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Villar upset by DENR report
(Manila Standard,August 21, 2018 , on page A6)Senator Cynthia Villar on Monday expressed dismay that the Department of Environment and Natural Resources expected only 30 percent of the establishments in Boracay Island to operate when it resumes operation in October ... -
Villar wants to stop use of single plastic
(Manila Standard,July 20, 2019 , on page A3)To avert the worst occurence that the country’s ocean will become a “virtual desert” by 2050 if plastic pollution continues, Senator Cynthia A. Villar wants to stop all types of single-plastic use. The senator, who will ... -
Villar wants waste water, sewage system probed
(Manila Standard,June 13, 2018 , on page A6)Having been tagged by an environmental lawyer as a “toilet bowl being used every day but never got flushed,” Senator Cynthia Villar wants a Senate probe on the wastewater treatment and sewerage system in Manila Bay and ... -
Villar, BFAR set up aquaponics facility
(Manila Standard,June 20, 2020 , on page A3)Senator Cynthia Villar, chairperson of the Senate Committee on Agriculture and Food, together with the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources, have set up an aquaponics facility to benefit a community in Las Piñas. Urban ... -
Volcanic island may hold key to coral survival
(Manila Standard,April 18, 2017 , on page C4)Tara, Japan – The key to the survival of the world’s threatened coral reefs may lie in the waters surrounding a small volcanic island off the coast of Japan, scientists say. The seabed of Shikine Island is a “living ... -
War games set amid sea row
(Manila Standard,April 8, 2015 , on page D11)The United States and the Philippines will double the size of their annual war games this month, with some exercises to be staged close to a South China Sea flashpoint. The 10-day exercises between the long-time allies ... -
Waste-dumping in WPS not true, says Lorenzana
(Manila Standard,July 14, 2021 , on page A4)Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said Tuesday the dumping of waste in the West Philippine Sea as reported by an American think tank is untrue. “The reported dumping of waste in the WPS is not true. That photo is from the ... -
Wastewater leak now 'catastrophic'
(Manila Standard,April 6, 2021 , on page B2)Emergency crews in central Florida were working Sunday to prevent an environmental catastrophe at a leaking reservoir that risked sending millions of gallons of contaminated wastewater toward nearby homes and into the Tampa ... -
Water hyacinths: Bane or boon?
(Manila Standard,June 10, 2019 , on page A5)Water hyacinths first entered the public’s consciousness during the past administration, when then-President Noynoy Aquino declared war on the pesky plants that were choking up to 20 hectares of the Rio Grande de Mindanao ... -
Welcome to China
(Manila Standard,June 11, 2020 , on page B1)Top officials and visitors who went to the Pag-asa Island in the West Philippine Sea this week received a surprise on their mobile phones. “Welcome to China,” one message said as their phones went on roaming. “Welcome to ... -
West Philippine Sea in the public mind: beyond sound bites
(Manila Standard,June 21, 2016 , on page A10)As the Philippines heads into a new political dispensation, much of the country is watching with bated breath how the newly minted President-elect Rodrigo Duterte will sooner or later deal with the issue of China's aggressive ... -
Whale halts fireworks display
(Manila Standard,July 7, 2018 , on page B3)A rare visiting whale in Wellington Harbour has won hearts in the New Zealand capital but forced officials to cancel the city’s annual fireworks display. The southern right whale appeared in the harbor on Wednesday and has ... -
Whale sharks in Sarangani Bay up to 14
(Manila Standard,March 12, 2019 , on page B4)A total of 14 whale sharks (Rhincodon typus) were discovered and documented in Sarangani Bay on Saturday. The Task Force Butanding Gensan disclosed that the recent documentation of whale sharks in Sarangani Bay made the ... -
Whale whispers beat predators
(Manila Standard,October NaN, 2019 , on page A1-A2)Female Atlantic right whales lower their voices to a whisper when communicating with their young to prevent “eavesdropping” by predators, researchers said Wednesday. Several species of adult whales rarely get hunted by ... -
Whales in the wild: rare gem amid Thailand's mass tourism
(Manila Standard,December 14, 2016 , on page B4)Piercing the water’s surface with its almond-shaped mouth, a giant Bryde’s whale opens wide for one, two, three seconds, gulping in anchovies as a boatload of awed tourist look on in the Gulf of Thailand. It’s a rare glimpse ... -
Whales start their song off Antarctica
(Manila Standard,March 12, 2015 , on page B7)A team of Australian and New Zealand researchers has tracked scores of blue whales off Antarctica, eavesdropping as the world’s largest animals began their rumbling song, which can be detected 750 kilometers away. During ... -
What now after Xi's rejection
(Manila Standard,September 2, 2019 , on page A5)The recent statement of Presidential Spokesman Salvador Panelo reported that, as committed, President Duterte was, "steadfast in raising with President Xi concerns central to the Philippine Sea which include the ruling ... -
What we need to do in Manila Bay
(Manila Standard,February 12, 2019 , on page A4-A5)Last Saturday, I wrote about the 2008 decision of the Supreme Court Decision which ordered the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority, Department of Environment and Natural Resources, and other government agencies to ... -
What’s next for Philippine Rise
(Manila Standard,August 7, 2018 , on page C1)The Foreign Service Institute and Oceana Philippines recently gathered relevant agencies, members of the academe, and stakeholders to discuss future plans to sustain and further strengthen the protection of the Philippine ... -
'While pushing for peace in WPS, PH wont't drop sovereignty over it'
(Manila Standard,July 12, 2022 , on page A1-A2)Foreign Affairs Secretary Enrique Manalo on Tuesday declared that the Philippines wants peace in the South China Sea but rejected any claims that undermine the 2016 ruling by the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) that ...