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    • 'Cold-shocked' alligator captured in NY park 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (The Manila Times, February 22, 2023, on page B9)
      A “very lethargic” alligator was captured in a New York park, city officials said on Monday, probably released by its owner far away from the species’ warmer habitat in the southeastern United States. The reptile was spotted ...

    • WTO starts 2nd wave of fishing subsidy talks 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (The Manila Times, February 22, 2023, on page B4)
      The World Trade Organization (WTO) set sail on Monday on a "second wave" of negotiations on fisheries subsidies, the new head of the talks announced, after months stuck on the rocks. The second stage is a follow-up to the ...

    • UN ocean treaty talks resume to save biodiversity 

      Associated Press (AP) (The Manila Times, February 21, 2023, on page A3)
      United Nations members gather Monday in New York to resume efforts to forge a long-awaited and elusive treaty to safeguard the world's marine biodiversity. Nearly two-thirds of the ocean lies outside national boundaries ...

    • Dozens dead in migrant boat wreck 

      Associated Press (AP) (The Manila Times, February 28, 2023, on page B8)
      A wooden boat crowded with migrants smashed into rocky reefs and broke apart off the Italian coast before dawn on Sunday, authorities said. Rescuers recovered nearly 60 bodies, and dozens more people were missing in the ...

    • Fisherfolk get fresh capital for 'payao' 

      Datu, Mahatma Randy (The Manila Times, February 13, 2023, on page A8)
      More help has arrived for fishermen from Masinloc, Zambales, who lost their livelihood when a Hong Kong-based cargo ship hit their fish aggregating device or payao in the open sea in January. Zambales Second District Rep. ...

    • Pasig River cleanup progressing - SMC 

      Salting, Ed Paolo (The Manila Times, February 1, 2023, on page B3)
      San Miguel Corp. (SMC) expects its P2-billion Pasig River cleanup project to cross the one million metric ton (MMT) threshold in terms of silt and solid wastes removed this month. The firm said its dredging teams were ...

    • Health expert rejects proposal to repeal salt law 

      Mendoza, Red (The Manila Times, February 1, 2023, on page A2)
      An endocrinologist and expert in nuclear medicine has called a proposal to repeal the law requiring the iodization of salt a "preposterous" idea. National coordinator for the Iodine Global Network Dr. Teofilo San Luis' ...

    • Cleanup drive held in Subic Bay 

      Silverio, Frederick (The Manila Times, February 12, 2023, on page A7)
      Media groups based in Zambales, Olongapo and Bulacan and various stakeholders joined hands in planting mangrove propagules and cleaning up the Binictican Mangrove area at the Subic Bay Freeport on Friday.

    • 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 ...

    • PCG assesses impact of oil spill 

      Baroña, Franco Jose (The Manila Times, February 11, 2023, on page A7)
      The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) is currently assessing the impact of an oil spill caused by a tugboat that submerged on Wednesday off Subukin Port in San Juan, Batangas. Initial shoreline assessment conducted by the PCG ...

    • Gov't urged to develop fisheries sector 

      Cariaso, Bella (The Manila Times, February 9, 2023, on page B2)
      Farmer's group Philippine Chamber of Agriculture and Food Inc. (PCAFI) President Danilo Fausto on Wednesday called on the Marcos administration to develop the country's aquaculture through the establishment of Aquaculture ...

    • PH to remove floating barrier 

      Baroña, Franco Jose; Tamayo, Bernadette (The Manila Times, September 26, 2023, on page A1)
      Philippine officials vowed Monday to remove a floating barrier placed by China's coast guard to prevent Filipino fishing boats from entering Bajo de Masinloc in the South China Sea. The officials all believe that the ...

    • PH bent on retaking Scarborough Shoal 

      Baroña, Franco Jose (The Manila Times, September 28, 2023, on page A1)
      The Philippines is committed to retaking Scarborough Shoal, locally known as Bajo de Masinloc, which China has occupied since 2012. "Since the new administration took office, we have already strategized how we can take ...

    • Mural painting tilt for WPS held 

      Tuyay, Francisco (The Manila Times, September 25, 2023, on page A10)
      Dozens of students in Palawan City expressed their patriotism and nationalism during a two-day mural painting competition of the West Philippine Sea (WPS) recently. At least thirteen groups of students from different schools ...

    • PH, China wrangle over shoal 'incursion' 

      Baroña, Franco Jose (The Manila Times, November 1, 2023, on page A1)
      China has accused the Philippines of trespassing in Bajo de Masinloc (Scarborough Shoal) in the West Philippine Sea on Monday "without the approval of the Chinese government." People's Liberation Army (PLA) Air Force Senior ...

    • PH-Australia WPS patrol successful 

      Tuyay, Francisco (The Manila Times, November 28, 2023, on page A2)
      Despite China "shadowing," the Philippine-Australia joint patrol in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) was a success, Armed Forces Chief of Staff Gen. Romeo Brawner Jr. said on Monday. While there was no direct confrontation, ...

    • DA eyes more PPPs for farms, fisheries 

      Miguel, Janine Alexis (The Manila Times, November 28, 2023, on page B2)
      The Department of Agriculture is eyeing more public-private partnership (PPP) projects to help boost the local agriculture and fisheries sector and move it toward industrialization. During the PPP forum conducted by the ...

    • NSC okays Christmas convoy in WPS 

      Baroña, Franco Jose (The Manila Times, November 29, 2023, on page A9)
      The National Security Council (NSC) gave the go-signal to the planned civilian-led Christmas Convoy to the West Philippine Sea with the agreement that participating vessels would not proceed to the BRP Sierra Madre in ...

    • 13.8MT of imported fish arrive 

      Cariaso, Bella (The Manila Times, January 27, 2023, on page A10)
      The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) on Thursday said 13,857 metric tons (MT) of imported fish have arrived in the country as the fishing ban in Palawan will end on Jan. 31, 2023. The Department of Agriculture ...

    • BARMM distributes P21-M agri-fishery aid 

      Sumangil, Franz R. (The Manila Times, January 26, 2023, on page A10)
      The Bangsamoro Agriculture Office distributed over P21 million in agri-fishery inputs and equipment to farmers' cooperatives last Sunday, including loans and certificates of land ownership award (CLOAs). As part of the 4th ...