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PCG, DENR probing Batangas oil spill
The Philippine Coast (PCG) is investigating who should be held accountable for the discharge of bunker fuel that has affected a mangrove area in Calatagan, Batangas since Sunday. PCG commandant Admiral Wilfredo Tamayo ...
- July 7, 2010
Giant squid invade California waters
Giant squid weighing up to 27 kilograms have invaded the California waters off Newport Beach and are being caught by sport fishermen by the hundreds. The squid showed up last week and anglers started booking twilight ...
- February 3, 2010
Prosecute butchers of butanding - WWF
An international conservation group is calling for the prosecution of people responsible for the “butchery” of an 18-foot butanding (whale shark) on the shores of Tingloy town in Batangas, with the marine animal’s dorsal ...
- February 18, 2010
DENR task force to monitor, document coral bleaching
Environment and Natural Resources Secretary Ramon Paje has directed his agency’s Protected Areas and Wildlife Bureau to create a task force that will monitor and document coral bleaching in the country. Paje also ordered ...
- September 11, 2010
Red tide organisms find new host shells
A marine biologist closely monitoring Sorsogon Bay in Bicol yesterday confirmed that red tide microorganisms previously found only in green mussels (tahong) have found a new host in pen shells (baloko), which, for the first ...
- August 23, 2010
Whalers, activists clash again off Antarctica
Anti-whaling ship the Bob Barker and a Japanese harpoon boat collided in icy Antarctic waters in the second major clash this year in increasingly aggressive confrontations between conservationists and the whaling fleet. ...
- February 8, 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 cleanup is part of ...
- September 19, 2010
A snail's tale, by Dr. Lourdes Cruz
Professor Lourdes J. Cruz of the Marine Science Institute of UP Diliman was recently awarded the prestigious "For Women In Science" award in Paris, France along with four other female scientist from around the world. Her ...
- March 14, 2010
Offering and deity
On a rare occasion, a scientist and an artist come together. Dr. Jurgenne Primavera and PG Zoluaga, both Iloilo-based, comprise one of the pairs of women environmentalists and male artists brought together by Norma Liongoren ...
- April 5, 2010
DA to use quarantine measures to prevent entry of pests, diseases
The Philippine will rely on biosecurity and quarantine protocols to protect Philippine agriculture from pest and diseases that may threaten the country with the implementation and effectively of the ASEAN Free Trade ...
- March 25, 2010