Browsing Aquatic News Index by Author "Jaymalin, Mayen"

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    • 42 feared dead as ship capsizes off Japan 

      Lee-Brago, Pia; Jaymalin, Mayen (The Philippine Star, September 4, 2020, on page 5)
      A Panamanian-flagged vessel carrying 6,000 cows and 43 crewmembers, including 39 Filipinos, sank off Japan waters after transmitting a distress signal during a typhoon. The Gulf Livestock 1 issued the distress call early ...

    • 6-month Boracay closure to cost gov't P20 B 

      Romero, Alexis; Jaymalin, Mayen; Sy, Marvin (The Philippine Star, April 6, 2018, on page 2-3)
      The government may lose P18 billion to P20 billion in gross receipts or income while 35,000 workers will be displaced if Boracay is shut down for six months, thus the need to fast-track its rehabilitation. In a press ...

    • Alien's Boracay work permits suspended 

      Jaymalin, Mayen; Rendon, Jennifer; Villanueva, Rhodina (The Philippine Star, July 4, 2018, on page 12)
      The Department of Labor and Employment has suspended the issuance of work permits for foreigners in Boracay until the six-month closure to tourism ends. In an advisory, Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello said the agency would ...

    • Chinese Coast Guard risk collision with Phl ships 

      Jaymalin, Mayen (The Philippine Star, March 28, 2022, on page 1-4)
      Chinese Coast Guard (CCG) ships have executed close-distance maneuvering that risked collision with Philippine vessels in Panatag Shoal four times over the last 10 months, the latest happening on March 2. In a statement ...

    • 'Local fish supply stable after Paeng' 

      Rivera, Danessa; Talavera, Catherine; Jaymalin, Mayen; Mercurio, Richmond; Villanueva, Ralph Edwin; Santos, Rudy (The Philippine Star, November 3, 2022, on page 4)
      Despite the destruction wrought by Severe Tropical Storm Paeng, aquaculture groups under food security and livelihood advocacy group Tugon Kabuhayan said there is no need for importation as local fish supply remains stable. ...

    • No more swimming: Manila Bay to be fenced off 

      Clapano, Jose Rodel; Simeon, Louise Maureen; Marcelo, Elizabeth; Jaymalin, Mayen (The Philippine Star, February 7, 2019, on page 1-4)
      Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu led yesterday the installation of a fence along the Manila Bay boardwalk on Roxas Boulevard to prevent residents from swimming in the polluted waters during the rehabilitation of the bay. ...

    • Palace leaving increased SCS presence to security agencies 

      Romero, Alexis; Jaymalin, Mayen (The Philippine Star, January 15, 2019, on page 8)
      Malacañang is leaving it to security agencies to deal with the reported “massive” presence of Chinese ships in South China Sea areas that are being claimed by the Philippines. A recent article by American think tank Asia ...

    • Phl banking on friendship with China to resolve reef issue 

      Romero, Alexis; Felipe, Cecille Suerte; Lee-Brago, Pia; Jaymalin, Mayen (The Philippine Star, April 16, 2021, on page 1-4)
      Malacañang is banking on its friendship with China to convince the Asian power to pull its vessels out of Julian Felipe Reef in the West Philippine Sea, even as it urged the public to allow President Duterte to address the ...

    • Presidential bets bare stance on WPS issue 

      Cabrera, Romina; Jaymalin, Mayen; Lee-Brago, Pia (The Philippine Star, February 17, 2022, on page 3)
      Four candidates for president tackled the thomy issue of asserting sovereignty over the West Philippine sea amid China's repeated incursions in the maritime area at Tuesday night's presidential debate hosted by Sonshine ...

    • Shorter Boracay closure eyed 

      Talavera, Catherine; Marcelo, Elizabeth; Jaymalin, Mayen; Rendon, Jennifer P.; Porcalla, Delon; Padin, Mary Grace (The Philippine Star, January 12, 2018, on page 1-7)
      The Department of Tourism (DOT) is looking to shorten the closure period for Boracay to four months from six, but the number of visitors allowed when it reopens will be slashed, Tourism Secretary Wanda Teo said yesterday. ...

    • Ties at a turning point, China tells Phl delegation 

      Clapano, Jose Rodel; Jaymalin, Mayen; Cervantes, Ding (The Philippine Star, September 15, 2016, on page 6)
      Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Liu Zhenmin told a delegation from a Philippine foreign affairs committee in Beijing that ties had recently “sunk to a low edge for reasons everyone knows,” China’s Foreign Ministry said late ...