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    • 1 dead, 101 rescued as vessel catches fire off Bohol 

      (SunStar Philippines, June 27, 2022, on page 1)
      The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG)-Visayas said that one person died in the fire that hit a passenger vessel in the waters off Bohol Sunday, June 26, 2022. The victim was identified as Adolfo Rañola, 53, of Barangay Poblacion, ...

    • 1 dead, 24 rescued off Japanese fishing boat 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (The Philippine Star, March 5, 2024, on page 9)
      One person died and 24 others were rescued yesterday after their fishing boat lost power and drifted onto rocks in rough seas off Japan, the coast guard said. Dramatic television footage showed the 56-metre on its side ...

    • 1 dead, 7 hospitalized after eating 'buriring' 

      Cordova, Calvin (Tempo, August 5, 2022, on page 1)
      A 56-year-old mother died while her husband and their six children were hospitalized after eating puffer fish (locally known as buriring) for breakfast on Wednesday in Caubian Island, Lapu-Lapu City.

    • 1 M species risk extinction due to humns - draft UN report 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Manila Bulletin, April 27, 2019, on page 4)
      Up to one million species face extinction due to human influence, according to a draft UN report obtained by Agence France-Presse that painstakingly catalogues how humanity has undermined the natural resources upon which ...

    • 1 missing, 1 rescued after fishing boat capsizes in Ilog 

      Ellera, Teresa D. (SunStar Philippines, July 9, 2020, on page 2)
      A fisherman was rescued, while another is still missing after their small fishing boat capsized off the coastal waters of Barangay 1, Ilog, Tuesday, July 7, 2020. Authorities identified the rescued fisherman as Ivar ...

    • '1,000 barangays ignored Manila Bay cleanup drive' 

      Africa, Raymond (Malaya, May 3, 2019, on page B1)
      Nearly 18 percent of the 5,714 barangays surrounding Manila Bay have complied with a directive from the interior department to participate in a drive to clean the polluted bay. The interior department is preparing show-cause ...

    • 1,000 barangays in hot water 

      Chavez, Chito A. (Manila Bulletin, May 3, 2019, on page 1)
      Heads are expected to roll as the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) is zeroing in on 1,000 of the 5,714 barangays who have defied orders to strictly enforce environmental laws in their respective turfs ...

    • 1,000 ha of fish pens first to go on April 1 

      Cinco, Maricar (Philippine Daily Inquirer, March 20, 2017, on page A18)
      Thirty corporate and individually-owned fish pens, occupying a total area of 1,000 hectares in Laguna Lake, would be the first to be demolished as the government opens up the lake, according to a list issued by the Laguna ...

    • 1,072 fisherfolks to receive fuel subsidy 

      (Panay News, July 11, 2022, on page 9)
      In Capiz, 1,072 fisherfolks with motorboats are expected to receive fuel subsidy in the form of discount cards from the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR). Each fisherfolk will receive P3,000 worth of fuel ...

    • 1,300 Boracay residents, displaced workers get P19.9-M livelihood aid 

      Zabal, Boy Ryan (Panay News, June 2, 2018, on page 13)
      A total of 1,323 island closure-affected individuals availed themselves of the P19.9-million livelihood assistance program of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD). DSWD acting secretary Virginia Nazzarea ...

    • 1,500 mangroves planted in Leganes 

      Sornito, Ime (Panay News, December 10, 2022, on page 2)
      Around 1,500 mangrove seedlings were planted by the Regional Finance Service Office (RFSO) of the Police Regional Office 6 at the Leganes Integrated Katunggan Ecopark (LIKE) in Barangay Nabitasan, Leganes town on Friday ...

    • 1,500 volunteers in beach cleanup 

      Marticio, Marie Tonette (Manila Bulletin, February 11, 2019, on page 16)
      Over 1,500 volunteers took part in a beach clean-up in Borongan City, Eastern Samar Saturday. Cherrie Ann Calacal, president of the Borongan City Tour Guides Association which spearheaded the activity, said aside from the ...

    • ₱1-B aquaculture farm to rise in Pilar 

      Supnad, Mar T. (Manila Bulletin, March 23, 2010, on page 12)
      A top local official here revealed yesterday that a ₱1-billion aquaculture farm project will soon be established in this town, now fast-becoming a center for economic and tourism activity in the province. Vice Mayor Pablo ...

    • ₱1-B mangrove rehab project to benefit E. Visayas 

      Cayubit, Restituto A. (Manila Bulletin, March 14, 2014, on page 17)
      The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) is undertaking a massive mangrove rehabilitation project estimated at a cost P1 billion that will benefit Eastern Visayas and other super-typhoon Yolanda hit areas ...

    • ₱1.2-B giant clam shells seized in Palawan; 4 nabbed 

      Miranda, Romar (Philippine Daily Inquirer, April 18, 2021, on page A3)
      About 200 tons of fossilized giant clam shells valued at around P1.2 billion were seized by authorities from four men who were arrested in Palawan province in the biggest recovery so far of the bivalves which are much-coveted ...

    • 1.48M fishers sign up for gov't program 

      Domingo, Ronnel W. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, January 3, 2015, on page B6)
      Some 1.48 million fishermen have signed up with the government’s National Program for Municipal Fisherfolk Registration (FishR), representing 92 percent of the intended roster of 1.6 million. According to the Bureau of ...

    • 1.5 tons of 'endangered' giant clams seized in Sagay 

      Singuay, Mae (Panay News, April 13, 2019, on page 2)
      Around 127 pieces of “endangered” giant clams weighing about 1.5 tons were confiscated from three fisherfolk in Barangay Molocaboc, Sagay City, Negros Occidental. Nabbed for violation of the act preventing the illegal, ...

    • 1.5-km Laguna Lake H'way segment opens 

      Unite, Betheena Kae (Manila Bulletin, March 13, 2018, on page 5)
      DPWH Secretary Mark Villar, along with Transportation Secretary Arthur Tugade, Department of Budget and Management Secretary Benjamin Diokno, and Taguig City Mayor Lani Cayetano, led the opening of the highway project ...

    • ₱1.97-M illegally caught fish seized 

      Sadongdong, Martin A. (Tempo, June 29, 2020, on page 3)
      The Philippine Navy’s Naval Forces Central (NFC) has seized a total of P1.97 million worth of illegally caught fish from six fishing boats operating in seawaters off Tangalan, Aklan in Western Visayas (Region 6), the ...

    • 10 arrested for illegal fishing off marinduque 

      Alcayde, Jerry J. (Manila Bulletin, January 27, 2018, on page 7)
      Ten fishermen, including a 74-year-old grandfather, were arrested when local authorities started a crackdown against illegal fishing in Marinduque the other day. Investigation disclosed that personnel of the Sta. Cruz ...