 1)
      A giant tilapia, weighing 5.4 kilograms, was captured in a fishpond around 2:30 p.m. on Sunday, June 27, 2021, Kidapawan City. Barangay captain of Balabag, Eduardo Umpan said they were drying up their fishpond to harvest ...

    • Giant turtles 

      Atienza, Kim (Tempo, September 10, 2021, on page 4)
      Susan Roces takes care of two giant turtles at her Greenhills home as shown in a recent video. Given to her as gifts in 2012, the pets are grown and allowed to roam the garden and greet visitors. Talk about keeping turtles, ...

    • 'Giant' Arevalo stingray trapped 

      Sologastoa, Glenda (Panay News, January 6, 2016, on page 5)
      A huge stingray got trapped in a fisherman's fishnet in the coastal barangay of Calaparan, Arevalo district. By the time the stingray was found over the weekend, it was already dead. The stingray weighed almost 200 kilos. ...

    • Giants of the deep on Discovery Channel 

      (The Philippine Star, May 12, 2010, on page D-7)
      This month, Discovery Channel invites you into the high risk world of New England’s longline fishermen. The men and women on Swords: Life On The Line are gamblers, risking it all to catch an elusive prey in some of the ...

    • Gigantes Islands, Tambobo Bay now red tide-free; 10 areas still positive 

      Lim, Janina C. (BusinessWorld, October 16, 2017, on page S1/12)
      The coastal waters of Gigantes Islands in Carles, Iloilo and Tambobo Bay, Siaton, Negros Oriental are now free from the paralytic shellfish poison commonly known as red tide, according to the latest bulletin of the Bureau ...

    • Gigantic fraud, Carpio calls China sea claim 

      Ramos, Marlon (Philippine Daily Inquirer, November 27, 2018, on page A6)
      It may be a tall task, but Filipinos should start educating 1.4 billion Chinese people that their belief that China owned the entire South China Sea is a “gigantic fraud,” acting Chief Justice Antonio Carpio said on Monday. ...

    • Gina sees tourist influx after Boracay's rehab 

      (Panay News, April 23, 2018, on page B1)
      Former Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) secretary Gina Lopez expressed great optimism that tourists will definitely come back after the Boracay cleanup and rehabilitation. “Boracay will be like Phoenix, ...