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    • Kalayaan Island Group eyed as protected area 

      Araja, Rio N. (Manila Standard, November 28, 2022, on page A4)
      Palawan 3rd District Rep. Edward Hagedorn has filed a bill declaring all low-tide elevations and high-tide features, and an area of three nautical miles around the Kalayaan Island Group and Scarborough Shoal, as a marine ...

    • Karding aftermath: Veggie, fish, rice prices to go up 20% 

      Campos, Othel; Araja, Rio (Manila Standard, September 30, 2022, on page A1-A2)
      Prices for vegetables, fish and even rice could shoot up by as much as 20 percent as a result of the damage wrought by super typhoon Karding, the Department of Agriculture (DA) warned Thursday. Agriculture Undersecretary ...

    • Keep fishing ban in parts of Or. Mindoro - BFAR 

      Araja, Rio (Manila Standard, May 10, 2023, on page A3)
      Meanwhile, the coastal waters in Clusters 4 (Bongabong, Roxas, Mansalay, Bulalacao) and Cluster5 (Puerto Galera, Baco, San Teodoro) were found to be within acceptable standards for fishing activities. The provincial ...

    • Kerry: US avoiding maritime conflict 

      Araneta, Sandy (Manila Standard, July 28, 2016, on page A1-A2)
      US Secretary of State John Kerry on Wednesday said Washington wants to avoid confrontation in the South China Sea, after meeting with Foreign Secretary Perfecto Yasay to discuss the Philippines’ victory over China before ...

    • Kill the dolphins, sharks, whales 

      Doronio, Junex (Manila Standard, February 13, 2015, on page B5)
      Mayor Nelson Garcia has maintained that marine animals on Tañon Strait are “parasites” and their population should be controlled by killing some of them, shrugging off criticisms from environmentalists. At a summit on ...

    • Killer whale in France mimics human speech 

      (Manila Standard, February 1, 2018, on page B3)
      Her head above water, Wikie the killer whale looks at the human trainer next to her pool, listens, then loudly vocalizes: "Hello." It is not a perfect imitation, but, astonishingly, recognizable. It is the first scientific ...

    • Korea-trained agriexperts reunite 

      (Manila Standard, October 8, 2016, on page C2)
      To bring scientific information and technologies for agricultural development closer to the people, the Philippine- rural Development Administration ( South Korea) Alumni Association held its sixth genral assembly and ...

    • Labi River: An emerging destination in Nueva Ecija 

      Cinco, Lito (Manila Standard, November 26, 2021, on page C4)
      It may not yet be on the radar of travelers looking for new destinations, but as far as local people in the area are concerned, Labi River in Bongabon, Nueva Ecija has become a favorite weekend place for them. If from ...

    • Lacson: Coast Guard needs a boost to defend WPS, Pag-asa Island 

      (Manila Standard, December 9, 2021, on page A4)
      To empower the Philippine Coast Guard to protect the country’s waters from intrusion and harassment including in the West Philippine Sea, as well as fulfill its other duties as the nation’s primary maritime agency, the PCG ...

    • Laguna Lake contractor gives in to new terms 

      (Manila Standard, September 25, 2010, on page A5)
      The Belgian contractor of the Laguna lake rehabilitation project bowed to the conditions of the Philippine government to include the reforestation of the Marikina watershed and the monitoring of a third party to oversee ...

    • Laguna Lake project critical, says group 

      (Manila Standard, September 17, 2010, on page A2)
      The Laguna Lake Rehabilitation Project will help avert a water supply crisis and the flooding of Metro Manila and nearby provinces because it is not only about dredging and cleaning up the lake, a group says. Pamana Lawa, ...

    • Laguna's pangasius fish program launched 

      (Manila Standard, December 24, 2010, on page A6)
      Laguna Gov. Jeorge Ejercito Estregan officially led the launching of the Pangasius Industry Development Program Livelihood Backyard Fish Farming at the Provincial Capitol for public markets and supermarkets in the province. ...

    • Lake Buhi, home of unique PH fish, gets attention 

      Tuyay, Francisco (Manila Standard, June 9, 2013, on page A3)
      The Department of Environment and Natural Resources has designated the Lake Buhi Watershed in Camarines Sur as a water quality management area in a bid to protect the lake that is home to the Mistichthys luzonensis, locally ...

    • Lake Sebu fish kill claims P3.9m worth of tilapia 

      (Manila Standard, June 29, 2016, on page A7)
      Around P3.9 million worth of tilapia were destroyed in another major fish kill in lakes Seloton and Sebu in Lake Sebu town in South Cotabato. Justina Navarrete, chief of the South Cotabato Office of the Provincial Agriculturist ...

    • Lanao town wins peace by protecting fish areas 

      Tria, John (Manila Standard, November 15, 2018, on page B4)
      In this quaint, sun-kissed town on the shores of Illana Bay in Lanao del Norte, several communities show how working together can lead to cohesion and harmony among Muslim and Christian neighbors. By working together to ...

    • Land Bank exceeded 2019 agri credit target 

      Rada, Julito G. (Manila Standard, February 2, 2020, on page B1)
      State-run Land Bank of the Philippines, the fourth-largest lender in terms of assets, exceeded its target of providing agricultural credit worth P231.25 billion in 2019 by actually extending P236.31 billion in loans to the ...

    • Landmark manatee conservation program 

      (Manila Standard, August 25, 2016, on page D1)
      River Safari Singapore’s Kai and junior set off on a historic journey to become the first two manatees in over a century to arrive in Guadeloupe as pioneers for the world’s first manatee repopulation program. At a farewell ...

    • Landmark ruling upholds Unclos as charter of oceans 

      Requejo, Rey E.; Cruz, Maricel V.; Ramos-Araneta, Macon (Manila Standard, July 13, 2016, on page A2)
      Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio on Tuesday lauded the landmark decision rendered by an international tribunal at The Hague that invalidated China’s massive claims on the South China Sea, including the ...

    • Lawmaker wants 60-40 sharing pact with China 

      Cruz, Maricel V. (Manila Standard, May 2, 2018, on page A4)
      An opposition lawmaker on Tuesday backed President Rodrigo Duterte’s move for a joint exploration agreement with China in the South China Sea. “We fully support and appreciate President Duterte’s plan to forge a 60-40 ...

    • Lawmen seize giant clams worth $3.3m 

      (Manila Standard, March 6, 2021, on page A1-A2)
      Philippine authorities have seized illegally harvested giant clam shells worth $3.3 million as smugglers turn to the endangered creatures as substitute for the illicit ivory trade. In one of the biggest operations of its ...