Browsing The Manila Times by Subject "Governments"

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    • Citizen’s group supports Manila Bay rehabilitation 

      Cariño, Conrad M. (The Manila Times, February 14, 2019, on page B5)
      The nationwide citizen’s movement Maypagasa has thrown its support for the “Battle of Manila Bay” led by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR). Maypagasa is a multi-sectoral group that advocates good ...

    • Climate change fund launched 

      Caraballo, Mayvelin U. (The Manila Times, October 22, 2015, on page B1-B2)
      Local government units and community organizations may soon access the P1-billion People’s Survival Fund (PSF) for climate change adaptation projects, the Department of Finance (DOF) announced on Wednesday. Created under ...

    • Court ends hearings on sea row 

      Valente, Catherine S. (The Manila Times, December 1, 2015, on page A3)
      The Philippine government is optimistic of getting a favorable ruling from the international tribunal currently deliberating on the complaint filed by the Philippines against China over disputed territories in the West ...

    • DA to call for fish imports before closed season 

      Gomez, Eireene Jairee (The Manila Times, August 13, 2018, on page B2)
      The Department of Agriculture (DA) is pushing for fish imports ahead of the closed fishing season from November to March to stabilize supply and domestic market prices. According to Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel F. Piñol, ...

    • Del Rosario lost Panatag to China 

      Tiglao, Rigoberto D. (The Manila Times, April 26, 2021, on page A1-A5)
      The gall of former foreign affairs secretary Albert del Rosario to even open his mouth on the Whitsun Reef brouhaha and to admonish the Duterte administration to do this or that in dealing with China. In an article prominently ...

    • DENR probe urged on El Nido reclamation 

      Gomez, Eireene Jairee (The Manila Times, June 13, 2020, on page A3)
      Palawan-based Environmental Legal Assistance Center (ELAC) urged the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) to conduct an investigation into the alleged use and occupation of untitled lands and ancestral ...

    • Department for fisheries proposed at Congress 

      Apanay, Ira Karen (The Manila Times, December 20, 2007, on page A3)
      Six members of the House of Representatives are sponsoring a bill that will create a department that will be responsible for developing and securing the country's fishery and aquatic resources. Rogelio Amatorio, a fisherfolk ...

    • ‘DFA should handle sea row’ 

      Tamayo, Bernadette E. (The Manila Times, May 31, 2019, on page A2)
      Sen. Loren Legarda on Thursday said she had decided not to conduct any public hearing on alleged Chinese incursions in the South China Sea (West Philippine Sea) because the “sensitive issue” must be handled by the Department ...

    • DFA twice denied China's bid to explore Benham Rise 

      Antiporda, Jefferson (The Manila Times, March 30, 2017, on page A1-A2)
      The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Wednesday bared it had rejected China’s request to conduct scientific research at Benham Rise twice and that the reported activity of Chinese survey ships in the area last year ...

    • Displaced fishermen seek UN assistance 

      (The Manila Times, June 26, 2015, on page A1-A8)
      A group asked the United Nations to stop Beijing from harassing them as they cast their nets around Panatag (Scarborough) Shoal, which the Chinese Coast Guard annexed in 2012, their lawyer said on Thursday. which has ...

    • The dolomite controversy 

      Stinus-Cabugon, Marit (The Manila Times, September 14, 2020, on page A5-A6)
      Suddenly, the word “dolomite” is on everyone’s lips because of the national government’s Manila Bay “beautification” project. When it became known that the crushed dolomite was from Cebu, Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia immediately ...

    • Duterte forms body to expedite Bay rehab 

      Valente, Catherine S. (The Manila Times, February 22, 2019, on page A3)
      President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered the creation of an inter-agency task force to speed up the rehabilitation of the Manila Bay. Administrative Order 16, signed by Duterte on February 19, takes effect immediately. “The ...

    • Duterte is wrong to call Carpio buang... or maybe not 

      Tiglao, Rigoberto D. (The Manila Times, June 28, 2019, on page A1-A5)
      President Duterte is wrong to call Supreme Court Justice Antonio Carpio buang, for criticizing his statement to allow Chinese fishermen access to “Philippine waters.” Buang means stupid — certainly a description that applies ...

    • Duterte won back PH sovereignty over West Philippine Sea 

      Peña Sy, Esteban G. (The Manila Times, April 11, 2017, on page A6)
      Duterte administration takes a low-key approach in fighting for our sovereignty. But in effect, Duterte has won back sovereignty for the Filipino people. Aquino and Del Rosario thought that by bringing the Americans and ...

    • Duterte won't summon Chinese envoy 

      Valente, Catherine S.; Ismael, Javier Joe; Reyes, Dempsey (The Manila Times, June 19, 2019, on page A1-A9)
      President Rodrigo Duterte is not inclined to ask Chinese Ambassador to the Philippines Zhao Jinhua to shed light on the sinking of a Filipino fishing boat in disputed waters, Malacañang said on Tuesday. Palace spokesman ...

    • Duterte: Boracay is government property 

      Tiglao, Rigoberto D. (The Manila Times, April 11, 2018, on page A1-A6)
      It is downright astonishing that not a single media outlet used that earthshaking announcement as its headline for what should have been a front-page news article. The mindset, it seems, is that it is too far-fetched that ...

    • Environmental degradation is Boracay's main problem 

      (The Manila Times, May 10, 2018, on page B6)
      Scientists and academicians gathered in Manila last month for a conference to map out a plan for Boracay's rehabilitation while tracing the resort island's woes to environmental degradation due to poor local governance.

    • Filipinos reject Duterte stance on sea dispute 

      Villanueva, Ralph U. (The Manila Times, November 21, 2018, on page A1-A8)
      An overwhelming majority of Filipinos reject the country’s policy of “doing nothing” against China’s intrusion in the South China Sea (West Philippine Sea), a survey by Social Weather Stations (SWS) found. The survey, ...

    • Fisherfolk now earn little from less catch-Oceana 

      Galvez, James Konstantin (The Manila Times, August 19, 2015, on page B2)
      Filipino fishermen are catching less and less from depleted oceans compared with previous decades as a result of overfishing, illegal activities, and going for juvenile catch. In the process, the fisherfolk are earning ...

    • Fisheries bureau eyes no more areas for adequate supply 

      Gomez, Eireene Jairee (The Manila Times, November 5, 2018, on page B2)
      BFAR National Director Eduardo Gongona told The Manila Times the agency had submitted its proposal to the National Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Management Council (NFARMC) designating 15 major fishing grounds as FMAs. ...