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    • Victorias fisherfolk looks forward to eco-tourism 

      (The Manila Times, September 7, 2021, on page B12)
      Fisherfolk from the coastal barangay of Pasil in Victorias City, Negros Occidental, are hoping to benefit from the growing popularity of Eco-tourism with two native cottages they are building in an extensive area of mangrove ...

    • Vietnam accuses China of sea encroachment 

      Global Times (The Manila Times, September 20, 2019, on page B12)
      Vietnam has accused Beijing of direct encroachment on the disputed Nansha Islands at the South China Sea due to its frequent guarding in the guise of conducting marine reserves research. But China’s Foreign Mi­nistry ...

    • Vietnam could be more serious threat to us in the South China Sea dispute 

      Tiglao, Rigoberto (The Manila Times, August 14, 2017, on page A4)
      Vietnam rocked what would have been the normally uneventful meeting of Asean foreign ministers last week by unexpectedly asking the body to include in its communique its concern over “island building and militarization” ...

    • Vietnam, Beijing set up fishery hotline 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (The Manila Times, June 21, 2013, on page B7)
      China and Vietnam have agreed to set up a hotline to resolve disputes in the South China Sea, where clashes between fishermen have stoked tensions between the countries, state media reported on Thursday. The agreement was ...

    • Vietnam: Proof that "arbitral victory" is a colossal sham (First of 2 parts) 

      Tiglao, Rigoberto D. (The Manila Times, July 12, 2021, on page A1-A12)
      There is incontrovertible proof that what the Yellows claim as the country's "victory" in the compulsory arbitration the Aquino regime brought against China in 2013 is fraudulent: Vietnam claims the Spratlys (Truong Sa to ...

    • Vietnamese fisheman killed in SCS clash 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (The Manila Times, August 18, 2020, on page B7)
      The Malaysian coast guard shot dead a Vietnamese fisherman whose boat tried to ram a patrol vessel in the South China Sea, an official said on Monday. The incident took place inside Malaysian waters, where local fisherman ...

    • Violation of the Philippine Clean Water Act 

      Acosta, Persida (The Manila Times, October 26, 2018, on page A3)
      Disposing sewerage waste to any body of water is a violation of Section 27 (a) of Republic Act (RA) 9275, otherwise known as the “Philippine Clean Water Act of 2004”: “Prohibited Acts. – The following acts are hereby ...

    • Visayas provinces ink deal to preserve seas 

      (The Manila Times, July 28, 2017, on page B7)
      Provinces bordering bodies of water in the Visayas region recently signed a Covenant of Commitment and Cooperation for the conservation, protection, and restoration of the Visayan Sea during the 9th Visayan Sea Summit at ...

    • A voice for our turtles 

      Mejia, Gab (The Manila Times, July 9, 2021, on page A5)
      For many, the long northern coast of La Union is undeniably known for its stoke-inducing swells and red vivid sunsets - a beach full of life, parties and surf, bringing in visitors from all over the country and beyond. Yet ...

    • VP, senators oppose joint probe of Recto ramming 

      Jalea, Glee; Tamayo, Bernadette E. (The Manila Times, June 24, 2019, on page A2)
      ice President Maria Leonor Robredo, along with Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon and Senators Panfilo Lacson and Francis Pangilinan, has opposed a joint inquiry with China into the Recto (Reed) Bank incident in the ...

    • Waders in the Philippines: A world-wide quest continues 

      Haribon Foundation (The Manila Times, December 1, 2015, on page B8)
      Half a million migratory birds including 64 globally-threatened species travel through the Philippines every year from late September up to early April, most of them coming from as far as north of China, Russia, and the ...

    • Wang Yi: Safeguard stability and jointly overcome the challenges in SCS 

      (The Manila Times, September 8, 2020, on page A5)
      On Sept. 2, 2020, China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the National Institute for South China Sea Studies jointly held the 1.5 track virtual international symposium themed “The South China Sea: From the Perspective of ...

    • Warmer oceans causing commercial fish shortage 

      Xinhua News Agency (The Manila Times, January 11, 2018, on page B5)
      Climate change is driving a collapse of the marine food chain, an Australian study published by the University of Adelaide on Wednesday has found. The study found that rising ocean temperatures was reducing the flow of ...

    • Waste management: Saving the Philippine islands, tourism and the environment 

      Palafox, Felino A. Jr. (The Manila Times, March 8, 2018, on page A5)
      What if waste management is integrated into the Philippine tourism economy? With the amount of waste that the country is generating, this industry if a goldmine opportunity. Imagine if the government and a handful of ...

    • Water cube seen as green solution 

      Gomez, Eireene Jairee (The Manila Times, February 5, 2022, on page B5)
      All Certified Equipment Trading Corp. (ACETC) is confident that its Water Cube will gain wider acceptance in the Philippines once the company finishes the testing of the product for storing water and harvesting rain water. ...

    • Waves for Water PH deploys over 4,000 water filtration systems 

      (The Manila Times, February 25, 2022, on page B11)
      Typhoon "Odette" (International Name "Rai") entered the Philippine Area of Responsibility on Dec. 14, 2021 and shortly intensified into a category 5 super typhoon across the Visayas and Mindanao. In just 28 hours, Odette ...

    • We help Protect the Environment 

      (The Manila Times, September 4, 2018, on page G4)
      Mangrove forests have extreme importance to the environment and mankind. They gave protection against tsunamis and hurricanes, and serve as home to a large variety of fish, crab, shrimp and other aquatic species. Despite ...

    • West PH Sea critical to US security 

      Sy Egco, Joel (The Manila Times, May 28, 2015, on page A1-A8)
      The situation in the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea) is critical to the national security interest of the United States, the White House has said. “The President [Barack Obama] has often talked about how critically ...

    • West Philippine sea in rough waters – WWF 

      (The Manila Times, May 19, 2015, on page B8)
      The dredging of coral reefs to build artificial islands in the West Philippine Sea has alarmed conservation group World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF). In April 2013, poaching vessel F/V Min Long Yu destroyed 3,902 square ...

    • 'West Philippine Sea' appellation: Aquino's brainwashing trick, and a curse 

      Tiglao, Rigoberto D. (The Manila Times, June 9, 2021, on page A1-A5)
      Disregarding international conventions and practice, President Benigno Aquino 3rd in 2012, on his own, renamed as the "West Philippine Sea" a segment of the South China Sea. It is a term that would hobble our efforts to ...