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    • 'Incredible' icy dip between two continents in Iceland 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Philippine Daily Inquirer, August 2, 2022, on page B4)
      In between the North American and Eurasian tectonic plates, Iceland’s Silfra fissure is one of the world’s most famous dive sites, popular with tourists who venture into its icy waters. Visibility underwater can exceed 100 ...

    • Indonesia asks Japan to invest in islands near disputed waters 

      Reuters (Philippine Daily Inquirer, January 11, 2020, on page A11)
      Indonesia’s President Joko Widodo on Friday asked Japan to step up investment in fisheries and energy in some of its South China Sea islands following a stand-off with China in waters that China claims in the area. Widodo ...

    • Indonesia to hold exercises in disputed sea 

      (Philippine Daily Inquirer, October 5, 2016, on page A9)
      Indonesia's air force is holding its largest military exercise this week, near some of its islands in the South China Sea, in a show of sovereignty over the gas-rich are on the fringe of territory claimed by China, officials ...

    • Indonesia urges security patrols by ASEAN Countries in parts of South China Sea 

      Malcolm Turnbull (Philippine Daily Inquirer, March 17, 2018, on page A8)
      Indonesia urged Southeast Asian countries to each patrol a part of the disputed South China Sea to improve security, Defense Minister Ryamizard Ryacudu said on Friday. "For the South China Sea, I went around to friends-Asean ...

    • Indonesia, Thailand to work together on illegal fishing 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Philippine Daily Inquirer, April 24, 2015, on page A27)
      Indonesia and Thailand agreed on Thursday to set up a joint task force on illegal fishing, a lucrative cross-border trade that labor groups claim is responsible for enslaving thousands of workers from across Southeast Asia. ...

    • Injured dolphins land on Lingayen Gulf shores 

      Cardinoza, Gabriel (Philippine Daily Inquirer, January 28, 2015, on page A16)
      At least 17 injured bottlenose dolphins have been found beached in the last two days in the coastal areas of the Lingayen Gulf stretching from Alaminos City in Pangasinan province to Aringay town in La Union province. ...

    • Int'l opinion against China buildup in disputed sea 

      Quismundo, Tarra (Philippine Daily Inquirer, July 9, 2015, on page A1-A13)
      In the face of growing international condemnation for its building artificial islands in the South China Sea from which to project its military power in the region, China appears to have reduced itself into an island. From ...

    • Inventor of China's nine-dash line 

      Carpio, Antonio T. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, July 30, 2020, on page A6)
      The root cause of the South China Sea dispute is China’s nine-dash line that appears in the 1947 map invented by the Kuomintang Party, which controlled the Chinese government at that time. The 1947 map is titled “Location ...

    • Investigate Duterte-China deal on Benham Rise, Congress urged 

      Avendaño, Christine; Dizon, Nikko; Salaverria, Leila (Philippine Daily Inquirer, March 16, 2017, on page A6)
      Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV wants the Senate to investigate a supposed agreement between President Duterte and Chinese officials allowing Chinese vessels to go to Benham Rise, a 13-million hectare, resource-rich underwater ...

    • Investing in biodiversity is investing in our future 

      Mitra, Titon (Philippine Daily Inquirer, May 25, 2016, on page A13)
      With presumptive President-elect Rodrigo Duterte’s agenda getting to be progressively developed, the observance of International Biodiversity Day last May 22 offered a timely reminder of the need for and importance of ...

    • 'Invisible hand' spreading lies vs China-embassy 

      Pazzibugan, Dona Z. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, April 11, 2024, on page A4)
      The Chinese Embassy in Manila on Wednesday alleged that an “invisible hand” was “poisoning” China’s relations with the Philippines even as it denied Beijing was undertaking illicit military-related activities amid escalating ...

    • Is Duterte serving China's interest or PH's? 

      Basu, Saikat Kumar (Philippine Daily Inquirer, September 21, 2016, on page A14)
      President Duterte’s position on the Philippines’ maritime dispute with Beijing will destroy chances of stopping assertive China’s creeping usurpation of the Philippine claim to the West Philippine Sea. In its confrontation ...

    • IS harasses marsh fishermen 

      Fernandez, Edwin (Philippine Daily Inquirer, June 16, 2018, on page A10)
      The military operation against Islamic State (IS) followers operating in Liguasan Marsh had freed fishing areas from the control of terrorists, including foreigners, according to the military. The operation, which killed ...

    • Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it's a squid 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Philippine Daily Inquirer, February 9, 2013, on page A23)
      The oceanic squid can fly more than 30 metres through the air at speeds faster than Usain Bolt if it wants to escape predators, Japanese researchers said on Friday. The mollusc propels itself out of the ocean by shooting ...

    • Is the DPWH killing coral reefs? 

      See, Aie Balagtas (Philippine Daily Inquirer, September 10, 2017, on page A19)
      He might get into trouble for it, renowned marine biologist Wilfredo Licuanan himself admitted, but he just had to say it: “The No. 1 destroyer of coral reefs in the Philippines is the Department of Public Works and ...

    • Island beaches shut down to save fragile ecosystems 

      Chandran, Rina (Philippine Daily Inquirer, March 29, 2018, on page A4)
      Not only Boracay Island but also Maya Bay will be off limits to visitors this year as officials seek to protect ecosystems crumbling from warming seas and unchecked sprawl, despite the risk to tourism revenues and tens of ...

    • Island facing West PH Sea seen boosting coastal defense 

      Mangosing, Frances (Philippine Daily Inquirer, February 27, 2023, on page A3-A4)
      The Philippine Marine Corps (PMC) is considering a donated 10-hectare land on Lubang Island in Occidental Mindoro province as a vital location in the military’s “coastal defense strategy” against external threats. The ...

    • Island may offer clues to coral reefs' survival 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Philippine Daily Inquirer, April 18, 2017, on page A4)
      The key to the survival of the world’s threatened coral reefs may lie in the waters surrounding a small volcanic island off the coast of Japan, scientists say. The seabed of Shikine island is a “living laboratory” for ...

    • 'It's time': Duterte to raise sea row ruling on China trip 

      Aurelio, Julie M.; Ramos, Marlon (Philippine Daily Inquirer, August 7, 2019, on page A6)
      President Duterte will meet Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing later this month to discuss a 2016 ruling by the UN-backed Permanent Court of Arbitration that nullified China’s claim to nearly the entire South China ...

    • Italy backs PH in sea row 

      Dizon, Nikko; Quismundo, Tarra (Philippine Daily Inquirer, December 4, 2015, on page A1-A4)
      The Philippine has found another supporter of its decision to take its territorial dispute with China in the South China Sea to the United Nations for arbitration, with Italy's top leaders telling President Aquino that it ...