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    • Another whale beaches in Bali 

      (Daily Tribune, April 10, 2023, on page B14)
      A 17-meter-long sperm whale died after washing up on a beach in Bali, a conservation official said Sunday, making it the third whale that beached itself on the Indonesian island in just a little over a week. The male sperm ...

    • 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 ...

    • Reconnecting with the underground river 

      Manipon, Roel (Daily Tribune, July 31, 2022, on page C17)
      The day was sunny and the slender outrigger boats were bobbing in the South China Sea, their buntings fluttering while waitin for their passengers. Many tourists had arrived today at the Sabang Wharf in the barangay of ...

    • Sagay seahorses repopulate 

      Tacio, Henrylito (Daily Tribune, March 25, 2024, on page G38)
      In the past, the waters of the Philippines were teeming with seahorses. But today, the areas where they used to swim are now almost devoid of this marine creature. They have been overharvested. But the good news: there are ...

    • Beyond the bottom line: AboitizPower eco-warriors at work 

      (Daily Tribune, May 5, 2023, on page B9)
      The surface of our tiny, blue dot in the vast universe is made up of about 70 percent water. Water is crucial for the sustenance of all living things on the planet, most obvious perhaps with that of marine life. While we ...

    • 'Bangus King' expands operations, opens more branches 

      Ayeng, Raffy (Daily Tribune, May 13, 2023, on page B9)
      More customers will be given a chance to taste the lusciousness of bangus (milkfish) Dagupan, as small enterprise Mr. Dagupeño is expanding its operation and opening more branches throughout the country. Dagupan in Pangasinan ...

    • Sogod Bay hosts European dive 

      Philippine News Agency (PNA) (Daily Tribune, April 12, 2023, on page B16)
      At least 34 European divers are in Southern Leyte province for a week-long dive event organized by the French-based underwater event group, Objectif Atlantide.

    • 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 ...

    • 11-M Pinoys lack clean water access 

      Kabagani, Lade Jean (Daily Tribune, May 9, 2023, on page A3)
      Around 11 million Filipinos are lacking access to clean water based on the estimation of the National Water Resources Board, according to Senator Pia Cayetano on Monday. The lawmaker-who presided the public inquiry on water ...

    • Artificial 'art' reefs submerged 

      Dawang, Jasper (Daily Tribune, May 2, 2023, on page B16)
      With the emerging threat to marine life due to dynamite fishing and compressor fishing, artists from the PINTO Underwater Sculpture Museum for Marine Ecosystem Regeneration, together with Representative Angelo Marcos-Barba, ...

    • Zambales fisherfolk undergo enforcement training 

      Reyes, Jonas (Daily Tribune, May 13, 2023, on page B15)
      The fisherfolk of this province took part in the Fisheries Law Enforcement Training conducted by the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Central Luzon in various towns of Zambales. The FLET is part of BFAR Central ...

    • Sardines for exports possible - UP dean 

      Jose, Kathryn (Daily Tribune, May 22, 2023, on page B10)
      A fishery expert advised fisherfolks to process oily types of sardines to reach more consumers, and the local government units to help build postharvest facilities to increase sardine exports to the United States. Encarnacion ...

    • Seafood entrepreneur is best mom for her special child 

      Ayeng, Raffy (Daily Tribune, May 14, 2023, on page B9)
      As they say, being a mother is the hardest thing that a woman can ever imagine. Bearing a child for nine months is only part of what it means to be a mother, the real challenging part is raising, educating, and loving ...

    • Why we need to save our coral reefs 

      Tacio, Henrylito (Daily Tribune, May 7, 2023, on page B15)
      "Coral damage feared as vessel grounded," said the headline of a recent issue of Daily Tribune. "Extensive damage to the coral reefs that serve as a marine habitat is feared with the incident raising concerns anew about ...

    • Prices of fish stable: BFAR 

      Villamente, Jing (Daily Tribune, May 7, 2023, on page B14)
      The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources on Friday assured that prices of fish in local markets remain stable despite the threat of the El Niño weather phenomenon. Atty. Demosthenes Escoto, BFAR director, said their ...

    • No Pinoy survivors from capsized Chinese vessel 

      Ayeng, Raffy; Garner, Jom (Daily Tribune, May 25, 2023, on page A1)
      Efforts to rescue five Filipino crew members of the Chinese fishing vessel Lu Peng Yuan Yu 028 which capsized off the Indian Ocean last week have yielded negative results, the Philippine Coast Guard has announced. The ...

    • Go to WPS, AFP tells Pinoy fishers 

      Kabagani, Lade Jean; Piatos, Tiziana Celine (Daily Tribune, September 29, 2023, on page A1)
      The Western Command of the Armed Forces of the Philippines is eyeing an increase in Filipino fishermen going to the country's exclusive economic zone in the West Philippine Sea. AFP WesCom chief, Vice Adm. Alberto Carlos, ...

    • China on floating barrier removal: 'Nothing more than self-amusement' 

      Garner, Jom; Labrador, Pedring; Villamente, Jing (Daily Tribune, September 29, 2023, on page A1)
      The word war between the Philippines and China continued Wednesday after Beijing called Manila's removal of the floating barrier at Scarborough Shoal "nothing more than self-amusement." China Foreign Ministry spokesperson ...

    • Call to declare Panaon protected seascape aired 

      Recuerdo, Elmer (Daily Tribune, May 21, 2023, on page B19)
      An international environmental group called on Congress for the immediate passage of a bill that will declare the island at the southernmost tip of Southern Leyte as a protected seascape under the Expanded National Integrated ...

    • BFAR earmarks P58M for Eastern Visayas fisherfolk 

      Recuerdo, Elmer (Daily Tribune, May 22, 2023, on page B16)
      The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources has allocated P58.4 million for the livelihood projects of fisherfolk in the poorest municipalities in Eastern Visayas for this year. BFAR regional information officer Christine ...