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Salvage of US Navy ship to start
The US Navy minesweeper USS Guardian, which is stuck in the Tubbataha Reef in Palawan, will be “chopped up” beginning Monday, a ranking Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) officer said on Saturday. PCG Palawan District commander ...
- February 17, 2013
US pledges compensation for Tubbataha Reef
The US government is prepared to provide “appropriate compensation” to the Tubbataha Reef for the damages caused by the grounding of the USS Guardian there in mid-January. In a statement, the US Embassy in Manila said ...
- February 4, 2013
Coral reef ecosystem rehab launched
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has recognized the need to enhance the protection and management of reefs from overfishing and pollution in the coral triangle region, a global hotspot of marine ...
- August 25, 2013
US throws in more money to 'soften' Tubbataha damage
The United States yesterday committed to giving P4.1 million to support coral restoration efforts of the Philippine government following the January 17 grounding of the USS Guardian minesweeper at the Tubbataha Reef off ...
- February 4, 2013
Disaster validates Tubbataha Protected Area Act
As the author of the Tubbataha Protected Area Act, the more strongly I am convinced that, sad to say, the tragic damage to the reef validates the law Congress enacted. For all sides, in all incidents, whether it concerns ...
- February 14, 2013
US aid for reef rehab up
The United States government has unveiled a package of targetted assistance, including a P4 million grant for coral restoration research, for the Tubbataha Reef which has been damaged by a US Navy minesweeper that got ...
- February 4, 2013
Trump Jr. tweets on Tubbataha rile PH netizens
The remarks of American businessman Donald Trump Jr. criticizing a US Navy plan to dismantle its minesweeper that is stuck at the Tubbataha Reefs in the Sulu Sea has sparked outrage among netizens and prompted a militant ...
- February 1, 2013
True state of Philippine coral reefs
I attended the two -day Forum on the Coral Triangle Initiative on 14-15 August 2013 on invitation form the Protected Areas and Wildlife Bureau (PAWB) of the Department of Environment and Natural resources. In this forum, ...
- August 22, 2013
Paje stresses need to save Coral Triangle
Environment Secretary Ramon Paje on Saturday said more action was needed to save the reefs of the Coral Triangle, an important marine area encompassing Asia Pacific countries including the Philippines, amid growing threats ...
- August 25, 2013
Trump's son call US plan to dismantle ship 'stupid'
Donald Trump Jr., the son of real estate mogul Donald Trump, blasted Washington on Thursday for agreeing to cut into sections the USS Guardian, the US minesweeper which crashed into the Tubbataha Reef in Palawan on Jan. ...
- February 1, 2013