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Tubbataha declared Asean Heritage Park
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,November 6, 2015 , on page A14)A regional body tasked by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) with supporting conservation efforts in the region proclaimed on Thursday the Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park as an Asean Heritage Park (AHP), a ... -
Tubbataha incident caused by total negligence
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,February 11, 2013 , on page A20)The Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park, located in the Central Sulu Sea, is cited as one of the most biologically diverse and one of the remarkable coral reefs on the planet. It is home to 600 species of fish, 360 species of ... -
Tubbataha marks 30 by celebrating its Big Five—both species and supporters
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,August 11, 2018 , on page C8)Today, Aug. 11, it will be 30 years since President Corazon Aquino signed Proclamation No. 306, creating the Philippines’ first national marine protected area (MPA), the Tubbataha Reefs National Marine Park—now the Tubbataha ... -
Tubbataha reef salvage
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,March 31, 2013 , on page A2)The salvage team working on the USS Guardian, which ran aground in Tubbataha Reef, removed the warship’s last remaining section early Saturday afternoon after being stuck on the Unesco World Heritage site for more than 10 ... -
Tubbataha still open to divers
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,March 2, 2013 , on page A15)The ongoing salvage operations for the United States Navy warship USS Guardian, which remains grounded at the Tubbataha Reef, will not prevent diving enthusiasts from exploring the underwater beauty of the diving site. ... -
Tubbataha: ‘We must build apartments for some 2,000 birds—we’re halfway there’
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,August 18, 2019 , on page C5)One cloudy afternoon last June, I skipped a dive during the extended transition trip from Tubbataha to Batangas of the Discovery Fleet’s sleek, comfortable dive boat M/V Discovery Palawan, so Angelique Songco, the indefatigable ... -
Tuna canner buys more fishing boats
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,September 11, 2012 , on page A1)Listed Canner Alliance Select Foods International, Inc. (ASFII) has purchased six more commercial fishing vessels from BSJ Fishing & Trading, Inc. in a bid to increase its direct access to fishing grounds. In a disclosure ... -
Tuna exports to EU in peril
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,September 23, 2020 , on page A10-A9)The country’s biggest tuna canneries are worried about losing their biggest market because of international politics after majority of lawmakers in the European Union (EU) voted to use trade to express their dissent over ... -
Tuna, seafood were high status foods in Roman society-Study
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,August 27, 2021 , on page A13)A team of archeologists examining the remains of victims from the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 A.D. have discovered coastal people of the time ate far more fish than modern Italians, with men getting more of the ... -
Turning fishermen into budding sculpture
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,March 23, 2014 , on page B2)In the case of a group of fishermen from a town in Capiz that was devastated in November last year by Supertyphoon “Yolanda,” 24 little hours were all it took to transform them from typhoon survivors into budding sculptors ... -
Turtle breed menace to fish farms
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,February 7, 2013 , on page A9)Chinese softshell turtles (Pelodiscus sinensis) have found their way in the waters of Pampanga, Bulacan, and Bataan, preying on bangus (milkfish) and tilapia fingerlings in fishponds there, an environment official said on ... -
Turtle haven in Mati under threat
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,June 30, 2013 , on page A11)The Amihan Boys are considered the “guardians of Dahican.” The group of 25 boys and young men, all residents of the village of Dahican, started as mere skim boarding enthusiasts nine years ago. Since then, they have become ... -
Turtle Islands: Hundreds of nautical miles away from justice
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,August 22, 2010 , on page A14)They came in the dead of night and pulled off the first heist on Baguan Island this year. The thieves, possibly armed, quietly left onboard a boat taking about 600 pieces of green turtle eggs from this protected wildlife ... -
TV cartoons urge children to save seas
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,November 7, 2016 , on page E4)Coral reefs may be dying off at an alarming rate and pollution and overfishing emptying the seas . But fear not. Help is at hand in the form of a new wave of cartoon superheroes determined to save the oceans.Muppets creators ... -
Typhoon causes fish kill in Lake Buhi
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,October 22, 2015 , on page A10)Typhoon “Lando” did not just wreak havoc in northern Luzon but also in its periphery in this province. Lando (international name: Koppu) caused an upswelling at the bottom of Lake Buhi in this town, resulting in a massive ... -
Typhoon causes fish kill in Lake Buhi
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,October 22, 2015 , on page A10)Typhoon “Lando” did not just wreak havoc in northern Luzon but also in its periphery in this province. Lando (international name: Koppu) caused an upswelling at the bottom of Lake Buhi in this town, resulting in a massive ... -
Typhoons, floods linked to drop in crocodile population in Isabela
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,January 8, 2021 , on page A8)The typhoons and floods that hit Isabela province late last year might have caused the population of crocodiles in four sanctuaries to dwindle, a conservation group said on Wednesday. Marites Balbas, executive officer of ... -
UN backs peaceful solution to sea row
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,February 22, 2013 , on page A7)The United Nations has reiterated its support for a peaceful settlement of the protracted dispute between the Philippines and China over the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea), the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) ... -
UN sets July hearing on sea row
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,April 24, 2015 , on page A3)The Hague-based United Nations arbitral tribunal announced that the oral hearing on the "jurisdiction and admissibility" of the Philippines' case against China's nine-dash line claim is set for July despite the refusal of ... -
Unaccountable China
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,December 21, 2015 , on page A14)Since late 2013, China has been engaged in the frenzied creation of artificial islands and the militarization of the South China Sea. This amounts to an alarming quest for control over a strategically crucial corridor ...