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Malaysia establishes biggest 1-million-hectare marine park
Malaysia has just established the biggest marine protected area (MPA) in the country. The Tun Mustapha park (TMP) occupies 1m hectares (2.47m acres) of seascape off the northern tip of Sabah province in Borneo, a region ...
- June 10, 2016
PH fishers narrate Chinese hostility
A group of fishermen, who returned home to the fishing village of Cato in Infanta town on Monday, told village officials that they were struck with bottles hurled by Chinese coast guards who had chased them away from the ...
- March 22, 2016
Spurning Paris accord risks South China Sea support: De Lima
Sen. Leila de Lima yesterday warned that President Duterte's refusal to honor the Paris Agreement on Climate Change that the Philippines signed during the Aquino administration could turn off supporters in its territorial ...
- July 21, 2016
Piñol bats for fisheries agency
Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Piñol urged the House of Representatives to prioritize the passage of a bill creating a separate Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources. He stressed that such a new agency will be able ...
- September 14, 2016
DA boosts seaweed industry, address 'cocolisap' scourge
The national government through the Department of Agriculture (DA) has extended P10.67 million worth of assistance to strengthen the carrageenan industry in the Zamboanga peninsula. Piñol also awarded 50 fiberglass bancas, ...
- September 18, 2016
Scarborough Shoal taken!
National security observers view the move as part of the chain of event in the Bamboo Curtain's initiative to re-balance the United State's pivot to Asia, covering a rich and most internationally traveled trade route in ...
- September 15, 2016
PH’s bangus, shrimps get world’s attention
Eight Philippine exporters racked up $211 million (P10.54 billion) worth of orders and inquiries at a trade fair in Dubai on November, according to the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR).
- December 29, 2016
Antarctica ice to double sea rise - study
Melting ice from Antarctica could raise oceans by a meter before 2100 at current rates of greenhouse gas emissions, doubling previous forecasts for sea level rise, according to a study released Wednesday (Thursday in ...
- April 1, 2016
Be climate change champions - PEMO head
Negrenses should stop waiting for a champion to provide solutions to climate change, the Provincial Environment Management Office (PEMO) chief said. Everyone should be the champion they are looking for, stressed lawyer ...
- July 2, 2016
Whale won’t leave coast, dies while being treated
Fishermen found the 2-meter long whale beached along Dasol Bay on Sept. 23 and brought it back to the sea. But it was sighted again in the afternoon on the same day so village officials decided to bring it to the BFAR ...
- October 7, 2016