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Japanese whalers return to port with first catch: 2 Minkes
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,July 3, 2019 , on page A13)Japanese whalers returned to port Monday with their first catch after resuming commercial whaling for the first time in 31 years, achieving the long-cherished goal of traditionalists that is seen as largely a lost cause ... -
Jellyfish sighting sours 'butanding' season
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,May 13, 2019 , on page A12)With just five days before its Butanding Festival, Donsol town in Sorsogon province had limited its whale shark interaction due to sightings of the deadly box jellyfish in local waters. Mayor Josephine Alcantara-Cruz, in ... -
Joint naval patrols by PH, neighbors urged
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,August 6, 2018 , on page A6)The Philippines should take a bold step in defending its sovereignty in the West Philippine Sea by encouraging neighboring states to conduct with it joint freedom of navigation patrols in the hotly contested South China ... -
Joma backs PH legal battle vs China over sea dispute
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,July 10, 2015 , on page A1-A19)Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) founder Jose Maria “Joma” Sison on Thursday declared his support to the legal struggle of the Philippine government against the “aggressive acts” of China in the West Philippine ... -
Jun de Leon has a new life-and it's under the sea
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,April 17, 2018 , on page C1-C2)All it takes is a dive or two, De Leon says, and all is well in his world. The critter pictures on these pages, taken with a Canon Eos M3 (De Leon is a Canon ambassador), were from quiet dives with only his spotter, Raymond ... -
Just 1 of 3 Boracay Businesss ready to re open
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,August 21, 2018 , on page A4)Only about a third of Boracay’s 440 hotels, resorts and inns are ready for the island’s reopening on Oct. 26, according to Interior Undersecretary Epimaco Densing, although this may still increase as establishments comply ... -
Kalayaan mayor urges PH fishers to defy China.
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,January 11, 2014 , on page A1-A9)The mayor of Kalayaan town, in the Spratlys, on Friday said he would encourage Filipino fishermen to ignore China’s new rules that require foreign fishermen to seek permission from Chinese regional authorities before ... -
Kalikasan writ eyed against 'Manila Beach'
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,September 7, 2020 , on page A1-A2)The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) claims that the “white sand” being poured to create a beach on a stretch of Manila Bay’s rocky shore poses no harm to the bay’s ecosystem, but independent safety ... -
'Kapis' makes comeback in Iloilo waters
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,October 12, 2002 , on page A16)First, the good news: two valuable mollusks, the "kapis" (Placuna placenta) or windowpane oysters and "bay-ad" (Placuna sp.) have made a comeback near the shores of Iloilo province. And now the bad news: they may soon ... -
'Kapis' shells disappearing; gathering banned
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,September 29, 1999 , on page 16)The gathering of world-class kapis shells and other similar species of shells is now banned in Capiz. The ban came after Mayor Antonio del Rosario signed into law an ordinance passed by the city council to save the famous ... -
'Kapis' shells disappearing; gathering banned
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,September 16, 1999 , on page 16)The gathering of world-class kapis shells and other similar species of shells is now banned in Capiz. The ban came after Mayor Antonio del Rosario signed into law an ordinance passed by the city council to save the famous ... -
Keeping world's smallest edible fish alive
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,May 28, 2017 , on page A2-1)Buhi, Camarines Sur—The world’s smallest edible fish, locally called “sinarapan,” is slowly disappearing due to overfishing in Lake Buhi in Camarines Sur province, and the absence of a systematic and scientific way of ... -
Kids learn about climate change from 'Pidlo' the pine tree
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,January 24, 2015 , on page A8)Ibaloy and Kankanaey children here and the provinces of Benguet and Mt. Province have been learning about climate change from “Pidlo,” an old pine tree. Pidlo is a character in a comic book primer developed by the Cordillera ... -
Killing Nemo: Cyanide threat to tropical fish
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,June 18, 2016 , on page A17)Many of the real-life Nemos swimming in children's fish tanks were caught using cyanide, according to research published Thursday which flagged the toxic threat to already-stressed corals, the creature's natural home. -
Kin of fishers killed in WPS boat ramming await promised aid
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,October 9, 2023 , on page A9)Relatives and friends of the three fishermen who died in a boat ramming incident in the waters off Pangasinan province in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) appealed to the government to make true its promised assistance as ... -
Knife fish newest scourge in Laguna’s fish farms
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,February 17, 2013 , on page A10)If you can’t lick them, eat them. Or feed them to other fish. The knife fish, an ornamental fish whose population has boomed and is harming the aquaculture industry in Laguna Lake, will be converted into fish meal and fed ... -
La Union board declares calamity state to deal with oil spill
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,March 2, 2013 , on page A8)The provincial board of La Union has declared the province under a state of calamity to enable towns affected by the oil spill supposedly from a sunken vessel or another ship to tap their calamity funds for cleanup operations. ... -
'Laboracay' no more
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,April 28, 2018 , on page B2-1-B2-2)A proclamation signed by President Duterte on Thursday, April 26, placed three barangays in Boracay Island under a state of calamity, thus justifying the six-month closure of this world famous tourist hotspot. Specifically, ... -
Lack of resolve
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,May 10, 2018 , on page A12)President Duterte has a standard response to critics who point out that despite the government’s deferential stance toward China, it has virtually taken over several reefs and islets within the Philippines’ exclusive ... -
Laguna de Bay in grave peril
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,January 5, 2017 , on page A1)Bayani Enriquez has happy childhood memories of swimming and fishing in Laguna de Bay in the 1980s. Now, the lake is weighed down by shanties, fish pens, illegal reclamation, industrial pollution, sewage and sedimentation. ...