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    • Graft-tainted fund to aid farmers, fishers extended 

      Cabacungan, Gil (Philippine Daily Inquirer, October 16, 2015, on page A6)
      The House has approved a bill extending the corruption-tainted Agricultural Competitiveness Enhancement Fund (Acef) by another seven years up to 2022. The House committee on agriculture and food approved House Bill No. ...

    • Graft-tainted fund to aid farmers, fishers extended 

      Cabacungan, Gil (Philippine Daily Inquirer, October 16, 2015, on page A6)
      The House has approved a bill extending the corruption-tainted Agricultural Competitiveness Enhancement Fund (Acef) by another seven years up to 2022. The House committee on agriculture and food approved House Bill No. ...

    • Great Barrier Reef should be put on ‘in danger’ list-UN panel 

      Reuters (Philippine Daily Inquirer, November 30, 2022, on page A9)
      Australia’s Great Barrier Reef should be listed as a world heritage site that is “in danger”, a UN panel recommended on Tuesday, saying the world’s biggest coral reef ecosystem was significantly impacted by climate change ...

    • Great escape to El Nido 

      Supetran, Bernard L. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, September 30, 2020, on page B2-3)
      Hollywood actress Rachel Weisz, while shooting for Bourne Legacy, called this archipelagic town as the “Emerald City” and “paradise island”. But for us Filipinos, we simply call it the “World’s Best Island” based on the ...

    • The great reset in the Spratlys dispute 

      Loja, Melissa; Bagares, Romel (Philippine Daily Inquirer, July 12, 2021, on page A9)
      In 1951, the United States convened the San Francisco Peace Conference to discuss the fate of the Spratlys Islands. The Philippines, led by Carlos P. Romulo, took part in the conference but his delegation did not register ...

    • Greenhouse gases hit record highs in 2014 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Philippine Daily Inquirer, July 18, 2015, on page A20)
      In 2014 the world's oceans swelled, major greenhouse gases that fuel global warming hit record highs and the planet's surface temperature reached its hottest point in 135 years, international researchers said Thursday. "If ...

    • Greenland sharks may live up to 400 years 

      Reuters (Philippine Daily Inquirer, August 13, 2016, on page A16)
      The Greenland shark, a big slow- moving deep-ocean predator that prowls the frigid waters of the Arctic and North Atlantic, can claim the distinction of being the planet's longest living vertebrate, with a lifespan perhaps ...

    • Greta, Tubbataha and Masungi: A strong month for the environment 

      Honasan, Alya B. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, September 29, 2019, on page C8)
      There has been some good news on the environment, over and beyond the fires that have turned Indonesia into a red planet, and which have sent hazy skies as far away as Singapore, Malaysia, even Palawan and Iloilo in the ...

    • Group hails move to save Subic mangroves, awaits revised railway alignment 

      Orejas, Tonette (Philippine Daily Inquirer, July 6, 2021, on page B4)
      A coalition of residents, tourism investors, Aetas, local government units and civil society groups in Subic Bay Freeport (SBF), Olongapo City, and the provinces of Zambales and Bataan looked forward to seeing the revised ...

    • Group presses total ban on Manila Bay reclamation projects 

      Subingsubing, Krixia (Philippine Daily Inquirer, August 29, 2022, on page A4-A7)
      The battle for Manila Bay continues under the new administration of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. Hoping to have found a new ally in Environment Secretary Toni Yulo Loyzaga, environmentalists, marine scientists, and ...

    • Group seeks gov't help for fisherfolk 

      Ocampo, Karl R. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, September 29, 2020, on page B2)
      An industry group is urging the government to provide more assistance to local fisherfolk as the demand for fish exports remained weak because of the trade restrictions caused by the coronavirus pandemic. In a virtual press ...

    • Group sets off alarm over forest turtle trade 

      Cinco, Maricar (Philippine Daily Inquirer, September 4, 2020, on page A4)
      A wildlife trade monitoring network has sounded the alarm on the massive illicit trading of the Philippine forest turtle (Siebenrockiella leytensis), previously thought to be extinct until rediscovered by scientists in ...

    • Groups ask Duterte to also stop wildlife trafficking 

      Cinco, Maricar (Philippine Daily Inquirer, May 27, 2016, on page A14)
      Wildlife conservationists are challenging presumptive President-elect Rodrigo Duterte to include in his war on crime the illegal trade in wildlife, as the underground market continues to threaten endemic Philippine species. ...

    • Groups strengthen efforts to protect ‘pawikan’ nesting site, coral reefs in Subic Bay 

      Aglibot, Joanna Rose (Philippine Daily Inquirer, May 21, 2022, on page A8)
      Carrying trash bags, local licensed scuba divers went into the waters off All Hands Beach Resort here on Friday to collect underwater garbage as part of a multisectoral initiative to protect the marine and coastal environment ...

    • Guimaras folk stop fishing as oil spill reaches their shores 

      Burgos, Nestor P. Jr.; Domingo, Ronnel; Enano, Jhesset O. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, July 7, 2020, on page A5)
      Fourteen years after Guimaras was devastated by the worst oil spill in the country when the MT Solar I tanker sank, residents of the island-province are again trying to contain the spread of bunker fuel that leaked on ...

    • Guimaras site closes door to tourist 

      Villa, Hazel P.; Dianala, Rex D. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, May 24, 2018, on page A10)
      Another top tourism site in Western Visayas region is taking a breather from visitors, taking a cue from Boracay Island in Aklan province which was shut down for a six-month environmental rehabilitation. The Igang Marine ...

    • Guimaras villagers brace for oil spill 

      Burgos, Nestor P. Jr. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, January 21, 2014, on page A11)
      Coastal villages on Guimaras Island are bracing for an oil spill after bunker fuel coming from a sunken cargo ship reached their shores on Monday. While a possible oil spill would be much smaller compared to the massive ...

    • The Hague tribunal: ramifications of ruling 

      Carpio, Antonio T. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, July 21, 2016, on page A1-A16)
      Last week’s ruling of an UNCLOS tribunal on the South China Sea dispute has two distinct but related ramifications. The first deals with the rights to the resources of the South China Sea among the coastal states, and the ...

    • Hanoi to Beijing: Pull out missiles 

      Mangosing, Frances G.; Salaverria, Leila B. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, April 10, 2018, on page A1-A6)
      Vietnam has requested China to withdraw its weapons from disputed territory in the South China Sea, while security experts have urged the Philippine government to upgrade the country’s defenses in the Spratly archipelago ...

    • Hard lessons from Boracay mess 

      (Philippine Daily Inquirer, November 6, 2018, on page A8)
      Six months after Boracay Island was closed for rehabilitation, the National Bureau of Investigation on Tuesday filed before the Ombudsman graft and malversation charges against several local officials in Malay, Aklan, for ...