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₱ 6.8-M loss in Taal fishkill
(Manila Bulletin,February 4, 2019 , on page 14)The municipality of Talisay, Batangas reported that fish cage owners lost more than P6.8 million after the upwelling of sulfur in Taal Lake killed bangus and tilapia last Jan. 29 and 30. In a press briefing here Friday, ... -
70 oil spill-affected families return home
(DailyGuardian,July 16, 2020 , on page 1-11)Seventy families from Barangay Mansaya, Lapuz, Iloilo City returned home on Wednesday almost two weeks after an oil spill incident displaced them. Gabino Ramon Mejia, head of plant operations of AC Energy Philippines, said ... -
AC Energy doing okay on clean-up, EMB head says
(DailyGuardian,July 17, 2020 , on page 1-15)AC Energy Philippines, the owner of the barge which spilled bunker fuel into the coast of Iloilo City and Guimaras following an explosion on July 3, 2020, is doing okay in its clean-up activity, according to the regional ... -
Algae in France kills 2, closes 6 beaches
(The Manila Times,July 18, 2019 , on page B7)Six beaches around Saint-Brieuc in Brittany, France have been closed to the public due to unmanageable quantities of sea algae, which local campaign groups say may be linked to two recent deaths in the area. On July 6 an ... -
Another air quality test up in oil spill-hit Estancia
(The Daily Guardian,January 10, 2014 , on page 2-7)Iloilo Governor Arthur Defensor Sr. on Thursday asked experts to conduct another test to determine the air quality at the oil spill site in Brgy. Botongon, Estancia. Defensor said that inspectors from the Environmental ... -
Aquaculture poisoning Taal Lake
(Malaya,February 4, 2010 , on page A1-A6)The calm waters of Taal Lake are deceiving, and what lies below may be toxic. Fish cages have poisoned the sediments below while surface waters remain relatively safe for fisheries, according to a study made by the University ... -
'Estancia oil spill cleanup 75 % done'
(Panay News,March 1, 2014 , on page 1-10)Will the cleanup of the oil spill that hit Brgy. Botongon, Estancia, Iloilo, and spread to other municipalities in the 5th District be completed soon? Calentino Mempin, director for operations of the contractor Kuan Yu ... -
Fish kill rooted in volcanism
(Manila Bulletin,July 24, 2011 , on page 11)Taal Lake, a caldera, has an ecology that is closely linked to its cradling Taal volcano, one of the 16 volcanoes of the world that erupts every 10 years. We've been studying this lake since 1989. I propose a paradigm to ... -
Fishkill hits cages in Taal Lake; owners lose ₱5M
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,November 6, 2018 , on page A12)The local government of Agoncillo town in Batangas province will distribute tilapia fingerlings to local cage operators affected by the recent fishkill in Taal Lake. The incidence of “fish mortality,” a term preferred by ... -
Heed the world-wide call vs plastic pollution
(Manila Bulletin,May 13, 2018 , on page 10)The Philippines joined a worldwide call to end plastic pollution as it marked this April the first anniversary of its accession to the Paris Agreement on Climate Change. The country became the 138th state party to the Paris ... -
Iloilo City Oil Spill: Families return home safely | Relief ops, cleanup full speed ahead
(Panay News,July 21, 2020 , on page 1-14)All 308 families that were displaced by the recent oil spill have returned home safely, with AC Energy Philippines keeping its promise to do everything it could to mitigate the societal and environmental impacts of the ... -
Lake Sebu fish kill claims P3.9m worth of tilapia
(Manila Standard,June 29, 2016 , on page A7)Around P3.9 million worth of tilapia were destroyed in another major fish kill in lakes Seloton and Sebu in Lake Sebu town in South Cotabato. Justina Navarrete, chief of the South Cotabato Office of the Provincial Agriculturist ... -
Microbes galore in seas; 'spaghetti' mats Pacific
(BusinessWorld,April 23, 2010 , on page S3/9)The ocean depths are home to myriad species of microbes, mostly hard to see but including spaghetti-like bacteria that form whitish mats the size of Greece on the floor of the Pacific, scientists said on Sunday. The survey, ... -
P10-M ‘bangus,’ ‘tilapia’ lost in fishkill
(The Manila Times,January 22, 2014 , on page A6)Around 120 tons or P10.5-million worth of tilapia and bangus were lost as a fish kill hit parts of Taal Lake in Batangas province over the weekend, the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) said. BFAR (Region ... -
Spill cleanup on the right track: AC Energy doing a good job, says EMB
(Panay News,July 17, 2020 , on page 1-14)AC Energy Philippines, owner of the power barge which spilled bunker fuel into the coast of Iloilo City and Guimaras following an explosion on July 3, is doing okay in its cleanup activity, said the regional chief of the ... -
Stinky seaweed
(Manila Bulletin,May 31, 2018 , on page B-9)The French government is preparing a plan to deal with a new invasion of stinky seaweed that is covering the beaches of some its islands in the Caribbean, causing health problems for residents and threatening key fishing ... -
Sulfur upwelling triggers fish kill in Taal Lake
(The Philippine Star,January 22, 2014 , on page A25)Sulfur upwelling in Taal Lake has caused fish kill in four barangays in Talisay, Batangas late last week, according to the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR). Various fish species were found “gasping for ... -
Sulfur-powered giant shipworm unearthed in PH
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,April 20, 2017 , on page A4)An enormous black worm that lives in the mud on the sea floor and survives on the remnants of noxious gases digested by bacteria has been unveiled by scientists for the first time. The slimy giant shipworm can grow up to ... -
Sulphur-powered giant shipworm unearthed in Philippines
(BusinessWorld,April 21, 2017 , on page S3/5)An enormous black worm that lives in the mud of the sea floor and survives on the remnants of noxious gases digested by bacteria has been unveiled by scientists for the first time. The slimy giant shipworm can grow up to ... -
Sulphur-powered giant shipworm unearthed in Sultan Kudarat
(Manila Bulletin,April 20, 2017 , on page 1-6)An enormous black worm that lives in the mud of the sea floor and survives on the remnants of noxious gases digested by bacteria has been unveiled by scientists for the first time. The slimy giant shipworm can grow up to ...