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12 bodies found after South China Sea typhoon shipwreck
(Manila Standard,July 5, 2022 , on page B2)Twelve bodies have been found following a shipwreck in the South China Sea over the weekend that left more than two dozen crew members missing, Chinese authorities said Monday. The announcement came days after an engineering ... -
122 Pregnant whales killed in hunt
(Manila Standard,June 1, 2018 , on page B3)Japan killed 122 pregnant minke whales during a highly controversial annual whaling expedition that Tokyo defends as scientific research, but conservationists call "gruesome and unnecessary." The four-month expedition in ... -
14 missing in sea collision off Occ. Mindoro
(Manila Standard,June 30, 2020 , on page A1-A2)Rescuers were searching Monday for 14 people missing after a local fishing boat collided with a Chinese cargo ship about 15 miles from Paluan town in Occidental Mindoro, authorities said. The boats crashed early Sunday, ... -
14 Senate bills about aquaculture near finality
(Manila Standard,May 29, 2017 , on page A3)With the Senate set to approve on third reading 14 bills creating multi-species marine hatcheries, Senator Cynthia Villar said aquaculture will now get a needed boost in the provinces. After hurdling the second reading ... -
145 pilot whales die in remote beach
(Manila Standard,November 27, 2018 , on page B3)Up to 145 pilot whales have died in a mass stranding in a remote part of New Zealand, with authorities saying Monday they made the “heart-breaking” decision to euthanize dozens that lay stricken on the shore. The stranding ... -
15 perish, 19 missing after Indonesian wooden boat sinks off Sulawesi coast
(Manila Standard,July 25, 2023 , on page B2)At least 15 people were killed and 19 more were missing on Monday after a wooden boat sank off the coast of Indonesia's Sulawesi island, search and rescue officials said. The boat sank with 40 people onboard just after ... -
180-kilo bluefin tuna sells for $37,000 in Japan
(Manila Standard,January 6, 2015 , on page B3)A giant bluefin tuna sold for more than $37,000 in the first auction of the year at a Tokyo fish market on Monday, as Japan faces growing pressure to cut back on consumption of the threatened fish. The 180.4-kilogram ... -
2 former PH officials sue China leader before ICC
(Manila Standard,March 22, 2019 , on page A1-A2)Former government officials accused Chinese President Xi Jingping of crimes against humanity for his actions in the South China Sea, bringing their complaint to the International Criminal Court on March 15, just two days ... -
2 nabbed for illegal fishing
(Manila Standard,June 19, 2015 , on page A3)For fishing in the waters of Dumangas town using fine mesh nets and active fishing gears, two men were arrested. Their fishing boat was impounded, said Inspector Francis Albert Fortunado, Dumangas police chief. The suspects ... -
200 Chinese vessels remain in WPS—intel firm; PH sets another sea drill
(Manila Standard,May 7, 2021 , on page A1-A2)A geospatial intelligence firm on Thursday revealed that some 200 Chinese ships are still moored in the West Philippine Sea as the Philippine Coast Guard announced it will hold the second leg of its joint maritime exercise ... -
28 fishermen in El Nido waters
(Manila Standard,August 4, 2018 , on page A6)A coastal patrol boat of the Philippine Navy on Thursday rescued 28 fishermen from their sinking boat, some 35 miles northeast of El Nido municipality in northern Palawan. Capt. Cherryl Tindog, chief of the Public Affairs ... -
2nd salvage ship arrives at reef today
(Manila Standard,February 16, 2013 , on page A2)The United States has sent salvage ship Jascon-25 to Tubataha Reef to cut to pieces and remove the USS Guardian, a minesweeper, that ran aground in the protected marine sanctuary, coast guard officials said on Friday. Coast ... -
3 E. Visayas bays positive for red tide
(Manila Standard,November 13, 2015 , on page A7)Three bays in Eastern Visayas remain positive for paralytic shellfish poisoning, popularly known as red tide. Latest laboratory reports of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources dated Nov. 12, 2015 revealed that ... -
36 fiberglass boats for La Union fishers
(Manila Standard,December 13, 2018 , on page B4)Six coastal towns in the Second District of La Union province have received the first 36 fiberglass-reinforced plastic boats from the Department of Agriculture-Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources upon the request of ... -
39 Filipinos in sunken cattle ship off Japan
(Manila Standard,September 4, 2020 , on page A1-A2)Japanese coast guard rescuers searched Thursday for the remaining 42 crew, including 39 Filipinos, of a ship believed to have sunk in a typhoon, after a lone survivor was found bobbing in a lifejacket. The 11,947-ton Gulf ... -
3k cu m of trash silt in Bay rehab
(Manila Standard,May 23, 2019 , on page A6)The Metro Manila Development Authority announced on Wednesday it has collected at total of 3,018 cubic meters of rubbish and silt from Roxas Boulevard and waterways as part of the Manila Bay Rehabilitation project in nearly ... -
4 missing as dive boat sinks off reef
(Manila Standard,May 1, 2023 , on page A2)Rescuers were searching for four people Sunday after a boat carrying more than a dozen scuba divers sank at a World Heritage-listed marine sanctuary in the Philippines, authorities said. The Philippine Coast Guard said 28 ... -
4 survive aircraft accident in Zambo
(Manila Standard,July 8, 2020 , on page A8)Four persons on board a training aircraft survived after their plane ditched near the sea wall of Sinunuc Boulevard in Zamboanga City Tuesday morning. Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines spokesperson and chief ... -
4,000 rare turtles rescued from captivity in Palawan
(Manila Standard,July 16, 2015 , on page A7)Thousands of rare forest turtles have been rescued from horrifying conditions of captivity in the Philippines, saving the critically endangered animals from possible extinction, wildlife experts said Wednesday. More than ... -
41 vessels sunk for fishing in Indonesia
(Manila Standard,May 22, 2015 , on page A2)Indonesia has sunk 41 foreign boats across the archipelago, reports said Thursday, as part of an ongoing push to stop illegal fishing in its waters. Authorities sank the vessels in public displays at several sites Wednesday, ...