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    • Asean countries should unite on South China Sea-Alunan 

      Tamayo, Bernadette (The Manila Times, December 7, 2021, on page A1)
      The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) should serve as a "fulcrum" and band together in preventing the United States and China to carry out their unilateral agenda in the South China Sea (SCS), former Interior ...

    • Wetlands for healing of nature and human well-being 

      Tolentino, Amado Jr (The Manila Times, December 18, 2021, on page A4)
      Originally, wetlands (where water meets land), e.g., mangroves, rivers, lakes, estuaries, streams, meadows, mudflats, marshes, swamps, fishponds, rice paddies, etc. are known only for values and functions such as kidneys ...

    • Duterte: Chinese incursion 'abhorrent' 

      Maralit, Kristina; Tamayo, Bernadette; Cueto, Francis; Reyes, Dempsey (The Manila Times, November 23, 2021, on page A1)
      President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday said the government finds abhorrent the harassment of Filipino boats by Chinese coast guard ships in the Ayungin Shoal last week. Speaking at a regional summit with the Association of ...

    • BFAR provides livelihood support 

      Silverio, Frederick (The Manila Times, September 19, 2021, on page A8)
      In line with the celebration of the 58th Fish Conservation Week, the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) Regional Office 3 provided livelihood support to fish farmers in Central Luzon. According to BFAR Region ...

    • 2 fishermen rescued after 2 days at sea 

      Adiong, Eugene (The Manila Times, December 18, 2021, on page A7)
      Two fishermen who were reported missing on Tuesday were rescued by fellow fisherfolk off the waters of Linaon, Cauayan, Negros Occidental on Thursday, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) reported on Friday. The PCG said ...

    • Sea, land travel suspended due to typhoon 'Odette' 

      Gines, Ben Jr (The Manila Times, December 16, 2021, on page A8)
      Sea and land travel have been ordered suspended in the areas expected to be hit by typhoon "Odette", advisories released by the Department of Transportation said yesterday. As of midday Wednesday, severe tropical storm ...

    • Blowback: China's artificial islands 

      Tiglao, Rigoberto (The Manila Times, December 24, 2021, on page A1)
      The highly respected retired UP professor Clarita Carlos in her Facebook account expressed outrage over the transformation from 2013 to 2015 of the seven reefs in the Spratlys that China has occupied since 1988, into ...

    • Aquino 3rd arbitration suit induced Chinese moves on Ayungin Shoal 

      Tiglao, Rigoberto (The Manila Times, November 22, 2021, on page A1)
      It is the unexpected ruling in 2016 on the Aquino 3rd regime's arbitration suit against China that continues to encourage the Chinese to block Philippine boats from sending supplies to military personnel in Ayungin Shoal, ...

    • DA takes stronger stance vs illegal fishing 

      Gomez, Eireene Jairee (The Manila Times, August 31, 2021, on page B3)
      The Department of Agriculture's Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (DA-BFAR) on Friday reiterated its commitment to deter and eliminate illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing activities in the country's ...

    • SMC plants 3.5 M trees, mangroves report 90% survival rate 

      (The Manila Times, November 3, 2021, on page B8)
      As part of its corporate-wide initiative to help rehabilitate and manage degraded forest lands and improve livelihoods of forest-dependent rural communities, San Miguel Corp. (SMC) reported it has planted 3.5 million trees ...

    • Lacson backs joint ventures with China 

      Tamayo, Bernadette E.; Ismael, Javier (The Manila Times, November 1, 2021, on page A1)
      Sen. Panfilo "Ping" Lacson said he is open to Manila entering a joint venture agreement with Beijing in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) so long as China follows the 60-40 provision in the Philippine Constitution. Lacson, who ...

    • Group to DA: Stop plan to import fish 

      Gomez, Eireene Jairee (The Manila Times, January 6, 2022, on page B5)
      A fishers group called on the department of Agriculture (DA) to scrap its plan to import fish and instead push for quick and concrete rehabilitation of the livelihood of affected local fisherfolk whose fishing gears and ...

    • BFAR lifts sardine fishing ban in Visayan Sea 

      Gomez, Eireene Jairee (The Manila Times, February 18, 2021, on page A7)
      The Department of Agriculture’s Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (DA-BFAR) has lifted the three-month fishing ban in the Visayan Sea effective Tuesday. Under the Fisheries Administrative Order 167-3, series of ...

    • BRP Sierra Madre to stay in Ayungin-AFP 

      Cueto, Francis Earl (The Manila Times, December 7, 2021, on page A9)
      The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) said that the BRP Sierra Madre (LT-57) in Ayungin Shoal in the West Philippine Sea (WPS), will remain, despite calls by Beijing to have it removed. We are not moving LT-57 or the ...

    • DoST initiates floating fish cage farming 

      Nasiad, Frederick (The Manila Times, August 31, 2021, on page A8)
      The Department of Science and Technology in Region 3 (Central Luzon) promised to provide floating fish cages to members of the Conversion Vegetable and Corn Growers Association and fisherfolk of Barangay Conversion in ...

    • 10 drown in China boat sinking 

      Associated Press (AP) (The Manila Times, September 21, 2021, on page B6)
      A boat that capsized on a river in southwest China has left at least 10 people dead with another five still missing, according to state media on Sunday. CCTV said the ship overtuned shortly after it departed on Saturday ...

    • Victorias fisherfolk looks forward to eco-tourism 

      (The Manila Times, September 7, 2021, on page B12)
      Fisherfolk from the coastal barangay of Pasil in Victorias City, Negros Occidental, are hoping to benefit from the growing popularity of Eco-tourism with two native cottages they are building in an extensive area of mangrove ...

    • SMC's Pasig, Tullahan River cleanup initiatives exceed targets 

      (The Manila Times, November 16, 2021, on page B9)
      SAN Miguel Corp. (SMC) reported that its river cleanup initiatives at the Pasig River and the Tullahan River, both major tributaries crucial to the rehabilitation of Manila Bay, have exceeded initial targets even as the ...

    • Dead sea sinkholes 'nature's revenge' 

      Agence France-Pressse (The Manila Times, November 4, 2021, on page B9)
      In the heyday of the Ein Gedi spa in the 1960s, holidaymakers could marinate in heated pools and then slip into the briny Dead Sea. Now, the same beach is punctured by craters. A spectacular expanse of water in the desert, ...

    • DA vows to boost fish production 

      Gomez, Eireene Jairee (The Manila Times, January 22, 2022, on page B2)
      The Department of Agriculture (DA) said that the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) will continue to provide production and production-related interventions and activities that will contribute to the government's ...