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    • 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 ...
    • Mega-ship in Suez Canal moved '80%' 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (The Manila Times, March 30, 2021, on page B4)
      The enormous container ship blocking the Suez Canal for almost a week has been turned 80 percent in the right direction, officials said Monday, raising hopes the vital trade route could soon be clear. But its owner said ...
    • Red sea reefs offer last refuge for corals 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (The Manila Times, October 11, 2022, on page A6)
      Beneath the waters off Egypt’s Red Sea coast a kaleidoscopic ecosystem teems with life that could become the world’s “last coral refuge” as global heating eradicates reefs elsewhere, researchers say. Most shallow water ...
    • UN sounds alarm on lethal tilapia virus 

      IPS (The Manila Times, June 2, 2017, on page B5)
      A highly contagious disease is spreading among farmed and wild tilapia, one of the world’s most important fish for human consumption, the United Nations warns, adding that though not a human health risk, Tilapia Lake Virus ...