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    • DENR halts Tacloban reclamation project 

      Recuerdo, Elmer (Daily Tribune, April 9, 2023, on page A3)
      The Environmental Management Bureau of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources regional office temporarily stopped an ongoing reclamation project in this city’s Cancabato Bay due to lack of Environmental Clearance ...
    • DENR turns over boats for cleanups 

      Antolin, Paula (Daily Tribune, September 26, 2022, on page A8)
      Barangay representatives from the city governments of Caloocan, Las Piñas, Makati, Manila, Navotas, Parañaque, Pasig, Quezon, Taguig and Valenzuela have received paddle boats from the Department of Environment and Natural ...
    • Department of Tourism, Philippine Commission on Sports Scuba Diving Memorandum Circular No. 2021-002 

      (Daily Tribune, June 16, 2021, on page B12)
      Amended health and safety guidelines governing the operations of dive establishments and liveaboard dive boats in the new normal.
    • Desalination eyed as water crisis looms 

      Osmeña, Rico (Daily Tribune, April 10, 2023, on page B10)
      Cebu water stakeholders are pushing for the building of dams as a long-term solution and the construction of 11 desalination plants as a medium-term response to the water crisis. This was the action plan agreed upon during ...
    • Détente topbills talks 

      (Daily Tribune, April 11, 2024, on page A4)
      Vikram Singh, senior advisor to the Asia Program at the Washington-based US Institute of Peace, said, “We are going to see more joint patrols in the Philippines’ exclusive economic zone, and I think we’re going to see a ...
    • DFA protests China's WPS 'harassment' 

      Villegas, Gab H. (Daily Tribune, June 1, 2022, on page A1-A6)
      The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) disclosed Tuesday that it has protested the alleged harassment by China's Coast Guard. The 'harassment' was one of the three incidents involving CCG at WPS that the United States-based ...
    • Distressed vessel passengers rescued 

      Lacson, Nonoy (Daily Tribune, February 9, 2023, on page B16)
      At least 100 passengers and crew members of a distressed wooden motor launch and a commercial motor launch off Pilas Island in Basilan Province were rescued by the Naval Forces Western Mindanao.
    • DND denies downplaying China's new coast guard law 

      Roson, John (Daily Tribune, February 13, 2021, on page B16)
      The Department of Defense (DND) on Friday denied speculations that it downplayed the effect of China's new coast guard law on Filipino fishermen. In a statement, Lorenzana took exemption to the statement of Sen. Risa ...
    • DND welcomes new heads in WPS frontlines 

      Roson, John (Daily Tribune, January 20, 2022, on page A3)
      The Department of National Defense (DND) welcomed the appointment of new commanders of military units tasked to oversee security in the West Philippine Sea (WPS). Major General Ernesto Torres Jr. and Rear Admiral Alberto ...
    • 'Dolomite beach benefits people' 

      Villegas, Gab Humilde (Daily Tribune, August 31, 2021, on page A2)
      Taking a cue from President Rodrigo Duterte, Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Secretary Salvador Panelo on Monday defended the government’s controversial dolomite beach project that is part of the Manila Bay rehabilitation ...
    • Don't be a (s)cad 

      (Daily Tribune, September 9, 2022, on page A5)
      The day we started importing galunggong (round scad) was the day the country should have reckoned with its vision. The Philippines in 2018 began importing galunggong — long considered to be “the poor man’s fish” for its ...
    • DoTr probes alleged overstaying vessels in Manila Bay 

      Romero, Maria (Daily Tribune, January 21, 2023, on page A7)
      The Office for the Transport Security of the Department of Transportation will investigate the alleged overstaying of Chinese dredgers and their crew to ensure that the country is protected from any intrusion that may ...
    • Dredging for a better tomorrow 

      (Daily Tribune, April 18, 2021, on page B16)
      In line with its advocacy of giving the next generation of Filipinos a better tomorrow amid the challenge brought upon by the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic, multinational company San Miguel Corporation (SMC) ...
    • DU30, Xi boosting Phl-China ties 

      Blancaflor, MJ (Daily Tribune, April 10, 2022, on page A1-A6)
      President Rodrigo Duterte and Chinese President Xi Jinping have agreed to boost the “positive engagements” between Manila and Beijing in terms of trade, infrastructure, and Covid-19 response, while keeping peace in the ...
    • Duterte renews call for harmony in SCS 

      Blancaflor, Mj (Daily Tribune, November 28, 2021, on page A1-A2)
      President Rodrigo Duterte has renewed his call to South China Sea (SCS) claimants to adhere to the rule of law and keep stability in the waterway, saying there can be "real peace if the strong tramples on the weak." Duterte ...
    • 'Dynamite fishermen' arrested 

      (Daily Tribune, July 11, 2022, on page B16)
      The Bataan Maritime Police Station disclosed that two fishing bancas allegedly used in illegal fishing with the use of improvised explosives have been confiscated here. Bataan Maritime Police Station chief Maj. Leoncio ...
    • Eastern Visayas waters clear of red tide 

      Recuerdo, Elmer (Daily Tribune, July 23, 2022, on page B16)
      The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources in Eastern Visayas (BFAR8) announced that three waters in the region are now deemed as red-tide free just a week after they were declared positive of toxins that cause paralytic ...
    • Elderly mangrove planter recognized 

      Recuerdo, Elmer (Daily Tribune, May 4, 2023, on page B16)
      Planting had always been his passion since he was a child and since 2013, when super typhoon “Yolanda” battered his community in Matalom, Leyte, Geldardo Dabasol decided to start planting mangroves along the shores of ...
    • End war on nature 

      (Daily Tribune, June 30, 2021, on page B43)
      Ending the “war on nature” must be part of global recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said in his message for World Oceans Day. The annual commemoration is a reminder of the major ...
    • Enjoying Dampa seafood while sharing and observing traditions 

      Silvestre, Jojo (Daily Tribune, April 23, 2022, on page D31)
      With the safer and more lenient times allowing everyone to get together with family, friends and professional or business associates, whether at the beach or in the mountains, picnics have once again become in. Besides, ...