Browsing by Author "Casayuran, Mario B."

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    • ₱500M earmarked for PH-wide coral restoration program 

      Casayuran, Mario B. (Manila Bulletin, December 27, 2015, on page 11)
      The senates climate change committee chaired by Sen. Loren Legarda said yesterday that the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) would start next year a nationwide coral restoration program. The Senate ...

    • Boracay reopening set Oct. 15 

      Casayuran, Mario B. (Manila Bulletin, September 13, 2018, on page 2)
      There will be a dry run for the hotels for the first 1,000 foreign visitors on the first day, another 1,000 tourists on the second day and another 1,000 tourists on the third day. Senators Cynthia A. Villar and Joseph ...

    • China says it's up to PH to heal rift; sea dispute not in APEC agenda- Palace 

      Kabiling, Genalyn D.; Casayuran, Mario B. (Manila Bulletin, November 12, 2015, on page 1-16)
      China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi has admitted that the Philippines case against China at an arbitration tribunal over rival claims in the South China Sea has strained relations between Beijing and Manila and that it was ...

    • Curb illegal poaching in PH high sears -Legarda 

      Casayuran, Mario B. (Manila Bulletin, June 7, 2018, on page B-8)
      Sen. Loren Legarda, chairwoman of the Senate climate change committee, urged yesterday various government agencies to deal with rampant illegal poaching in high seas, especially within the Moro Gulf and the Sulu Sea. ...

    • DENR pressed to develop marine conservation program ASAP 

      Casayuran, Mario B. (Manila Bulletin, September 20, 2015, on page 8)
      The Senate climate change committee has pressed the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) to develop a major marine conservation program, particularly on coral restoration since only five percent of corals ...

    • Duterte approves six-month shutdown of Boracay 

      Kabiling, Genalyn D.; De Vera, Analou; Terrazola, Vanne Elaine P.; Casayuran, Mario B.; Abadilla, Emmie V. (Manila Bulletin, April 6, 2018, on page 1-8)
      Boracay, the country's best known holiday island, will be totally closed down to tourists for the next six months over concerns that the once idyllic white-sand resort has become a "cesspool" tainted by dumped sewage.

    • Joint exploration of oil-rich sea with China Proposed 

      Casayuran, Mario B. (Manila Bulletin, October 12, 2016, on page 4)
      The Philippine government should press China into agreeing that they enter into joint exploration of the oil-rich South China Sea without mentioning the United Nations (UN) arbitration court decision that China's historical ...

    • Joint exploration with China in WPS is the better approach — JPE 

      Casayuran, Mario B. (Manila Bulletin, March 17, 2018, on page 1-7)
      The United Nations arbitral court had issued a decision rejecting China’s historical claim over most parts of the SCS and favoring the Philippine claim over parts of the Spratly island chain and the Scarborough (Panatag) ...

    • Kaliwa Dam gets crucial ECC 

      De Vera-Ruiz, Ellalyn; Casayuran, Mario B. (Manila Bulletin, October 25, 2019, on page 1-7)
      The Department of Environment and Natural resources (DENR) has granted the crucial environmental compliance certificate (ECC) for the implementation of the Kaliwa Dam project in Rizal and Quezon provinces. Environment ...

    • Local names for PH Rise features 

      Casayuran, Mario B. (Manila Bulletin, March 16, 2018, on page 5)
      China earlier gave Chinese names to the five Philippine Rise features located within the 200-nautical mile Exclusive Economic Zone. This issue, among others, was discussed during the third and last hearing yesterday on the ...

    • Miriam: US must pay Tubbataha 

      Casayuran, Mario B. (Manila Bulletin, February 14, 2013, on page 3)
      The United States government is responsible for the destruction of parts of the Tubbataha Reef near Palawan and is therefore obligated to make reparations for such destruction. Sen. Miriam Defensor Santiago, an international ...

    • PH files diplomatic protest over 'trespassing' of Chinese warships 

      Mabasa, Roy C.; Lacson, Nonoy E.; Casayuran, Mario B. (Manila Bulletin, August 20, 2019, on page 1-9)
      Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro L. Locsin on Monday ordered the filing of a diplomatic protest against China over what he described as "trespassing" of Chinese warships that made repeated intrusions in Philippine territorial ...