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    • Whale halts fireworks display 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (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 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (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 

      Thouvenot, Delphine (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 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (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 

      Oxales, Orlando (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 

      La Viña, Tony (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' 

      Requejo, Rey; Parino, Gabriellea; Din, Chelsea (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 ...

    • Who would dare to remove Chinese bases in WPS? 

      Barcelo, Vito (Manila Standard, March 8, 2018, on page A1)
      National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon Jr. admitted Wednesday that the Philippines has no capability to remove the Chinese bases in the West Philippine Sea, and the only paramount solution is to build stronger ties ...

    • Will the world recognize and respect the "West Philippine Sea"? 

      Tatad, Francisco (Manila Standard, September 17, 2012, on page A1-A5)
      President Benigno Aquino III's order naming the western side of the Philippine archipelago "West Philippine Sea" provides Philippine officials and the mass media a formal basis to call it by that name, as they have been ...

    • Win proposes new body to develop, rehab Boracay 

      Ramos-Araneta, Macon (Manila Standard, April 28, 2018, on page A6)
      Senator Win Gatchalian is proposing the creation of a Boracay Island Development Authority, which aims to sustain the rehabilitation and development of Boracay into a truly world-class tourism destination that would be the ...

    • Women work longer than men 

      (Manila Standard, October 9, 1999, on page 9)
      A case study on women's roles in a fishing community has found that women work more than men do. This finding is contrary to the common belief that men are the principal providers while women are mere assistants confined ...

    • 'Word war' over WPS still raging 

      Requejo, Rey E.; Ramos-Araneta, Macon (Manila Standard, May 1, 2021, on page A1-A2)
      Retired Supreme Court associate justice Antonio Carpio on Friday urged Filipinos to “shout out” to President Rodrigo Duterte to wake him from his slumber and prod him to correct the narrative that China is in possession ...

    • Workers save turtles from grisly death 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Manila Standard, December 2, 2015, on page B8)
      Railway workers in Japan have devised an ingenious scheme to prevent daredevil turtles from meeting a grisly end - and delaying trains - while crossing train tracks. The slow-moving reptiles in western Nara prefecture were ...

    • Working together for a World Without Waste 

      (Manila Standard, November 27, 2018, on page C1)
      Coca-Cola Philippines is bringing its World Without Waste vision where its matter most- in every household and community. By, supporting organizations and their endeavors to reduce the impact of waste on their respective ...

    • A world without waste 

      (Manila Standard, October 16, 2018, on page C1)
      Over 19 coasts across the Philippines, including the shores of Subic Bay in Zambales and Roxas Boulevard in Manila, were lined with people—some of them associates of Coca-Cola Philippines and their families—picking up all ...

    • World's biggest fish market in tokyo headed for new location 

      Ozawa, Harumi (Manila Standard, January 2, 2014, on page B3)
      As most of Tokyo sleeps, men in rubber boots haggle over tuna in the cavernous halls of Tsukiji market. The clang of a bell around 5:30 a.m. kicks off the action at the world’s biggest fish emporium. Traders flash hand ...

    • 'World's biggest' freshwater fish in Mekong 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Manila Standard, June 22, 2022, on page A6)
      A fisherman on the Mekong river in Cambodia has hooked the biggest freshwater fish ever recorded, scientists said – a 300-kilogram stingray. The giant freshwater stingray, which measured four meters (13 feet) from snout ...

    • World-class marine products showcased at NXTFood Asia 

      (Manila Standard, May 19, 2019, on page C2)
      The Philippine archipelago is home to one of the richest and most diverse aquatic ecosystems in the world. It is through this that the country enjoys an abundance of commercial and domesticated fish, crustaceans and mollusks. ...