Browsing Aquatic News Index by Place "Manila"

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    • 8 rescued as boat sinks off Mindoro 

      Servallos, Neil Jayson (The Philippine Star, October 10, 2022, on page 11)
      Eight crewmembers of a tugboat that capsized in the waters off Occidental Mindoro on Saturday have been rescued, according to the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG). The T/B Betheva 2 was sailing near Golo Island at around 2:30 ...

    • Agri sector dips 1.7% in 2021 

      Talavera, Catherine (The Philippine Star, January 27, 2022, on page B1)
      The country’s agriculture sector fell by 1.7 percent in 2021, mainly driven by declines in the livestock sector. Data from the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) showed that the value of production in local agriculture ...

    • 'Agriculture, fisheries sector to recover in Q4' 

      (Panay News, August 22, 2016, on page B1-B14)
      Department of Agriculture (DA) secretary Manny Piñol expects the agriculture and fisheries sector to rebound and register positive growth in the last quarter of 2016, as the government provides more support to boost the ...

    • Aquaculture seminar set 

      (Business Day, March 10, 1986, on page 1)
      Potential investment areas in aquaculture will be identified during a two-day seminar on "Business Prospects in Aquaculture."

    • Beijing denies fresh construction activities in SCS 

      Lee-Brago, Pia; Villanueva, Ralph Edwin (The Philippine Star, December 23, 2022, on page 2)
      Reports on China’s new construction activities in unoccupied features in the South China Sea were “completely untrue,” according to Beijing’s foreign ministry. “The Bloomberg report is completely untrue,” Chinese Foreign ...

    • BFAR builds eel stocks in Cagayan River 

      Domingo, Leander (The Manila Times, August 17, 2022, on page A10)
      To ensure the sustainable supply of eel fish resources in the wild, the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) in Region 2 (Cagayan Valley) has spearheaded the stocking of glass eels along tributaries of the ...

    • Camiguin: Unspoiled paradise 

      Francisco, JVM; Talavera, Catherine; Gorit, Gerry Lee (The Philippine Star, November 3, 2019, on page D8)
      During that first visit, I was with a group of friends who wanted to see some islands in the country yet unspoiled by hordes of tourists. Camiguin in the late 1980’s was pristine, unsullied by tourism and progress, and was ...

    • Carpio's, Del Rosario's suspicious silence on Sabah 

      (Daily Tribune, July 24, 2022, on page A5)
      During the administration of President Rodrigo Duterte, retired Supreme Court Justice Antonio Carpio and ex-Secretary of Foreign Affairs Albert del Rosario were very vocal in their criticism of the way President Duterte ...

    • Carpio: Marcos stand a 'welcome sea change' 

      Cabalza, Dexter (Philippine Daily Inquirer, May 29, 2022, on page A1-A2)
      Retired Supreme Court Justice Antonio Carpio lauded the recent pronouncement by President-elect Ferdinand Marcos Jr. that he would assert the 2016 decision by the Permanent Court of Arbitration favoring Manila against ...

    • China rejects PH protest against fishing ban 

      Santos, Tina; Mangosing, Frances (Philippine Daily Inquirer, June 3, 2022, on page A6)
      China has rejected the Philippines’ diplomatic protest over its unilateral fishing ban in the South China Sea that extends into the West Philippine Sea. At a press conference in Beijing on Wednesday, Chinese Foreign Ministry ...

    • China rejects PH protest on fishing ban in WPS 

      (Manila Standard, June 3, 2022, on page A1-A2)
      Beijing has ignored Manila’s protest against its unilateral fishing ban in the South China Sea, including areas that are within the exclusivr economic zone of the Philippines. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian ...

    • China rejects Phl protest vs fishing ban in SCS 

      Ramirez, Robertzon (The Philippine Star, June 3, 2022, on page 3)
      China has dismissed the Philippine government’s protest against its unilateral imposition of a fishing ban over areas that extend to the West Philippine Sea. Beijing declared that the moratorium adheres to international ...

    • China says WPS traditional fishing area of Chinese 

      Requejo, Rey; Ramos-Araneta, Macon (Manila Standard, June 14, 2022, on page A1-A2)
      The Chinese Embassy in the Philippines on Monday said the West Philippine Sea is a “traditional fishing ground” for Chinese fishermen. The embassy made the statement in response to the diplomatic protest filed by the ...

    • China sets SCS drills amid regional tensions 

      Agence France-Pressse (Manila Standard, May 28, 2022, on page A1-A2)
      China will hold naval exercises in the South China Sea on Saturday despite warnings from the West against raising tensions in the region. In a move aimed at countering China’s increasing assertiveness in the contested ...

    • China snubs a new PHL protest on SCS fishing ban 

      Talosig-Bartolome, Malou (BusinessMirror, June 4, 2022, on page A3)
      For the nth time, Beijing merely shrugged off Philippine protest of China’s imposition of a unilateral fishing moratorium in the South China Sea (SCS). Instead of complaining, Manila should instead see the fishing ban as ...

    • China testing PH resolve to keep Ayungin Shoal 

      Mangosing, Frances (Philippine Daily Inquirer, June 13, 2022, on page A2-A5)
      The latest reported incidents in Ayungin (Second Thomas) Shoal in the West Philippine Sea illustrate China’s capacity to control the area despite its being occupied by the Philippines through the decrepit Philippine Navy ...

    • China warns PH against patrolling Panatag Shoal 

      Santos, Tina G.; Salaverria, Leila B.; Mangosing, Frances (Philippine Daily Inquirer, March 30, 2022, on page A1-A4)
      China has warned the Philippines against “interfering” with its patrols at Bajo de Masinloc, saying the shoal and its waters are part of Chinese territory. The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) earlier reported that a China ...

    • China warships no longer straying into Sibutu-AFP 

      Tuyay, Francisco (Manila Standard, August 26, 2019, on page A1-A2)
      Beijing may have ordered its navy not to stay into Philippines waters after the recent string of sightings of Chinese warships passing unannounced through the Sibutu Strait triggered a series of protests from Manila, a ...

    • China's missiles 'can hit Manila in 7 minutes' 

      Mariano, Nat; Ramos-Araneta, Macon (Manila Standard, July 23, 2019, on page A1-A2)
      President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday confirmed that China is capable of sending guided missiles from the artificial islands in the West Philippine Sea to Manila in just seven minutes. Continuing his promised “lecture” on ...

    • Chinese 'militia boats' tail Phl Navy vessel 

      Ramirez, Robertzon (The Philippine Star, February 5, 2023, on page 4)
      Two Chinese coast guard ships and two maritime militia boats disguised as fishing vessels menacingly tailed the Philippine Navy’s BRP Andres Bonifacio (PS-17) recently near Panganiban (Mischief) Reef, which is within the ...