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PH will take 'legal action' vs China on harvest of giant clams - Locsin
The Philippine government will take “legal action” against China following reports that Chinese fishermen are mass harvesting giant clams in the Scarborough Shoal. “We just caught them doing that recently, filed a diplomatic ...
- April 17, 2019
Company that dumped medical waste into sea faces suspension
The Environmental Management Bureau (EMB) of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) in Central Visayas recommended to EMB-Manila the suspension of the operation of the Davao City Environmental Care, ...
- January 18, 2019
House panel okays bill on swift reversion of abandoned fishponds
A House of Representatives committee has approved a bill proposing to cut short the waiting period for reversion to forestlands of unutilized and abandoned fishponds, saying that the move would help address the devastating ...
- November 26, 2019
Shellfish downs 3 siblings in Samar
A child is in critical condition, while his two siblings were recovering after they ate cockle shell (buo) in San Fernando, Basey, Samar. The three were treated at the Eastern Visayas Regional Medical Center here for ...
- February 23, 2019
Rescued dolphin is found dead
A spinner dolphin that was released back to sea after being stranded was found dead by fishermen in Bobon, Northern Samar Tuesday. The dolphin was stranded on the beach of Sitio Napanpan, Brgy. San Agustin, Mondragon, ...
- March 7, 2019
Archdiocese of Manila opposes Manila Bay reclamation project
The Archdiocese of Manila has weighed in on the planned Manila Bay reclamation projects. “We, in the Archdiocese of Manila, are against the Manila Bay reclamation due to ecological grounds. It is against ecology,” Manila ...
- February 25, 2019
Deep beauty in the Philippines
Images of the Philippine Rise Marine Resources Reserve, including the pristine Benham Bank, are the newest addition to the collection of the National Museum of Natural History. The exhibit was donated by Oceana Philippines ...
- March 7, 2019
Gov't 'weak' in implementation of fisheries law
Top officials of the multinational environment group Oceana said the Duterte administration is “weak” in terms of the implementation of Fisheries Law, with the fisheries sector still one of the most vulnerable sectors in ...
- August 1, 2019
Mayors have key role in Bay rehabilitation
The Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) called a meeting last Monday of mayors of Metro Manila and other towns and cities in the provinces around Manila Bay as part of the total effort to clean it up after ...
- February 15, 2019
Duterte, Mahathir seek peaceful resolution of sea dispute
President Duterte and Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad have called for a peaceful and rules-based resolution of the South China Sea dispute and recognized the importance of the COC to prevent the escalation of ...
- March 9, 2019