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    • Vietnam offers Spratlys soverignty cruise 

      Reuters (Philippine Daily Inquirer, June 6, 2015, on page A16)
      Vietnam is offering scores of patriotic citizens the holiday of a lifetime with a cruise to some of Asia’s most hotly contested islands, in a move likely to stoke its simmering dispute with Beijing over South China Sea ...

    • Vietnam plans to take legal action vs China 

      (Philippine Daily Inquirer, June 23, 2014, on page A1-A12)
      Vietnam’s prime minister said yesterday for the first time that his country was considering legal action against China over its sovereignty claims in the South China Sea, a move that Beijing would likely fiercely oppose. ...

    • Vietnam protests Beijing's 'fishing ban' in South China Sea 

      Reuters (Philippine Daily Inquirer, May 9, 2020, on page A7)
      Vietnam protested on Friday what it called China’s unilateral fishing ban in the disputed South China Sea from May 1 to Aug. 16, weeks after it said Vietnamese boat had been rammed by a Chinese maritime vessel. “Vietnam ...

    • Vietnam protests China’s weather stations in disputed Spratlys 

      Associated Press (AP) (Philippine Daily Inquirer, November 10, 2018, on page A2)
      Vietnam strongly protested China’s launch of weather stations in the disputed Spratly group of islands, saying on Thursday they seriously violate Vietnam’s sovereignty and complicate the situation in the South China Sea. ...

    • Vietnam to host Japan warship; China displeasure seen 

      Reuters (Philippine Daily Inquirer, November 7, 2015, on page A7)
      Vietnam has agreed to invite a Japanese warship to visit its strategic Cam Ranh Bay base on the South China Sea and for the two countries to hold their first ever joint naval exercise, Kyodo News reported yesterday. The ...

    • Vietnam wants more fun and games in Spratlys 

      Balana, Cynthia D. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, May 29, 2015, on page A3)
      Vietnam wants to conduct more friendly engagements with the Philippines following the successful holding of ball games and other sports activities on Wednesday in Parola Island (Northeast Cay) in the West Philippine Sea. ...

    • Vietnam's balancing act in the South China sea 

      (Philippine Daily Inquirer, July 20, 2017, on page A12)
      One former Vietnamese government official and expert on the South China Sea issue has called on all the claimant countries in the territorial and maritime dispute to treat the arbitral ruling won by the Philippines last ...

    • Villagers mourn the death of dugong 

      Labiste, Ma. Diosa (Philippine Daily Inquirer, October 25, 2003, on page A20)
      Three weeks after it was beached by waves, a baby dugong or sea cow (Dugong dugon) died due to diarrhea on Oct. 4, but its finders are mourning its loss, like it was one of their own. The dugong, a little over a meter long, ...

    • Villar champions farmers and the environment 

      Jimenez-David, Rina (Philippine Daily Inquirer, September 9, 2015, on page A13)
      Perhaps the senator’s affinity with the country’s farmers also explains her advocacy for the environment, most evident in her championing of a protected area within her and her congressman-son Mark’s constituency of Las ...

    • 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 ...

    • Waiting for UN ruling, PH fishers turn jittery 

      Macatuno, Allan (Philippine Daily Inquirer, June 30, 2016, on page A11)
      The long wait for a United Nations tribunal ruling on the maritime row between the Philippines and China over the West Philippine Sea has made local fishermen jittery. The fishermen, who were driven away by Chinese coast ...

    • War games roil South China Sea 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Philippine Daily Inquirer, April 14, 2018, on page A14)
      Chinese President Xi Jinping made a surprise visit to observe naval exercises in the disputed South China Sea while Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen watched naval drills simulating an attack on the island on Friday. The ...

    • Washington says Beijing should stop 'bullying' in South China Sea 

      Reuters (Philippine Daily Inquirer, April 20, 2020, on page A9)
      The United States called on China on Saturday to stop “bullying behavior” in the South China Sea and said it was concerned by reports of Beijing’s “provocative actions” aimed at offshore oil and gas developments in the ...

    • Watch how we fish 

      Habito, Cielito F. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, March 30, 2021, on page A8)
      You can’t manage what you can’t measure,” goes a popular saying in management circles. For our country’s fisheries, this can be a particularly dangerous thing. There is growing recognition that the “blue economy” — the ...

    • Water at Bato lake reaches critical level; fish kill feared 

      Jaucian, Michael (Philippine Daily Inquirer, May 22, 2015, on page A20)
      With the extreme heat gripping the country, water level at the Bato Lake here has been dropping fast to its critical level. From last month’s 3 meters, the water level is now 1.75 meters, Alejandro Pili Jr., agriculture ...

    • Water contamination in El Nido beach? 

      Miranda, Romar (Philippine Daily Inquirer, October 23, 2020, on page A6)
      Just as tourism and local government officials were preparing to reopen to visitors the beaches of El Nido in Palawan province, hailed as the 2020 “best island in the world,” photos and videos surfaced on social media on ...

    • Water hyacinths choke Rizal town: State of calamity declared to clear Laguna de Bay, aid fishers 

      Cinco, Maricar (Philippine Daily Inquirer, November 18, 2017, on page A13)
      Thick beds of water hyacinth in Laguna de Bay have prompted the local government of Cardona in Rizal province to declare the town under a state of calamity. Swaths of the aquatic plant, stretching to about 2 kilometers ...

    • Water in Davao Oriental river turns orange; DENR orders probe 

      Lacorte, Germelina; Francisco, Carmelito Q. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, January 17, 2022, on page A7)
      The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) in the Davao region has started an investigation into the heavy siltation of Maputi River in Banaybanay town, Davao Oriental province. The DENR probe came after ...

    • Water service interruption worsens 

      Domingo, Ronnel (Philippine Daily Inquirer, June 16, 2019, on page B1-B6)
      Water users are in for a greater ordeal starting today as Manila Water Co. Inc. and Maynilad Water Services Inc. begin longer hours of service interruption as regulators are expected to further reduce supply coming from ...

    • Watershed protection seen urgent 

      (Philippine Daily Inquirer, March 25, 2018, on page 1)
      The Philippines had joined the celebration of World Water Day on March 22 to raise awareness on the importance of water and the need to conserve this most basic resource. To mark World Water Day, the Metropolitan Waterworks ...