Browsing The Manila Times by Subject "disasters"
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Antarctica ice to double sea rise - study
(The Manila Times,April 1, 2016 , on page A8)Melting ice from Antarctica could raise oceans by a meter before 2100 at current rates of greenhouse gas emissions, doubling previous forecasts for sea level rise, according to a study released Wednesday (Thursday in ... -
Aquino grants fishing boats to fishermen
(The Manila Times,February 26, 2014 , on page A6)President Benigno Aquino 3rd led the awarding of newly built fishing boats to fisherfolk in coastal communities affected by the onslaught of Super Typhoon Yolanda. During the 28th anniversary of EDSA People Power in Visayas, ... -
Boracay placed under state of calamity
(The Manila Times,April 27, 2018 , on page A1-A8)President Rodrigo Duterte officially placed three villages of the famed Boracay Island under a “state of calamity” and declared the resort destination closed to tourists for a six-month rehabilitation and clean up starting ... -
Confronting the new climate reality in Asia and the Pacific
(The Manila Times,September 24, 2019 , on page A7-A8)In less than 10 days world leaders will be gathering at the United Nations in New York for the Climate Action Summit. Their goal is simple, to increase ambition and accelerate action in the face of a mounting climate ... -
Japan gives P337M to Filipino farmers, fisherfolk
(The Manila Times,September 5, 2022 , on page B11)The government of Japan has donated P337.5 million to support new initiatives by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), and the World Food Program (WFP) for farmers and fisherfolk affected by Typhoon ... -
Mangroves, reefs reduce loses from disasters – UN
(The Manila Times,June 24, 2019 , on page A4)The Philippines was able to save more than $1 billion in losses because of its natural systems, according to a World Bank report. In its Lifelines: The Resilient Infrastructure Opportunity report released last week, the ... -
Marine Protected Area to be established Infanta
(The Manila Times,June 21, 2018 , on page B5)The local government of Infanta, Quezon, has commenced in setting up a Marine Protected Area (MPA). in Barangay Dinahican, a location that impacts the safety and survival of coastal communities in Infanta, especially during ... -
Obama heads to oil spill disaster zone
(The Manila Times,June 14, 2010 , on page B3)US and British leaders sought to ease tensions amid sharpened rhetoric over the expanding oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, as President Barack Obama readied to take matters into his own hands. As political pressure mounts ... -
Oil spills, units and scale
(The Manila Times,July 8, 2010 , on page A4)I started the day by reading through a news report off Internet about the size and scale of the oil spill by a British Petroleum leased-rig named Deep-water Horizon off the coast of Louisiana in the Gulf of Mexico. In that ... -
PH doing badly vs climate change
(The Manila Times,May 18, 2018 , on page B7)I recently got hold of two reports on the effects of climate change that made me feel a great sense of fear. Great fear, I would even say. The report entitled “Fragile Planet, Scoring climate risks around the world” from ... -
PH, UNDP implement program on climate change
(The Manila Times,March 8, 2016 , on page A2)The Philippines moved to take concrete action to tackle climate change through a new program that will ensure the integration of disaster risk reduction and sustainable development in development plans and programs of the ... -
‘Quinta’, ‘Rolly’ leave P5-B agri damage
(The Manila Times,November 5, 2020 , on page A5)Agricultural damage and losses caused by Typhoon “Quinta” (international name: “Molave”) and Super Typhoon “Rolly” (“Goni”) reached P4.56 billion, data from the Department of Agriculture (DA) showed. Total volume of ...