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    • Carpio: World naval powers enforcing Hague ruling 

      Mangosing, Frances G.; Balagtas, Aie (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 ...
    • China has to pay 'int'l price' if PH wins case in sea row 

      Reuters (Philippine Daily Inquirer, December 3, 2015, on page A1-A6)
      When an international court ruled in late October that it had jurisdiction to hear a case filed by the Philippines against China over the disputed South China Sea, Beijing dismissed the decision, saying it would "lead to ...
    • Dagupan school among ' World's Best,' cited for mangrove project 

      Sotelo, Yolanda (Philippine Daily Inquirer, October 23, 2022, on page A3)
      Faculty, students, and personnel of a public school here erupted in cheers on Wednesday upon the announcement that it was among the winners of the inaugural “World’s Best School Prizes,” awarded by a leading international ...
    • Environmental 'Davids' fight giant industrial fishers with rocks 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (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 ...
    • Expert says recycling rubble to save mountains, rivers, beaches 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Philippine Daily Inquirer, September 2, 2019, on page A1-A14)
      Recycling rubble, particularly in countries pummeled by war, is one way to limit environmental damage caused by extracting sand and rock, according to Pascal Peduzzi of UN Environment. Extraction of sand and gravel cannot ...
    • 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 ...
    • Lesley Mobo back to catching fish: ‘This was the life we knew’ 

      Chee Kee, Raoul J. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, April 24, 2010, on page C2)
      Lesley Mobo’s return flight to the United Kingdom had been cancelled one time too many, such that he decided to stay with his mother in their barrio in Aklan. The change in pace—from fast and frenetic to slow and languid—wasn’t ...
    • 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 ...
    • Microplastics 'everywhere': oceans, air, human body 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (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 joining world's largest naval exercise 

      Mangosing, Frances (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 ...
    • Plankton: Research focuses on small things that's keeping world alive 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Philippine Daily Inquirer, October 26, 2021, on page IP)
      The strange metal box hauled from the waves and onto the ship's deck looks like a spaceship fished from a child's imagination. But when scientist Clare Ostle opens it up and draws out the silk scrolls inside, she is looking ...