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    • Arroyo moved to save Boracay; Aquino made it a cesspool 

      Tiglao, Rigoberto (The Manila Times, April 4, 2018, on page A1-A6)
      After more than two years of study and on-the-ground investigation by various Cabinet members, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo made a bold move to prevent Boracay from further environmental degradation even if it would ...

    • Arroyo opposes joint exploration in West PH Sea 

      Panti, Llanesca T. (The Manila Times, April 21, 2014, on page A8)
      Pampanga Rep. Gloria Arroyo is not in favor of joint exploration in the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea) islands with China or other claimant countries. “I don’t know all the facts that are available to the current ...

    • Art and our oceans 

      Mejia, Gab (The Manila Times, October 4, 2019, on page A5)
      Different tides, but just one ocean - it is seen that art comes in different forms and works, but ultimately it will always be an important way for us to understand and transform the world in and around us. The artist Paul ...

    • Asean countries should unite on South China Sea-Alunan 

      Tamayo, Bernadette (The Manila Times, December 7, 2021, on page A1-A2)
      The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) should serve as a "fulcrum" and band together in preventing the United States and China to carry out their unilateral agenda in the South China Sea (SCS), former Interior ...

    • Asean declaration skirts China issue 

      Valente, Catherine S.; Antiporda, Jefferson (The Manila Times, April 27, 2017, on page A1-A2)
      Southeast Asian leaders are likely to avoid any official mention at their Manila summit this week of an arbitration ruling that had nullified China’s massive claims on the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea), according ...

    • Asean disunity heightens sea tension- experts 

      Delizo, Michael Joe T. (The Manila Times, August 9, 2016, on page A3)
      The lack of unity among members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) in stopping China’s continuing construction work in disputed waters is increasing the conflict in the already tense West Philippine Sea ...

    • Asean water security concerns: Focus on the Mekong River 

      Tolentino, Amado S. Jr. (The Manila Times, July 23, 2022, on page A4-A5)
      Conflicts over water are ancient. According to the US-based Pacific Institute which specializes in water policy, water conflict appears to have occurred for the first time 4,500 years ago when a king named Urlama diverted ...

    • Asian dust storms linked to algal blooms 

      Kritz, Ben (The Manila Times, January 5, 2017, on page B5)
      The seasonal occurrence of dust storms in East Asia can cause algal blooms in waters far from the Asian mainland, researchers in China have discovered. In a study published in the journal Atmospheric Environment, researchers ...

    • Asset rights in South China Sea 

      Reyes, Dempsey (The Manila Times, November 20, 2019, on page A2)
      United States Secretary of Defense Mark Esper has urged all nations, especially claimants to the hotly contested South China (West Philippine) Sea, to take a stand publicly by asserting their sovereign rights and to adopt ...

    • Assistance continues for affected Mindoro fisherfolk 

      Laurente, Ire Joe (The Manila Times, May 7, 2023, on page A8)
      After the identification of alternative fishing grounds for fishermen affected by the recent massive oil spill, the provincial government is continually formulating a recovery program, an agricultural official here said. ...

    • At last, the only rational policy for our disputes in the Spratlys: Fortify our islands and reefs there! 

      Tiglao, Rigoberto (The Manila Times, June 1, 2018, on page A1-A6)
      The opposition’s allegation that President Duterte has been kowtowing to China on our territorial disputes is unadulterated hogwash, so grossly ignorant of what sovereignty in the South China Sea entails. After four ...

    • ATI joins Coast Guard, stakeholders in bay cleanup 

      (The Manila Times, September 29, 2018, on page B12)
      Asian Terminals Inc. (ATI) recently teamed up with the Philippine Coast Guard Auxiliary, the city government of Manila, local schools and other maritime and business stakeholders in cleaning up the shores of Manila Bay in ...

    • Atienza backs joint sea deal with China 

      (The Manila Times, May 3, 2018, on page A2)
      Buhay party-list Rep. Lito Atienza threw his support behind President Rodrigo Duterte’s plan to jointly explore the South China Sea with China. “We fully support and appreciate President Duterte’s plan to forge a 60-40 ...

    • Atienza slams LLDA inaction over fishpens 

      (The Manila Times, January 13, 2017, on page A7)
      Buhay party-list Rep. Lito Atienza, also senior deputy minority leader, called the attention of President Rodrigo Duterte on the non-implementation of his order to dismantle all fishpens on Laguna de Bay in December last ...

    • Australia calls for de-escalation of tensions over SChina sea 

      Panti, Llanesca (The Manila Times, March 17, 2017, on page A1-A2)
      Canberra has expressed its opposition to the “militarization” of the disputed islands in the South China Sea, saying that provocative actions would hinder progress. Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop made the stance ...

    • Australia increases shark tagging after teen mauling 

      (The Manila Times, October 3, 2016, on page B4)
      The tagging and relocation of sharks off Australia's most populous state will be sharply increased to protect surfers ahead of a busy summer season, authorities said Sunday, after a teenager was mauled in a recent attack. ...

    • Australia will ignore China air defense zone 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (The Manila Times, June 2, 2015, on page A1-A8)
      Australian military aircraft will continue to fly over disputed waters in the South China Sea (West Philippine Sea), even if Beijing imposes an air defense identification zone (ADIZ), a top defense official said on Monday. ...

    • Australia, Indonesia mull joint South China Sea patrols 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (The Manila Times, November 2, 2016, on page A1-A2)
      Australia is considering joint patrols with Indonesia in the disputed South China Sea, Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said Tuesday, in a move set to irk Beijing. The possibility was raised by Jakarta during meetings between ...

    • Australian Embassy supports marine conservation in Mindoro 

      (The Manila Times, June 9, 2010, on page C4)
      The Australian Embassy, through its Direct Aid Program (DAP), has funded community group Kaunsayan Formation for Community Development (KAFCODE) to establish 200 artificial reef modules to help rehabilitate the marine ...

    • Authors launch book on coastal plants 

      Pendon, Lydia (The Manila Times, November 9, 2018, on page A6)
      Two authors and scientists will launch an environmental book Beach Forest Species and Mangrove Associates in the Philippines at the Camiña Balay nga Bato in Arevalo District in Friday of November 16, 2012, to graced by ...