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Ship runs aground, damages coral reefs
A cargo ship ran aground and damaged a large group of coral reefs in the waters off Barangay Poblacion 4, Calatagan, Batangas, on Sunday morning. Jessie delos Reyes, Bantay-Dagat head of Calatagan and Conserve and Protect ...
- September 21, 2010
Fish, cereals, eggs, olives help prevent muscle cramps
Muscle cramps - general weakness and nightly muscle stiffness: Vitamin B1 (thiamine), nuts, legumes, whole grains, potatoes, meats (pork, liver); Vitamin B6-fish, cereals; Biotine-unpolished rice; Vitamin D-fish liver oils, ...
- April 6, 2010
Drawing Contest
Budding Filipino artists who are 14 years old or younger are invited to join the Drawing Contest of the ASEAN-SEAFDEC Conference on Sustainable Fisheries. Deadline of submission 31 January 2011, send artwork, age-citizenship ...
- December 4, 2010
Calatagan-where natural reefs thrive along with artificial ones
With my drive buddies Ramon and Dennis Nakpil, and with guest diver and friend Ed Hontiveros, I drove to Calatagan recently for a dive excursion. After an easy 2 ½-hour drive, we reached this town in Batangas, whose name ...
- June 6, 2010
Diners grilling restos over seafood sourcing
Distance doesn’t seem to matter. No matter how far they are from the Gulf, waiters and waitresses throughout the nation are getting the same grilling by diners. Is your seafood clean? After months of watching news coverage ...
- June 22, 2010
Severe heat prompts advanced harvest of Dadupan 'bangus'
Growers here have been forced to harvest their bangus stocks after some of these floated on Monday due to extreme heat. But city agriculturist Emma Molina said her office has not monitored any case of fish kill since last ...
- April 30, 2010
Mangroves bring life back to a deserted shore
Coastal residents of Barangay Cagsao here lost their homes to a storm surge spawned by Typhoon “Loleng” (international name: Babs), which swept through the towns fringing San Miguel Bay. Twelve years after, the shore which ...
- June 15, 2010
Bani folk keep mangrove forest alive
Tucked in the coastal town of Bani in western Pangasinan is a flourishing ecosystem—almost 40 hectares of healthy mangrove forest that is home to various species of shellfish, fish and birds. But 20 years ago, the Bangrin ...
- September 8, 2010
Dolphin rescued, released in Mindoro
Sea patrol members, fishery officers and the police in San Teodoro town in Oriental Mindoro rescued a dolphin stranded in the town poblacion at around 2 p.m. Thursday and was able to release it back to deep waters two hours ...
- September 4, 2010
Pepsi Ayos Pinas! Volunteers return to Hamilo Coast
Picking up from where they left off, Pepsi’s movement for change continues as Pepsi Ayos Pinas! and its youth volunteers return to Hamilo Coast in Nasugbu, Batangas for their second beach cleanup. The coastal clean-up ...
- October 4, 2010