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    • Moving Cagayan folk away from river eyed 

      Enano, Jhesset O.; Visaya, Villamor Jr. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, November 27, 2020, on page A6)
      The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) is looking at the possible relocation of residents living along the banks of Cagayan River, after Typhoon “Ulysses” (international name: Vamco) caused widespread ...
    • New wildlife traders rise in Facebook hubs 

      Enano, Jhesset O. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, August 20, 2019, on page A1-A6)
      In the Philippines, transactions involving endangered and threatened species do not even have to lurk in the underbelly of the internet: On Facebook, where 65 million Filipinos are active users, the illegal trade in wildlife ...
    • Newborn 'butanding' prompts call to protect marine habitat 

      Enano, Jhesset O. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, December 22, 2020, on page A10)
      The discovery of a newborn whale shark (Rhincodon typus) in the waters off Donsol town, Sorsogon province, illustrates the urgent need to further protect the Ticao-Burias Pass Protected Seascape from threats that may bring ...
    • Palace: Permission to China means we own West PH Sea 

      Salaverria, Leila B.; Enano, Jhesset O. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, August 12, 2019, on page A3)
      Giving China “permission” for its presence in the West Philippine Sea shows the Philippines to be the “owner” of that area, Malacañang said on Sunday. “That very act alone shows you are the owner, since you are giving ...
    • PH protests Chinese ships in WPS 

      Aning, Jerome; Santos, Tina G.; Corrales, Nestor; Enano, Jhesset O.; Andrade, Jeannette I. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, March 22, 2021, on page A3)
      The Philippines has expressed concern that some 220 vessels, believed to be manned by Chinese maritime militia personnel, were spotted on March 7 in the disputed South China Sea, the latest example of tensions in the crucial ...
    • PH warned anew of climate impact 

      Enano, Jhesset O. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, September 30, 2019, on page A19)
      More than 100 scientists from 36 countries worked on this report on the ocean, citing nearly 7,000 scientific papers and eliciting more than 31,000 comments during the reviews. The report observed that the global ocean, ...
    • Polluted San Juan River to undergo rehab 

      Enano, Jhesset O. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, August 19, 2019, on page A17)
      The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has entered into a partnership with the Aboitiz Group to spearhead the rehabilitation of San Juan River, earlier identified as one of the most polluted waterways ...
    • Priests, nuns get hands dirty for PH rivers 

      Enano, Jhesset O.; Perez, Cedrix (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 ...
    • 'Quinta' lashes Luzon; 13 fishermen missing 

      Andrade, Jeannette I.; Enano, Jhesset O.; Pazzibugan, Dona Z.; Domingo, Ronnel W.; Cinco, Maricar; Mallari, Delfin T. Jr.; Mier-Manjares, Ma. April; Virola, Madonna T.; Arguelles, Mar; Reyes-Estrope, Carmela; Visaya, Villamor Jr.; Refraccion, Greg; Orejas, Tonette (Philippine Daily Inquirer, October 27, 2020, on page A4)
      Typhoon “Quinta” lashed Luzon overnight, dumping heavy rains that caused flooding, toppling power lines, and whipping up giant waves that sank at least 30 boats off Batangas and Bataan provinces, disaster officials said ...
    • Realign dolomite sand funds, scientists urge 

      Enano, Jhesset O. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, April 26, 2021, on page A3)
      A group of scientists, engineers, and researchers on Sunday renewed their call to stop the dumping of crushed dolomite rocks along the shoreline of Manila Bay, and instead realign the funds allocated for the project to the ...
    • Reparations for PH fishermen sought 

      Enano, Jhesset O.; Pazzibugan, Dona Z.; Cinco, Maricar; Aurelio, Julie M.; Ramos, Marlon; Reysio-Cruz, Matthew (Philippine Daily Inquirer, June 17, 2019, on page A1-A6)
      A national group of fishermen on Sunday said the crew of the Philippine fishing boat that sank in the South China Sea after being hit by a Chinese trawler which then abandoned them should receive reparations and moral ...
    • Reported Chinese waste dumping in EEZ angers lawmakers 

      Gascon, Melvin; Corrales, Nestor; Mangosing, Frances; Santos, Tina G.; Andrade, Jeannette I.; Enano, Jhesset O. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, July 14, 2021, on page A2-A4)
      True or not, a report that Chinese ships have not only been intruding into the West Philippine Sea but have also been dumping raw sewage into the waters in the country’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ) has angered lawmakers. ...
    • Review law on protected areas, Palawan officials urged 

      Enano, Jhesset O. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, June 6, 2020, on page A10)
      An environmental law group has asked the provincial government of Palawan to suspend the implementation of an ordinance creating a new council that will oversee the management of protected areas in the province. In a letter ...
    • Search on for 14 missing after boat collision 

      Yee, Jovic; Cinco, Maricar; Enano, Jhesset O.; Ocampo, Karl R.; Salaverria, Leila B. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, June 30, 2020, on page A1-A4)
      Rescuers from the Philippine Coast Guard on Monday were searching for 14 people who went missing after a local fishing boat collided with a Hong Kong-flagged cargo vessel and sank off the coast of Mamburao town in Occidental ...
    • Solid waste management body being sued for 'negligence' 

      Enano, Jhesset O. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, June 28, 2021, on page A4)
      Conservation and environmental law groups seek to sue the National Solid Waste Management Commission (NSWMC) and representatives of its member-agencies for “gross and persistent negligence” in the implementation of the ...
    • Tourism hurting whale sharks in Oslob-study 

      Enano, Jhesset O. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, October 14, 2020, on page A8)
      At least 95 percent of endangered whale sharks (Rhincodon typus) observed in Oslob, Cebu province, since 2012 have been injured and scarred due to activities linked to wildlife tourism, according to a study that looked ...
    • UP's 'CSI' helps catch illegal wildlife traders 

      Enano, Jhesset O. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, August 26, 2019, on page A6)
      When officials of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) learned that some eateries in Barangay Pasil in Cebu City were selling steaming bowls of turtle stew, they first needed to make sure that the ...
    • Volcano watch: Island fissures steaming, lake water receding 

      Chiu, Patricia Denise M.; Enano, Jhesset O. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, January 18, 2020, on page A1-A4)
      Widening fissures in areas around Taal Volcano, a new “steaming” fissure on the northern side of Volcano Island and hundreds of earthquakes were signs of rising magma that may result in an explosive eruption, scientists ...
    • 'Waterworld' folk tap solar power for clean drink 

      Enano, Jhesset O. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, July 8, 2018, on page A4)
      It has been 20 years since the 111 families living in the Del Rosario Compound at Barangay Coloong, Valenzuela City, last saw the ground where their houses stand. Rising sea levels and several reclamations and mega dike ...
    • ‘Window hour’ eyed for Taal fishers, farmers as volcano remains restive 

      Ocampo, Karl R.; Enano, Jhesset O.; Mallari, Delfin T. Jr. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, July 9, 2021, on page A12)
      Authorities are studying the imposition of a “window hour” for residents in communities surrounding Taal Volcano so they can harvest from their fish cages and farms amid the continued volcanic activity. In a telephone ...