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[Giant clams]
Photo released by the Coast Guard yesterday shows personnel, troops and local conservation officials unearthing illegally harvested giant clams worth around $3.3 million on the black market near the houses of residents on ...
- March 6, 2021
China: US creating risks with S. China Sea warship sail-bys
China on Thursday branded the United States an "out-and-out security risk creator" in the South China Sea, after an American warship sailed through waters near the disputed Spratly Islands. Tensions in maritime waters ...
- May 21, 2021
Ship that oozed oil off Mauritius coast splits in 2
A ship that has leaked more than 1,000 tonnes of oil in pristine waters off the Mauritius coast has split into two, its Japanese operator said yesterday. The bulk carrier MK Wakashio ran aground on a coral reef off the ...
- August 17, 2020
Great white shark kills US woman in rare attack
A woman from New York was killed in a rare shark attack off the coast of Maine, local authorities confirmed on Tuesday, identifying the victim as 63-year-old Julie Dimperio Holowach. The shark, which was later confirmed ...
- July 30, 2020
US Coast Guard to tackle China 'illegal' fishing in Pacific
The United States said Friday it will deploy Coast Guard patrol ships in the western Pacific to counter "destabilizing and malign" activities by China in disputed fishing grounds of the South China Sea. Accusing China of ...
- October 25, 2020
Deepest wreck dive reaches WW II ship off Phl
A US navy destroyer sunk during World War II and lying nearly 6,500 meters below sea level off the Philippines has been reached in the world’s deepest shipwreck dive, an American exploration team said. A crewed submersible ...
- April 5, 2021
220 Chinese vessels swarm Phl reef in WPS
About 220 Chinese maritime militia vessels were spotted within the West Philippine Sea earlier this month, according to the National Task Force for the West Philippine Sea (NTF-WPS), prompting the Philippines to file a ...
- March 22, 2021
42 feared dead as ship capsizes off Japan
A Panamanian-flagged vessel carrying 6,000 cows and 43 crewmembers, including 39 Filipinos, sank off Japan waters after transmitting a distress signal during a typhoon. The Gulf Livestock 1 issued the distress call early ...
- September 4, 2020