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    • Fish pens strangle Laguna de Bay 

      Cinco, Maricar (Philippine Daily Inquirer, January 3, 2017, on page A14)
      Section 51 of the Fisheries Code of the Philippines (Republic Act No. 8550) states that “not over 10 percent of the suitable water surface area of all lakes and rivers shall be allotted for aquaculture purposes like fish ...
    • 'Gloria' invasion hurting milkfish growers 

      Lomibao, Willie; Cardinoza, Gabriel (Philippine Daily Inquirer, April 29, 2016, on page A15)
      A species of tilapia named after former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo for being a smaller version of the ordinary tilapia is invading fishponds in Pangasinan province, prompting bangus (milkfish) growers to complain ...
    • Marcos vows stronger air force, cities disputes 

      Corrales, Nestor (Philippine Daily Inquirer, July 2, 2022, on page A1-A2)
      On his first full day on the job, President Marcos on Friday promised a robust and capable Air Force to defend the country’s sovereignty. Speaking at the late afternoon rites to mark the 75th founding anniversary of the ...
    • Pollution, squatting, industries hasten death of Laguna de Bay 

      Cinco, Maricar (Philippine Daily Inquirer, January 5, 2017, on page A6)
      Bayani Enriquez, 54, grew up by Laguna de Bay in this city in Laguna province. Back in the 1980s, he often spent time with friends swimming or fishing in the lake’s unobstructed waters. But much of the open space is now ...
    • SC sides with dolphins, strikes down oil deal 

      Quismundo, Tarra (Philippine Daily Inquirer, April 22, 2015, on page A4)
      For the sake of endangered dolphins, whales and other marine mammals, the Supreme Court yesterday struck down as unconstitutional, a deal between the Department of Energy (DOE) and a Japanese firm for oil “exploration, ...
    • Sea bass tapped to stop fish invading 'bangus' ponds 

      Cardinoza, Gabriel (Philippine Daily Inquirer, August 15, 2016, on page A15)
      Government marine experts released 5,000 sea bass fingerlings on Friday into the Watac-Mamalingling River here in an effort to control the growing population of a species of tilapia, locally known as "molmol," that had ...