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    • Look beyond Boracay, visit Antique 

      (Philippine Daily Inquirer, September 1, 2012, on page C3)
      The message was loud and clear. Forget Boracay; well, it wasn’t really phrased that way but you get the gist. The province of Antique in Western Visayas was being promoted as an alternative to much-ballyhooed Boracay. ...

    • Look: Turquoise Blue Waters of Manila Bay 

      Gamboa, Vianca (Manila Bulletin, March 30, 2020, on page B-10)
      The once pristine Manila Bay has long deteriorated. There were rehabilitation efforts in early 2019, but after an initial clean-up drive and desilting, the operations had been mothballed for later. No one seemed to mind. ...

    • Looking back to Congress of yesteryears 

      Vego, Herbert (DailyGuardian, May 24, 2021, on page 7)
      We senior citizens recall that era when our men and women in Congress would deliver privilege speeches holding the President accountable for unconstitutional and unlawful acts. Those were the pre-martial days in the 1950s ...

    • Looking forward to SEA Code of Conduct in 2021 

      (Manila Bulletin, September 19, 2020, on page 4)
      United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo called on the ten member nations of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) early this month to stand up to China in their territorial disputes in the South China Sea ...

    • The looming water crisis of 2020 

      Goseco, Ronald (The Manila Times, October 18, 2019, on page B2-B3)
      This September, Manila Water Co. Inc. announced that despite the low supply allocation, it has been able to restore 24-hour water availability to 100 percent of its customers in the Manila East Zone with at least 7 pounds ...

    • Loose talk on WPS tightens China's grip 

      Pascual, Federico D. Jr. (The Philippine Star, May 20, 2021, on page 4)
      Like other citizens, we wonder why President Duterte declared in one of his soliloquies on TV that the 2016 award given by the Permanent Court of Arbitration at The Hague to the Philippines on a maritime dispute with China ...

    • Loren defends Duterte against claims of sub-servience to China 

      Torregoza, Hannah (Manila Bulletin, June 4, 2018, on page 2)
      Senator Loren Legarda on Sunday defended the government from criticisms of subservience to China, saying it is only natural for the Duterte administration to exhaust all diplomatic means to resolve the tension in the West ...

    • Loren fumes, sets probe of DENR move to open protected areas 

      Salaverria, Leila B.; Gascon, Melvin (Philippine Daily Inquirer, May 6, 2018, on page A4)
      The author of the law that designated protected areas said she would start an investigation of the lifting of a moratorium on issuance of special permits to develop these areas and violations of the law. “As it is, our ...

    • Loren hits TNT fishing in Siargao 

      (Malaya, March 27, 2014, on page B2)
      Sen. Loren Legarda yesterday called the attention of government agencies enforcing the Fisheries Code in light of reports of continuing practice of dynamite fishing in the waters of Siargao. The dynamite fishing caused the ...

    • Loren mulls new fisheries agency 

      Golez, Prince (Panay News, August 25, 2016, on page 7-15)
      A bill filed in the Senate seeks to create a Department of Fisheries aimed at conserving the country's fisheries and aquatic resources. In enhancing fish production, Sen. Loren Legarda's Senate Bill No. (SBN) 242 mandates ...

    • Loren pushes reef protection 

      (Daily Tribune, April 4, 2022, on page A7)
      Returning senatorial candidate Loren Legarda on Sunday stressed the importance of conserving and preserving the country’s coral reefs to sustain the basic needs of Filipinos and to promote livelihood. “Beyond aesthetics, ...

    • Loren seeks probe of Batangas oil spill 

      Carandang, Rolly T. (Manila Bulletin, July 9, 2010, on page 6)
      Senator Loren Legarda yesterday sought an in-depth investigation on the oil spill in Calatagan, Batangas. Legarda filed the resolution after an oil spill in Barangay Talibayog, Calatagan, Batangas was discovered by Rodrigo ...

    • Loren to Neda: restore ecology of Manila Bay 

      Andrade, Jeanette (Philippine Daily Inquirer, October 15, 2016, on page A4)
      Sen. Loren Legarda has urged the National Economic and Development Authority (Neda) to be proactive and restore the ecological balance of Manila Bay instead of simply developing it through reclamation. At Thursday’s hearing ...

    • Lorenzana also changes tune, hits China's Spratlys claim 

      Reyes, Dempsey; Villanueva, Ralph U. (The Manila Times, April 15, 2019, on page A1-A2)
      China has been relying on an “imagined historical claim” over the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea), Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said on Sunday, as he also stepped up his rhetoric against Beijing. This was after ...

    • Lorenzana apologizes for 'empty victory' remark, but... 

      Gamil, Jaymee T. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, July 28, 2018, on page A5)
      Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana apologized on Friday for describing as an “empty victory” the historic 2016 ruling of the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague that favored the Philippines’ claims in the West ...

    • Lorenzana hits China's nukes WPS 

      Reyes, Dempsey (The Manila Times, August 28, 2018, on page A2)
      Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana has objected to China’s transport of “nuclear elements” to the contested area at the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea), as reported by the US defense and military establishment. “We ...

    • Lorenzana on SCS survey: No islands to retake from China 

      Punongbayan, Michael (The Philippine Star, July 24, 2018, on page 7)
      Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana rejected yesterday insinuations and allegations that President Duterte is guilty of inaction on the issue of the West Philippine Sea (WPS). Reacting to a survey that said nine out of 10 ...

    • Lorenzana pushes for ASEAN template in managing South China Sea dispute 

      Recuenco, Aaron (Manila Bulletin, June 9, 2019, on page 1-15)
      Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana is pushing for an ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asia Nations) template of managing territorial dispute in the wake of overlapping maritime claims in the vast South China Sea, the ...

    • Lorenzana refutes Carpio's claims on Sandy Cay 

      Romero, Alexis (The Philippine Star, July 26, 2019, on page 8)
      The Philippines is still in control of Sandy Cay, contrary to claims by Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio that it has been taken over by the Chinese, Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said yesterday. ...

    • Lorenzana says China should respect freedom of navigation in WPS 

      Sadongdong, Martin A. (Manila Bulletin, November 4, 2019, on page 7)
      Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana on Sunday called the Chinese government and other countries to respect the freedom of navigation and principle of innocent passage in the West Philippine Sea (WPS). Lorenzana made the ...