Browsing by Subject "atolls"

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    • China starts operating lighthouses on disputed maritime territories 

      Associated Press (AP) (Manila Bulletin, October 11, 2015, on page 12)
      China has started operating two lighthouses on a reef on a disputed island chain in the South China Sea, a state news agency reported, amid rising concerns among the US and China's neighbors about Beijing's maritime ...

    • DENR slams vandalization of corals in Batangas 

      Marcelo, Elizabeth (The Philippine Star, October 18, 2018, on page B6)
      Tourists as well as diving operators should strictly observe the standard practices on responsible diving and snorkelling following reports of vandalization of corals in Batangas, Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu said. "We ...

    • Vietnam could be more serious threat to us in the South China Sea dispute 

      Tiglao, Rigoberto (The Manila Times, August 14, 2017, on page A4)
      Vietnam rocked what would have been the normally uneventful meeting of Asean foreign ministers last week by unexpectedly asking the body to include in its communique its concern over “island building and militarization” ...

    • Warm seas are killing reefs 

      Innis, Michelle (Manila Bulletin, April 18, 2016, on page 1-4)
      Kim Cobb, a marine scientist st the Georgia Institute of Technology, expected the coral to be damaged when she plunged into the deep blue waters off Kiritimati Island, a remote atoll near the center of the Pacific Ocean. ...