Browsing The Manila Times by Title

Now showing items 21-40 of 1284

    • 200 Boracay firms fined 

      Gomez, Eirenee Jairee (The Manila Times, October 30, 2018, on page A3)
      The Pollution Adjudication Board of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) fined 219 business establishments in Boracay, collecting a total of P43 million for violation of environmental laws. The PAB ...

    • 200,000 sign online petition vs Kaliwa Dam 

      Cariaso, Bella (The Manila Times, February 21, 2023, on page A2)
      The online petition urging President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to stop the construction of Kaliwa Dam has so far gathered 200,000 signatures. Stop Kaliwa Dam project convenor and Save Sierra Madre Network Inc. Executive Director ...

    • $200-M WB funding eyed for fisheries 

      Gomez, Eireene Jairee (The Manila Times, June 2, 2020, on page B2)
      The Department of Agriculture (DA) is seeking World Bank funding for its $200-million Fisheries and Coastal Resiliency (FishCoRe) project that aims to improve the country’s fishery production. In a statement on Monday, ...

    • 22 govt execs to testify in LLDA rehab arbitration 

      Cordon, John Constantine G. (The Manila Times, February 18, 2014, on page A6)
      The Philippine government is gearing up for the arbitation of the P6-billion lawsuit that a Belgian company filed against the country before an international tribunal over the scrapped Laguna Lake Rehabilitation Project, ...

    • 23 crew men rescued from capsized boat 

      Jacinto, Al (The Manila Times, February 11, 2023, on page A7)
      A cargo ship capsized off Surigao del Norte province in southern Philippines on Friday and its 23 crew members were rescued by a passing boat, the Coast Guard reported. The Coast Guard, quoting Robert Espino, the captain ...

    • 26 killed in Bangladesh boat accident 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (The Manila Times, May 4, 2021, on page B5)
      At least 26 people were killed when a speedboat packed with passengers collided with a vessel transporting sand on Monday in the latest maritime disaster to hit Bangladesh. Police said the speedboat carrying about three ...

    • $3 B lost with destruction of mangrove areas 

      Philippine News and Features (PNF) (The Manila Times, September 13, 1993, on page A7)
      Vital mangrove areas in the Philippines have shrunk to less than one per cent of its area in 1920. The loss could be worth as much as $3 billion. The country was among 30 countries with the largest mangrove areas in the ...

    • 3 dead after smuggling boat capsizes off California 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (The Manila Times, May 4, 2021, on page B5)
      An overcrowded smuggling boat capsized Sunday off the California coast after crashing into the shoreline, killing three people and leaving 27 people hospitalized with a range of injuries, authorities said. The accident ...

    • 3 killed as boat capsizes off San Diego 

      Associated Press (AP) (The Manila Times, May 5, 2021, on page B9)
      A packed boat suspected of being used in a human smuggling operation capsized and broke apart in powerful surf along the rocky San Diego coast, killing three people and injuring more than two dozen others, authorities said.

    • 3 more states to do research in PH Rise 

      (The Manila Times, January 26, 2018, on page A1-A7)
      China is not the only country whose application to conduct research on the resource-rich Benham Rise the Philippines has approved, Malacañang said on Thursday. The government has also allowed the US, Japan and South Korea ...

    • 3-mth Palawan ban up vs galunggong fishing 

      Galvez, James (The Manila Times, November 3, 2015, on page A7)
      The government will implement a 3-month moratorium against fishing round scad (galunggong) in North Eastern Palawan starting mid-November in line with the government’s program for sustainable utilization and management of ...

    • 300,000 mangrove propagules for Negros 

      Philippine News Agency (PNA) (The Manila Times, October 12, 2017, on page B5)
      The Negros Oriental Chamber of Commerce and Industry Inc. (NOCCI) and its partners are targeting to plant at least 300,000 mangrove propagules next year as part of the massive forest restoration project in Negros. Dubbed ...

    • 31 LGUs sign petition banning single-use plastic 

      (The Manila Times, November 23, 2020, on page C5)
      A petition for a nationwide ban on the use of single-use plastic has been signed by 31 coastal local government units (LGUs). Faced with twin problems of massive flooding and uncontrollable material waste, LGUs in the ...

    • 38 Filipino sailors missing off Japan 

      Torib, Yashika F. (The Manila Times, September 4, 2020, on page A8)
      Thirty-eight Filipinos were among 43 seafarers who went missing when a cargo vessel sank off Japan during a typhoon on Tuesday night. One Filipino was rescued by Japan’s Coast Guard. Two Australians and two New Zealanders ...

    • 4 missing Pangasinan fishermen rescued 

      Cardinoza, Gabriel (The Manila Times, November 17, 2023, on page A7)
      The four fishermen from this town, who were earlier reported as missing, have been rescued by fellow fishermen in the waters off Candelaria town in Zambales province at around noon on Thursday, November 16, an official of ...

    • 400 million-year-old fish fossils found in China 

      Associated Press (AP) (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 ...

    • 41 river wardens deployed to aid in conserving 'Ludong' 

      Domingo, Leander C. (The Manila Times, July 19, 2018, on page A7)
      The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) deployed 41 newly trained river wardens to help conserve the “ludong” or Lobed river mullet during the closed season for catching the rare fish from October 1 to November ...

    • 43 Pinoy fishermen repatriated from Indonesia 

      Bauzon, Bernice Camille (The Manila Times, February 26, 2015, on page A3)
      Some 43 Filipino fishermen caught illegally fishing in Indonesian waters last year were repatriated this week from Jakarta, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) announced on Wednesday. The DFA coordinated with the ...

    • 44 Samal fisherfolk get motorized boats 

      Palo, Ruth (The Manila Times, January 25, 2023, on page A8)
      Forty-four fisherfolk from the Island Garden City of Samal each received a motorized boat from the provincial government of Davao del Norte and the Office of the Presidential Adviser on Peace, Reconciliation and Unity ...

    • 5 fishermen dead as bad weather lingers over Bicol 

      Barcia, Rhaydz (The Manila Times, January 20, 2023, on page A8)
      Bad weather has claimed the lives of five fishermen here, the Office of Civil Defense (OCD) said on Thursday.Gremil Naz, OCD regional spokesman, said two other fishermen were missing. He added that the fatalities were from ...