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    • Singapore says it takes no sides in sea disputes 

      Fabunan, Sara D.; Herrera, Christine F. (Manila Standard, September 12, 2012, on page B4-B5)
      The Singaporean government on Tuesday rebuffed Manila after Philippine newspapers reported that its prime minister, Lee Hsien Loong, supported the Philippines' claim to the South China Sea. Foreign Ministry spokesman K ...

    • Single-use plastic phaseout in Quezon City 

      Araja, Rio N. (Manila Standard, July 15, 2018, on page B3)
      Quezon City Vice Mayor Joy Belmonte is batting for the gradual implementation of the ban on single-use plastics, citing reports the Philippines is the world’s third-biggest contributor of plastic wastes to the ocean. She ...

    • Sino fishers face court on poaching raps 

      Requejo, Rey (Manila Standard, May 21, 2014, on page A3)
      The Chinese fishermen arrested for alleged poaching off Half Moon Shoal in the disputed Spratly Islands will be arraigned today before the Puerto Princesa regional trial court for illegal fishing charges. Palawan provincial ...

    • Sino poachers kill coral reefs 

      Fabunan, Sara Susanne (Manila Standard, September 24, 2016, on page A2)
      Chinese poachers are using the propellers of their boats to destroy coral reefs at the disputed islands Spratlys and Pag-asa, marine biologist John McManus said, but no comment has been made by the foreign affairs department. ...

    • Sino poachers target giant clams in Palawan waters 

      Gulle, Jimbo (Manila Standard, April 15, 2021, on page A1-A2)
      Chinese poachers are illegally harvesting giant clams in the waters of Pag-asa Islands, recent patrols by the Philippine Coast Guard discovered. The poachers immediately left the area when approached by the Coast Guard, ...

    • Sino ships seen in WPS: despite Beijing's assurance no new expansion in disputed waters 

      Cruz, Maricel V. (Manila Standard, August 16, 2017, on page A1-A2)
      A party-list lawmaker on Tuesday urged the government to file a diplomatic protest against China over Chinese ships spotted near Pag-asa Island in the West Philippine Sea. At the same time, Magdalo Party-List Rep. Gary ...

    • SMC completes Tullahan River cleaning project 

      (Manila Standard, August 27, 2022, on page A3)
      San Miguel Corporation (SMC) has officially completed its P1-billion Tullahan River cleanup project, which it started in 2020 together with the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) in support of the ...

    • SMC plants 25k mangroves in Bulacan 

      (Manila Standard, July 30, 2020, on page A3)
      The San Miguel Corporation has started planting 25,000 mangroves on 10 hectares of coastal area in Hagonoy, Bulacan—the first of a total 190,000 mangroves to be planted over 76-hectares in Bulacan and Central Luzon. The ...

    • SMC set to expand, dredge Tullahan river 

      (Manila Standard, February 25, 2020, on page A6)
      San Miguel Corporation’s P1-billion initiative to dredge and expand the Tullahan river system, will not only give the Manila Bay rehabilitation project a major boost—it will also help solve flooding in Bulacan, ahead of ...

    • Smuggled fish 

      Espiritu, Sonny (Manila Standard, March 11, 2013, on page A3)
      Airport police district commander Marlon Almeda turned over to Ben Curativo, officer-in-charge of the airport Fisheries Quarantine Service, 210 boxes of snuggled live fish fry that arrived from Singapore, Hong Kong and Malaysia.

    • Smuggled Turtles Intercepted at NAIA 

      Zurbano, Joel E. (Manila Standard, November 12, 2017, on page A2)
      Government agents on Saturday intercepted a shipment of Chinese softshell turtles at a cargo warehouse in Ninoy Aquino International Airport. Naia Customs collector Ramon Anquilan said his men from the Export Division led ...

    • Soft stance on China hit: Maritime expert sees erosion of PH gains from UN ruling 

      Ramos-Araneta, Macon; Araja, Rio (Manila Standard, May 7, 2018, on page A1-A2)
      The government’s soft approach to China’s militarization of the South China Sea will erode the advantage the Philippines gained when the UN arbitral tribunal recognized Manila’s claim over disputed territories in the area, ...

    • Solon hits DFA's silence on China 

      Cruz, Maricel V.; Bencito, John Paolo (Manila Standard, August 18, 2017, on page A1-A2)
      Rep. Gary Alejano on Thursday expressed dismay over Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano’s statement that there was nothing to fear from the presence of Chinese Navy, Coast Guard and fishing vessels near Pag-asa ...

    • Solon seeks P1k fuel subsidy for fisherfolks 

      Araja, Rio (Manila Standard, May 15, 2023, on page A5)
      Agri Party-list Rep. Wilbert T. Lee has filed a bill seeking to guarantee a fuel subsidy for municipal fisherfolk by providing a fuel voucher of not less than P1,000 per month. Under House Bill No. 8007 or the “Pantawid ...

    • Solon slams Palace remark on Chinese fishing at WPS 

      Cruz, Maricel V. (Manila Standard, January 20, 2019, on page A3)
      An opposition lawmaker on Saturday expressed his dismay over Malacañang’s response on the reported massive presence of Chinese fishing vessels in the West Philippine Sea.“ Malacañang has dismissed the matter as mere ...

    • Solons at fishport 

      (Manila Standard, March 15, 2017, on page C2)
      Cavite Sixth District Rep. Luis ‘Jon Jon’ Ferrer IV (right), chairman of the House Committee on Aquaculture and Fisheries Resources, stands with committee members Imus City Rep. Alex ‘AA’ Advincula, Bacoor City Rep. Edwin ...

    • Solons move to guard WPS areas 

      Ramos-Araneta, Macon; Cruz, Maricel (Manila Standard, January 26, 2023, on page A2)
      The proposed measure aimed at declaring certain areas in the Kalayaan Group of Islands (KGI) in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) as protected areas is now ready for transmission to the House plenary for sponsorship and debate. ...

    • Something fishy 

      (Manila Standard, November 23, 2016, on page A4)
      The Palace said this week that President Duterte will soon issue an executive order making a portion of Scarborough Shoal a “marine sanctuary and no-fishing zone”—giving the illusion that he can do with mere words what the ...

    • Something's burning at the BFAR? 

      Manalo, Charlie (Manila Standard, November 8, 2018, on page A4-A5)
      Agriculture Secretary Manny Piñol really needs to check on this. Documents reaching this writer showed that the bidding for the P2.1- billion Integrated Marine Environment Monitoring System or IMEMS of the Bureau of Fisheries ...

    • The sorry state of our reefs 

      Quiboloy, Apollo (Manila Standard, February 4, 2013, on page A5)
      In a voyage that should merit a “What Went Wrong?” episode, an American minesweeper equipped to spot mines as small as a basketball smashed into a protected reef the size of 2.4 million basketball courts. For that blunder, ...