• 15 dead after Indonesia boat sinks 

  (Daily Tribune, July 25, 2023, on page B18)

  At least 15 people were killed on Monday after a wooden boat sank off the coast of Indonesia's Sulawesi island, search and rescue officials said, adding that all missing passengers had been accounted for.

• Still much to do fight plastic pollution 

  Villamente, Jing (Daily Tribune, July 24, 2023, on page F34)

  Department of Environment and Natural Resources Secretary Antonia Loyzaga recently conferred with the World Wildlife Fund and the Norwegian government to discuss how to address plastic pollution at the global, national and ...

• 'Project Banca' hailed as uplifting fishermen 

  (Daily Tribune, July 14, 2023, on page B11)

  Its contribution to revitalizing fishing communities of Cebu province following typhoon “Odette,” earned for the Aboitiz Foundation’s “Project Banca” the Outstanding CSR Project in Disaster Resilience at the League of ...

• Angat water level worries NWRB 

  Romero, Maria (Daily Tribune, June 20, 2023, on page A7)

  With little rain to augment Metro Manila’s water sources, the National Water Resources Board or NWRB is uncertain if the reservoirs could still accommodate a higher water share for its concessionaires. During a public ...

• Can the water crisis be quenched? 

  Tacio, Henrylito (Daily Tribune, May 22, 2023, on page F31)

  Summer will soon be over, but it doesn’t mean the water woes being experienced by most Filipinos will also dissipate. On the contrary, it is literally just a dry run of things to come as the country will soon face the El ...

• Boat carrying dozen sinks 

  (Daily Tribune, July 18, 2023, on page B14)

  An unknown number of people were missing Sunday after a water bus carrying up to 40 passengers sank in a river in the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka, police said.

• Mindoro oil spill not yet resolved, says group 

  Ayeng, Raffy (Daily Tribune, July 20, 2023, on page B20)

  An advocacy group on Wednesday stressed that the oil spill problem in Oriental Mindoro is not yet resolved contrary to the statement of the Philippine Coast Guard declaring that the oil spill recovery efforts in Naujan ...

• Sea mishap injures 5 crews 

  Ayeng, Raffy (Daily Tribune, July 10, 2023, on page B16)

  The Philippine Coast Gurad reported that at least five people were injured when a motorbanca carrying liters of gasoline and othe goods was engulfed by fire in the waters of Zamboanga City on Thursday evening. The PCG said ...

• Agri-fishery sector focus of 3-day expo 

  Villamente, Jing (DailyGuardian, July 9, 2023, on page B16)

  The Department of Agriculture’s three-day expo, the largest international trade fair for the livestock, poultry, and aquaculture industries culminated Saturday with more than 300 exhibitors and 10,000 farmers, fisherfolk, ...

• San Pedro Bay fishing ban lifted 

  Philippine News Agency (PNA) (Daily Tribune, July 4, 2023, on page B15)

  The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources on Monday announced that the San Pedro Bay in Samar province has been cleared of red tide after more than three months of infestation. The agency said that negative results for ...

• Aquaculture pushed amid El Niño declaration 

  Piatos, Tiziana Celine (Daily Tribune, July 6, 2023, on page A3)

  President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Wednesday said that the government will continue to improve infrastructure and systems to maintain the favorable status of aquaculture production in the country. Marcos made the statement ...

• Fish growers get 4-M prawn fries 

  Reyes, Jonas (Daily Tribune, July 3, 2023, on page B15)

  The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Central Luzon has distributed four million king prawn fries to fish growers in this town. The distribution of the Vannamei fries through Provincial Agriculturist's Office is ...

• Possible oil spill looms in Batangas 

  Ayeng, Raffy (Daily Tribune, August 29, 2023, on page B15)

  Another oil spill is being monitored in the province of Batangas following the sinking of a fishing vessel Sunday morning which was carrying thousands of liters of diesel, according to Protect Verde Island Passage on Monday. ...

• Sabah claim report now in Palace 

  Murcia, Alvin (Daily Tribune, August 29, 2023, on page A3)

  Solicitor General Menardo Guevarra said they have already submitted the study and report to President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. in connection with the Philippine claim on Sabah. This was disclosed by Guevarra when asked about ...

• BFAR bares requirements for agri-fish exporters to Saudi Arabia 

  Ayeng, Raffy (Daily Tribune, August 31, 2023, on page B12)

  Exporters of fish and aquatic products to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia are required to submit documentary requirements to be certified as supplier to that country, the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources has reminded. ...

• PCG dispels Calatagan oil spill fears 

  Ayeng, Raffy (Daily Tribune, August 30, 2023, on page B15)

  The Philippine Coast Guard on Tuesday dismissed apprehensions that the Anita DJ II which sunk in the vicinity waters of Calatagan last Sunday may cause an oil spill similar to what happened at Naujan, Oriental Mindoro a ...

• Phl rejects China fishing ban 

  Garner, Jom (Daily Tribune, August 19, 2023, on page A2)

  The Philippine government on Friday, through the Department of Foreign Affairs, rejected the fishing moratorium imposed by China in the South China Sea. In a chance interview, DFA spokesperson Tess Daza said the Philippines ...

• DENR probing bay reclamation ECCs 

  Piatos, Tiziana Celine (Daily Tribune, August 11, 2023, on page A1)

  The Department of Environment and Natural Resources is investigating the issuance of environmental compliance certificates or ECC to 22 Manila Bay reclamation projects that have been placed under review by President Ferdinand ...

• Fukushima water release sparks seafood ban, protesters' arrest 

  Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Daily Tribune, August 25, 2023, on page B14)

  China banned all Japanese seafood imports while South Korean protesters tried to storm Tokyo’s embassy in Seoul on Thursday as Japan started releasing into the Pacific Ocean treated wastewater from the crippled Fukushima ...

• Reclamation exclamations 

  (Daily Tribune, August 11, 2023, on page A5)

  Overpopulation and land shortage are the usual reasons for reclamation projects, but in the case of Manila Bay, it seems this is not the case. At least, that is what opposing groups are loudly claiming. Reclamation in ...

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