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    • PH stamps sovereignty over West PH Sea islands 

      Baroña, Franco Jose; Maghanay, Christian Crow; Cueto, Francis Earl (The Manila Times, May 21, 2022, on page A2)
      The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) continues to expand the country's maritime domain awareness in the West Philippine Sea (WPS), this time by establishing command observation posts (COPs) on Likas Island, Lawak Island and ...

    • US to name warship after Filipino sailor hero 

      Ismael, Javier Joe; Cueto, Francis Earl (The Manila Times, May 21, 2022, on page A1)
      The United States Navy will name one of its future destroyers after a Filipino sailor who rescued two fellow crewmen when their ship caught fire more than a century ago. In a tweet Thursday, US Secretary of the Navy Carlos ...

    • GenSan fishers reeling from oil price increases 

      Sumangil, Franz (The Manila Times, June 10, 2022, on page A7)
      A group of 300 fisherfolk in General Santos City has appealed to the government to help them through subsidies amid increases in oil prices. Ruel Libawan, a member of the Minanga Buayan Fishermen Association, on Monday ...

    • Fishers rally against black sand mining 

      Domingo, Leander C. (The Manila Times, April 24, 2022, on page A7)
      Some 1,700 fisherfolk from a dozen barangay in this town marched on Friday to protest against black sand mining operations which they claim are taking place in the guise of river dredging. Diana Moraleda, San Pedro Telmo ...

    • High seas treaty on allocating fish across jurisdiction 

      Tolentino, Amado Jr (The Manila Times, June 11, 2022, on page A4)
      On Dec. 24, 2017, the UN General Assembly voted to convene a multi-year process to develop a treaty on the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity, now referred to as the Treaty on Biodiversity in ...

    • Beach fest revived as marine biodiversity effort 

      (The Manila Times, June 2, 2022, on page C2)
      Volunteer scuba divers from the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) and local government units in Sarangani Province lead the underwater collection of the crown of thorns (COTs), which preys on the coral ...

    • PH, SKorea in talks to boost fishery exports 

      Gomez, Eireene Jairee (The Manila Times, June 2, 2022, on page B6)
      The Department of Agriculture (DA) and its South Korean counterpart have forged a partnership for the increased exports of Filipino seafood and fisheries products while ensuring food safety for the Korean consumers. In a ...

    • Celebrate World Turtle Day 

      (The Manila Times, May 29, 2022, on page B5)
      Central to Banwa Private Island's ethos is to support, nurture and protect the island's delicate ecosystem and the rich array of flora and fauna it provides habitat for. One of the programs through its environmental arm, ...

    • Employee volunteers hold underwater, seaside clean-up in Batangas 

      Romanillos, Shennah (The Manila Times, June 12, 2022, on page C3)
      Plastic pollution remains one of the biggest environmental problems in the world. The excessive accumulation of plastic has negatively impacted animals and humans alike. It has also polluted the oceans which sustains ...

    • 'Ferry may have combustible cargo' 

      Baroña, Franco Jose (The Manila Times, May 29, 2022, on page A7)
      The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) is looking into the possibility that the ferry ship Mercarft 2, which caught fire off the coast of Real, Quezon on Monday that resulted in the death of seven persons, was carrying undeclared ...

    • Seized Indonesian fishermen released 

      Jacinto, Al (The Manila Times, April 29, 2022, on page A9)
      Three Indonesian fishermen who were reported kidnapped off Sabah near the southern Philippine border province of Tawi-Tawi have been freed, reports said on Thursday. The trio was reportedly taken by gunmen on April 24 off ...

    • Protect marine resources - Gibo 

      Maralit, Kristina (The Manila Times, February 18, 2022, on page A9)
      Former Defense secretary and Senate candidate Gilbert "Gibo" Teodoro emphasized the role of "blue economy" or the use of marine resources for economic development to achieve food security. The former congressman from Tarlac ...

    • Antique's underwater beauty preems on Discovery Channel 

      Alpad, Christina (The Manila Times, March 23, 2022, on page C8)
      Antique may not be the first province that comes to mind when one thinks of Western Visayas. With the world-famous Boracay Island in Aklan, culinary hotspot Iloilo and the Mango Capital of the Philippines, Guimaras, among ...

    • US destroyer inflames South China Sea row 

      (The Manila Times, July 14, 2022, on page B8)
      The United States Navy on Wednesday sailed a destroyer close to China-controlled islands in the South China Sea in what Washington said was a patrol aimed at asserting freedom of navigation through the strategic seaway. ...

    • Climate body leads coastal clean-up 

      Maralit, Kristina (The Manila Times, July 15, 2022, on page A8)
      The Climate Change Commission (CCC) recently led a coastal cleanup in Agno, Pangasinan, as part of its compliance with a directive from President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. to remove the country from the list of ...

    • US trains PH partners in underwater law enforcement 

      (The Manila Times, July 11, 2022, on page C4)
      The United States government, through the US Agency for International Development (USAid), recently trained Philippine government partners in coral reef crime scene investigation and law enforcement. Under USAid's Sustainable ...

    • Meralco joins inter-agency cleanup drive along Pasig River 

      (The Manila Times, July 13, 2022, on page B13)
      To commemorate the International Day of Biological Diversity, the Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) recently participated in a special inter-agency clean-up activity in Estero de Provisor organized by the Department of Environment ...

    • Russia abandons Snake Island 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (The Manila Times, July 2, 2022, on page B9)
      Russian troops have abandoned their positions on a captured Ukrainian island, a major setback to their invasion effort that weakens their blockade of Ukraine's ports, defense officials said on Thursday. The news from the ...

    • Lawmaker eyes offshore wind farms in West PH Sea 

      Philippine News Agency (PNA) (The Manila Times, June 20, 2022, on page A6)
      A lawmaker on Sunday urged the incoming administration of President-elect Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. to ask Norway to develop the West Philippine Sea (WPS) as a source of clean and renewable offshore wind energy. In ...

    • Department Administrative Order No. 17, Guidelines for the establishment, operation and maintenance of fishery post-harvest infrastructure facility and machinery 

      Department of Agriculture (The Manila Times, July 13, 2022, on page A4)
      Whereas, Section 59 of Republic Act No. 8550 as amended by R.A. No. 10654 also known as “The Amended Fisheries Code" mandates the Local Government Units (LGUs} to coordinate with the private sector and other concerned ...