Browsing by Subject "Oil"

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    • Biologists begin to salvage sea turtle eggs in oiled Gulf 

      Associated Press (AP) (Manila Bulletin, July 11, 2010, on page 23)
      Biologist Lorna Patrick dug gingerly into the beach Friday, gently brushing away sand to reveal dozens of leathery, golfball-sized loggerhead sea turtle eggs. Patrick, of the US Fish and Wildlife Service, carefully plucked ...

    • Boracay beach oily - EMB 

      Philippine News Agency (PNA) (The Daily Guardian, March 20, 2013, on page 2)
      The Environmental Management Bureau (EMB) of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) reported said oil levels in the beachfront of this island resort are way above normal quantities. Samuel Guillergan, ...

    • China reclamation leaves $100M in destroyed reefs 

      Naval, Gerard; Reyes, Victor (Malaya, April 14, 2015, on page B1-B6)
      The Philippines yesterday strongly called on China to stop its reclamation of the Mischief Reef in the South China Sea (West Philippine Sea) because it has destroyed 300 acres of coral reef system, which resulted to economic ...

    • China sees bilateral deal with new PH President 

      Torres, Estrella (Philippine Daily Inquirer, May 7, 2016, on page A1-A18)
      China is looking forward to a bilateral settlement of the dispute in the South China Sea with new Philippine President, its envoy said on Thursday. Ambassador Zhao Jinhua expressed the hope that the new Philippine leader ...

    • 'Climate change may threaten $2.5 trillion in financial assets' 

      (Panay News, April 7, 2016, on page C5)
      Climate change can destroy assets directly through sea-level rise for example, by depreciating their value, or by disrupting economic activities lower down the chain through drought or freak storms. A lot of research has ...

    • DOE vows to safeguard oil and gas resources in WPS 

      Flores, Alena Mae S. (Manila Standard, April 22, 2021, on page B4)
      The Department of Energy said Wednesday it is prepared to take steps to protect the rights of service contract holders and preserve the country’s resources in the West Philippine Sea. Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi said the ...

    • Dolphins swim through slick as oiled birds preen on shore 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (BusinessWorld, June 14, 2010, on page S1/9)
      Its brown feathers sticky with oil, the pelican tries to preen in the hot sun as men in white plastic suits lay absorbent pads on the rocky shore of Queen Bess Island off the coast of Louisiana. Two wildlife rescue workers ...

    • Du30 to send warships if China drills for 'our oil' 

      Salaverria, Leila B.; Ramos, Marlon; Corrales, Nestor; Gascon, Melvin (Philippine Daily Inquirer, April 21, 2021, on page A3)
      President Duterte on Monday said he was ready to send military ships to assert the country’s claim in the West Philippine Sea should China start drilling for oil and mineral resources in the disputed waters. Speaking ...

    • Duterte: There will be trouble ‘if China grabs oil and uranium’ 

      Saludo, Ricardo (The Manila Times, August 23, 2018, on page A1-A5)
      Is President Rodrigo Duterte moving away from his close friendship with China? Recently, he has strongly taken issue over stern radio warnings by the Chinese to Philippine military aircraft flying near Beijing’s facilities ...

    • Fisherfolks up in arms against proposed oil depot in Dumangas 

      (Panay News, March 22, 2021, on page 7)
      An oil depot is being proposed in Barangay Talusan, Dumangas, Iloilo but fisherfolks and fishpond operators in the town are against it. An oil leakage could ruin Dumangas' marine resources and the fishponds that grow premium ...

    • Guimaras folk stop fishing as oil spill reaches their shores 

      Burgos, Nestor P. Jr.; Domingo, Ronnel; Enano, Jhesset O. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, July 7, 2020, on page A5)
      Fourteen years after Guimaras was devastated by the worst oil spill in the country when the MT Solar I tanker sank, residents of the island-province are again trying to contain the spread of bunker fuel that leaked on ...

    • Guimarasnons anxious 

      (Panay News, July 9, 2020, on page 7)
      The Guimarasnons' anxiety over the oil spill in Iloilo City which reached Guimaras Island is understandable. They experienced the worst oil spill in the country in August 2006 when oil tanker MT Solar 1 sank in the waters ...

    • How Beijing is winning in the South China Sea 

      (The Daily Guardian, April 5, 2018, on page 5)
      Earlier this month, the USS Carl Vinson became the first American aircraft carrier to visit Vietnam since the Vietnam War ended in 1975. Coming alongside the news that a record 23 nations from Southeast Asia and beyond ...

    • No significant amount of oil recovered 

      (Manila Bulletin, March 28, 2007, on page 9)
      No significant amount of oil has been found in the retrieval operations by Sonsub vessel Allied Shield from the sunken tanker Solar 1 off Guimaras Island. No oil was found in port tank No. 2 and starboard tank No. 2, the ...

    • No urgency to explore in West PHL Sea while pandemic depresses prices — academic 

      Ang, Adam J. (BusinessWorld, August 18, 2020, on page S1/3)
      Weak oil prices during the pandemic serve as a disincentive to joint exploration with China in the West Philippine Sea, a maritime law expert from the University of the Philippines said. Jay L. Batongbacal, head of the ...

    • The ocean is dying (2) 

      Mercene, Floro (Manila Bulletin, May 26, 2017, on page 12)
      There were many factors that caused the death of the Great Barrier Reef (GBR) but among them were drilling for oil and mining and the death blow was global warming. The uncontrolled use of fossil fuels such as carbon, oil, ...

    • Oil prices go berserk: P71 per liter in Romblon town 

      Cinco, Maricar; Sarmiento, Bong (Philippine Daily Inquirer, October 6, 2018, on page A6)
      From a Romblon resident who complained he has to spend P40 more to fill his motorcycle’s gas tank to commercial tuna fishers in General Santos City who feared losing buyers if forced to increase prices by at least 14 ...

    • Oil spill cleanup completed in 8 Cavite villages 

      Macairan, Evelyn (The Philippine Star, August 15, 2013, on page 2)
      The Coast Guard has completed cleaning the oil spill in eight barangays in Rosario town, Cavite last Tuesday. The eight barangays are Muzon 1, Muzon 2, Kanluran, Sapa 1, Sapa 2, Sapa 3, Wawa 2, and Wawa 3. Commander Armand ...

    • Oil spill impact 

      (Malaya, August 16, 2013, on page A2)
      Petron Corp. yesterday said that the waters in several areas in Tanza, Cavite affected by the oil spill can still sustain life. Petron, which earlier took responsibility for the oil spill incident last August 8, said that ...

    • PH, China firm hold talks on joint oil hunt in SC Sea 

      Cruz, Maricel V. (Manila Standard, March 2, 2018, on page A2-A1)
      The Philippines said Thursday it is in talks with a Chinese state firm for joint South China Sea energy resource exploration and extraction, in a proposed deal described by President Rodrigo Duterte as akin to “co-ownership” ...