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    • Aboitiz Cleanergy Park, a birdwatching refuge 

      Abad, Roderick L. (BusinessMirror, September 13, 2020, on page A7)
      Despite its small area to host an increasing number of flora and fauna, the Aboitiz Cleanergy Park in Davao City has so far recorded nearly 100 bird species—10 to 15 of which are endemic to the Philippines—making it an ...

    • Lute turtle rescued in Culasi, hawksbill on Guimaras Island 

      (BusinessMirror, September 20, 2020, on page A7)
      For hundreds of years, marine turtles lived in the vast oceans and they coexist with humans in many countries and shores each time they visit land. The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) had reported ...

    • DND budget hike sought as China keeps developing islands in WPS 

      Dela Cruz, Jovee Marie N. (BusinessMirror, September 9, 2020, on page A3)
      A lawmaker on Tuesday asked Congress to increase the budget allocation for the Department of National Defense (DND) to upgrade its capabilities to perform its role in securing the country’s sovereign territory, as the ...

    • US-China tensions in disputed sea escalate with ballistic missile tests 

      Bloomberg News (BusinessMirror, August 28, 2020, on page B4)
      UnitedStates-China tensions over the South China Sea escalated on Wednesday, with Beijing firing four missiles into the waters around the same time as the Trump administration took action against Chinese companies that ...

    • Chinese vessels back in Mainland after research in Reed Bank-Navy 

      Acosta, Rene (BusinessMirror, August 17, 2020, on page A3)
      The two Chinese vessels that carried out “unauthorized” research activities in the Recto Bank near the island of Palawan early this month are back in China, Navy Flag Officer in Command Vice Admiral Giovanni Carlo Bacordo ...

    • Testing the waters 

      Acosta, Rene (BusinessMirror, July 19, 2020, on page A1)
      With the United States and Asean’s affirmation of support for the four-year-old ruling of the United Nations (UN) arbitral tribunal, the Philippines should seize the initiative in “implementing” the decision, at the very ...

    • Senate tackles ban vs foreign entities abetting 'intrusion' into Philippine sea territories 

      Fernandez, Butch (BusinessMirror, September 9, 2020, on page A3)
      The Senate is set to tackle a resolution asking the Duterte administration to ban from receiving government contracts, or conducting business in the country, “foreign entities who are engaged in, or abetted activities, ...

    • Groups seek deeper probe into Manila Bay's beach nourishment' initiative 

      Mayuga, Jonathan L. (BusinessMirror, September 9, 2020, on page A3)
      At least 10 environmental and cause-oriented groups on Wednesday called for an investigation into the controversial “beach nourishment” project at a portion of Manila Bay’s shoreline. The call for the probe was contained ...

    • Farmers, fisherfolk earned P6B selling directly to LGUs-D.A. 

      Arcalas, Jasper Emmanuel Y. (BusinessMirror, September 1, 2020, on page A1)
      Filipino farmers and fisherfolk have earned at least P6 billion by selling their produce to local government units (LGUs) that directly procured their constituents’ food requirements during the Covid-19 pandemic lockdowns. ...

    • Toward a 'bluer normal' 

      Mayuga, Jonathan L. (BusinessMirror, August 16, 2020, on page A7)
      Impacted by the 2019 coronavirus disease (Covid-19), fishermen can play a crucial role in coastal and marine biodiversity protection and conservation. But they will need all the assistance that they could get. As the ...

    • PHL in fine balance between US, China in S. China Sea-DND 

      Acosta, Rene (BusinessMirror, August 11, 2020, on page A8)
      The country is protecting and keeping its stake in the West Philippine Sea by balancing its relationship with superpowers in the South China Sea, Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said on Monday. He said this as the ...

    • BFAR: Govt to help Dingalan become next 'tuna capital' 

      Arcalas, Jasper Emmanuel Y. (BusinessMirror, August 4, 2020, on page B7)
      The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) said the municipality of Dingalan in Aurora province has the potential to become the country’s next “tuna capital,” after General Santos City in Mindanao. BFAR said in ...

    • DENR chief lauds Duterter's endorsement of BIDA bill 

      Mayuga, Jonathan L. (BusinessMirror, July 31, 2020, on page A3)
      Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Secretary Roy A. Cimatu hailed President Duterte’s endorsement to Congress of a bill creating the Boracay Island Development Authority (BIDA). Cimatu, also the designated ...

    • DENR, private partner to rehab, revive Boracay’s ‘dead forest’ 

      Mayuga, Jonathan L. (BusinessMirror, July 29, 2020, on page A4)
      The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) and its private sector partner, the Boracay Tubi System Inc., will soon begin rehabilitation activities on Boracay Island’s Wetland No. 6, also known as “dead ...

    • BFAR bares plan to build 300 milkfish fry satellite hatcheries in next 5 years 

      Arcalas, Jasper Emmanuel Y. (BusinessMirror, July 29, 2020, on page A4)
      The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) said it plans to build about 300 satellite hatcheries nationwide in the next five years in its bid to boost local milkfish production. In a news statement issued on ...

    • US rejects nearly all Chinese claims in South China Sea 

      Associated Press (AP) (BusinessMirror, July 15, 2020, on page A5)
      The Trump administration escalated its actions against China on Monday by stepping squarely into one of the most sensitive regional issues dividing them and rejecting outright nearly all of Beijing’s significant maritime ...

    • DA lists Taguig as 1st agri-aqua industrial biz corridor in Metro 

      Arcalas, Jasper Emmanuel Y. (BusinessMirror, July 22, 2020, on page A4)
      The Department of Agriculture (DA) has identified Taguig City as the first agri-aqua industrial business corridor in Metro Manila due to its logistical advantage and proximity to Laguna Lake. In a news statement, Agriculture ...

    • U.S. shift in South China Sea raises risk of clash on water 

      Bloomberg News (BusinessMirror, July 16, 2020, on page A7)
      The Trump administration’s move to brand most of Beijing’s claims in the South China Sea a violation of international law doesn’t mean much on its own: China has repeatedly refused to acknowledge the 2016 tribunal ruling ...

    • 'Duterte can still fulfill vow to raise SCS arbitral ruling 

      Mercene, Recto (BusinessMirror, July 15, 2020, on page A8)
      In the last few years of his term, President Duterte can still fulfill his promise to the Filipino people to raise the UN arbitral tribunal award in the Philippines’s case against China on the South China Sea—this time, ...

    • Pompeo to China: SCS bullying is illegal 

      Acosta, Rene (BusinessMirror, July 15, 2020, on page A8)
      China's insistence that it owns rich resources in most parts of the South China Sea and its bullying of neighbors in order to control them are illegal, US Secretary Mike Pompeo said. Pompeo’s statement released on Tuesday, ...