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Oil spill claims must be filed in 3 years
(The Manila Times,August 20, 2023 , on page A8)The Department of Justice (DoJ) said compensation claims in connection with the Mindoro oil spill must be filed within three years, otherwise it will exceed the prescription period. Beyond the prescription period, a party ... -
Red tide warning up in 10 areas
(The Manila Times,October 11, 2022 , on page A3)The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) has banned the consumption and sale of shellfish in at least 10 areas in the country because of the presence of red tide toxins.The shellfish ban covers Roxas City, ... -
400 million-year-old fish fossils found in China
(The Manila Times,September 30, 2022 , on page A3)A big catch of fish fossila in southern China includes the oldest teeth ever found-and may help scientists learn how our aquatic ancestors got their bite. The finds offer new clues about key period of evolution that's been ... -
Davao builds coastal recycling facility
(The Manila Times,October 8, 2022 , on page A8)A P5 million material recycling facility (MRF) that will process plastic waste and bottles collected from coastal areas will be built in the city. The project is the initiative of the Davao City Bantay Dagat Association, ... -
Marcos pushes joint exploration of WPS
(The Manila Times,December 2, 2022 , on page A1-A9)President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. on Thursday said the Philippine government will find "other ways" to proceed with the joint exploration with China of the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea) if government-to-government ... -
PH protests China's fishing ban in SCS
(The Manila Times,June 1, 2022 , on page A1-A2)The department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Monday filed a diplomatic protest against China’s unilateral imposition of a morato rium on fishing in the South China Sea (SCS) or the West Philippine Sea (WPS). The DFA noted ... -
Sardines catch up again, PSA report shows
(The Manila Times,December 20, 2022 , on page A10)The species composition in the waters of Fisheries Management Area 7 (FMA-7) has significantly changed in the past two decades based on the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) data 2002-2020. In 2002, the dominant marine ... -
Climate change threatens local fish species
(The Manila Times,December 21, 2022 , on page A8)While there is no sardine-supply shortage yet, the government and Oceana Philippines are moving to protect and conserve sardines to ensure that they will not go extinct, an official of the Department of Agriculture-Bureau ... -
Cordillera farmers get P700-M agri aid
(The Manila Times,September 24, 2019 , on page A5)The Department of Agriculture (DA) has provided P700.44 million- worth of project assistance to 42 farmers' associations and cooperatives in the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) as part of its effort to increase ... -
US to China: respect intl law of the sea
(The Manila Times,December 21, 2022 , on page A1-A2)The United States on Tuesday said it supports the Philippines' continued calls on China to "respect" the international law of the sea in the South China Sea (SCS) amid the reported swarming of Chinese vessels there. In a ... -
'Ticao-Burias Pass seascape must be a marine protected area'
(The Manila Times,December 22, 2022 , on page A8)To protect the Philippines' second biggest seascape, former Albay Third District representative now Ligao City Mayor Fernando Gonzalez filed a bill declaring the Ticao-Burias Pass as a protected seascape. The move was ... -
BFAR mulls moratorium on crackdown vs imported fish
(The Manila Times,December 1, 2022 , on page A1-A2)The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) on Wednesday said it was considering imposing a moratorium on the crackdown of imported frozen fish in wet markets amid criticisms that it was anti-poor. In a radio ... -
GCash to plant half a million mangrove trees in Cebu
(Panay News,April 9, 2022 , on page B11)GCash, the leading digital mobile wallet in the country, together with the Ramon Aboitiz Foundation Inc., (RAFI), is planting 550,000 mangrove trees in Tañon Strait in Cebu to help the environment and mitigate the effects ... -
2,500 dead seals found on Russia's Caspian coast
(The Manila Times,December 6, 2022 , on page B7)About 2,500 seals have been found dead on the Caspian Sea coast in southern Russia, officials said on Sunday. Authorities in the Russian province of Dagestan said it was unclear why the mass die-off happened, but that it ... -
DFA holds talks on deep sea mining
(The Manila Times,December 28, 2022 , on page A3)The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) recently consulted experts and stakeholders on "deep seabed mining" to facilitate the development of a national position on the matter. The department's Maritime and Ocean Affairs ... -
Ban on imported fish sale put off for now
(The Manila Times,December 3, 2022 , on page A1-A9)The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) has postponed the enforcement of the ban on selling imported pampano and salmon in wet markets. The ban was to have taken effect on December 4, but Officer in Charge ... -
Ban on imported fish enforced on Dec 4
(The Manila Times,December 2, 2022 , on page A1-A2)An official of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) on Thursday said the ban on the imported pompano, salmon and other unauthorized imported fish will be implemented as scheduled on Sunday, December 4. In ... -
Cagayan River research boosted
(The Manila Times,December 10, 2022 , on page B5)Part of an ongoing effort on water management research in Region 2 (Cagayan Valley) is the continuing series of dialogues between the Isabela State University (ISU) and the Japan-based Kyoto University, aiming to introduce ... -
Naic 'pawikan' conservation facility releases 78 sea turtle hatchlings
(The Manila Times,December 1, 2022 , on page A8)The conservation center here released 78 Olive ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea) hatchlings to their natural habitat on November 26 at the shores of Barangay Labac here as the breeding season starts. Councilors ... -
AFP completes resupply mission in Ayungin Shoal
(The Manila Times,December 19, 2022 , on page A2)The Western Command (Wescom) of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) on Sunday said that they were able to complete another resupply mission to the troops manning the BRP Sierra Madre grounded in the Ayungin Shoal, ...
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