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Sustained probe, effective oil spill containment measures sought
Sustained investigation as well as “immediate and effective measures” to contain the Oriental Mindoro oil spill which has spread to Verde Island in Batangas City should be implemented to prevent further damage to the ...
- March 24, 2023
South Korea to help in oil spill response; US underwater robot eyed to drain leaking fuel
Republic of Korea Coast Guard (KCG) personnel are expected to arrive in Manila on March 27 to help in the ongoing oil spill operations in Oriental Mindoro, while another remotely operated vehicle (ROV) or underwater robot ...
- March 25, 2023
Chinese military says 'warned' US warship to leave S. China Sea
The Chinese military said it warned a US warship to “leave” waters in the disputed South China Sea on Thursday, claims swiftly denied as “false” by American forces. China claims sovereignty over almost the entire South ...
- March 24, 2023
You give me fish, I give you gulay
Mayor Gerandy also proudly shared that, due to the generosity of their citizens, he’s able to apply a kind of barter system when it comes to giving food packs. Fishing is one of the industries not directly hit by the ...
- April 16, 2020
Newly hatched turtles released in Quezon
Some 115 newly hatched Olive Ridley Sea turtles were released in Sitio Paraiso, Barangay Cutcutan here recently. Department of Environment and Natural Resources-Community Environment and Natural Resources Office (CENRO) ...
- January 23, 2023
PH commits to ratify fisheries subsidies deal
Trade and Industry Secretary Alfredo E. Pascual said the Philippines is in the process of ratifying the Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies emphasizing that one of the priorities of the Marcos administration is to advance ...
- January 24, 2023
23 crew rescued from capsized ship in Surigao
A cargo ship carrying 23 crew capsized in the sea of Surigao del Norte on Friday morning, Feb. 10, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) reported. LCT Pacifica 1 was traversing the sea between Hinatuan Island and Bucas Grande ...
- February 11, 2023
45 sea turtle hatchlings released in Sipalay City
The city government of Sipalay in Negros Occidental, through its Bantay Dagat, released a new batch of sea turtle hatchlings at Poblacion beach on Wednesday, Feb. 1. The nest of these 45 Olive Ridley sea turtles was sighted ...
- February 3, 2023
Senators seek dev't of 'diminishing' PH salt industry
Although it has a shoreline of 36,000 kilometers, the Philippines imports 93 percent or 550,000 metric tons of salt for its requirement. “We should look at the salt industry as an added income source to fishermen during ...
- January 19, 2023
Salt shortage leads to importation
The irony has not been lost on us, that in spite of the Philippines being of agricultural terrain, we import many of our basic agricultural needs, betraying perhaps decades of benign neglect mainly by government and private ...
- January 10, 2023