Browsing by Subject "marine environment"

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    • 100 baby sea turtles released to open sea 

      Macatuno, Allan (Philippine Daily Inquirer, December 10, 2017, on page A6)
      After hatching in a busy beach resort here, some 100 baby sea turtles (pawikan) made their way back home on Saturday. The olive ridley sea turtles (Lepidochelys olivacea) were born at a hatchery of All Hands Beach and began ...

    • 2 more firms seek permit to mine Lingayen Gulf 

      Sotelo, Yolanda (Philippine Daily Inquirer, April 22, 2022, on page A6)
      Two more mining firms have applied for government permits to mine Lingayen Gulf for magnetite, or black sand, prompting groups here to renew their opposition to what they described as “massive environmental destruction.” ...

    • 5 provinces commit to protect Visayan sea 

      Simeon, Louise Maureen (The Philippine Star, September 30, 2018, on page B2)
      Five local government units have committed to adopt a fisheries management framework to protect the Visayan Sea, one of the country’s major fishing grounds, from illegal fishing activities to ensure a sustainable fisheries ...

    • 52nd Fish Conservation Week: Highlights Stiffer Philippine Fisheries Code 

      (Manila Bulletin, October 22, 2015, on page 5)
      Only a month after the promulgation of its newly signed implementing rules and regulation (IRR), Republic Act (RA) 10654, which amended the Philippine fisheries code 1998, is the highlight of this year's celebration of the ...

    • $7 billion for marine protection 

      Associated Press (AP) (Manila Bulletin, October 8, 2017, on page 15)
      A global conference to better protect marine life has raised more than $7 billion and won commitments to protect huge swathes of the Earth's oceans. The European Union, which organized the Our Ocean conference in the Maltese ...

    • Activists bike, jog vs Manila 'white sand' project 

      Chiu, Patricia Denise M. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, September 12, 2020, on page A3)
      The militant group Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (Pamalakaya) on Friday held a “jogging and biking vs dolomite dumping” protest along the Manila baywalk in Roxas Boulevard, in protest against the ...

    • ADB supports Palawan tourism devt project 

      Gonzales, Anna Leah E. (The Manila Times, October 24, 2019, on page B4)
      The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is working with the Department of Tourism (DoT) in preparing a tourism development project that will ensure a sustainable environment for El Nido and Coron in Palawan. “Palawan is known as ...

    • 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 ...

    • After Boracay, will Manila Bay follow? 

      Pimentel, Brenda V. (The Manila Times, July 17, 2018, on page B8)
      Last week, a roundtable discussion (RTD) on the status of compliance by government agencies covered by the continuing mandamus issued by the Supreme Court to rehabilitate the Manila Bay was convened by the Women in Maritime ...

    • 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 ...

    • Anilao dive spot gets coral restoration lab 

      (Manila Standard, February 5, 2019, on page B4)
      As part of its corporate social responsibility, Metro Pacific Investments Corp. Foundation, through its Shore It Up program, recently received a donation of 40 eco-reef modules, which will be installed in Balayan Bay, one ...

    • Antique, Misamis Oriental, N. Mindanao eyed as go-to dive sites 

      Philippine News Agency (PNA); PN (Panay News, September 18, 2023, on page 14)
      The Department of Tourism (DOT) is preparing Antique, Northern Mindanao and Misamis Oriental as the next go-to diving sites to sustain the Philippines’ standing as the leading dive destination in the region. Tourism secretary ...

    • Aquino's tack with China made sea dispute worse: Palace 

      Montemayor, Jocelyn (Malaya, July 23, 2018, on page B3)
      The Duterte government prefers to deal with China on a conciliatory and friendly manner with regards to the territorial dispute in the South China Sea because of the Aquino administration's confrontational approach resulted ...

    • Artificial reefs go a long way in saving the sea 

      Kilayko, Paul Stanley; Pagador, Juliana Rose; Rios, Dimple (The Daily Guardian, December 11, 2017, on page 4-11)
      Artificial reef projects are being expand in areas of Brgy. Damilisan, Brgy. Lanutan, and Brgy. Gines-Calampitao in Miagao, Iloilo to save its marine ecosystem. Using a P384,000 budget, the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic ...

    • Asean urged: Stand up to China 

      Araneta, Sandy (Manila Standard, April 27, 2015, on page A2)
      Beijing is moving toward "de facto control" of the South China Sea, the Philippines warned on Sunday as it called on fellow Southeast Asian countries to stand up to their massive neighbor. China's unabated reclamation in ...

    • Australia works with Phl in coral reef restoration 

      Lee-Brago, Pia; Ronda, Rainier Allan (The Philippine Star, September 25, 2023, on page 4)
      Australia continues to work with the Philippines on protecting the marine environment through coral reef restoration, Australian Ambassador HK Yu said yesterday. Yu welcomed the signing of the UN High Seas Biodiversity ...

    • Australian Embassy supports marine conservation in Mindoro 

      (The Manila Times, June 9, 2010, on page C4)
      The Australian Embassy, through its Direct Aid Program (DAP), has funded community group Kaunsayan Formation for Community Development (KAFCODE) to establish 200 artificial reef modules to help rehabilitate the marine ...

    • Baby dugong appeals for help 

      Lena, Pearl G. (Manila Bulletin, May 25, 2004, on page B-13)
      Far beyond its weaning stage, the survival of a female baby dugong that was fished out from the seashore of Igang, Nueva Valencia, Guimaras is now at the public's mercy. Information gathered at the Office of the Protected ...

    • Ban on Danish Seine fishing method strengthened 

      Gomez, Eireene Jairee (The Manila Times, July 13, 2018, on page B5)
      The nationwide ban on the use of the fishing device Danish Seine (hulbot-hulbot) that destroys marine habitats has been strengthened after the Department of Agriculture (DA) approved an order declaring mere possession of ...

    • The battle for marine and human sustainability 

      (Manila Standard, January 9, 2014, on page C3)
      The Coral Triangle lies deep in the volcanic Indo-Pacific region, where two great oceans merge, and is bordered in the north by the Philippines, the west by Indonesia and Malaysia and the east by the Solomon Islands. It ...