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Teen marine conservation advocate launches photography: Ganden Medved Po’s ‘Life Below Water’ merges skill and advocacy
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,September 25, 2021 , on page C1)With the worsening climate crisis in the Philippines, more and more local youth are stepping up and doing their part to save the environment. For Ganden Medved Po, 17, his contribution is “Life Below Water,” his newly ... -
Their love affair with Tubbataha
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,October 22, 2016 , on page C5)Although it is primarily a pictorial journey—incredibly, the very first photo book to be published on Tubbataha—we were in immediate agreement that it should also contain substantial information on the place. Thus, we came ... -
This University of Mindanao student likes fishy business
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,February 15, 2020 , on page C2)Twenty-two-year-old Janna Pauline Pueblas loves tending fish and plants at home. She recalls a favorite pet, a gold fish that “unfortunately died due to a swim bladder disorder. I then decided to give my aquarium and other ... -
This week's milestones: Oct. 8, 1998
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,October 4, 2020 , on page A10)The marine reserve in the municipalities of El Nido and Taytay in Palawan province was declared a protected area, known as El Nido-taytay Managed Resource Protected Area, through Proclamation No. 32 signed by then President ... -
A threat to PH sovereignty
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,May 12, 2020 , on page A7)China has never had sovereignty over Taiwan. Roque, a former International Law professor, neglects to see this, and his statement is a window to the Duterte administration’s stance on China. However its minions twist it, ... -
Tighten rules on seaweed farming, UN says
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,September 5, 2016 , on page A11)Seaweed farming needs tighter regulation to limit damage to the environment after booming into a $6.4 billion business with uses in everything from sushi to toothpaste, a United Nations study showed on Sunday. -
Tilapia floods wet markets in SOCCSKSARGEN
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,January 11, 2021 , on page A5)A fish kill hit Lake Sebu town, South Cotabato province, anew, forcing tilapia growers to salvage stocks that eventually flooded wet markets, officials said on Sunday. Rudy Muyco, the lake warden, said the fish kill worsened ... -
Tilapia growing in Lake Sebu stopped after fish kill
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,March 14, 2017 , on page A8)Officials of Lake Sebu town in South Cotabato province have imposed a three-year ban on tilapia cultivation in Lake Sebu after another fish kill last week laid to waste some 7,000 kilograms of potential tilapia harvest. ... -
Tilipia prices seen to reach P120 per kilogram
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,October 14, 2016 , on page A20)Up to 50 tons of fish had gone to waste during a fishkill that struck Lake Sebu in South Cotabato province which started last week and is leading to an increase in prices of tilapia as a result of lack of supply. Authorities ... -
Time running out for Taal Lake's 'tawilis'?
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,February 10, 2019 , on page A10)“Tawilis,” the world’s only freshwater sardine, is a delicacy once considered the “poor man’s fish” and a household staple in the communities around Taal Lake. In the old days, the lake would “turn white” at night as schools ... -
Time to demythologize China's 10-dash line
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,October 13, 2023 , on page A9)On Aug. 28, 2023, China released its standard national map which includes a 10-dash line, an extended version of its nine-dash line claim, with the 10th dash covering the eastern coast of Taiwan. This drew immediate protests ... -
Time to rally Philippine allies against China – Drilon
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,April 26, 2021 , on page A1-A2)Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon on Sunday called on President Rodrigo Duterte to rally the country’s neighbors and allies to form a united front against China and its actions in the South China Sea. Drilon said it ... -
To sustain both the ocean and the people
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,December 13, 2016 , on page A12)Policy interventions to improve the environmental sustainability of the fisheries trade need to be matched by a commitment to improve the conditions of the most marginalized players. The trade in fishery products provides ... -
'Toilet' incident on video partly closes Boracay beach
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,August 15, 2019 , on page A9)Tourism Secretary Berna Romulo Puyat on Wednesday said authorities had closed a portion of Station 1 on Boracay Beach for 48 to 72 hours to conduct a clean up following a viral social media post on Monday that showed two ... -
'Too much, too soon,' expert warns on PH-China sea study
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,March 4, 2018 , on page A1-A16)Batongbacal was referring to an announcement made by President Rodrigo Duterte last week in Marawi City and later clarified by Malacañang spokesperson Harry Roque, that the administration was considering China’s offer to ... -
Toothless, dwarf dolphin, a case study evolution
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,August 24, 2017 , on page A13)Scientists unveiled today an extinct species of toothless, whiskered and objectively cute mini-dolphin that plied Earth's oceans some 30 million years ago. With only a fossilised cranium -- found in a river near Charleston, ... -
Top China envoy visits Hanoi amid sea row
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,June 28, 2016 , on page A14)China's top diplomat arrived in Vietnam on Monday for a scheduled meeting to strengthen historically close relations, at a time when ties are strained by squabbles over the South China Sea. -
Top Luzon university seeing red in 'tilapia'
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,August 23, 2015 , on page A13)Fishery scientist and researchers at the freshwater Aquaculture Center of the Central Luzon State University (CLSU-FAC) here are improving the hue of the red tilapia to make it more attractive to a growing market for this ... -
Top PH officials tour US carrier in disputed sea
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,March 5, 2017 , on page A2)The Philippine defense chief and two other Cabinet members on Saturday toured a U.S. aircraft carrier patrolling the disputed South China Sea on the invitation of the Navy, U.S. Embassy officials said. The visit shows ... -
Tourism hurting whale sharks in Oslob-study
(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 ...