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Sulfur-powered giant shipworm unearthed in PH
An enormous black worm that lives in the mud on the sea floor and survives on the remnants of noxious gases digested by bacteria has been unveiled by scientists for the first time. The slimy giant shipworm can grow up to ...
- April 20, 2017
Old man and the sea: Malaysian on a mission to rid beaches of glass
A 74-year-old Malaysian man’s quest to rid the country’s beaches of washed-up glass led to a collection of thousands of bottles, now displayed in a colorful seaside museum. For the past 15 years, Tengku Mohamad Ali Mansor ...
- September 17, 2020
Photos show China building new islands
Beijing’s “illegal” island building in the South China Sea moved center stage at an Asian summit on Wednesday after the Philippines produced evidence it said showed fresh construction activity at a flash point shoal. Beijing ...
- September 8, 2016
‘Mother of Philippine maps’ settles sea dispute with China
It will come as a big surprise for many that, in 1991, the 1734 Murillo Velarde map, now making front-page news, was offered with a starting bid of 10,000 German marks (P186,000) at an auction in Frankfurt! Alerted by ...
- June 15, 2015
Ping pushes united tack on WPS
Sen. Panfilo “Ping” Lacson urged the country’s leaders to stand united on the West Philippine Sea (WPS) issue and stop bickering in public and exposing what could be exploited as a national weakness. “Isn’t it sad and ...
- May 2, 2021
DENR cancels ECC of reclamation project in Coron
There is now very little chance that the halted 51-hectare reclamation project in the tourist town of Coron in Palawan province can still resume after the Environmental Management Bureau (EMB) of the Department of Environment ...
- May 23, 2022
US rebuffs China over Taiwan Strait
The United States on Tuesday backed Taiwan’s assertion that the strait separating the island from China is an international waterway, a further rebuff to Beijing’s claim to exercise sovereignty over the strategic passage. ...
- June 16, 2022
Death of Dagupan 'bangus' in pondss blamed on tide
Hundreds of “bangus” (milkfish) floated in ponds and cages in Barangay Salapingao here over the weekend, but many fish growers harvested their stocks before the fish kill, which was traced to a phenomenon called “neap tide” ...
- September 24, 2015
No more ‘butanding’ swim for Miss U bets
The Department of Tourism has crossed out swimming with the “butanding” (whale shark) from the itinerary of Miss Universe candidates due to outcry from wildlife conservation groups. The candidates, however, will get to see ...
- January 5, 2017
Raising awareness on sustainable seafood
“With our brand’s well-established corporate responsibility (‘Spirit to Preserve’), we feel the need to provide not just high-quality dishes but also responsibly sourced [products] that should result in more years of great ...
- March 3, 2018