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Crowdsourcing to clean up Manila Bay
The crowds marching to clean Manila Bay reminded me of the crowds who went to Luneta to show who they wanted to lead political change. A million crowds showed up on the miting de abanse of Davao Mayor Rodrigo Duterte to ...
- February 2, 2019
A local company's bayanihan helps push aquaculture industry forward
Meet Santeh, a company specializing in the production of fish feeds. Beginning in 1985 with shrimp feeds under its Tateh brand name, Santeh grew its company by developing other feeds for different fish species like tilapia, ...
- June 7, 2010
Winning the war vs garbage
If we are to trace the historical roots of the present murky waters at the Manila Bay, blame it on the debris, junk and trash that have accumulated through the years and got buried in this body of water. As of present ...
- February 8, 2019
'Drive out tambay in SCS, not those in the streets'
Sen. Risa Hontiveros yesterday challenged President Duterte to drive out Chinese occupants in Panatag or Scarborough Shoal before apprehending the tambays in the streets. “That’s the problem with President Duterte – he’s ...
- June 20, 2018
Shelter from the storm: Coastal greenbelts of mangroves and beach forests
A school module published in 2009 — the Mangrove Resource and Instruction for Elementary Grades — already differentiated storm surges from tsunamis. Funded by P1 million from my Pew Fellowship grant to cover module writing, ...
- December 19, 2013
Chinese 'research' in Benham Rise slammed
China is again exploiting the goodwill of the Philippine government to conduct studies in Philippine seas to discover more areas rich in minerals and gas, a lawmaker warned yesterday. In a statement, Bayan Muna Rep. Carlos ...
- January 15, 2018
Management framework for sardines needed
The Philippine government needs to craft a national management framework to address the overfishing of sardines, a number of local fisheries experts said. University of the Philippines- Visayas scientist Wilfredo Campos ...
- March 11, 2018
The importance of the arbitration ruling on the South China Sea
First, the significance of the arbitration ruling. Throughout my 30 some years, I have been a student of international law, you can call me a half-baked international lawyer. But from my view, it was the most, most remarkable ...
- December 24, 2016
Review of Manila Bay reclamation projects eyed
In line with President Duterte’s order to clean up Manila Bay, the government is mulling a review of all reclamation projects, Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Año said yesterday. ...
- January 11, 2019
DILG to Manila Bay mayors: Shut down violators
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) yesterday ordered mayors of 178 towns and cities in the Manila Bay watershed area to revoke the business permits of establishments violating environmental laws. ...
- March 20, 2019