Browsing by Subject "airports"

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    • 12 groups buck P14-B Manila Bay reclamation project 

      Araneta, Sandy; Agcaoili, Lawrence (The Philippine Star, September 6, 2012, on page 13)
      Twelve cause-oriented groups representing fisherfolk, urban poor, church and health associations, environmental alliances and non-government organizations yesterday filed an urgent motion before the Supreme Court (SC) to ...

    • 50 crocodiles from Malaysia seized at London airport 

      (Philippine Daily Inquirer, May 6, 2018, on page A9)
      British officials have seized an illegal shipment of 50 live crocodiles at London Heathrow Airport, the UK Border Force said Friday. The year-old juvenile saltwater crocodiles were found crammed into five boxes coming from ...

    • Airlines curbing shark fin transport 

      Bloomberg (Manila Standard, June 25, 2013, on page B4)
      Shark fins' ride in plane bellies is beginning to end. Last week, Korean Air Lines C. said since March it had stopped moving the delicacy used in soups. The Seoul-based company joined Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd. in saying ...

    • Beijing denies island-building in South China Sea 

      Reuters (The Philippine Star, April 1, 2017, on page 1-2)
      There was "no such thing" as man-made islands in the disputed South China Sea, China's Defense Ministry said on Thursday, and reiterated that any building work was mainly for civilian purposes. The building has included ...

    • 'Bulacan airport to displace fisherfolk' 

      Cervantes, Ding (The Philippine Star, July 10, 2019, on page 15)
      At least 700 fisherfolk and coastal families will be displaced with the construction of a P700-billion airport project in Bulakan, Bulacan, according to fisherfolk group Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas. ...

    • Fishers not opposed to new airport 

      Reyes-Estrope, Carmel (Philippine Daily Inquirer, April 8, 2018, on page A11)
      Fishermen here expressed no opposition to the proposed P700-billion Aerotropolis project being pushed by beverage giant San Miguel Corp., saying they could learn new livelihood skills should they be displaced. Polluted ...

    • Gov't urged: Stop cleared reclamation projects 

      Tupas, Emmanuel (The Philippine Star, March 1, 2020, on page 14)
      President Duterte’s directive to stop reclamation activities in Manila Bay should cover projects that have already received clearances, such as the proposed airports in Cavite and Bulacan, advocates and experts said. The ...

    • HK's dolphins disappearing 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Manila Standard, November 30, 2015, on page B7)
      As to expand its international airport and with a major new bridge project under way, campaigners warn that the dwindling number of much-loved pink dolphins in surrounding waters may disappear altogether. Conservationists ...

    • Milkfish fry shipments seized at airport 

      Mercene, Recto (BusinessMirror, March 10, 2013, on page Retrieved from-http://www.businessmirror.com.ph)
      Airport customs authorities on Sunday seized three shipments of milkfish fry that were unloaded separately from three international airlines from Singapore, Hongkong and Malaysia, at the Paicargo and Miascor bonded warehouse ...

    • S. Korean airlines ban shark fin as cargo 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (The Manila Times, June 21, 2013, on page B7)
      South Korea’s two largest airlines, Korean Air and Asiana, said on Thursday they had both decided to ban shark fin from their cargo flights as part of a growing global campaign against the Asian delicacy. Korean Air, which ...

    • Saving people's lives is part of a fisherman's calling 

      Sabangan, Daisy (The Manila Times, September 26, 2012, on page A7)
      Thrust into the limelight by the plane that crashed into the waters girding his hometown and took the lives of Interior secretary Jesse Robredo, pilot Captain Jessup Bahin-ting and flight student Kshitiz Chand, a Masbateño ...

    • Shipment of soft shell turtles blocked at NAIA 

      Unite, Betheena Kae (Manila Bulletin, November 16, 2017, on page B-8)
      An attempt to smuggle wildlife species bound for Taiwan was foiled Friday at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA), the Bureau of Customs said yesterday. Seven packages loaded with 123 Chinese Soft Shell Turtle ...

    • SMC hires Taliptip residents for airport, river cleanup projects 

      (The Manila Times, December 7, 2020, on page B10)
      San Miguel Corporation (SMC) is hiring former residents of Barangay Taliptip in Bulacan – site of its upcoming P740-billion Manila International Airport project – as heavy equipment operators for its ongoing P1-billion ...

    • SMC set to expand, dredge Tullahan river 

      (Manila Standard, February 25, 2020, on page A6)
      San Miguel Corporation’s P1-billion initiative to dredge and expand the Tullahan river system, will not only give the Manila Bay rehabilitation project a major boost—it will also help solve flooding in Bulacan, ahead of ...