Browsing Aquatic News Index by Subject "ocean dumping"

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    • Plastic Whale 

      (The Manila Times, July 24, 2018, on page B5)
      An installation depicting a whale shark made of plastic bottles is mostly in the form of single-use packaging, are dumped into the world's oceans per year creating an ecological nightmare.

    • Probe into marine pollution sought 

      Torregoza, Hannah L. (Manila Bulletin, July 7, 2015, on page 4)
      Senator Juan Edgardo "Sonny" Angara is urging the Senate to investigate in aid of legislation the state and condition that could threaten the country's marine ecosystem and industry in the long run. In the Senate Resolution ...

    • PRRD’s next project: Make Manila Bay as clean as Boracay 

      Kabiling, Genalyn; Supnad, Mar T. (Manila Bulletin, January 9, 2019, on page 1-4)
      The government could close down establishments polluting Manila Bay as part of its planned rehabilitation effort, Malacañang said Tuesday. Presidential Spokesman Salvador Panelo said President Duterte is prepared to show ...

    • Ramon Magsaysay laureate says Manila Bay is a toilet bowl that never gets flushed 

      Yap, DJ (Philippine Daily Inquirer, May 22, 2018, on page A6)
      If the world-famous resort island of Boracay is a "cesspool," Manila Bay, with its world-renowned sunset, is a "toilet bowl" that's used every day but never flushed, according to an environmental lawyer and Ramon Magsaysay ...

    • Renewed call on plastics ban 

      Lazaro, Freddie (Manila Bulletin, July 12, 2018, on page B8)
      Senator Loren Legarda has renewed her call for more stringent regulation of the use of plastic bags to curb pollution and mitigate the harmful effects of marine litter. According to the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), over 80 ...

    • Saving the oceans 

      Gamboa, Rey (The Philippine Star, June 21, 2018, on page B8-B9)
      Our oceans are in crisis. Plastic waste dumped in our waterways and spilling out into the oceans was estimated at eight million tons last year. That’s equivalent to a dump truck full of water bottles, nappies, and other ...

    • SBMA, PCG probe waste dumping 

      (Manila Bulletin, October 20, 2012, on page 13)
      Glenn Defense Marine Philippines, a shipping firm inside this premier Freeport, has allegedly violated environmental regulations after admitting it dumped domestic waste water in Subic Bay, authorities said yesterday. A ...

    • Sea pollution cut since 1972 UN accord, IMO says 

      (Malaya, October 30, 2012, on page A8)
      The use of the world's oceans as a dumping ground for harmful wastes has been systematically regulated and reduced under the terms of an international convention that was adopted 40 years ago, the UN agency that polices ...

    • Senate bill to require buyback of plastics 

      Reyes-Estrope, Carmela (Philippine Daily Inquirer, June 30, 2018, on page A8)
      The Senate plans to push legislation to require beverage manufacturers to buy back plastic bottles sold at supermarkets and retail and help reduce the country’s plastic pollution. The country, along with China, Indonesia, ...

    • A significant step for Boracay 

      (Panay News, September 7, 2018, on page 8)
      The local government of Malay, Aklan is enforcing an ordinance prohibiting single-use plastics when Boracay Island reopens in October. Municipal Ordinance No. 386 prohibits hotels, resorts, other accommodation establishments, ...

    • Solons: Declare Manila Bay reclamation-free zone 

      Atienza, Charissa L.; Ruiz, Ellalyn (Manila Bulletin, February 8, 2019, on page 1-7)
      The Makabayan bloc of the House of Representatives wants to declare Manila Bay as reclamation-free zone. The group of progressive lawmakers filed House Bill 9067 that seeks to prohibit all forms of reclamation activities ...

    • Stemming the tide of plastic pollution 

      Bloomberg (BusinessWorld, July 5, 2018, on page S1/7)
      The European Commission’s proposal to ban plastic straws, plates, cutlery, and drink stirrers, and slash the consumption of many other single-use products, is more than just a nice, novel idea. It’s a step urgently needed ...

    • Talking about pollution: Plastic is very much on our menu 

      Kricke, Gordon (The Philippine Star, June 7, 2018, on page 7)
      There is a massive dump of floating plastic garbage in the Pacific Ocean. It is huge and it is growing. The so called “Great Pacific Garbage Patch” is with approximately 1.6 million sq km about as big as Central Europe. ...

    • Thousands protest steel plant over vietnam fish deaths 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Manila Bulletin, October 3, 2016, on page 4)
      Thousands of Vietnamese protesters surrounded a Taiwanese steel plant Sunday, some scaling walls and holding signs demanding its closure, as anger flares against the firm for dumping toxic waste into the ocean killing tons ...

    • UN conference sees blitz of pledges to protect ailing oceans 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Manila Standard, June 29, 2022, on page B2)
      A major UN conference on how to restore the faltering health of global oceans kicked off in Lisbon this week with a flurry of promises to expand marine protected areas, ban deep-sea mining, and combat illegal fishing. UN ...

    • UNI Ocean Conservation Center to open at Manila Ocean Park 

      (Malaya, August 8, 2018, on page B7)
      With the aim of Saving Our Ocean, Lupel Corporation Vice President and General Manager Mitch Pellicer thought it wise to come up with an educational AVP for everyone, especially for children, discouraging all Filipinos not ...

    • Waste still being dumped in Boracay water- Año 

      CNN Philippines; PN (Panay News, August 13, 2018, on page 10)
      Some establishments in this island resort still illegally discharge waste into the sea, according to Interior department officer-in-charge Eduardo Año. Año said there are “indicators” that wastes are still being dumped in ...

    • Waste-dumping in WPS not true, says Lorenzana 

      Ramos-Araneta, Macon (Manila Standard, July 14, 2021, on page A4)
      Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said Tuesday the dumping of waste in the West Philippine Sea as reported by an American think tank is untrue. “The reported dumping of waste in the WPS is not true. That photo is from the ...

    • 'Well-preserved Tubbataha Reefs key to food security' 

      Philippine News Agency (PNA) (Manila Bulletin, May 27, 2016, on page 20)
      The management office of the Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park (TRNP) appealed to residents and visitors to be more environmentally responsible shun the practice of disposing garbage and other debris into the sea. The Tubbataha ...

    • Youth to unleash inner heroes in 2018 International Coastal Cleanup Summit 

      (Manila Standard, September 25, 2018, on page B4)
      The International Coastal Cleanup is a global movement celebrated every third Saturday of September yearly and being participated by more than 100 countries across the globe, including the Philippines, as we rally the ...