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Coast Guard confirms oil spill from ferry
While many passengers have yet to be retrieved from the M/V St. Thomas Aquinas, another growing concern is the oil spill which the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) has confirmed to have spread after the ship sank at Lawis Ledge ...
- August 19, 2013
Disaster validates Tubbataha Protected Area Act
As the author of the Tubbataha Protected Area Act, the more strongly I am convinced that, sad to say, the tragic damage to the reef validates the law Congress enacted. For all sides, in all incidents, whether it concerns ...
- February 14, 2013
Vetiver 'miracle grass' has wide variety of uses
With the devastation from recent storms, typhoons and heavy monsoon rains, climate change has become a great concern in the country. Flooding and landslides have prompted both government and private sector to search for ...
- August 15, 2013
Crocodiles: Caught in the jaws of extinction
Two decades later I found myself beside the world's largest captive crocodile, venerable Lolong, in Bunawan, Agusan del Sur. As a team from the DOST measured him, I realized that crocodiles actually lived way before many ...
- February 15, 2013
'Spectacular' PH wildlife fascinates NatGeo host
He has been to 70 countries looking for "dangerous" wildlife liaisons for the last 20 years. Dr. Brady Barr, a National Geographic (NatGeo) Channel Asia TV host and ambassador, had been face-to-face with the wildest and ...
- June 15, 2013
Giant garbage patches of the sea become 'national' art in Venice
Five huge patches of rubbish floating in seas around the world will have their own unofficial national pavilion on the sidelines of the world's largest non-commercial art fair in Venice this week, thanks to artist Maria ...
- May 31, 2013
Pasig River Oil Spill Prompts Call for Residents' Evacuation
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) moved yesterday to contain the bunker fuel that leaked in the waters of the Pasig River, prompting authorities to advise residents of Pandacan and Sta. Ana in Manila to temporarily vacate ...
- June 24, 2013
BFAR charting shrimp roadmap
To increase local shrimp production and exports, the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) is now creating a shrimp roadmap, which will be completed this month, an official said yesterday. “Secretary Alcala has ...
- August 20, 2013
Dr. Jurgenne H. Primavera: nature's lover
Jurgenne Honculada Primavera is the first Senior Scientist of the Aquaculture Department of the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center based in Iloilo, central Philippines. In 1966, after earning her degree in Bachelor ...
- July 27, 2013
NSO double-checks agri-fishery census data
The National Statistic Office (NSO) Aklan has finished gathering data for its 2012 Census of Agriculture and Fishery. It is currently conducting data processing for the accomplished questionnaires. The process, which started ...
- June 6, 2013