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Fishing village survives 'pork' scam
With open arms, fisherman Alejo Gratico and his neighbors welcomed two men from a nongovernment organization (NGO) who arrived in Surigao City in 2008. At last, help finally came to the remote fishing community in Sitio ...
- June 21, 2015
PH seas running out of fish, says BFAR exec
More than a hundred fishermen, mostly from Pangasinan province, were out in the West Philippine Sea when Typhoon “Lando” (international name: Koppu) lashed Central and northern Luzon late last month. The sea was calm when ...
- November 8, 2015
Sperm whale stranded off Quezon town dies
A sperm whale that had been stranded near a coastal village in the town of Calauag, Quezon province, died yesterday, an environment official of the province said. Manny Calayag, community coordinator of the Quezon-Environment ...
- February 19, 2015
Fewer fishers going to Panatag
Fewer fishermen from the province of Zambales dare venture out into Panatag (Scarborough) Shoal, which is now being guarded by Chinese Coast Guard vessels, for fear that tension over conflicting territorial claims in the ...
- February 3, 2018
Saving biodiversity at Verde Island Passage
Casting a fishing line with a coral sinker and a plastic-bottle reel, children as young as 8 years old catch their next meal from the pebbled shore of Barangay San Andres here. Most of the women are at home, raising hogs ...
- October 21, 2018
La Union board declares calamity state to deal with oil spill
The provincial board of La Union has declared the province under a state of calamity to enable towns affected by the oil spill supposedly from a sunken vessel or another ship to tap their calamity funds for cleanup operations. ...
- March 2, 2013
Whale nursed back to health in La Union
Sto. Tomas, La Union—In a concrete tank, “Agustina” swims feebly, aided by an orange floater from which it tries to wriggle away. Agustina is a female melon-headed whale that was stranded on a beach in the coastal village ...
- May 9, 2017
Gov’t upholds sovereignty over PH rise, plants flag
Manila asserted its sovereign rights over Philippine Rise (formerly Benham Rise) on Monday by planting the national flag there as the nation marked the 119th anniversary of its independence. Divers from the Philippine ...
- June 13, 2017
Dagupan’s ‘Bangus King’ leads way for others
If there is someone who deserves to be called “Bangus King” here, it is Eduardo Maramba, who belongs to four generations of milkfish growers. “My great grandfather, Franciso, my grandfather, Cipriano, and my father, Rufino, ...
- February 10, 2013
Pangasinan beachgoers warned vs jellyfish
The provincial disaster risk reduction and management council (PDRRMC) on Tuesday warned beachgoers to stay close to the shore when swimming in the Lingayen Gulf to avoid being stung by jellyfish. The warning was issued ...
- April 16, 2014