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Boracay ready for reopen; gov't orders casino closure
The Philippines reopens its crown jewel resort Boracay Island to holidaymakers on Friday, after a six-month cleanup aimed at repairing the damage inflicted by years of unrestrained mass tourism. President Rodrigo Duterte ...
- October 25, 2018
Party’s over: Gov't sets crackdown on beach revelry in reopened ‘Bora’
Beach boozing and smoking will be consigned to the past when Boracay, the Philippines’ top holiday island, welcomes back a capped number of tourists after its six-month shutdown, authorities said Wednesday.President Rodrigo ...
- October 4, 2018
Austalia failing to protect Great Barrier Reef, say activists
Australia is breaching commitments to protect the embattled Great Barrier Reef from the effects of land clearing, environmental groups claimed on Monday (June 25) and called on the UN to probe the alleged failures. Canberra ...
- June 26, 2018
PH told not to give up terrorial claim vs China
China has told the Philippine government not to give up its claim to the disputed South China Sea but simply asked it to put some order on how to discuss that claim so the two countries could pursue a joint oil and gas ...
- April 13, 2018
Japan warned against whaling in Antarctic
Environmental activities group Sea Shepherd warned Japan on Sunday against resuming "research" whaling in the Antarctic and called on the Australian government to intervene. After a decade of harassment by Sea Shepherd, ...
- November 30, 2015
Dead fish east of Australia cause environmental stink
As many as a million fish are believed to have died along the banks of a major river system in drought-battered eastern Australia, and the authorities warned Monday of more deaths to come. The banks of the Murray-Darling ...
- January 15, 2019
Asean ministers decry Chinese reclamation
China’s continued reclamation in the South China Sea has eroded trust among claimants and could raise regional tensions, Southeast Asian foreign ministers said Tuesday. The ministers from the 10-nation Association of ...
- February 7, 2018
China may be building airstrip on reef-PH
The Philippines warned on Wednesday that China may be building an airstrip on a reef in the South China Sea as the Asian superpower asserts its claim to most of the strategic area. Filipino military surveillance aircraft ...
- May 15, 2014
Groups alarmed at reef bleaching
Environmental groups Monday urged greater action on climate change after the government sounded the alarm over severe coral bleaching in the pristine northern reaches of Australia's Great Barrier Reef. The government said ...
- March 22, 2016