Browsing by Subject "coral reefs"

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    • 10 new drugs come from the oceans 

      Newman, Minerva Bc; Bacalando, Larnie L.; Flores, Sharon Rose (Manila Bulletin, June 13, 2018, on page 12)
      A non-government organization (NGO), Reef Check, revealed that there are 10 new drugs that come from animals in the ocean that are used to treat diseases, particularly leukemia and HIV/AIDS. The founder of Reef Check, Dr. ...

    • 11.5km coastline in Bohol declared national geological monument 

      De Vera, Ellalyn B. (Manila Bulletin, May 29, 2015, on page 17)
      The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has declared the 11.5km Loon-Maribojoc coastline as a national geological monument to provide for its management, protection and preservation. The coastline was ...

    • 13 towns endangered, gov't geosurvey shows 

      Ocampo, Karl (Philippine Daily Inquirer, November 12, 2021, on page A9)
      Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) warned of a “potential creeping crisis” in southeastern Luzon following its latest geological survey showing 13 municipalities in the area as highly vulnerable to coastal erosion, storm ...

    • 1st Sarangani Dive Safari scheduled on April 29 to May 1 

      (BusinessWorld, April 18, 2017, on page S2/8)
      Sarangani Bay, one of the country’s unheralded beautiful bays, comes to life as the Province of Sarangani and the Department of Tourism (DoT) -Region 12 hold the first Sarangani Dive Safari on April 29 to May 1. Proclaimed ...

    • 2,000 sq m of coral reef destroyed 

      Jaucian, Michael (Philippine Daily Inquirer, June 19, 2015, on page A14)
      Port and city authorities are preventing the departure of a Vietnamese cargo vessel that ran aground at the Albay Gulf on Monday and damaged about 2,000 square meters of coral reef within the city’s waters. Benigno Redito, ...

    • 2nd salvage ship arrives at reef today 

      Zurbano, Joel (Manila Standard, February 16, 2013, on page A2)
      The United States has sent salvage ship Jascon-25 to Tubataha Reef to cut to pieces and remove the USS Guardian, a minesweeper, that ran aground in the protected marine sanctuary, coast guard officials said on Friday. Coast ...

    • 46 fall in illegal fishing crackdown in Cavite 

      Unite, Betheena Kae (Manila Bulletin, November 3, 2018, on page 4)
      Fory-six fishermen onboard two fishing boats were rounded up in a recent illegal fishing crackdown in Cavite, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said Friday. The fishermen were caught fishing off Puerto Azul, Ternate, Cavite ...

    • ₱4M in payment sought for coral reef damage 

      Jaucian, Michael (Philippine Daily Inquirer, June 20, 2015, on page A8)
      The city government of Legazpi is demanding P4 million in compensation from the owner of the Vietnamese cargo vessel that damaged the coral reef along Pulang Buya, or Denson Reef, when the vessel ran aground at the Albay ...

    • ₱500M earmarked for PH-wide coral restoration program 

      Casayuran, Mario B. (Manila Bulletin, December 27, 2015, on page 11)
      The senates climate change committee chaired by Sen. Loren Legarda said yesterday that the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) would start next year a nationwide coral restoration program. The Senate ...

    • 75 turtle hatchlings released in Subic 

      (The Manila Times, January 2, 2020, on page A7)
      Seventy-five newly hatched marine turtles slowly crawled their way to the shores of All Hands Beach here on Friday night to begin their perilous journey back to their natural habitat. The 75 marine turtle hatchlings, ...

    • Adhesives work wonders for coral repair 

      Sotelo, Yolanda (Philippine Daily Inquirer, December 18, 2016, on page A8)
      Carrying special adhesives, 30 scuba divers plunged 20 feet deep underwater at the Hundred Islands National Park (HINP) here on Dec. 13 to transplant coral fragments, part of a process needed to revive the park’s degenerating ...

    • Advocates celebrate Coral Triangle Day 

      Indino, Phoebe Jen (Manila Bulletin, June 9, 2013, on page 15)
      Six resort and water park owners in this city recently inked a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Department of Environment and Natural Resources in Region 7 (DENR-7) in support of conservation measures and a public ...

    • AFP sounds alarm: Rozul reef's corals wiped out; Chinese militia vessels under scrutiny 

      Marcelino, Angelie (Panay News, September 18, 2023, on page 9-15)
      Coral reefs in Rozul reef, where suspected Chinese militia vessels have been spotted, are now entirely gone, the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) announced on Saturday. The Western Command Commander expressed suspicions ...

    • AFP suspects Chinese swarming behind extensive coral damage at Rozul Reef 

      Sadongdong, Martin A. (Manila Bulletin, September 18, 2023, on page 2)
      The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) discovered an extensive damage in the corals surrounding Rozul (Iroquios) Reef in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) and it suspected that the swarming of Chinese vessels in the area ...

    • AFP: Chinese 'fishermen' used vs PH in two ways 

      Mangosing, Frances; Lazaro, Jacob (Panay News, September 16, 2023, on page 9-15)
      When they are not directly supporting the China Coast Guard (CCG) in blocking supplies to a key Philippine outpost in the West Philippine Sea (WPS), the Chinese maritime militia (CMM) posing as fishermen are harming the ...

    • Agency gets advanced reef assessment tool 

      PN; Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR)-Region VI (Panay News, June 22, 2018, on page 11-14)
      The University of the Philippines – National Institute of Physics (UP-NIP) in Diliman, Quezon City turned over a unit of Teardrop Platform to the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Region 6. Teardrop ...

    • 'Alarming': Rozul Reef stripped of its corals 

      Dantes, Charles; Zurbano, Joel (Manila Standard, September 17, 2023, on page A1)
      The Armed Forces of the Philippines on Saturday reported massive coral harvesting in Rozul Reef in the West Philippine Sea where Chinese militia vessels were seen swarming. AFP Western Command head Vice Admiral Albert ...

    • Alcala: Visionary in marine conservation 

      Braid, Florangel Rosario (Manila Bulletin, March 1, 2014, on page 11)
      If Dr. Angel C. Alcala's work as a pioneer marine biologist was deemed exemplary in 1992 when he was conferred the Ramon Magsaysay award, such contribution is even more appreciated today. This is so because of threats from ...

    • 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 ...

    • Amazon could be gone in 50 years as it crosses threshold 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Manila Standard, March 13, 2020, on page B3)
      The Amazon rain forest is nearing a threshold which, once crossed, would see one of the world’s largest and richest ecosystems morph into arid savannah within half-a-century, scientists said Tuesday. Another major ecosystem, ...