• The world's corals are bleaching fast - what it means for the ocean's future 

  UNEP News (Manila Standard, July 16, 2024, on page C1)

  Bleaching is not always fatal for corals. If water temperatures cool quickly enough the animals can recover. The problem: bleachings are lasting longer and coming in rapid-fire succession. This year’s is the fourth since ...

• Over 7,000 runners join 'Takbo Para sa West Philippine Sea' 

  (Manila Standard, July 8, 2024, on page A1)

  Over 7,000 Filipinos from all walks of life joined the “Takbo Para sa West Philippine Sea’ in Pasay City on Sunday. The high turnout of participants is indicative of ordinary Fiipinos’ support for the government’s advocacy ...

• PH Navy reports fewer Chinese militia vessels in Julian Felipe Reef 

  (Manila Standard, December 7, 2023, on page A3)

  A Philippine Navy official said Wednesday the number of Chinese maritime militia vessels at Julian Felipe Reef has significantly decreased from the previous weeks. Philippine Navy Vice Admiral Alberto Carlos, Western ...

• China's monster ship faces off with PH vessel at Escoda shoal 

  Lopez, Vince (Manila Standard, July 10, 2024, on page A1)

  The massive China Coast Guard ship, dubbed “The Monster,” has been in a continued face-off with the Philippine Coast Guard’s BRP Teresa Magbanua at Escoda Shoal, the Philippines Navy said. Philippine Navy spokesperson for ...

• PCG, CCG ships engage in 'cat and mouse' encounters 

  (Manila Standard, July 8, 2024, on page A1)

  Philippine and Chinese coast guard vessels may have narrowly avoided another violent exchange as they figured in another tense standoff near the Ayungin Shoal in the West Philippine Sea (WPS), a maritime analyst revealed ...

• DA pushes national tuna management plan 

  Campos, Othel (Manila Standard, September 5, 2024, on page B1)

  The Department of Agriculture (DA) seeks increased capacity utilization of various tuna canneries nationwide to generate more jobs, attract new investments and bolster food security in the country. Agriculture Secretary ...

• Retrieval of sunken vessel in full swing at Mariveles waters - PCG 

  Gunio, Butch (Manila Standard, January 15, 2024, on page A4)

  The salvaging of a sunken vessel in Mariveles waters in Bataan has started last Jan. 5. Philippine Coast Guard (PCG)-Bataan commander Jonathan Serote said the Irzolex Inc., owner of the MV Hong Hai which sank last year off ...

• Agri Dept. cites Zambales firm's efforts in pompano production 

  (Manila Standard, January 23, 2024, on page A3)

  In San Antonio, Zambales, a private firm is helping blaze the trail to increase local production of pompano, a delicious, high-value aquaculture alternative to milkfish. Government data showed that in 2022, local production ...

• Fisherfolks file complaint citing 'absence of consultation' in Laguna de bay project 

  Araja, Rio (Manila Standard, January 11, 2024, on page A4)

  A group of fishermen on Thursday filed a formal complaint before the Laguna Lake Development Authority to stop the reclamation at Laguna de Bay for absence of consultation. The Rizal Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Management ...

• China bullying tactics continue in WPS – PCG 

  Dantes, Charles; Tonelada, Rachelle (Manila Standard, July 7, 2024, on page A1)

  There is no let-up in the “intimidation” tactics of Beijing in the West Philippine Sea, the Philippine Coast Guard said, noting that China Coast Guard’s massive ship, dubbed “The Monster,” also deployed a rigid-hull ...

• PH ship to remain in Escoda Shoal, won’t go the way of Scarborough 

  Espiritu, Rex (Manila Standard, July 11, 2024, on page A1)

  The Philippine Coast Guard flagship, BRP Teresa Magbanua, will remain at Escoda Shoal despite the arrival of China’s biggest vessel dubbed as “The Monster” Navy spokesperson on the WPS Rear Admiral Roy Vincent Trinidad ...

• Envoy says France willing to hold joint patrols with allies in WPS 

  (Manila Standard, December 7, 2023, on page A4)

  France is willing to hold joint maritime patrols in the West Philippine Sea, the French Ambassador to Manila disclosed. Ambassador Marie Fontanel made the disclosure after Armed Forces of the Philippines chief Gen. Romeo ...

• Deep, man-made depressions in Escoda Shoal – scientists 

  Dantes, Charles (Manila Standard, June 9, 2024, on page A1)

  Marine scientists found depressions or sunken areas that appear to be man-made on the ocean floor of Escoda Shoal, also called Sabina Shoal, that led to a “local extinction” of corals in the area in the West Philippine ...

• China warns arrest of trespassers in SCS 

  Requejo, Rey; Lopez, Vince (Manila Standard, May 18, 2024, on page A1)

  China issued a regulation that authorizes the arrest of “foreigners” in the disputed maritime territories, including the South China Sea, beginning June. Philippine Coast Guard spokesperson for the WPS Commodore Jay Tarriela ...

• Marcos to PMA grads: Stand up vs. intruders 

  Dantes, Charles (Manila Standard, May 19, 2024, on page A1)

  The Philippines will “vigorously defend what is ours,” President Marcos said on Saturday, as Manila’s maritime row with Beijing over the West Philippine Sea escalates. The President likewise ordered graduates of the ...

• DENR worries over deep-sea mining 

  (Manila Standard, December 11, 2023, on page A8)

  The Philippines urged nations last week to adopt ridge-to-reef approaches to stop further ecosystem loss, reiterating the need for urgency to save lives and livelihoods. Department of Environment and Natural Resources ...

• Indian navy rescues Iranian fishing boat 

  Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Manila Standard, January 31, 2024, on page B2)

  India’s navy said Tuesday it had freed an Iranian fishing vessel hijacked by Somali pirates, the second in as many days, after the latest attack on Indian Ocean shipping. The warship INS Sumitra “compelled the safe release” ...

• Australia's P3.6-b marine protection project covers PH 

  (Manila Standard, April 28, 2023, on page A3)

  The Philippines is among the recipients of a P3.6-billion “maritime program investments” by Australia in the Indo-Pacific region, the Australian Embassy revealed. Australian Embassy Deputy Head of Mission Dr. Moya Collett ...

• Groups help monitor Mindoro oil spill 

  Cruz, Maricel (Manila Standard, April 30, 2023, on page A2)

  Civil society groups, affected communities, and concerned organizations have joined hands to assist in monitoring and improving the availability of updates on the oil spill in Oriental Mindoro. This came two months after ...

• First potable water flows from seawater desalination plant in Cebu 

  (Manila Standard, June 7, 2024, on page B1)

  Vivant Water, a unit of publicly-listed Vivant Corp., said Thursday the first water flowed from the train or distribution skid of its treatment plant in Cordova, Cebu, making it the first company to establish a utility-scale ...

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