Browsing Philippine Daily Inquirer by Subject "reefs"

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    • 4,200 turtles seized in warehouse 

      Anda, Redempto; Antonio, Rafael (Philippine Daily Inquirer, June 21, 2015, on page A12)
      Authorities in Palawan confiscated on Thursday a shipment of 4,200 critically endangered forest turtles that are believed to be destined for the Chinese black market with an estimated value of around P18 million. The ...

    • Ancient reef raises hopes for corals seas warm 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Philippine Daily Inquirer, September 6, 2010, on page A22)
      Australian scientists said they had discovered a sprawling ancient reef in chilly southern waters which could hold new hope for the future of coral as sea temperatures rise. Researchers used high-resolution sonar and ...

    • Calatagan-where natural reefs thrive along with artificial ones 

      Santos-Viola, Carlos (Philippine Daily Inquirer, June 6, 2010, on page F-2)
      With my drive buddies Ramon and Dennis Nakpil, and with guest diver and friend Ed Hontiveros, I drove to Calatagan recently for a dive excursion. After an easy 2 ½-hour drive, we reached this town in Batangas, whose name ...

    • China demands end to US surveillance after intercept 

      (Philippine Daily Inquirer, May 21, 2016, on page A2)
      Beijing demanded an end to U.S. surveillance near China on Thursday after two of its fighter jets carried out what the Pentagon said was an “unsafe” intercept of a U.S. military reconnaissance aircraft over the South China ...

    • China sees bilateral deal with new PH President 

      Torres, Estrella (Philippine Daily Inquirer, May 7, 2016, on page A1-A18)
      China is looking forward to a bilateral settlement of the dispute in the South China Sea with new Philippine President, its envoy said on Thursday. Ambassador Zhao Jinhua expressed the hope that the new Philippine leader ...

    • China trains fishing militia to venture into Spratlys 

      (Philippine Daily Inquirer, May 2, 2016, on page A1-A23)
      The fishing fleet based in this tiny port town on Hainan Island is getting everything from military training and subsidies to even fuel and ice as China creates an increasingly sophisticated fishing militia to sail into ...

    • Chinese jets intercept US spy plane, says Pentagon 

      (Philippine Daily Inquirer, May 20, 2016, on page A1-A10)
      Two Chinese fighter jets carried out an "unsafe" intercept of a US military reconnaissance aircraft over the South China Sea, the Pentagon said on Wednesday, a further escalation of tensions in and around the contested ...

    • Chinese vessels continue clam harvest in Panatag 

      Cardinoza, Gabriel (Philippine Daily Inquirer, June 14, 2019, on page A14)
      Chinese fishing vessels continue to gather giant clams at Panatag Shoal in the West Philippine Sea despite protests from maritime officials, according to Pangasinan fishermen who sailed there in late May. Unless Chinese ...

    • Coral-eating starfish infest Boracay waters 

      Lujan, Nereo C. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, September 2, 1999, on page 12)
      A population of coral-eating crown-of-thorns starfish was found in the reefs of Boracay Island. But the aquaculture research center here said there was no cause for alarm. The Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center ...

    • DENR ‘cleans up reefs’ on reef-less Manila Bay 

      Gascon, Melvin (Philippine Daily Inquirer, May 20, 2018, on page A6)
      About 200 participants from the DENR, the Department of Public Works and Highways, the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority, and the Manila city government picked up sacksful of trash from the 500-meter stretch of the ...

    • DFA: China gives 'no-build' assurance in sea row talks 

      Ramos, Marlon; Pazzibugan, Dona Z. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, February 17, 2018, on page A8)
      China has assured the Philippines that it would refrain from conducting any activities on uninhabited areas in the West Philippine Sea, Foreign Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano said on Friday. Cayetano said the country had ...

    • DLSU-SHORE, WWF Phils. team up for coral reef research 

      (Philippine Daily Inquirer, August 26, 2019, on page C2)
      DE La Salle University Br. Alfred Shields FSC Ocean Research Center (DLSUSHORE) and the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) Philippines embarked on consecutive reef research trips last April and May of this year. Dubbed ...

    • Du30 to China: Why claim the entire South China Sea? 

      Aurelio, Julie M. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, June 1, 2019, on page A1-A4)
      President Duterte on Friday said he loved China as an ally but questioned the claim by the Asian economic powerhouse over the whole South China Sea. It was the first time that Duterte directly confronted China publicly on ...

    • Duterte cautioned on sea row remarks 

      Andrade, Jeannette I. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, April 13, 2017, on page A3)
      Former Foreign Secretary Albert del Rosario on Wednesday cautioned President Duterte about making “spur of the moment statements” that could further encourage China’s expansionist ambitions in the South China Sea. Mr. ...

    • Duterte stand on sea row needs review-Carpio 

      Ramos, Marlon (Philippine Daily Inquirer, July 16, 2018, on page A2)
      The recent Social Weather Stations poll showing that four of five Filipinos rebuffed the government’s approach to the territorial dispute with China proved that President Rodrigo Duterte’s policy was contrary to the public’s ...

    • Duterte: This isn’t the time to fight China 

      Nawal, Allan (Philippine Daily Inquirer, February 11, 2018, on page A3)
      President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday hinted that his administration would not be questioning China over its activities in the West Philippine Sea, including its aggressive construction of military facilities on several reefs ...

    • Eyewitness at Ayungin: Chinese force, PH grit 

      Mangosing, Frances (Philippine Daily Inquirer, June 24, 2022, on page A6)
      China is closely watching this patch of reef, one of the maritime features occupied by the Philippines in the West Philippine Sea, as if ready to seize it at the earliest opportunity to establish firm control over that ...

    • Fish have rights, too 

      Jimenez-David, Rina (Philippine Daily Inquirer, August 3, 2018, on page A15)
      If it were only a matter of laws, we have more than enough of them to ensure the protection of our environment. What makes environmental protection so difficult, however, is that despite the plethora of international, ...

    • From foes to friends of tropical fish 

      Cinco, Maricar (Philippine Daily Inquirer, August 19, 2018, on page A8)
      Verde Island sits right in the middle of the Verde Island Passage (VIP), a strait between Luzon and Mindoro islands that biodiversity experts declared in 2005 the Earth’s “center of the center of marine shorefish biodiversity.” ...

    • Giant clam 're-wilding' waters near Semirara mine site 

      (Philippine Daily Inquirer, May 12, 2016, on page B6)
      In 2006, the company released 150 pieces of the Tridacna gigas, an endangered species of giant clams, near the waters of Panian mine on Semirara Island in Caluya, Antique province. Citing research, the firm says these giant ...