Browsing Philippine Daily Inquirer by Place "Quezon"

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    • 13 towns endangered, gov't geosurvey shows 

      Ocampo, Karl (Philippine Daily Inquirer, November 12, 2021, on page A9)
      Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) warned of a “potential creeping crisis” in southeastern Luzon following its latest geological survey showing 13 municipalities in the area as highly vulnerable to coastal erosion, storm ...

    • 7 dead as ferry catches fire near Quezon Port 

      Mallari, Delfin Jr; Jaucian, Michael; Bautista, Jane (Philippine Daily Inquirer, May 24, 2022, on page A1-A2)
      Polillo Island residents Shirley Debelles, her husband Crisanto and their young grandchild were on their way to Real town in Quezon province on board the MV Mercraft 2 on Monday morning when disaster struck. The port of ...

    • Cops, PCG vow to protect Quezon’s Lamon Bay vs illegal fishing 

      Mallari, Delfin T. Jr. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, January 26, 2024, on page A11)
      Police and Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) officials in Quezon have assured local fisherfolk that they would intensify their patrol of the province’s waters to stop the activities of commercial fishers who have been reported ...

    • Death toll in Quezon ferry fire climbs to 9 

      Mallari, Delfin Jr; Santos, Tina G. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, June 3, 2022, on page A7)
      The death toll from the fire that hit a ferry off the coast of Real, Quezon, on May 23 rose to nine after a mother and daughter who were injured during the incident died while being treated at a hospital in Metro Manila ...

    • DENR starts dismantling illegal fish cages in Taal Lake 

      Mallari, Delfin Jr (Philippine Daily Inquirer, June 5, 2022, on page A7)
      The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) in the Calabarzon (Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal, Quezon) region has started the demolition of illegal fish cages in Taal Lake. The demolition, which started on ...

    • Mapua- DOST team develops tech for small fisherfolk, LGUs 

      Subingsubing, Krixia (Philippine Daily Inquirer, October 23, 2022, on page A5)
      For fisherfolk who venture out to sea on small boats, staying safe while navigating open waters requires keeping off the path of big ships, to whom their puny craft would appear as mere specks on the horizon, practically ...

    • 'Paeng' wipes out 'pawikan' nesting sites in Quezon 

      Mallari, Delfin Jr (Philippine Daily Inquirer, November 1, 2022, on page A8)
      Several nesting sites of “pawikan,” or sea turtles, along the coast of Tayabas Bay in Sariaya town in Quezon province were destroyed at the height of Severe Tropical Storm Paeng (international name: Nalgae), an environmental ...

    • Quezon folk welcome ‘butanding’ return to Tayabas Bay 

      Mallari, Delfin Jr (Philippine Daily Inquirer, November 27, 2022, on page A2)
      Whale sharks, locally known as “butanding,” have been spotted once again at Tayabas Bay about a month after the most recent storm to hit the country, according to residents of the coastal town of Sariaya and an environmental ...

    • Rampant illegal fishing in Quezon waters alarms group 

      (Philippine Daily Inquirer, June 4, 2022, on page A7)
      Rampant destructive fishing methods were again reported in the bays of Tayabas and Lamon in Quezon province, prompting an environmental group to urge the local government to curb the illegal activities. Jay Lim, project ...