Browsing Aquatic News Index by Place "El Nido, Palawan"
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DENR asked to probe billionaire’s Palawan structures
(Manila Standard,June 15, 2020 , on page B4)A Puerto Princesa City-based non-government organization asked the Department of Environment and Natural Resources to investigate the alleged use and occupation of untitled lands in areas under the Malampaya Sound Protected ... -
DENR creates body on anti-coral bleaching
(The Manila Times,September 13, 2010 , on page A5)Secretary Ramon Paje of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources ( DENR) ordered recently the creation of a task force under the Protected Areas and Wildlife Bureau to monitor and document coral bleaching in the ... -
DENR creates task force to monitor coral bleaching
(Malaya,September 13, 2010 , on page B2)Environment Secretary Ramon Paje has ordered the Protected Areas and Wildlife Bureau (PAWB) to create a task force that will monitor and document coral bleaching in the country. Paje also directed his regional officials ... -
DENR probe urged on El Nido reclamation
(The Manila Times,June 13, 2020 , on page A3)Palawan-based Environmental Legal Assistance Center (ELAC) urged the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) to conduct an investigation into the alleged use and occupation of untitled lands and ancestral ... -
El Nido reopens for tourism, resorts ready
(Manila Standard,August 24, 2020 , on page A4)Palawan, voted World’s Best Island in 2020 by Travel + Leisure magazine, awaits visitors once more as it reopens its doors to tourism. Now under a modified general community quarantine (MGCQ), and with the support of the ... -
Gem-Ver fishers finally getting ₱6-M compensation
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,April 29, 2022 , on page A6)Almost three years after what President Duterte played down as a “little maritime accident,” the 22 fishermen left for dead by a Chinese trawler that rammed their small fishing boat in the West Philippine Sea will finally ... -
Great escape to El Nido
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,September 30, 2020 , on page B2-3)Hollywood actress Rachel Weisz, while shooting for Bourne Legacy, called this archipelagic town as the “Emerald City” and “paradise island”. But for us Filipinos, we simply call it the “World’s Best Island” based on the ... -
Making fisheries 'sexy'
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,September 25, 2016 , on page C2)The Visit of Alexandra Cousteau has thrust Oceana Philippines, the two-year-old local office of environmental organization Oceana, into the spotlight. Cousteau was the special guest at a media forum on the recent exploratory ... -
Palawan upscale resorts get ‘turtle friendly’ recognition
(Manila Standard,March 28, 2020 , on page B3)Luxury accommodations amid a biodiverse marine ecosystem, where holidaymakers can relax in peace in the same place where aquatic animals thrive. This could very well be written all over in the upscale resorts in El Nido, ... -
PH asserts sovereignty over exclusive ecozone
(The Manila Times,July 5, 2021 , on page A7)The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) has asserted the country's rights and jurisdiction over its exclusive economic zone (EEZ). Its BRP Cabra (MRRV-4409) over the weekend successfully dispersed seven foreign fishing vessels ... -
Philippine coral reefs-in hot water
(The Philippine Star,September 23, 2010 , on page B-6-B-7)At first glance, coral simply looks like either a rock (if it is hard coral which has an outer skeleton made of limestone) or a plant (if it is soft coral which does not produce a limestone skeleton). But actually, coral ... -
Phl Coast Guard drives away 5 Chinese, 2 Vietnamese ships from Spratlys area
(BusinessWorld,July 5, 2021 , on page S1/10)The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) reported on Sunday that it drove off last week seven foreign-flagged fishing vessels from waters around the Marie Louise Bank, a part of the Philippine exclusive economic zone in the South ... -
PHL Coast Guard drives away 5 Chinese, 2 Vietnamese ships from Spratlys area
(BusinessWorld,July 5, 2021 , on page S1/10)The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) reported on Sunday that it drove off last week seven foreign-flagged fishing vessels from waters around the Marie Louise Bank, a part of the Philippine exclusive economic zone in the South ... -
Review law on protected areas, Palawan officials urged
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,June 6, 2020 , on page A10)An environmental law group has asked the provincial government of Palawan to suspend the implementation of an ordinance creating a new council that will oversee the management of protected areas in the province. In a letter ... -
RP scientists note massive bleaching of coral reefs
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,September 6, 2010 , on page A1-A22)For several months now, marine scientists and divers have been witnessing and recording the massive bleaching of coral reefs all over the country, which is being caused by warmer-than-normal ocean water temperatures. In ... -
Sailing for conservation
(Manila Bulletin,January 20, 2019 , on page 1-E3)They say the best journeys run deep and reconnect us with what it means to be human. Our sailing expedition to one of the most remote and astounding corners of the Philippine archipelago, Palawan, turned out to be exactly ... -
Swarms of jellyfish in Palawan ‘nothing out of the ordinary’ during dry season–denr exec
(BusinessMirror,April 1, 2020 , on page A3)A swarm of jellyfish taking over El Nido, Palawan’s waters is nothing out of the ordinary, especially during the summer season, an official of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) said. “Like in ... -
This week's milestones: Oct. 8, 1998
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,October 4, 2020 , on page A10)The marine reserve in the municipalities of El Nido and Taytay in Palawan province was declared a protected area, known as El Nido-taytay Managed Resource Protected Area, through Proclamation No. 32 signed by then President ... -
Water contamination in El Nido beach?
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,October 23, 2020 , on page A6)Just as tourism and local government officials were preparing to reopen to visitors the beaches of El Nido in Palawan province, hailed as the 2020 “best island in the world,” photos and videos surfaced on social media on ...