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    • Environmentalists tell Nestlé: Stop using plastics 

      Enano, Jhesset O. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, April 13, 2019, on page A5)
      Environmental groups on Thursday demanded that global giant Nestlé end its dependence on single-use plastic, citing waste audit reports that named the multinational company as one of the top sources of plastic pollution. ...

    • Environmentalists want 'calumpang' trees preserved 

      Burgos, Nestor P. Jr. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, January 28, 2013, on page A14)
      Leave those native trees alone. Environmentalists made the appeal to property developers and the city government to preserve a cluster of 10 “bubog” or “calumpang” trees (Sterculia foetida) at the heart of the commercial ...

    • Env’t violators on Cebu beach need to go, court tells DENR 

      Atabayo, Rosalie (Philippine Daily Inquirer, June 5, 2018, on page A8)
      A court in Mandaue City ordered the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) to tear down at least 21 structures, including parts of resorts, encroaching on easement zone in the popular beach of Sta. Fe town, ...

    • Ersatz Boracay in Manila Bay 

      (Philippine Daily Inquirer, September 10, 2020, on page A6)
      The Department of Environment and Natural Resources started dumping last week “white sand” on a portion of the Manila Bay beach, near the Baywalk strip along Roxas Boulevard, ostensibly as part of a “beach nourishment” ...

    • Esperon explains PH strategy in WPS 

      Andrade, Jeannette I. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, July 19, 2018, on page A9)
      President Rodrigo Duterte may have “set aside” the international arbitral ruling favoring the country’s claims in the West Philippine Sea (WPS), but the defense establishment is continuing to undertake measures to protect ...

    • Esperon: a ‘win-win’ for PH, China on Panatag 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP); Associated Press (AP); Reuters (Philippine Daily Inquirer, November 1, 2017, on page A11)
      For National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon, “it is a win-win” for both the Philippines and China. “But this is not to say that we have dropped our claim,” Esperon said on Monday, referring to Panatag Shoal, a rich ...

    • Esperon: PH can't stop China buildup on isles 

      Avendaño, Christine (Philippine Daily Inquirer, March 30, 2017, on page A2)
      The government is fully aware that China has nearly completed construction work on three Philippine-claimed reefs in the South China Sea but cannot do anything about it, National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon said ...

    • Establish 'no-take zone' in Spratlys, gov't urged 

      (Philippine Daily Inquirer, April 22, 2017, on page A8)
      On the heels of its victory in the arbitration case against China, the Philippines must lead the other claimant states in exploring ways to reinforce the ruling by “improving both the national and regional fisheries ...

    • EU lifts trade warning on PH fish exports 

      Remo, Amy (Philippine Daily Inquirer, April 23, 2015, on page B2)
      The European Union on Tuesday cleared the way for Philippine fish exports to the 28-member bloc after it took stock of the country’s achievements in curbing illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing. The so-called ...

    • EU: China endangering peace in S. China Sea 

      Reuters (Philippine Daily Inquirer, April 26, 2021, on page A1-A2)
      The European Union called out China on Saturday for endangering peace in the South China Sea and urged all parties to abide by a 2016 tribunal ruling which rejected most of China’s claim to sovereignty in the sea, but which ...

    • Everything normal at Scarborough 

      Aning, Jerome (Philippine Daily Inquirer, July 13, 2017, on page A16)
      Everything is normal at the disputed Scarborough Shoal — no sign of construction, only the usual Filipino and Chinese fishing boats and the Chinese Coast Guard presence. The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) conducted an aerial ...

    • Ex-admiral says US should defend Panatag 

      Associated Press (AP) (Philippine Daily Inquirer, July 15, 2016, on page A21)
      The United States should be willing to use military force to oppose Chinese aggression at a disputed reef off the coast of the Philippines, a former commander of US forces in the Pacific told a congressional hearing on ...

    • Ex-Cordillera exec says commercial eroding native culture 

      Cariño, Delmar (Philippine Daily Inquirer, October 12, 2010, on page A8)
      The government’s open-door policy for big business, like commercial production of vegetables and large-scale mining, are fast eroding the Cordillera’s traditional practices that should instead be tapped to preserve indigenous ...

    • EX-DFA Chief calls for next strategy to press Beijing on sea row 

      Aning, Jerome; Ramos, Marlon; Ramos, Mariejo; Gascon, Melvin (Philippine Daily Inquirer, September 1, 2019, on page A2)
      The Philippine government should keep on raising with China the issue of the 2016 arbitral award that nullified Beijing's overreaching claims on the West Philippine Sea, former Foreign Secretary Albert del Rosario said on ...

    • Execs demand payment for coral reef damage 

      Padayhag, Michelle Joy; Bunachita, Jose Santino (Philippine Daily Inquirer, June 21, 2016, on page A7)
      Local officials are seeking to prevent the departure from the country of a cargo vessel that damaged at least three hectares of coral reefs in a popular diving spot off a northern town in Cebu province until the ship's ...

    • Expect more joint patrols in South China Sea–US nat’l security adviser 

      Corrales, Nestor (Philippine Daily Inquirer, April 11, 2024, on page A2-A3)
      The Philippines, United States, Japan and Australia will conduct more military patrols in the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea) after their first-ever joint maritime drills involving warships from the four nations in ...

    • Expert says recycling rubble to save mountains, rivers, beaches 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Philippine Daily Inquirer, September 2, 2019, on page A1-A14)
      Recycling rubble, particularly in countries pummeled by war, is one way to limit environmental damage caused by extracting sand and rock, according to Pascal Peduzzi of UN Environment. Extraction of sand and gravel cannot ...

    • Expert: China has placed 50 ships ahead of PH mission 

      Corrales, Nestor (Philippine Daily Inquirer, January 26, 2024, on page A2-A3)
      China has deployed at least 50 maritime militia ships at Panganiban (Mischief) Reef ahead of another mission to resupply Filipino troops on a decrepit World War II-era ship serving as the Philippines’ outpost at the nearby ...

    • Experts: Dump Fukushima radioactive water into ocean 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Philippine Daily Inquirer, February 1, 2020, on page A7)
      Radioactive water from the stricken nuclear plant in Fukushima should be released into the ocean or vaporized into the air, an expert panel advised the Japanese government on Friday. The proposal is nonbinding and sets no ...

    • Explaining the PH-China sea dispute 

      (Philippine Daily Inquirer, July 16, 2016, on page A1-A15)
      After an international tribunal in The Hague ruled emphatically against China in a maritime dispute with the Philippines, many Chinese state media outlets responded on Wednesday by publishing a map. It showed the South ...