Browsing by Author "Miranda, Romar"

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    • ₱1.2-B giant clam shells seized in Palawan; 4 nabbed 

      Miranda, Romar (Philippine Daily Inquirer, April 18, 2021, on page A3)
      About 200 tons of fossilized giant clam shells valued at around P1.2 billion were seized by authorities from four men who were arrested in Palawan province in the biggest recovery so far of the bivalves which are much-coveted ...

    • AFP confirms Chinese ship’s ‘hostile intent’ 

      Miranda, Romar; Pazzibugan, Dona Z.; Aurelio, Julie M.; Salaverria, Leila B. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, April 24, 2020, on page A1-A4)
      The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) on Thursday confirmed an encounter in February between a Chinese warship and a Philippine Navy corvette on the waters of Kalayaan Islands—with the Chinese ship showing “hostile ...

    • Coast Guard finds debris of sunken boat in Palawan waters 

      Miranda, Romar; Santos, Tina G.; Semilla, Nestle (Philippine Daily Inquirer, May 31, 2022, on page A5)
      The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) has already tracked the possible location of the sunken fishing vessel that collided with a foreign commercial vessel in the waters near Maracanao Island in Agutaya town, Palawan province, ...

    • Coast Guard: HK boat crew didn’t do enough to save PH fishermen 

      Yee, Jovic; Ocampo, Karl R.; Adonis, Meg; Ramos, Marlon; Miranda, Romar; Cinco, Maricar (Philippine Daily Inquirer, July 1, 2020, on page A7)
      The Philippine Coast Guard on Tuesday said that due to a number of factors, the crew of a Hong Kong-flagged cargo ship was only able to do half of what they were expected to do after their vessel collided with a Filipino ...

    • DENR cancels ECC of reclamation project in Coron 

      Miranda, Romar (Philippine Daily Inquirer, May 23, 2022, on page A12)
      There is now very little chance that the halted 51-hectare reclamation project in the tourist town of Coron in Palawan province can still resume after the Environmental Management Bureau (EMB) of the Department of Environment ...

    • DENR to Congress: Rush law to protect forest rangers 

      Andrade, Jeannette I.; Miranda, Romar (Philippine Daily Inquirer, June 17, 2020, on page A8)
      A top environment official has asked Congress to hasten the passage of a law creating an enforcement bureau under the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) that would arm forest rangers and ensure their ...

    • Hope for the crocs 

      Mascariñas, Erwin M.; Cinco, Maricar; Baraoidan, Kimmy; Miranda, Romar (Philippine Daily Inquirer, January 5, 2020, on page A12)
      The Philippine crocodile (Crocodylus mindorensis) is among the local species categorized in the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species as “critically endangered,” with its ...

    • In Palawan, seaweed farmers cry for help 

      Miranda, Romar (Philippine Daily Inquirer, February 16, 2022, on page A5)
      When Typhoon Odette (international name: Rai) battered central and northern Palawan in mid-December last year, coastal farmers lost all of the seaweeds they were growing, leaving them with very little to start with as they ...

    • Local tourists welcome as Coron reopens 

      Miranda, Romar (Philippine Daily Inquirer, June 10, 2020, on page A1-A8)
      Coron has reopened its tourism industry, allowing local travelers on regulated tours as Palawan province eased further into a relaxed community quarantine amid the new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) crisis. Kim Ablana, ...

    • Palawan local gov't won't yield on halted Coron reclamation project 

      Miranda, Romar; Corrales, Nestor (Philippine Daily Inquirer, May 28, 2022, on page A8)
      The provincial government of Palawan is not taking the shutdown of its prime reclamation project on the island town of Coron sitting down even as the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) said it would ...

    • PH: No abandoning Ayungin; US hits China 'escalation' 

      Salaverria, Leila B.; Santos, Tina G.; Aurelio, Julie M.; Miranda, Romar; Aglibot, Joanna Rose (Philippine Daily Inquirer, November 20, 2021, on page A2)
      The Philippines will not abandon its outpost at Ayungin (Second Thomas) Shoal despite attempts by China to block food and other supplies for the military detachment deployed there, Malacañang said on Friday. Also on Friday, ...

    • PRA forfeits Coron reclamation project 

      Miranda, Romar (Philippine Daily Inquirer, June 29, 2022, on page A11)
      After years of battling against a “destructive development project,” a civic movement in Coron, Palawan, scored a win when the Philippine Reclamation Authority (PRA) ordered the forfeiture in favor of the national government ...

    • Task force answers China radio message: Withdraw your militia 

      Cabalza, Dexter; Aning, Jerome; Miranda, Romar; Santos, Tina G. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, April 1, 2021, on page A2)
      A Philippine military plane patrolling the West Philippine Sea this week spotted scores of Chinese vessels at several reefs within the country’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ) and received several radio messages telling it ...

    • Water contamination in El Nido beach? 

      Miranda, Romar (Philippine Daily Inquirer, October 23, 2020, on page A6)
      Just as tourism and local government officials were preparing to reopen to visitors the beaches of El Nido in Palawan province, hailed as the 2020 “best island in the world,” photos and videos surfaced on social media on ...