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    • 'Ocean filling' activities cost US$108.9 M per year - study 

      de Vera, Ellalyn; Namit, Madel Sabater (Manila Bulletin, April 24, 2015, on page 1-16)
      The total economic value of destroyed coral reefs from the ongoing reclamation activities of China in the West Philippine Sea has reached US$352,249 per hectare of coral reef, equivalent to an economic loss of US$108.9 ...
    • Oil spill affects 31 Barangays, 300-Square-km of Manila Bay 

      Namit, Madel Sabater; Giron, Anthony; Antonio, Reymund F.; Manongdo, Jenny F. (Manila Bulletin, August 11, 2013, on page 1-13)
      Half-a-million liters of diesel that leaked from a submarine pipeline, or a tanker moored off the coast have covered a 300-square kilometer area of Manila Bay, affecting 31 Barangays in the towns of rosario, Naic Tanza, ...
    • PH welcomes int'l recognition of sea dispute with China 

      Torregoza, Hannah; Namit, Madel Sabater (Manila Bulletin, October 23, 2015, on page 8)
      The Philippine Mission to the United Nations (UN) welcomed the international community's increasing recognition that developments in the territorial dispute in the South China Sea is a concern of the international community ...
    • PH’s push for Code of Conduct in disputed sea gets support 

      Namit, Madel Sabater (Manila Bulletin, November 24, 2015, on page 1-8)
      President Aquino returned home from his last attendance to the ASEAN Summit as Philippine president early yesterday morning, elated that his final push for a binding Code of Conduct in the South China Sea got the support ...
    • PNoy welcomes PH's removal from Euro fishing blacklist 

      Namit, Madel Sabater (Manila Bulletin, April 24, 2015, on page 5)
      The country’s fishing industry directly employs 1.4 million people, while another three million are employed in fishing-related industries. Philippine efforts included the implementation of Executive Order No. 154 on the ...