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Mangrove cutting in Oton slammed
One of southern Iloilo's last mangrove stands if gone, courtesy of a "developer" and a set of public officials in stupor. And a scientist at the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (Seafdec) based in Tigbauan tow, ...
- November 19, 1999
To the people who helped clean our waters and coasts: Congratulations for a job well done!
They were businessmen, professionals, government officials, and company executives. They were also fisherfolk, laborers, famers, students, teachers, and market vendors. But for one day, last September 18, along the Bataan ...
- October 12, 1999
SEAFDEC joins int'l coastal cleanup '98
The Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC) Aquaculture Department (AD) joined the International Coastal Cleanup and became a committed partner in the worldwide action for the conservation of the ocean's ...
- October 1, 1998
Submerged woeful tales of Tubbataha
Tubbataha comes from a combination of two Samal words, "taba" and "taha", meaning a long, or expansive, reef exposed by the low tide. Stretching over 10,000 hectares, the Tubbataha Reef National Marine Park is located 150 ...
- August 2, 1997
Cebu
The Bantayan municipal government has committed P100,000 every year in support of the Bantayan Island Municipal Park and Sanctuary (BIMPS) project. Vice Mayor Geraldine Escario-Cañares reiterated the pledge during the ...
- February 15, 1998
From predators to protectors: RP Energy moves to save endangered 'pawikans' in Zambales
It used to be that these delicate eggs hatched by gentle creatures from the sea ended up in fisherfolk’s household pots. They were a delicacy, and also a source of livelihood. Back in the 1990s, even earlier, marine turtle, ...
- February 23, 1999