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Govt letting China survey Benham Rise 'capitulation'
The Duterte administration was accused on Tuesday by a lawmaker of accommodating the caprices of China in a reprise of what then-President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo did. “It can really be seen that [the government has] indeed ...
- January 17, 2018
Govt toughens protection of Tañon Strait
The Tañon Strait Protected Area Office is set to operationalize the enforcement plan for the Tañon Strait Protected Seascape, increasing seaborne patrol operations and speeding up the filing of cases against violators. ...
- January 26, 2017
New fishing boats, gears bring better income to fisherfolks in Quezon
The coastal communities in the Quezon province are gifted with rich natural resources, both in land and sea. It is a major coconut producer and fishing thrives in Tayabas Bay. Despite these advantages, the province still ...
- May 20, 2019
Why we should care about vulnerable coastal communities
According to UN statistics, approximately 40 percent of the world’s population lives within 100 kilometers of the coast, and overall the world’s coastal population is increasing faster than the total global population. At ...
- January 18, 2019
India backs Ph in China sea row
Manila seems to have found a major ally in India in its territorial dispute with China in the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea). In a roundtable interview with editors and staff of The Manila Times on Tuesday, Indian ...
- March 11, 2015
DENR closes 47 firms in Central Luzon
A total of 47 establishments has been closed down in Bulacan and Bataan since Friday for non-compliance with environmental laws and polluting the river system leading to the Manila Bay. Lormelyn Claudio, Region 3 Environmental ...
- January 29, 2019
US faces stiff China pushback in S. China Sea: experts
The US president and his team have made much of their desire to put Beijing in its place, including in the strategically vital waterway, which China claims almost entirely and where it has reclaimed — and fortified — ...
- January 26, 2017
Great barrier reef gets biggest coral re-seeding
Scientists have launched the largest-ever attempt to regenerate coral on the endangered Great Barrier Reef by harvesting millions of the creatures’ eggs and sperm during their annual spawning. The researchers said Wednesday ...
- November 29, 2018
Sustainable fisheries summit ends today
The strong implementation of a new fisheries law can finally restore the productivity of Philippine seas. To highlight and celebrate the amended Philippine Fisheries Code (Republic Act 10654), fisheries champions opened ...
- October 20, 2015
Farm damage from 2 storms hit P565M
The two tropical storms that soaked Metro Manila and the rest of Luzon damaged P565 million worth of crops, the Department of Agriculture (DA) said on Monday. The DA’s Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council (DRRMC) ...
- July 24, 2018