• Illegal fishing sends two men to jail 

  Calantas, Rhenjie Marie (Panay News, September 11, 2023, on page 6)

  Two persons were arrested for illegal fishing in Bukot Island, Barangay Talotu-an, Concepcion. Aries Artisana, 35, of Barangay Tanza, Estancia, and Benjie Santillan, 39, of Barangay Caw-i, Batad were caught in the act by ...

• Red tide-hit shellfish growers get aid 

  (Panay News, September 14, 2023, on page 5)

  Shellfish growers in this city affected by paralytic shellfish poison (PSP) or toxic red tide received aid from the provincial government of Capiz. The distribution of food packs to 600 registered shellfish growers was led ...

• Keep toxic cargo off VIP, group ask gov't 

  Virola, Madonna (Philippine Daily Inquirer, May 10, 2023, on page A8)

  Civil society groups and fisherfolk representatives on Tuesday asked the government to prohibit all tankers carrying toxic cargo from passing through the Verde Island Passage (VIP), the strait separating Mindoro and Batangas, ...

• 'Arbitral ruling also stresses marine protection' 

  Requejo, Rey; Ramos-Araneta, Macon (Manila Standard, September 20, 2023, on page A1)

  The Philippines emphasized before the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) in Hamburg, Germany that the 2016 ruling of the Permanent Court of Arbitration that denied China’s expansive claims to the South ...

• Japan, China trade barbs on WPS; PCG: Coral reef damage 'extensive' 

  Requejo, Rey; Lopez, Vince; Ramos-Araneta, Macon (Manila Standard, September 19, 2023, on page A1)

  Japan on Monday raised concern over the extensive maritime damage in waters frequented by Chinese militia vessels in the West Philippine Sea, but China quickly shot back by denouncing Tokyo’s release of contaminated water ...

• Fishing vessel with 70, 000 liters of oil sinks off Calatagan coast 

  (Manila Standard, August 29, 2023, on page A2)

  A fishing boat with 70,000 liters of diesel sank off the coast of Calatagan, Batangas on Sunday, At least 13 crew members of the Anita DJ II fishing boat were rescued, the Philippine Coast Guard said on Monday. The Anita ...

• Iloilo prov'l gov't aims to replicate Ajuy marine practices 

  Cavañas, Mary Joy (Panay News, September 29, 2023, on page 9)

  The provincial government is considering replicating the municipality of Ajuy’s best practices in marine conservation and coastal protection throughout the rest of Iloilo. The town recently placed first runner-up in the ...

• Coastal cleanup rakes in 12T kilos trash 

  Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR-6) (Panay News, September 23, 2023, on page 5)

  Some 12,000 kilograms of trash were connected during the recent International Coastal Cleanup (ICC) in six provinces of Western Visayas. The massive effort was led by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources ...

• Enhancing Gigantes Islands: Prov'l Tourism Office bats for sustainable programs 

  Sornito, Ime (Panay News, September 28, 2023, on page 2)

  To commemorate the World Tourism Month, celebrated under the theme “Tourism and Green Investment,” the Iloilo Provincial Culture, Arts, History, and Tourism Office (PCAHTO) organized a two-day forum. This gathering aimed ...

• International Coastal Cleanup 2023 continues the fight against plastic pollution 

  Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR-6) (Panay News, September 15, 2023, on page 3)

  With a hashtag that says: #SeaTheChange, the conduct of the International Coastal Cleanup tommorrow, September 16, 2023 continues the fight against plastic pollution and aims stronger for clean seas and oceans. Plastic ...

• PH now among world's top tuna producers - BFAR 

  Philippine News Agency (PNA) (Panay News, September 4, 2023, on page 14)

  The Department of Agriculture-Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (DA-BFAR) said the Philippines is now among the world’s leading producers of tuna. “With unwavering determination, we have elevated the Philippines ...

• 15 dead after Indonesia boat sinks 

  (Daily Tribune, July 25, 2023, on page B18)

  At least 15 people were killed on Monday after a wooden boat sank off the coast of Indonesia's Sulawesi island, search and rescue officials said, adding that all missing passengers had been accounted for.

• Still much to do fight plastic pollution 

  Villamente, Jing (Daily Tribune, July 24, 2023, on page F34)

  Department of Environment and Natural Resources Secretary Antonia Loyzaga recently conferred with the World Wildlife Fund and the Norwegian government to discuss how to address plastic pollution at the global, national and ...

• 'Project Banca' hailed as uplifting fishermen 

  (Daily Tribune, July 14, 2023, on page B11)

  Its contribution to revitalizing fishing communities of Cebu province following typhoon “Odette,” earned for the Aboitiz Foundation’s “Project Banca” the Outstanding CSR Project in Disaster Resilience at the League of ...

• Angat water level worries NWRB 

  Romero, Maria (Daily Tribune, June 20, 2023, on page A7)

  With little rain to augment Metro Manila’s water sources, the National Water Resources Board or NWRB is uncertain if the reservoirs could still accommodate a higher water share for its concessionaires. During a public ...

• Can the water crisis be quenched? 

  Tacio, Henrylito (Daily Tribune, May 22, 2023, on page F31)

  Summer will soon be over, but it doesn’t mean the water woes being experienced by most Filipinos will also dissipate. On the contrary, it is literally just a dry run of things to come as the country will soon face the El ...

• Boat carrying dozen sinks 

  (Daily Tribune, July 18, 2023, on page B14)

  An unknown number of people were missing Sunday after a water bus carrying up to 40 passengers sank in a river in the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka, police said.

• Mindoro oil spill not yet resolved, says group 

  Ayeng, Raffy (Daily Tribune, July 20, 2023, on page B20)

  An advocacy group on Wednesday stressed that the oil spill problem in Oriental Mindoro is not yet resolved contrary to the statement of the Philippine Coast Guard declaring that the oil spill recovery efforts in Naujan ...

• Single-use plastics, dumpsites, poor waste handling cause ocean pollution, health risks 

  Fuentes, Kaiser Jan (SunStar Philippines, July 22, 2023, on page 2)

  An international organization dedicated to ocean preservation disagrees with a report that points to the Philippines as the source of one-third of the world's plastic waste that ends up in the oceans, but admits that the ...

• PCG: 'Extensive' marine damage seen in Rozul Reef, Escoda Shoal 

  Philippine News Agency (PNA) (SunStar Philippines, September 19, 2023, on page 2)

  The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) on Monday said its underwater survey showed "extensive" damage on the seabed of Rozul Reef and Escoda Shoal, areas frequented by Chinese militia in the West Philippine Sea (WPS). "The results ...

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