Browsing Philippine Daily Inquirer by Place "France"
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Boats idle, workers lose jobs as GenSan reels from tuna ban
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,February 25, 2010 , on page A10)Gone were the days when fishing boats of the Amadeo Fishing Corp. (AFC) sailed daily to catch tuna. Now, most of its fishing vessels are grounded in the company’s private wharf in the coastal village of Calumpang here. ... -
Bohol beaches empty a month after welcoming local tourists
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,August 1, 2020 , on page A10)Last week, French couple Claude and Nadine Spring felt like they owned a piece of paradise on Panglao Island in Bohol province as they sunbathed on the white sand beach and swam in clear blue waters all by themselves. The ... -
Britain, France to sail warships in disputed South China Sea
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,June 5, 2018 , on page A1-A6)Britain and France are sailing warships through the South China Sea this year to challenge China's militarization of the hotly contested waterway, their defense ministers said on Sunday. The British and French defense ... -
Carpio: World naval powers enforcing Hague ruling
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,July 11, 2018 , on page A1-A6)President Rodrigo Duterte may have chosen to set aside an international tribunal ruling that invalidated China’s claim to nearly all of the South China Sea, but the world’s naval powers are enforcing it, according to acting ... -
Dead dolphins wash up in France in record numbers
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,June 27, 2020 , on page A7)hundreds of dead dolphins have been washing up on France’s Atlantic coast in such high numbers that local populations of the mammals are at risk, marine biologists say. The majority drowned in the nets of fishing trawlers. ... -
Eaten by the sea: Climate change, rising sea levels erode French coastline
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,April 16, 2021 , on page A11)After fleeing to France to escape the Spanish Civil War, Amalia Romero’s family eventually managed to build a home on the south coast directly looking out over the Mediterranean. But today, the sea is gradually gnawing ... -
Enough is enough: Round bowls drive fish crazy
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,January 24, 2022 , on page A1-A2)A leading French aquarium vendor has decided to stop selling round fishbowls because they drive fish mad and kill them quickly. French pet care market leader AgroBiothers Laboratoire will no longer sell any aquariums with ... -
Environmental 'Davids' fight giant industrial fishers with rocks
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,September 4, 2022 , on page B2)Greenpeace UK said Friday it had dropped 18 large boulders on the seabed in a marine conservation zone off the coast of southwest England to prevent “destructive” industrial fishing. The environmental campaigners sailed ... -
G7 sends strong message to china
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,May 28, 2016 , on page A1-A4)With a keen eye on the Philippines’ legal battle with China over territory in the South China Sea, the leaders of the Group of Seven (G7) advanced democracies have agreed to send a strong message on the importance of ... -
G7 to express concern over sea row, says paper
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,June 8, 2015 , on page A20)Group of Seven (G7) leaders will express their concern over any unilateral action to change the status quo in the East and South China Seas amid tensions between China and a number of Asian countries, Japan's Yomiuri ... -
Magnet fishing clearing out French Rivers, scouring history
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,September 1, 2019 , on page A13)Equipped with powerful magnets, history enthusiasts and environmentalists scour France's rivers, pulling out bits of scrap metal, bikes, scooters and the odd kitchen appliance. Sometimes, too, they fish other more unexpected ... -
Microplastics 'everywhere': oceans, air, human body
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,July 4, 2022 , on page B4)From ocean depths to mountain peaks, humans have littered the planet with tiny shards of plastic. We have even absorbed these microplastics into our bodies — with uncertain implications. Images of plastic pollution have ... -
'PH a willing victim of China in sea dispute’
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,July 13, 2018 , on page A14)Two years after winning an international arbitral court ruling against China, the Philippines has become a “willing victim” of the Asian behemoth in the South China Sea disputes, former Foreign Secretary Albert del Rosario ... -
PH joining world's largest naval exercise
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,June 3, 2022 , on page A6)The Philippines will send one of its two guided-missile frigates to the world’s largest naval exercise involving about 25,000 personnel from 26 countries at the end of the month. BRP Antonio Luna (FF-151) will sail from ... -
Supply boats to sail anew to Ayungin-DND
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,November 22, 2021 , on page A1-A4)The government will send another supply mission to the disputed Ayungin (Second Thomas) Shoal this week after Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana was assured by China that it would not harass vessels bound for the Philippine-held ...