Browsing by Subject "Algae"

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    • AANI farm tour to visit Spirulina Farm 

      (Manila Bulletin, January 31, 2015, on page B-6)
      Participants in the AANI Farm Tour tomorrow, February 1, will visit the Aztec Spirulina Farm of Pol Puente in Cainta, Rizal. This is a very modern farm that produces high-quality spirulina in the form of granules and ...

    • Advisory on algal bloom in Laguna de Bay 

      Laguna Lake Development Authority (LLDA) (The Philippine Star, June 14, 2019, on page 2)
      Algal bloom is a periodic occurrence in Laguna de Bay, particularly in the Central Bay and West Bay, where Muntinlupa City is one of the lakeshore LGU's. Algae are microscopic plants in various forms, shapes and colors. ...

    • Algae bloom in Laguna Lakes resurges 

      (The Philippine Star, June 19, 2015, on page 21)
      The high count of algae in the lake, where Maynilad draws water for treatment in its Putatan plant, is causing water distributed in the cities of Las Piñas, Parañaque and Muntinlupa to have a peculiar taste and smell. ...

    • Algae emits 'sickening' smell in Muntinlupa 

      (The Philippine Star, June 8, 2019, on page 10)
      Residents in some parts of Muntinlupa City have complained of difficulty in breathing, asthma attacks, stomach pains and nasal clogging reportedly due to decaying algae in Laguna Lake. The city health office said the foul ...

    • Algae in France kills 2, closes 6 beaches 

      Associated Press (AP) (The Manila Times, July 18, 2019, on page B7)
      Six beaches around Saint-Brieuc in Brittany, France have been closed to the public due to unmanageable quantities of sea algae, which local campaign groups say may be linked to two recent deaths in the area. On July 6 an ...

    • 'Algae make Boracay sand white and cool' 

      Catalbas (Panay News, March 18, 2017, on page 5-14)
      The algal bloom in Boracay Island is a blessing, not a curse to the tourism industry, according to the Regional Ecotourism Committee (REC). Algae contributes to making Boracay’s sand white and cool even under the scorching ...

    • Algae market potentially worth $320 billion draws Honda Motor and oil refiner Eneos 

      Bloomberg (BusinessWorld, January 25, 2022, on page Sl/9)
      Oil refiner Eneos Holdings Inc. and Honda Motor Co. are among a group of more than 35 Japanese companies and institutions that have banded together to try to tap the potential of microalgae to help replace fossil fuels and ...

    • Algae scourge triggers hunt for culprit 

      Reyes, Lina Sagaral (BusinessWorld, September 20, 1999, on page 14)
      For five years now, between the months of June and August, an iridescent tangle of green algae has been showing up in the shallow waters off Macajalar Bay, 30 kilometers west of Cagayan de Oro City. At first, residents of ...

    • Algae-lined Boracay beach freaks out tourists 

      Yap, Tara (Manila Bulletin, April 28, 2015, on page 9)
      Not a few tourists on holiday on Boracay are being repelled by the emergence of excessive green, slimy algae marring the shoreline of the world-famous island in Malay, Aklan. Since the start of the summer season last month, ...

    • Algae-type chlorella a super food? 

      Buban, Charles E. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, April 26, 2014, on page B4)
      Chlorella is a type of algae that grows in freshwater. It contains large amounts of chlorophyll, a pigment that plants and other organisms utilize to absorb light and use its energy to to produce life-sustaining carbohydrates ...

    • Asian dust storms linked to algal blooms 

      Kritz, Ben (The Manila Times, January 5, 2017, on page B5)
      The seasonal occurrence of dust storms in East Asia can cause algal blooms in waters far from the Asian mainland, researchers in China have discovered. In a study published in the journal Atmospheric Environment, researchers ...

    • Benham Rise teeming with marine life 

      (Manila Standard, June 7, 2016, on page B6)
      A dazzling array of soft and hard corals, fish, algae, and sponges comprised some of the biological diversity documented by marine scientists from the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources, University of the Philippines ...

    • BFAR maintains red tide alert in 4 provinces 

      Gomez, Eireene Jairee (The Manila Times, November 6, 2018, on page A7)
      The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) on Monday issued a warning against the consumption of shellfish from toxic red tide-infested bays in several areas in the Visayas and Mindanao. In its Shellfish Bulletin, ...

    • BFAR releases P3.18m to fund seaweed project 

      Jocson, Brenda (Manila Standard, August 25, 2016, on page C2)
      The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources here has released P3.18 million to finance various seaweed projects to control the high prevalence of iron-deficiency anemia (IDA) in Cagayan Valley or Region 2. Milagros ...

    • Biokubo: The search for an alternative feedstock for biodiesel 

      Razon, Luis F. (The Philippine Star, December 22, 2011, on page B-5)
      Studies have shown that the biodiesel process utilizing waste cooking oils had a better rate of return than a process which used virgin oil, although all of the processes in their papers had negative rates of return. There ...

    • Boracay corals dying fast, says group 

      Burgos, Nestor P. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, March 21, 2015, on page A13)
      After concerns have been raised about the deteriorating water quality at a portion of the pristine White Beach of the island in Malay, Aklan province, a coral reef rehabilitation group has now reported mass dying of corals. ...

    • Boracay locals say algal bloom just a natural phenomenon 

      Philippine News Agency (PNA) (Manila Bulletin, March 16, 2017, on page B-8)
      Locals are defending the presence of the algal bloom in the shorelines of this world-renowned island. Barangay Captain Lilibeth Sacapaño of Balabag said the algae have been present even before the development in the islands ...

    • Boracay's environmental woes 

      Angelo, F. Allan L. (The Daily Guardian, May 5, 2018, on page 4-5)
      Some dimwits online and elsewhere are trying to make light of Boracay Island’s environmental problems by spewing fallacies. One hilarious fallacy or lie is that lumot or green algae that bloom in the island’s shoreline are ...

    • Brown algae sale banned 

      Estrada, Anna Leah (Manila Standard, April 26, 2014, on page B1)
      The Agriculture Department has imposed a ban on the harvesting and selling of brown algae and seagrass to preserve the country’s marine ecosystems. The agency issued Fisheries Administrative Order No. 250, which prohibits ...

    • Climate-ravaged corals recover poorly-study 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Manila Bulletin, January 26, 2017, on page B8)
      Paris – Coral reefs that survive rapid bleaching fuelled by global warming remain deeply damaged, with little prospect of full recovery, researchers said. Sixteen years after the 1998 El Niño ravaged coral in the Indian ...