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    • Muntinlupa slows down Laguna de Bay pollution with bokashi 

      (The Manila Times, January 27, 2023, on page B10)
      Muntinlupa City is now using Japanese-proven technology in its latest attempt to improve the overall quality of Laguna de Bay. The city's Lake Management Office (LMO) in partnership with the Rotary Club of Muntinlupa City ...

    • 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 ...

    • Two-thirds of reef sharks, rays risk extinction 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (The Manila Times, January 19, 2023, on page A3)
      Nearly two thirds of the sharks and rays that live among the world's corals are threatened with extinction, according to new research published Tuesday, with a warning this could further imperil precious reefs. Coral reefs, ...

    • Teeming with prosperous farmers and fishers 

      (The Manila Times, January 19, 2023, on page B5)
      There will come a time when local or local government chiefs (LGCs) — from governors to the mayors or even the barangay (village) chiefs — will also become the prime movers in making localities teeming with prosperous ...

    • PH fishers' harassment at Ayungin Shoal probed 

      Baroña, Franco Jose (The Manila Times, January 22, 2023, on page A1)
      The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said on Saturday that it is currently investigating a recent incident of harassment at Ayungin Shoal (Second Thomas Shoal) in the West Philippine Sea involving a Filipino fishing boat and ...

    • 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 ...

    • FAO, BFAR launch campaign vs tilapia lake virus 

      Hernandez, Jerry (The Manila Times, January 25, 2023, on page A8)
      To mitigate the threats posed by the tilapia lake virus (TiLV) to the fishery industry, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) are gathering tilapia farmers and ...

    • 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 ...

    • More funds for PCG to boost WPS protection 

      Baroña, Franco Jose (The Manila Times, October 3, 2023, on page A2)
      The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) on Monday said that its share of the realigned confidential funds requested by the Office of the Vice President (OVP) and the Department of Education (DepEd) would "go a long way" in its ...

    • Bulacan fisherfolk get fuel subsidies 

      Silverio, Frederick (The Manila Times, November 18, 2023, on page A8)
      A total of 151 Bulacan fisherfolk received fuel subsidy cards from the Department of Agriculture-Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (DA-BFAR) in Region 3 (Central Luzon) on Friday morning, November 17. The distribution ...

    • Natl Museum confirms new species of fish in PH 

      (The Manila Times, September 17, 2023, on page A9)
      The National Museum of the Philippines has verified a publication about a new species of fish that was discovered by four researchers in the country. On a Facebook post on Saturday, the National Museum introduced the ...

    • Beach dolphin in Pangasinan sent back to sea 

      Cardinoza, Gabriel (The Manila Times, September 23, 2023, on page A7)
      Members of the local Bantay Dagat here released a Fraser’s dolphin to the open sea after it beached on the shore of Barangay Libsong East here on Friday. The dolphin, which is about one meter long, was first seen swimming ...

    • Pangasinan to open salt farms for tourists 

      Cardinoza, Gabriel (The Manila Times, September 21, 2023, on page A7)
      This town's tourism office is now preparing a tour package, including a visit to a salt farm. Guendolin Bustamante, head of this town's tourism and cultural office, said her office is now drafting a memorandum of agreement ...

    • Pangasinan fishermen avoid Scarborough Shoal 

      Cardinoza, Gabriel (The Manila Times, October 1, 2023, on page A7)
      Most fishermen from the coastal village of Cato no longer fish in the Scarborough Shoal in the West Philippine Sea (WPS), according to village chief Napoleon Domalanta. "In fact, there is only one boat now that goes there ...

    • Red Sea corals threatened by mystery sea urchin deaths 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (The Manila Times, September 25, 2023, on page A4)
      The Red Sea's spectacular coral reefs face a new threat, marine biologists warn — the mass death of sea urchins that may be caused by a mystery disease. Because the long-spined creatures feed on algae that can suffocate ...

    • Collaboration eyed to revive PH salt industry 

      Miguel, Janine Alexis (The Manila Times, November 3, 2023, on page B3)
      The Philippine Chamber for Agriculture and Fisheries (PCAF) urged all stakeholders and government agencies to work together to revive the local salt industry in light of the continuous decline in local salt production. ...

    • Experts: PH should assert position on WPS 

      Calalo, Arlie (The Manila Times, August 25, 2022, on page A3)
      Security experts said on Wednesday that the Philippine government must formulate a national strategy asserting the country's position on the West Philippine Sea (WPS). "This national strategy is so important for us to ...

    • Whale strikes boat off Australian coast, man killed 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (The Manila Times, October 1, 2023, on page B5)
      A man was killed and another was injured after a whale struck a boat off the coast of eastern Australia on Saturday, police said. The two men were thrown from the boat when it was hit at about 6 a.m. in the waters off La ...

    • 'Nations should adopt Unclos' 

      Tamayo, Bernadette (The Manila Times, November 1, 2023, on page A1)
      The position of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) when it comes to addressing the South China Sea conflict is "crystal clear" — all nations should adopt and implement the 1982 United Nations Convention on ...

    • Filipino fisherman chased by China Coast Guard 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (The Manila Times, September 25, 2023, on page A1)
      Filipino fisherman Arnel Satam guns the motor of his tiny wooden boat as he makes a dash for the shallow waters of Scarborough Shoal in the disputed South China Sea, with Chinese coast guard speedboats in hot pursuit. In ...