Browsing by Subject "high tide"

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    • Albay's rich fishing ground tourist draw 

      Barcia, Rhaydz (Philippine Daily Inquirer, April 4, 2016, on page A7)
      The vast golden white sands that appear and disappear with the tide day in, day out in Lagony Gulf is fast becoming a local tourist attraction this summer. This little city in the middle of the sea, known locally as Wara-Wara ...

    • Bangus of Davao 

      Navales, Mark (Manila Bulletin, July 24, 2015, on page 21)
      The Bangus or milkfish, one of the common fish you'll find in Pangasinan, is also abundant in Barangay Dumanlag, Matina, Davao City where there are numerous fish ponds in the coastal area. Fisherman Dickson Hermoso harvests ...

    • BFAR: Neap tide threat to 'bangus' now over 

      Visperas, Eva (The Philippine Star, May 29, 2014, on page A-21)
      Bangus (milkfish) growers can now heave a sigh of relief as the threat of neap tide is over and tidal fluctuation is now back to normal, according to the center chief of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) ...

    • The Manila Bay challenge 

      Robles, Jojo (The Manila Times, January 11, 2019, on page A1-A6)
      I know President Rodrigo Duterte is still understandably ecstatic about how he rehabilitated Boracay Island after shutting down the tourist attraction for six months last year. But rehabilitating Manila Bay, which he has ...

    • Nearly 200 whales stranded on New Zealand beach 

      Associated Press (AP) (The Philippine Star, February 14, 2015, on page A-22)
      Nearly 200 pilot whales stranded themselves on New Zealand's South Island yesterday, with hordes of rescuers rushing to the remote area in a bid to guide them back to sea. Two dozen of the 198 whales had already died despite ...

    • 'No-build zone' alarms fishermen 

      Burgonio, TJ (Philippine Daily Inquirer, January 14, 2014, on page A6)
      As the government moves to enforce the "no-build zone" in typhoon-ravaged Tacloban City, hundreds of fishermen fear they would be driven away from the sea-their main source of livelihood. On President Aquino's orders, ...

    • Property crisis looms due to sea level rise 

      (BusinessWorld, June 19, 2018, on page S2/4)
      Along Florida’s sun-splashed shorelines, home prices are on the rise, developers are busy building new complexes, and listings just blocks from the beach describe homes that are “not in a flood zone,” meaning no flood ...

    • Sea-level rise threatens 311, 000 US homes 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (The Manila Times, June 19, 2018, on page B7)
      About 311,000 coastal homes across the United States with a collective market value of about $120 billion in today's dollars are at risk of chronic flooding by 2045, a report issued yesterday by the Union of Concerned ...

    • Stranded 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP); Reuters (BusinessWorld, February 13, 2017, on page S1/10)
      Whale rescuers were cautiously optimistic on February 12 that the current wave of mass beachings in New Zealand was over, after hundreds of the creatures died after being stranded ashore. New Zealand conservation authorities ...

    • Venice hit by worst high tide; mayor declares emergency 

      (The Philippine Star, November 14, 2019, on page A23)
      Venice was hit by the second highest tide recorded in the lagoon city on Tuesday, which flooded its historic basilica and left many of its squares and alleyways deep underwater. Mayor Luigi Brugnaro said he would declare ...