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    • DENR rolls out 'BakaJuan' to preserve mangroves 

      (Manila Standard, June 7, 2024, on page B3)
      The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) is pioneering disaster risk reduction by rolling out a citizen science program. Spearheaded by DENR Secretary Maria Antonia Yulo-Loyzaga, the program aims to manage ...

    • PH to get five new coast guard ships from Japan 

      Requejo, Rey (Manila Standard, May 18, 2024, on page A1)
      The Philippines and Japan have signed an agreement that would pave the way for the acquisition by the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) of five 97-meter patrol ships intended to strengthen the country's capability to guard its ...

    • 3 dead after vessels collided 

      Ayeng, Raffy (Daily Tribune, April 30, 2023, on page A6)
      Two crew members of a Sierra Leone-flagged vessel — a Filipino and a Chinese — died when the vessel rammed into an anchored Marshall Island-owned ship in the vicinity waters of Corregidor in Bataan Friday night. The Filipino ...

    • Who'll pay for P7-B oil spill damage? 

      Villamente, Jing (Daily Tribune, April 28, 2023, on page A6)
      Environment and Natural Resources Secretary Maria Antonia Yulo-Loyzaga on Thursday said marine resources worth P7 billion were possibly exposed to the oil spill from the tanker that sank in the waters of Oriental Mindoro ...

    • DENR: Oil spill damage hits P7 billion 

      Dantes, Charles; Araja, Rio (Manila Standard, April 28, 2023, on page A1)
      Early estimates put the environmental damage from the Oriental Mindoro oil spill at P7 billion, Environment Secretary Antonia Yulo Loyzaga said on Wednesday. In a TV interview, Loyzaga said the amount was based on the ...

    • Carpio deems calls to expel China's envoy over WPS bullying 'extreme' 

      Legaspi, Zeus (Panay News, December 13, 2023, on page 9)
      To expel China’s ambassador Huang Xilian amid escalating Beijing intimidations in the West Philippine Sea would be an “extreme measure,” former Supreme Court senior associate justice Antonio Carpio said Tuesday. He also ...

    • United front vs illegal fishing in WV 

      (Panay News, December 27, 2023, on page 6)
      The recent pledge by over 90 Philippine Navy reservists from the coastal towns of Iloilo to combat illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing in Western Visayas is a significant step in the region’s efforts to protect ...

    • Lift up our salt industry 

      (Manila Bulletin, May 16, 2023, on page 6)
      The saying “salt is life” holds true, not only on a personal level but also on a macro economic aspect. Salt is not just an ingredient to flavor dishes, but an important mineral that our bodies require for essential function. ...

    • 2 hurt as fishing vessel catches fire, sinks off Palawan 

      Sadongdong, Martin (Manila Bulletin, May 17, 2023, on page 9)
      At least two fishermen were hurt when a fishing vessel suddenly caught fire and eventually sank off Cuyo, Palawan, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) reported on Tuesday, May 16. The PCG said that FV Victor 89, a fiber-made ...

    • Fishers displaced by oil slick to learn fiberglass boat-making 

      (Manila Bulletin, May 14, 2023, on page 14)
      Fishermen displaced by the oil slick in this province will get the opportunity to learn a new skill vital to their line of work, thanks to the joint efforts of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) and Bureau of ...

    • 84% of coastline affected by massive oil slick cleaned up 

      Recuenco, Aaron (Manila Bulletin, May 12, 2023, on page 2)
      Authorities have cleaned up 84.26 percent of coastline affected by the oil slick in the past two months, with the national government now focusing on programs and strategies to address the impact of the tragedy. In a ...

    • Politician Carpio does 'name calling' 

      Blancaflor, Mj (Daily Tribune, May 6, 2021, on page A1)
      Malacañang on Wednesday clapped back at retired Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio for describing as 'grand estafa" President Rodrigo Duterte's denial of his 2016 promise to reclaim Chinese-occupied areas in the West ...

    • EEZ being developed, Cusi says 

      Lao, Joshua (Daily Tribune, May 10, 2021, on page A1)
      In response to former Supreme Court Justice Antonio Carpio’s statement, Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi said the government is already exercising its right to build structures within its exclusive economic zone or EEZ in the ...

    • Locsin regrets 'F'K OFF' rant as China claims Scarborough 

      Locus, Sundy (Daily Tribune, May 5, 2021, on page A1)
      A day after he launched a profanity-laced demand for the Chinese People’s Liberation Army’s withdrawal from the Philippine waters, Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. on Tuesday issued an apology specific to his ...

    • PHl Coast Guard accosts Chinese ships off Palawan 

      Roson, John; Blancaflor, Mj (Daily Tribune, May 6, 2021, on page A3)
      Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) personnel confronted members of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) militia trawling at a shoal off Palawan within the West Philippine Sea (WPS) last week. The foreign boats left, the ...

    • Duterte vs Carpio 

      Enrile, Juan Ponce (Daily Tribune, May 15, 2021, on page A1)
      A few days ago, I saw on TV a mini verbal tussle between President Rodrigo Duterte and retired Supreme Court Justice Antonio Carpio. Their topic was the opposing claims of the Philippines and of China over certain islands, ...

    • DFA cites UNCLOS vs ban 

      Locus, Sundy (Daily Tribune, May 20, 2021, on page A1)
      The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Wednesday returned to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) in asserting its exclusive economic zone (EEZ) where China had unitarily imposed a fishing ban ...

    • No Duterte-Xi deal, Medialdea tells House 

      Oliquino, Edjen (Daily Tribune, May 22, 2024, on page A1)
      Former President Rodrigo Duterte did not make a secret deal with Chinese President Xi Jinping regarding the BRP Sierra Madre, certainly not one pledging not to repair the grounded ship which serves as a permanent military ...

    • House bill seeks P1,000 monthly fuel subsidy for municipal fishers 

      Philippine News Agency (PNA) (Manila Bulletin, May 15, 2023, on page 4)
      Municipal fisherfolk will receive a monthly fuel subsidy of not less than P1,000 under House Bill No. 8007 or the Pantawid Pambangka Act of 2023. The Department of Agriculture (DA) will administer the monthly subsidy program ...

    • 'Squall' sinks M/Y Dream Keeper off Palawan 

      Sadongdong, Martin (Manila Bulletin, May 3, 2023, on page 2)
      The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said that dive yacht M/Y Dream Keeper sank off Tubbataha, Palawan over the weekend due to a squall. A squall is a sudden violent gust of wind or a localized storm which usually lasts for a ...