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    • VFA repeal to embolden China on West Philippine Sea claim 

      (Manila Standard, March 5, 2020, on page B1)
      President Rodrigo Duterte’s push to terminate the Visiting Forces Agreement is seen to further escalate tension and give China the upper hand in the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea), which is believed to hold huge oil ...

    • Vibrant Oceans Initiative backs Oceana PH drives 

      (Manila Standard, November 17, 2018, on page A5-A5)
      The Philippines has been selected anew by Bloomberg Philanthropies as one of the priority countries for its Vibrant Oceans Phase II—making an investment of USD $86 million, it said in a press statement. The fund is to be ...

    • Vietnam activists thank Philippines 

      Herrera, Christine F. (Manila Standard, July 18, 2016, on page A1-A2)
      Activists in Vietnam held a brief rally outside the Philippine Embassy in Hanoi Sunday, holding up a banner that said “Thank you Philippines. You have a brave government.” The group was part of demonstrations in the ...

    • Vietnam begins dredging work on disputed reef 

      Bencito, John Paolo (Manila Standard, December 10, 2016, on page A1-A2)
      Vietnam has started dredging work on a reef in the South China Sea, fresh satellite images appear to show, a move that could provoke Beijing which claims most of the disputed waterway. An image of Ladd Reef in the Spratly ...

    • Vietnam halts scuba diving off popular island to protect coral 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Manila Standard, June 29, 2022, on page B3)
      Vietnam has banned swimming and scuba diving at a popular central tourist spot in an attempt to revive its damaged coral reef, officials said Monday. The communist nation boasts more than 3,200 kilometers of coastline with ...

    • Vietnam slams China over its drills in South China Sea 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Manila Standard, September 7, 2017, on page A6)
      Vietnam has delivered a sharp rebuke to China over its military drills in the South China Sea, the second such warning in a week as the tensions rise between the countries over the disputed waterway. China and Vietnam have ...

    • Vietnam upgrades areas in disputed sea-analyst 

      Bloomberg (Manila Standard, December 19, 2017, on page A1-A2)
      As China continues to transform disputed territory in the South China Sea into features capable of sustaining air and naval bases, Vietnam is also upgrading areas it occupies. Images taken by DigitalGlobe satellites in ...

    • 'Villagers can help revive Manila Bay' 

      (Manila Standard, March 25, 2019, on page A3)
      Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu is counting on barangay leaders to do their share in the Manila Bay rehabilitation by cleaning up the esteros, rivers, and tributaries that flow into the polluted bay. “It is the barangay ...

    • Villar bats for protection of wet lands in Parañaque 

      Ramos-Araneta, Macon (Manila Standard, February 23, 2022, on page A4)
      Sen. Cynthia A. Villar has rallied behind this year World Wetlands Celebration’s call to take action for wetlands and appeal to invest financial, human and political capital to save wetlands from disappearing and to restore ...

    • Villar cites aquaculture import 

      Ramos-Araneta, Macon (Manila Standard, February 21, 2020, on page A6)
      With the decreasing fish supply due to overfishing and other environmental causes, Senator Cynthia Villar cited the importance of aquaculture or fish farming to ensure enough supply of fishes on every Filipino table. Villar, ...

    • Villar eyes more legislation for PH fish hatcheries 

      (Manila Standard, January 27, 2022, on page A3)
      Senator Cynthia A. Villar is pushing for the establishment of more legislation to beef up the country’s fish hatcheries. Villar, chairperson of Senate committee on Agriculture, Food and Agrarian Reform, on Monday, led the ...

    • Villar presses for farmers’ training 

      (Manila Standard, June 4, 2018, on page A6)
      Citing the statement of the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization (that family, and not corporate, farms will feed the world) Senator Cynthia A. Villar called on everyone to help and empower the marginal ...

    • Villar seeks clear commitment to protect, preserve Philippine seas 

      Ramos-Araneta, Macon (Manila Standard, September 18, 2023, on page A5)
      Senator Cynthia Villar on Sunday called for all Filipinos to have a clear commitment to protect Philippine seas. Senator Sherwin Gatchalian pushes the enactment of a law that would establish Philippine maritime zones and ...

    • Villar underlines need for farm mechanization 

      Ramos-Araneta, Macon (Manila Standard, December 18, 2017, on page A6)
      Since the Philippines lags behind its regional neighbors in farm mechanization, Sen. Cynthia A. Villar, chair of the Senate agriculture and food committee, has underscored the need for this basically agricultural economy ...

    • Villar upset by DENR report 

      Ramos-Araneta, Macon (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 

      Ramos-Araneta, Macon (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 

      Ramos-Araneta, Macon (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 

      Ramos-Araneta, Macon (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 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (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 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (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 ...