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Oil-spill containment drill held
Officers of the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) - Southeastern Mindanao led Friday's oil-spill containment-simulation exercise held at the Mintebros Port in Barangay Ilang, Tibungco, this city, to test and evaluate its oil ...
- August 9, 2015
Official warns of military purpose in S. China Sea reclamation
A top Japanese defense official warned Monday that China has a military purpose in its creation of islands in the South China Sea, citing the possibility of Beijing declaring an air defense identification zone, or ADIZ, ...
- December 16, 2015
'Keep marine tourism intact'
Healthy marine ecosystems are critical to long-term and short-term development in marine tourism, experts said. World Wide Fund for Nature International Global Shark Program leader Andy Cornish made this point during the ...
- December 4, 2015
Asean urged: Stand up to China
Beijing is moving toward "de facto control" of the South China Sea, the Philippines warned on Sunday as it called on fellow Southeast Asian countries to stand up to their massive neighbor. China's unabated reclamation in ...
- April 27, 2015
El Niño may hurt fisheries sector, too
The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) Region 6 is working out an El Niño mitigation plan to lessen the dry spell's impact on the fisheries sector. "We are currently planning for one. We will also meet with ...
- September 27, 2015
Critically-endangered turtles saved
Environment protection officials in Palawan rescued over the weekend at least 979 rare and critically endangered turtles that were supposed to be sold in the Chinese black market. The turtles were confiscated from the ...
- October 20, 2015
Vietnam protests China's East Sea fishing ban
Foreign Ministry spokesman Le Hai Binh has voiced strong protest over China's announcement of a fishing ban in the East Sea. Binh said that the act violated Vietnam's sovereignty over the Hoang Sa (Paracel) archipelago and ...
- May 19, 2015
Palawan to effect fishing season ban
The multi-sectoral and inter-disciplinary body Palawan Council for Sustainable Development(PCSD) will push for the implementation of the seasonal fishing ban on the reef-fish-for food(RFF) after May next year to save fish ...
- December 16, 2015
Biz groups urge APEC economies to invest in cold-chain systems
Developing countries of the 21-member Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) should invest in cold-chain systems for food products to reduce waste and improve food security, the APEC Business Advisory Council (ABAC) said. ...
- October 6, 2015
Legazpi declares fishing ban in Demson Reef
The City Government of Legazpi has declared the three-hectare Demson Reef, locally known as “Pulang Buya,” in Albay Gulf as off-limits to fishermen. The move marks the start of rehabilitation work on the 1,200-square-meter ...
- July 3, 2015