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    • Obama to unveil tougher climate change plan 

      (Philippine Daily Inquirer, August 4, 2015, on page A16)
      President Barack Obama will unveil on Monday the final version of his plan to tackle greenhouse gases from coal-fired power plants, kicking off what is expected to be a tumultuous legal battle between federal environmental ...

    • Occupy Spratly isles? too late 

      Yap, DJ; Tubeza, Philip; Salaverria, Leila B. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, April 8, 2017, on page A4)
      Magdalo Rep. Gary Alejano on Friday ridiculed President Rodrigo Duterte’s vow to deploy troops to unoccupied South China Sea islands and reefs claimed by the Philippines, saying nothing was left to grab in those disputed ...

    • Oceans in hot water, too 

      Associated Press (AP) (Philippine Daily Inquirer, August 17, 2018, on page A6)
      Even the oceans are breaking temperature records in this summer of heat waves. Off the San Diego coast, scientists earlier this month recorded all-time high seawater temperatures since daily measurements began in 1916. ...

    • Oil prices go berserk: P71 per liter in Romblon town 

      Cinco, Maricar; Sarmiento, Bong (Philippine Daily Inquirer, October 6, 2018, on page A6)
      From a Romblon resident who complained he has to spend P40 more to fill his motorcycle’s gas tank to commercial tuna fishers in General Santos City who feared losing buyers if forced to increase prices by at least 14 ...

    • Oil sheen spotted near Tubbataha Reef 

      Mangosing, Frances (Philippine Daily Inquirer, May 2, 2023, on page A5)
      Contingency measures were being readied after an oil sheen was spotted near Tubbataha Reef, a day after the dive yacht MY Dream Keeper sank in the vicinity of the world-renowned scuba diving site on Sunday, the Philippine ...

    • Oil sludge removal starts in Ilocos 

      Sotelo, Yolanda; Cardinoza, Gabriel; Arzadon, Cristina; Balbin, Leoncio Jr. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, March 1, 2013, on page A20)
      Using shovels, rakes and dust pans, and even spoons, government employees, residents, fishermen and volunteers from different towns of La Union tediously scooped and gathered the coagulated oil that had reached coastal ...

    • Oil sludge taints mangroves in Oriental Mindoro 

      Mallari, Delfin Jr (Philippine Daily Inquirer, April 12, 2023, on page A8)
      Traces of oil sludge were found in some mangroves at a village in Pola town, Oriental Mindoro province, that is still reeling from the impact of the oil spill from the sunken MT Princess Empress, an environmental study ...

    • Oil spill damage estimate: ₱6.5M 

      Asutilla, Carine (Philippine Daily Inquirer, August 25, 2013, on page A7)
      The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) in Central Visayas has estimated that at least P6.5 million in damage compensation should be paid by those who would be held responsible for an oil spill that ...

    • Oil spill hastens deterioration of river 

      Cardinoza, Gabriel (Philippine Daily Inquirer, April 23, 2015, on page A6)
      The release of some 300 liters of oil from a capsized fishing boat into the Balincaguing River in Agno, Pangasinan, last week has alarmed local residents, who say it could happen again and hasten the river’s deterioration. ...

    • Oil spill hits Sorsogon villages 

      Jaucian, Michael B. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, November 14, 2017, on page A9)
      An oil spill, said to have come from a cargo vessel battered by strong winds as Tropical Storm “Salome” was crossing the Bicol region last week, had spread to at least 10 villages here, officials said. Mayor Manuel Fortes ...

    • Oil spill reaches barangays 

      Asutilla, Carine (Philippine Daily Inquirer, August 20, 2013, on page A2)
      The oil leaking out of the St. Thomas of Aquinas, the passenger ferry that sank Friday evening off Talisay City after colliding with a cargo vessel, has reached five barangays (villages) of Cordova town. In a press release, ...

    • Oil spill threatens disaster in Mauritius 

      Reuters (Philippine Daily Inquirer, August 10, 2020, on page A11)
      Fuel spilling from a Japanese bulk carrier that ran aground on a reef in Mauritius two weeks ago is creating an ecological disaster, endangering corals, fish and other marine life around the Indian Ocean island, officials ...

    • Oil spill-hit folk need aid, says mayor 

      Burgos, Nestor P. Jr. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, July 10, 2020, on page A7)
      As the number of residents evacuated from oil spill-affected areas reached more than a thousand, Mayor Jerry Treñas assailed the operator of the damaged power barge for failing to adequately provide for their needs. At a ...

    • Old man and the sea: Malaysian on a mission to rid beaches of glass 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Philippine Daily Inquirer, September 17, 2020, on page B5)
      A 74-year-old Malaysian man’s quest to rid the country’s beaches of washed-up glass led to a collection of thousands of bottles, now displayed in a colorful seaside museum. For the past 15 years, Tengku Mohamad Ali Mansor ...

    • Oldest captive gator a World War II survivor 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Philippine Daily Inquirer, August 15, 2020, on page A1-A8)
      Muja has lived through multiple bombing campaigns and several countries—all while never leaving a tiny pool in Belgrade’s zoo for 83 years, making him the world’s oldest captive alligator. While zookeepers don’t know his ...

    • Ondoy' upside: Why lake is till above critical level 

      Cinco, Maricar (Philippine Daily Inquirer, March 25, 2010, on page A11)
      While intense heat due to the El Niño weather phenomenon may be drying up the Laguna de Bay, the lake’s water level has not yet dropped to a critical reading because of too much rainwater dumped last year by Typhoons “Ondoy” ...

    • Onion supply shortage, fish importation due to crisis in governance 

      Mayuga, Ramon (Philippine Daily Inquirer, January 23, 2023, on page A7)
      This is in reaction to your editorial, “Desperation over onion,” (1/19/23). We were aghast at the magnitude of the “onion problem,” which has caused some farmers to lose their lives by committing suicide after incurring ...

    • Online seafood shop a welcome new wave 

      Aspiras, Reggie (Philippine Daily Inquirer, September 12, 2019, on page C3-C4)
      Delivered right at your doorstep, as you like it, is not how seafood is bought. But it’s what Marvin Jason Tan of Marvs Boqueria wants to keep his grandmom Maria Castro’s seafood stall in Arranque Market relevant in the ...

    • Onward to a more progressive Iloilo 

      Fernandez-Brojan, Connie (Philippine Daily Inquirer, August 30, 2023, on page B3-2)
      Imagine this: business process outsourcing (BPO) companies are operating along the beaches. Food products are sourced from local farmlands that had been converted into Instagrammable tourism destinations. These are among ...

    • Operations start to remove ship from coral area 

      Padayhag, Michelle (Philippine Daily Inquirer, June 19, 2016, on page A12)
      Three tugboats were used to pull a Panamanian-registered cargo vessel out of a shoal where it ran aground and destroyed at least 3 hectares of coral reefs.