Browsing by Author "Dematera, Cet"

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    • Boat capsizes off Masbate; 16 rescued 

      Dematera, Cet (The Philippine Star, August 17, 2022, on page 11)
      Sixteen passengers of a motorized boat were rescued after it capsized around five kilometers from the shore in San Pascual, Masbate on Monday. Petty Officer 2nd Class Donald Canoy of the Philippine Coast Guard said the ...

    • Catanduanes blast fishing kills 9 whales 

      Dematera, Cet; Simeon, Louise Maureen (The Philippine Star, October 9, 2020, on page 14)
      Nine melon-headed whales, believed to be victims of dynamite fishing, washed ashore in Barangay Bonot, San Andres, Catanduanes yesterday. “These whales suffered acoustic trauma due to a strong explosion in the water,” ...

    • Illegal fishers caught 

      Dematera, Cet (The Philippine Star, October 20, 2012, on page A-24)
      At least 15 fishermen found engaging in illegal fishing were arrested by joint elements of the local police and Bantay Dagat in Sorsogon and Camarines Norte over the week, reports said. The fishermen were caused using ...

    • P.6 M sought for Albay coral reef damage 

      Dematera, Cet (The Philippine Star, August 15, 2018, on page 11)
      The city government here has asked the owner of a cargo vessel that ran aground and destroyed around 200 square meters of coral reef in Albay Gulf to pay P665,000 in damages. Mayor Noel Rosal said the captain of MV Jerly ...

    • Red tide ban up in 2 Bicol provinces 

      Dematera, Cet (The Philippine Star, December 8, 2020, on page 14)
      After more than five years, gathering, selling and transporting of shellfish from Sorsogon Bay and the municipal waters of Mandaon and Milagros, both in Masbate, have been prohibited by the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic ...

    • Red tide organisms find new host shells 

      Dematera, Cet (The Philippine Star, August 23, 2010, on page A-26)
      A marine biologist closely monitoring Sorsogon Bay in Bicol yesterday confirmed that red tide microorganisms previously found only in green mussels (tahong) have found a new host in pen shells (baloko), which, for the first ...

    • Red tide warning up in Sorsogon, Masbate 

      Dematera, Cet (The Philippine Star, June 27, 2021, on page 9)
      The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) issued yesterday a red tide warning in Sorsogon Bay and Asid Gulf in Masbate. BFAR-Bicol spokesperson Nonie Enolva said shellfish samples from the two bodies of water ...

    • Solar-lighted coral beads used in Albay 

      Dematera, Cet; Amo, Celso (The Philippine Star, August 4, 2013, on page 1-10)
      The country's first underwater solar-powered and coral-beaded rosary was installed in Albay Gulf yesterday. Dubbed as "Coral Genesis," the 60 coral beads with attached solar panels, bulbs and a concrete crucifix forming a ...

    • Volcanic ash prevents red tide in Sorsogon Bay 

      Dematera, Cet (The Philippine Star, June 29, 2015, on page A-30)
      Ashes spewed by Bulusan and Mayon volcanoes have been found to be preventing the recurrence of algae that cause red tide in Sorsogon Bay, a marine scientist based in the Bicol University (BU) here said yesterday. “Blooms ...

    • Whale sharks return to Masbate, Sorsogon 

      Dematera, Cet (The Philippine Star, April 3, 2018, on page 11)
      Legazpi City, Philippines — Whale sharks, locally known as butanding, have been sighted again in the waters off Masbate and Sorsogon, an official of the Department of Tourism (DOT) said yesterday. Benjamin Santiago, DOT-Bicol ...