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Fishing village survives 'pork' scam
With open arms, fisherman Alejo Gratico and his neighbors welcomed two men from a nongovernment organization (NGO) who arrived in Surigao City in 2008. At last, help finally came to the remote fishing community in Sitio ...
- June 21, 2015
Fisheries experts seeking balance between sharks, seafood trade
Asia- Pacific countries, including the Philippines, are working to achieve a balance between protecting sharks and related species, and ensuring healthy trade in seafood. In a statement, the Food and Agriculture Organization ...
- April 24, 2016
Sea row tackled at Duterte, Xi meet
While China has continued to downplay the 2016 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (Unclos) ruling favoring the Philippines’ territorial rights, tension between the two countries have subsided following the ...
- April 27, 2019
What lies beneath: exploring Benham Rise's unknown treasures
Benham Rise, the underwater landmass northeast of Luzon that the United Nations declared part of the Philippines’ continental shelf, has been grabbing headlines because of the presence of Chinese ships that may or may not ...
- March 19, 2017
Declare part of PH Rise ‘no take zone,’ Duterte urged
Environmental groups on Thursday called on the government to exercise jurisdiction over the Philippine Rise by declaring part of it, the 17,000-hectare Benham Bank, as a “no-take” zone, where fishing and other human activity ...
- February 16, 2018
Oil sludge removal starts in Ilocos
Using shovels, rakes and dust pans, and even spoons, government employees, residents, fishermen and volunteers from different towns of La Union tediously scooped and gathered the coagulated oil that had reached coastal ...
- March 1, 2013
Giant clam 're-wilding' waters near Semirara mine site
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 ...
- May 12, 2016
PH tells China: Don’t seize Filipinos’ fish catch
The Philippines on Monday demanded that China stop its Coast Guard from confiscating the catch of Filipino fishermen in the West Philippine Sea, calling the practice “unacceptable.” The demand, aired by presidential ...
- June 12, 2018
In the know
The Northeast monsoon, locally known as amihan, usually peaks in January and ends in Ferbruary, bringing cooler days during these months. Baguio City, where the lowest temperature is most often observed, registered a reading ...
- January 4, 2015
Puerto Galera: Shoring up tourism, marine ecosystem
For centuries, the bucolic town of Puerto Galera in Oriental Mindoro has been one of the archipelago’s proverbial best-kept secrets, with its lush forests, powdery beaches and rich underwater world. Literally meaning “port ...
- June 8, 2019