Browsing by Place "Mabini, Batangas"

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    • Anilao dive spot gets coral restoration lab 

      (Manila Standard, February 5, 2019, on page B4)
      As part of its corporate social responsibility, Metro Pacific Investments Corp. Foundation, through its Shore It Up program, recently received a donation of 40 eco-reef modules, which will be installed in Balayan Bay, one ...

    • Anilao photo tilt to draw more than 200 divers from all over 

      Jambora, Anne A. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, October 7, 2017, on page D6)
      One of the biggest underwater macro photography competitions in the world, the Anilao Underwater Shootout is again happening in Mabini, Batangas, better known as Anilao. This was announced in the first Dive Philippines ...

    • Another 'butanding' released in Batangas 

      Ozaeta, Arnell; Valencia, Czeriza (The Philippine Star, August 11, 2013, on page 7)
      Another juvenile whale shark, locally known as butanding, that had been stranded at the pier of the Philippine National Oil Co. (PNOC) in Mabini town here was set free by government workers and civilian volunteers. Bureau ...

    • Batangas dive operators seek Anilao reopening 

      Cinco, Maricar (Philippine Daily Inquirer, October 1, 2020, on page A8)
      Dive operators in Mabini town in Batangas province are asking national government agencies to consider allowing the underwater sport to resume, citing it as a much safer activity this time than leisure travels to the beach. ...

    • CSR focuses on coastal cleanup 

      (BusinessWorld, June 7, 2013, on page S3/9)
      SHORE IT UP -- a project of Metro Pacific Investment Corp. (MPIC) -- is the country’s longest corporate-backed environment program. It recently marked its fifth year as it kicked off a year-long clean-up drive in Mabini, ...

    • DENR creates body on anti-coral bleaching 

      Galvez, James Konstantin (The Manila Times, September 13, 2010, on page A5)
      Secretary Ramon Paje of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources ( DENR) ordered recently the creation of a task force under the Protected Areas and Wildlife Bureau to monitor and document coral bleaching in the ...

    • DENR creates task force to monitor coral bleaching 

      de Leon, Angela Lopez (Malaya, September 13, 2010, on page B2)
      Environment Secretary Ramon Paje has ordered the Protected Areas and Wildlife Bureau (PAWB) to create a task force that will monitor and document coral bleaching in the country. Paje also directed his regional officials ...

    • FirstGen bankrolls Batangas marine ecosystem project 

      (Philippine Daily Inquirer, August 17, 2015, on page B3-3-B3-4)
      Rey Manalo is an active and vocal advocate of the Bantay Dagat (Sea Patrol) program in Mabini, Batangas. Quite a departure from his younger days when Manalo was a menace to the marine ecosystem of Batangas, being a muro-ami ...

    • Fishing ban imposed in Batangas 

      Ozaeta, Arnell (The Philippine Star, November 20, 2016, on page A-25)
      Local government units in coordination with the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) and environment and natural resources office has implemented a 22-day ban on commercial fishing in Balayan Bay. The fishing ...

    • Gov't workers, volunteers rescue stranded butanding 

      Ozaeta, Arnell (The Philippine Star, August 10, 2013, on page 14)
      Government workers and civilian volunteers joined hands to set free last Thursday a juvenile whale shark, locally known as butanding, that had been stranded at the pier of the Philippine National Oil Co. (PNOC) in Mabini, ...

    • Mabini, the diving heaven bounces back 

      Supetran, Bernard L. (BusinessMirror, December 19, 2020, on page A9)
      Mention Mabini, Batangas and instantly, scuba diving comes to mind. The municipality has been synonymous with scuba diving, being the birthplace of this underwater recreational sport. Situated within the world’s so-called ...

    • Metro Pacific shores up Balayan Bay ecosystem 

      (The Manila Times, February 7, 2019, on page B5)
      As part of its corporate social responsibility, Metro Pacific Investments Corp. (MPIC) Foundation, through its Shore It Up program, recently received a donation of 40 eco-reef modules that will be installed in Balayan Bay, ...

    • Nestlé, Pure Oceans launch Basura Bangka waste management 

      (The Manila Times, October 2, 2020, on page B11)
      Food and beverage manufacturer Nestlé Philippines and marine conservation social enterprise Pure Oceans have partnered to design, procure and operate a prototype boat called Basura Bangka to transport plastic waste from ...

    • PH oceans get a break 

      (Malaya, March 9, 2018, on page A9)
      Shore It Up! (SIU), an environmental awareness initiative of Metro Pacific Investments Corp. (MPIC), celebrated last March 2 to 4 its 10th year of rescuing, restoring and reviving bodies of water and coastlines all over ...

    • RP scientists note massive bleaching of coral reefs 

      Alave, Kristine L. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, September 6, 2010, on page A1-A22)
      For several months now, marine scientists and divers have been witnessing and recording the massive bleaching of coral reefs all over the country, which is being caused by warmer-than-normal ocean water temperatures. In ...

    • Shore it Up!: A decade of seas, coastal clean-up pays off, thanks to Shore it Up! 

      Maliksi, Noel (The Philippine Star, March 18, 2018, on page 15)
      Every year thousands of tons of garbage end up in our oceans, 60% of which plastic materials. Studies show that plastics decompose longest among common debris items in the ocean. Over 45, 000 pieces of plastic litter every ...

    • Teen diver makes it to world's biggest underwater shootout 

      (Manila Bulletin, December 11, 2018, on page B-7)
      Thirteen-year-old Shintaro “Shin” Montiero was the youngest participant at the recent 6th Anilao Underwater Shootout, the world’s biggest underwater photography event, held recently in Mabini, Batangas. Organized annually ...