Browsing The Manila Times by Subject "Governments"
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Manila Bay restoration to continue - DENR
(The Manila Times,January 2, 2020 , on page A3)The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) vowed that the restoration of Manila Bay would continue until 2022. Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu said rehabilitation efforts remain in “full swing” almost a ... -
Manila files protest over Scarborough incident
(The Manila Times,March 30, 2022 , on page A9)Manila has filed a diplomatic protest over incidents of "close distance maneuvering" by Chinese coast guard ships in waters off Bajo de Masinloc or Scarborough Shoal, the National Task Force on the West Philippine Sea said ... -
Manila’s Baywalk closed to tourists, swimmers
(The Manila Times,February 7, 2019 , on page A8)The government has shut down the Baywalk along Roxas Boulevard to prevent the surge of sightseers and swimmers as the rehabilitation of Manila Bay continues. The move was done as an 11-year-old girl lies in critical condition ... -
Manila’s prime hotels unite for seafood sustainability
(The Manila Times,March 10, 2017 , on page C7)Held on February 20 to 27, the second Philippine Sustainable Seafood Week continued the commitment to raising awareness among consumers of unsustainable fishing practices and its harmful implications with various activities ... -
Military to probe boat chase in WPS
(The Manila Times,April 10, 2021 , on page A1-A8)The Department of National Defense (DND) on Friday said it would order the Armed Forces of the Philippines to investigate the incident Thursday in the West Philippine Sea where the boat chartered by an ABS-CBN news crew ... -
More fisheries mgmt areas seen key to cutting imports
(The Manila Times,September 29, 2018 , on page B2)The country will no longer need to import fish if the government declares more Fisheries Management Areas (FMA), as doing so will ensure sustained productivity and enough supply for the market, an environment lawyer said. ... -
Most Filipinos want sea claims asserted
(The Manila Times,July 13, 2018 , on page A1-A2)A significant majority of Filipinos believe that the Duterte administration should assert Philippine sovereignty over the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea) based on a 2016 international arbitration ruling, according ... -
Most Pinoys want govt to regain control of WPS
(The Manila Times,July 12, 2019 , on page A1-A8)About 93 percent of Filipinos want the Philippines to regain control of the West Philippine Sea (WPS or South China Sea), including the islands being occupied by China, according to the latest survey conducted by the Social ... -
No treason in oil and gas MoU with China
(The Manila Times,November 28, 2018 , on page A4)Useless hyperventilation is the only way to describe the outlandish overreaction of anti-Duterte quarters to the recent signing of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on “oil and gas development” between Manila and Beijing ... -
Obama heads to oil spill disaster zone
(The Manila Times,June 14, 2010 , on page B3)US and British leaders sought to ease tensions amid sharpened rhetoric over the expanding oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, as President Barack Obama readied to take matters into his own hands. As political pressure mounts ... -
Oceana urges temporary fishing ban for tawilis
(The Manila Times,February 1, 2019 , on page B5)Environment advocate Oceana Philippines has called on government agencies to implement a temporary fishing ban on tawilis (Sardinella Tawilis), to allow the only freshwater sardine in Taal Lake to repopulate. The group ... -
Oil spills, units and scale
(The Manila Times,July 8, 2010 , on page A4)I started the day by reading through a news report off Internet about the size and scale of the oil spill by a British Petroleum leased-rig named Deep-water Horizon off the coast of Louisiana in the Gulf of Mexico. In that ... -
On the growing clamor for UN to implement arbitral ruling on PH vs China case
(The Manila Times,June 14, 2020 , on page A6)More and more of the world realize the importance and relevance to themselves of the 2016 Permanent Court of arbitration arbitral ruling on the case that the Philippines brought against China. The Philippines may no longer ... -
P3-B fish-cage program exclusive, risky - group
(The Manila Times,June 10, 2019 , on page B2)The P3-billion fish-cage installment program of the Department of Agriculture (DA) may benefit only the big-fish corporations and endanger the marine and aquatic environment, the Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ... -
P334 billion needed for biodiversity conservation
(The Manila Times,December 22, 2015 , on page B8)The Philippines is one of 17 mega diverse countries, harboring more diversity of life per hectare than any other country in the world. Yet encroachment in forested areas, pollution, over fishing and poor land management ... -
Pag-asa Island’s beaching ramp opens
(The Manila Times,June 10, 2020 , on page A3)The government has finally finished the construction of the beaching ramp in Pag-asa (Thitu) Island, which security officials deemed vital for the repair of the island’s Rancudo Airfield. The government has finally finished ... -
Palace firm despite new China regulation 'Filipinos can fish in Panatag'
(The Manila Times,August 4, 2016 , on page A1-A8)Amid China's threat to penalize foreign fishermen in what it claims is its territory, Malacañang said that Filipino fishermen can go to Panatag (Scarborough) Shoal, but with “caution.” Speaking to reporters, presidential ... -
Palace takes over all reclamation projects in the country
(The Manila Times,January 5, 2019 , on page A4)The Office of the President (OP) now has direct control and supervision over the Philippine Reclamation Authority (PRA), which has jurisdiction over 43 reclamation projects in Manila Bay alone. One reclamation project has ... -
Palace to Carpio: Can you read China's mind?
(The Manila Times,September 27, 2019 , on page A2)Malacañang on Thursday dismissed as "speculations" the claim of Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio that China will try to reclaim Panatag (Scarborough) Shoal before President Rodrigo Duterte's term ends ... -
Palace to China on PH Island: ‘Get away from Kota’
(The Manila Times,April 11, 2019 , on page A1-A2)The Philippines has heightened its rhetoric against China, with Malacañang calling on Chinese vessels supposedly seen near the Philippine-owned Kota (Loaita) Island to “go away.” In a news briefing on Wednesday, Palace ...