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Predator fish in sausages, dumplings
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,February 19, 2015 , on page A8)Knife fish sausage, anyone? The predator fish considered undesirable in Laguna de Bay will be processed into sausages and dumplings soon by a P600,000 facility in the lakeshore town of Pila in Laguna province in what is ... -
Prelate on Laguna Lake: It will die
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,August 5, 2016 , on page A7)In a gathering in this city last week, retired Manila Archbishop Gaudencio Cardinal Rosales said it is the duty of everyone to take care of the lake by not contributing to its death. “Time will come, that if Laguna Lake ... -
President Duterte's policies in the WPS
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,May 6, 2021 , on page A6)Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque praised President Duterte’s policies in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) as “careful, calibrated, and calculated.” In contrast, Roque assailed proposals from former foreign secretary ... -
President to visit ph rise launch research study
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,May 9, 2018 , on page A6)President Rodrigo Duterte will visit Benham Rise on May 15-16 to celebrate the first anniversary of his renaming the underwater land mass Philippine Rise. While at Philippine Rise, the President will also lead the launching ... -
Price of 'bangus' dips due to quarantine restrictions
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,September 6, 2020 , on page A10)The price of “bangus” (milkfish) in Pangasinan province has slightly gone down, and producers are blaming strict quarantine protocols due to the coronavirus pandemic. Alex Soriano, vice president of Feedmix Specialists ... -
Priests, nuns get hands dirty for PH rivers
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,October 7, 2018 , on page A8)Amid rapid urban development in Quezon City, the San Francisco River has stood as silent witness to the changes that people had wrought in the area. Decades ago, Franciscan priests followed its banks as they trekked from ... -
Private dev't on Tanay river alarms locals; DENR steps in
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,October 26, 2022 , on page A6)Concerned residents in Tanay, Rizal province, have sounded the alarm over a private development project, which they fear will disrupt the natural flow of a river that runs through a protected area. The Department of the ... -
Probe China Missiles on 3 PH reefs, house asked
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,May 11, 2018 , on page A12)Muntinlupa City Rep. Ruffy Biazon on Thursday asked the House of Representatives to investigate China’s deployment of antiship cruise missiles and surface-to-air missile systems on three Philippine reefs in the Spratly ... -
Project backed by WB loan targets poor fisherfolk
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,November 25, 2022 , on page A4)Malacañang on Thursday said the National Economic and Development Authority (Neda) had approved an P11.2-billion, seven-year project that seeks to lift 350,000 fisherfolk in 24 coastal provinces out of poverty while ensuring ... -
Promote responsible fishing, Seafdec urges countries
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,June 21, 2011 , on page B2)A unit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations is pushing for concerted efforts to promote responsible fishing methods that will help ensure food security throughout the region. Following a meeting last Friday, the ... -
Protect nesting sites of sea turtles, group urges execs
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,May 11, 2017 , on page A9)Lucena City—Environmentalists have asked officials in Sariaya town in Quezon province to declare areas in the municipality as “protected nesting sites” for endangered sea turtles which lay eggs on their shoreline along the ... -
Protection of rich natural resources in disputed waters pushed
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,November 27, 2022 , on page A4)A lawmaker has sought to declare the Kalayaan Island Group and Panatag (Scarborough) Shoal, and the three nautical miles around it as a protected area. House Bill No. 6373 was filed on Thursday by Palawan Rep. Edward ... -
'Protest Chinese weather stations on PH reefs'
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,November 6, 2018 , on page A2)A maritime law expert on Monday urged the government to question China’s weather observation stations on three Philippine-claimed reefs in the Spratly archipelago, saying the installations could be used for military purposes. ... -
Provinces start to reel from El Niño
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,March 12, 2019 , on page A6)At Laoag City in Ilocos Norte province, farmers have started harvesting crops such as corn earlier than scheduled before these are laid to waste due to rising temperatures. Some fishpond operators have also been harvesting ... -
PTT dares to duplicate Thailand's mangrove project in PH
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,April 3, 2014 , on page A19)A multinational oil company in the Philippines is daring to bring into the country their own model of mangrove reforestation in their home country through a corporate social responsibility project that has drawn hundreds ... -
Puerto Galera: Shoring up tourism, marine ecosystem
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,June 8, 2019 , on page B3-4-B3-2)For centuries, the bucolic town of Puerto Galera in Oriental Mindoro has been one of the archipelago’s proverbial best-kept secrets, with its lush forests, powdery beaches and rich underwater world. Literally meaning “port ... -
Pushing sustainable fishing, one plate at a time
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,March 16, 2016 , on page B2-1-B2-2)Top hotels and restaurants in Manila, environmental groups and non-profit pro-fisheries organizations are bringing the sustainable fishing advocacy closer to diners. Recognizing the power of product buyers and diners, ... -
Quezon folk welcome ‘butanding’ return to Tayabas Bay
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,November 27, 2022 , on page A2)Whale sharks, locally known as “butanding,” have been spotted once again at Tayabas Bay about a month after the most recent storm to hit the country, according to residents of the coastal town of Sariaya and an environmental ... -
Quezon seen as PH mangrove haven
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,October 20, 2012 , on page A9)In five years, Quezon will be known as the Philippine’s “mangrove haven” with the high survival rate of more than two-million propagules that were mass-planted along the province’s coastal areas in June, an environment ... -
Quezon’s shield of ‘beach forests’
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,January 30, 2014 , on page A7)With the devastation wrought by Supertyphoon “Yolanda” in Eastern Visayas last year serving as a grim reminder to pursue disaster-preparedness measures, Quezon’s provincial government is transforming coastal areas into ...