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    • Nat'l mariculture program pushed in house 

      Aurelio, Julie (Philippine Daily Inquirer, October 14, 2022, on page A6)
      A lawmaker is pushing for a national mariculture program to expand the farming of aquatic plants and animals through sea cages, long lines and other structures in marine and coastal areas. House Bill No. 5531, or the ...

    • Navotas fish port closed for disinfection 

      Valenzuela, Nikka G. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, August 1, 2020, on page A7)
      Navotas Fish Port Complex (NFPC), which supplies 70 percent of the fish requirements of Metro Manila, will be closed for 24 hours, for disinfection. The Philippine Fisheries Development Authority said the fish port would ...

    • Navy buying more new ships 

      Mangosing, Frances (Philippine Daily Inquirer, June 10, 2022, on page A3-A7)
      The Philippine Navy would be acquiring at least 19 brand-new ships and likely get three used vessels over the next few years to boost its aging and fledgling fleet, which is one of the weakest in Asia. Aside from 11 new ...

    • Navy stops Panatag patrol: National security adviser says decision meant to ease tension in disputed waters 

      Sotelo, Yolanda (Philippine Daily Inquirer, November 14, 2017, on page A8)
      The Navy has stopped sending patrols to the Panatag (Scarborough) Shoal to ease tension with China, the national security adviser, Hermogenes Esperon Jr., said here last week. “We do not send Navy ships to the area anymore. ...

    • Navy to order 6 more patrol vessels 

      Mangosing, Frances (Philippine Daily Inquirer, May 23, 2022, on page A2-A3)
      The Philippines will order six offshore patrol vessels (OPVs) for P30 billion from South Korean shipbuilder Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) to boost its capability to protect national interests, particularly in the West ...

    • NBI nabs giant pearl sellers 

      See, Aie Balagtas (Philippine Daily Inquirer, March 15, 2017, on page A5)
      The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) has arrested 10 people allegedly engaged in illegal wildlife trade, recovering a trove of pearls and endangered giant clams that they were selling for a whopping P97 million. The ...

    • Need for environmental literacy 

      Garcia, Moises Norman; Cobar-Garcia, Maria Rosaro Virginia (Philippine Daily Inquirer, October 2, 2016, on page A16)
      Nowadays, no one could deny the urgency of the major environmental problems, particularly global warming and climate change, because of the threat to humanity’s existence. The cause is the unprecedented greenhouse gas ...

    • Nestlé Philippines supports mandatory Extended Producer Responsibility for plastic waste 

      (Philippine Daily Inquirer, November 25, 2020, on page A3)
      A milestone in tackling the complex and urgent issue of plastic waste in the country was achieved last August, September, and October as Nestlé Philippines attained plastic neutrality, collecting an amount of plastic ...

    • 'Never give up honor, sovereignty and sovereign rights' 

      Carpio, Antonio T. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, August 23, 2017, on page A8)
      Our sovereign rights in the West Philippine Sea, like our honor as UP alumni, are priceless. They are not for sale. No generation of Filipinos, and no individual Filipino, has the right to sell or waive the country’s ...

    • New aquaculture training courses 

      (Philippine Daily Inquirer, October 4, 1990, on page 1)
      The Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center Aquaculture Department (SEAFDEC AQD) in Tigbauan, Iloilo has announced its new lineup of training courses.

    • A new arbitration in the South China Sea? 

      Jardeleza, Francis H. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, August 30, 2023, on page A8)
      President Marcos should consider filing a new arbitration case, under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (Unclos), against China. This time, it is over China’s recent dangerous actions against our coast ...

    • New China fishing law 'dangerous', says US 

      Reuters; Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Philippine Daily Inquirer, January 11, 2014, on page A1-A9)
      The United States said on Thursday that new Chinese fishing restrictions in disputed waters in the South China Sea were “provocative and potentially dangerous,” as disquiet grew in Southeast Asia over the rules. The ...

    • New DENR chief to monitor water, waste in Boracay 

      Burgos, Nestor P. Jr (Philippine Daily Inquirer, May 19, 2017, on page A21)
      Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu said environmental problems would be his main concern in tourist areas like Boracay Island, where his priorities would be to ensure that clean water was available and solid waste was managed ...

    • New development goals under threat by climate change - Neda 

      de Vera, Ben O. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, October 19, 2015, on page B2-1)
      The Philippines is calling for a renewed fight against the growing threat of climate change, saying this could derail the implementation of new development goals set by the United Nations. In a statement issued over the ...

    • New dredge floaters ruin coral reef off Zambales 

      Macatuno, Allan (Philippine Daily Inquirer, August 17, 2015, on page A20)
      A new set of a dredge floater assembly that local fishermen found in the Zambales sea on Friday reached the coastline of Barangay Sto. Rosario here on Sunday morning, but not everyone was thrilled. Some residents were ...

    • New undersea fiber optic cable to boost PLDT capacity 

      Piad, Tyrone Jasper C. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, June 27, 2022, on page B3)
      Manuel Pangilinan-led PLDT Inc. is set to activate next month its 14,000-kilometer submarine fiber optic cable system, which is seen to support its data center capacity. The US-Transpacific Jupiter cable system will increase ...

    • New US stealth fighters train on carrier in Philippine Sea 

      (Philippine Daily Inquirer, March 25, 2018, on page A3)
      The US military on Friday launched its new vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) F-35Bs from the deck of the USS Wasp amphibious carrier in the waters around Okinawa, Japan, in its first show of stealth aircraft force at ...

    • 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 ...

    • Newbie volunteers deface sea turtle 

      Gomez, Carla P. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, January 6, 2017, on page A9)
      Members of a group of volunteers guarding against poaching in the seas have learned a valuable lesson on handling green sea turtles—don’t paint on their carapace. Bantay Dagat (sea watch) volunteers in Silay City, Negros ...

    • 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 ...