Aquatic News Index: Recent submissions

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    • NegOcc farmers, fisherfolks get agri-fishery projects 

      Watchmen Daily Journal (Panay News, February 12, 2024, on page 4)
      A total of P3.3-million worth of agri-fishery projects and marketing fund assistance were turned over to Negros Occidental’s farmers and fisherfolks. Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson, along with Provincial Board members Rita ...

    • PCG on aground vessel in Bacolod: 'no oil spill threat' 

      Bañaga, Dominique Gabriel (Panay News, March 23, 2023, on page 5)
      The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) in Northern Negros Occidental assured residents of Purok Magsungay in Bacolod City that the cargo vessel that had run aground there does not pose any danger of an oil spill. Commander Joe ...

    • Treñas rebuffs Chinese consul: China's evidence n WPS 'mere imagination' 

      Dalipe, Gerome IV (Panay News, February 12, 2024, on page 2)
      Mayor Jerry P. Treñas yesterday rebuffed the statement of a Chinese consul who labeled the arbitral award of the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) at The Hague in 2016 as “illegal, null, and void.” In a statement, Treñas ...

    • 13 arrested for illegal fishing in Antique 

      Ladiao, Ma. Theresa (Panay News, February 26, 2024, on page 6)
      Thirteen individuals were recently apprehended in Antique Province for illegal fishing. The Sebaste Municipal Police Station (MPS), in collaboration with the Bantay Dagat and Municipal Agriculture Office (MAO), nabbed two ...

    • Roxas City mulls regulating 'lambaklad' fishing 

      Tayona, Glenda (Panay News, March 24, 2023, on page 4)
      The city government is mulling to regulate the operation of lambaklad fishing. Lambaklad is derived from the Kinaray-a words lambat which means net and baklad meaning corral. One of the biggest fish traps in the country, ...

    • Slippery response to oil spill 

      (Panay News, March 16, 2023, on page 5)
      The ongoing oil spill debacle in Oriental Mindoro, which has already reached Western Visayas (Caluya, Antique) and Palawan, should prompt the government to assess its readiness and capability to address oil spills. Clearly, ...

    • DFA: China's statement on Ayungin deal 'inaccurate' 

      Co, Adrian Stewart (Panay News, July 23, 2024, on page 9)
      The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said China's statement regarding the supposed new agreement with the Philippine on the resupply mission to Ayungin Shoal was "inaccurate". According to DFA spokesperson Teresita Daza, ...

    • PHL confronts unlikely adversary in SCS row: Filipinos echoing ‘pro-Beijing’ narratives 

      Elemia, Camille (DailyGuardian, October 31, 2023, on page 1)
      The Philippines is confronting an unexpected adversary in its fight for its claims over parts of the South China Sea: an outspoken band of its own citizens echoing pro-Beijing narratives. “We’ve presumed there was a Chinese ...

    • China’s patient but insistent South China Sea grab 

      Roy, Denny (DailyGuardian, June 22, 2023, on page 4)
      A retired People’s Liberation Army senior colonel recently wrote that the South China Sea “is far more dangerous” than Taiwan as a potential trigger for a US-China war. His reasoning was that while close encounters between ...

    • DENR says public can contribute to coastal clean-up by managing their household trash 

      Yang, Angelica (BusinessWorld, September 15, 2021, on page S1/12)
      The Department of Environment and Natural Resources-National Capital Region (DENRNCR) office will be holding clean-up activities in five coastal areas in Metro Manila on Sept. 18 in line with the annual International Coastal ...

    • Scarborough 1st appeared on maps of Phl waters in 1750s 

      Nakpil, Lisa Guerrero (The Philippine Star, November 21, 2023, on page 1)
      On the night of Sept. 12, 1748 the British East India Co. ship Scarborough struck the now-famous reef of the same name while on its way from England to China. As a result, the name “Scarborough Shoal” first appeared on ...

    • Piece of waste paper: China dismissses arbitral award 

      Lee-Brago, Pia; Punongbayan, Michael; Punay, Edu; Romero, Paolo; Flores, Helen; Villanueva, Rhodina (The Philippine Star, July 14, 2021, on page 3)
      China has again belittled the Philippines’ legal victory in an international arbitral court against Beijing, calling the landmark ruling “nothing more than a piece of waste paper.” “The award of the arbitration is illegal, ...

    • [Fishermen] 

      Rodriguez, King (Daily Tribune, July 8, 2024, on page A3)
      Fishermen in Cavite clean and remove debris from fresh mussels harvested from Manila Bay before selling them at Parañaque's Bulungan Seafood Market for P80 per gallon Sunday.

    • China vessels intercept PCG ships 

      Kabagani, Lade Jean (Daily Tribune, July 8, 2024, on page A1)
      Two Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) vessels were intercepted by a China Coast Guard (CCG) ship and at least six maritime militia vessels near Ayungin (Second Thomas) Shoal in the West Philippine Sea (WPS), an American maritime ...

    • APECO investor puts maritime bid within reach 

      Villamente, Jing (Daily Tribune, July 8, 2024, on page B12)
      The Aurora Pacific Economic Zone and Freeport Authority (APECO) capped their foundation anniversary with the announcement of a new investor Amphibia Marine and Subsea Services OPC (Amphibia). The Philippine Rise or Benham ...

    • Negros dive haven to go 'zero waste' 

      (Daily Tribune, October 17, 2021, on page C18)
      The town of Dauin, the scuba diving and resort capital of Negros Oriental province, plans to adopt a municipality-wide zero waste policy in keeping with its thrust of being a sustainable tourist destination in Central ...

    • Finding loro: The truth about parrotfish 

      Yan, Gregg (Daily Tribune, May 23, 2021, on page C18)
      Over the past years, social media posts have been circulating about the need to avoid parrotfish, popularly called loro or molmol in public markets. These posts have been shared tens of thousands of times with the best of ...

    • 5,000 Sulu farmers, fishermen get cash aid 

      Villamente, Jing (Daily Tribune, July 7, 2024, on page A3)
      Five thousand farmers and fishermen in Sulu have received P10,000 each from President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. as part of the government’s vision of “Bagong Pilipinas.” The distribution was held at the Sulu provincial gymnasium ...

    • PCG to hold boat operator liable for Cadiz drowning 

      Bañaga, Dominique Gabriel (Panay News, August 31, 2022, on page 4)
      The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) in Northern Negros Occidental will hold a boat operator liable for a drowning incident at Kabilang-bilangan Reef in Barangay Sicaba, Cadiz City on Sunday. PCG-Northern Negros Occidental ...

    • Senate votes on revised resolution on WPS 

      Gascon, Melvin (Philippine Daily Inquirer, August 2, 2023, on page A1)
      After more than a month of debates and closed-door discussions on bringing to the United Nations General Assembly the matter of China’s incursions into the West Philippine Sea (WPS), the Senate on Tuesday voted unanimously ...