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    • Giant manta ray unhooked 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Manila Standard, July 17, 2019, on page A1-A2)
      A Giant manta ray with several fishing hooks caught below its eye appeared to ask two nearby divers for help in removing them, and then waited patiently for them to do so.

    • Go with the flow with your own koi pond: 'Kohaku, sanke and tancho' at your doorstep 

      (Manila Standard, May 4, 2019, on page B4)
      Koi carp ponds are becoming a must-have for Filipinos as people see how beautiful they look in their friends’ gardens, and want to have one for themselves.The appeal is easy to understand. Koi carp can live to be 40 or ...

    • Gomez slammed over 'tilapia' stocking 

      Fabunan, Sara Susanne D. (Manila Standard, June 2, 2018, on page A3)
      GreenPeace Philippines, a group that advocates for environment conservation, slammed Ormoc Mayor Richard Gomez’s action of stocking 20,000 tilapia fingerlings (St. Peter’s fish) in the protected Lake Danao, a move that may ...

    • 'Gone to hell': The battle to save Europe's oldest lake 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Manila Standard, July 4, 2021, on page 4B)
      Dimitar Pendoski marches to the end of a rickety walkway, skips around sunbathing youngsters, and sweeps back a tarpaulin protecting his empty lakeside restaurant, recently closed by officials under pressure from UNESCO. ...

    • Good work by Duterte on climate change 

      La Viña, Tony (Manila Standard, February 4, 2017, on page A5)
      This has been a good week for climate change in the Philippines. Finally, after months of uncertainty, the Philippine government has decided to move forward on the ratification of the Paris Agreement. This was decided in ...

    • Gordon wants strong PH capability in sea dispute 

      Ramos-Araneta, Macon (Manila Standard, July 4, 2018, on page A6)
      Senator Richard Gordon on Tuesday noted that unless the Philippines showed readiness to help itself by investing in building up a credible defense capability, nobody will help it in connection with the South China Sea ...

    • Gov't to boost troops in WPS 

      Requejo, Rey; Ramos- Araneta, Macon (Manila Standard, December 23, 2022, on page A1-A2)
      The government has ordered the military to beef up its presence in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) following Chinese activities monitored near Pag-asa Island. In a statement Thursday, the Department of National Defense (DND) ...

    • Gov't urged to save its seas from overfishing 

      Araja, Rio N.; Pañares, Joyce P. (Manila Standard, June 8, 2013, on page A1-A2)
      At least 13 fishing grounds in the Philippines have been heavily fished and the declining stocks will force local fishermen to go beyond the country's boundaries toward the Malaysian and Indonesian seas to look for catch, ...

    • Gov't won't ban Chinese firms from PH projects; Sangley Airport on 

      Barcelo, Vito; Ramos-Araneta, Macon (Manila Standard, September 2, 2020, on page A1-A2)
      Malacañang said the country would not ban Chinese firms involved in reclamation activities in the South China Sea, and would not follow sanctions imposed by the United States against Chinese companies involved in construction ...

    • Govt allots P400-m for Yolanda-hit mangroves 

      Pañares, Joyce Pangco (Manila Standard, March 19, 2015, on page A6)
      The Aquino administration on Wednesday released an initial P400 million to the Department of Environment and Natural Resources for their mangrove and beach forest development project for areas battered by disasters such ...

    • Govt eyes Korean help to put up seaweed farm 

      Domingo, Ferdie G. (Manila Standard, April 19, 2010, on page A2)
      The government plans to develop a P220-million seaweed farm in hundred-hectare site in Aurora, Quezon, using Korean technology to produce ethanol, an official said Sunday. The Science Department and Congressional Commission ...

    • Govt eyes roadmap for PH eel industry 

      Gonzales, Anna Leah (Manila Standard, February 25, 2015, on page B3)
      The government is looking at formulating an eel commodity roadmap to take advantage of the rising global demand for eels, Agriculture Secretary Proceso Alcala said Tuesday. “Eels, or igat as they are more known locally, ...

    • Govt sets 6-point laundry list for Boracay cleanup 

      Cruz, Maricel (Manila Standard, April 19, 2018, on page A6)
      The government has unveiled its list of deliverables within the six-month closure of Boracay, giving a clearer picture of what the island’s locals and tourists should expect by the end of the shutdown. Meanwhile, some “big ...

    • Green and go for Bay cleanup this Sunday 

      Araja, Rio N. (Manila Standard, January 26, 2019, on page A2)
      The Environment Department said Friday it is all systems go for the start of the rehabilitation of Manila Bay on Jan. 27. Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu called the rehabilitation the “Battle for Manila Bay,” which would ...

    • Grossly misinterpreting ‘Isang Dagat’ 

      Kapunan, Rod (Manila Standard, May 2, 2020, on page A5)
      There is now a brouhaha of protest over the song “Isang Dagat” composed by the ambassador of the People’s Republic of China, Huang Xilian. The song was dedicated to the Filipino people to help ease the suffering they now ...

    • Group notes invasive bay species 

      Casas, Willie (Manila Standard, January 31, 2020, on page A6)
      The water quality of Manila Bay in its eastern part remains poor, a year after the government launched the rehabilitation drive dubbed as “Battle for Manila Bay,” a group of small fishers on Thursday claimed. After checking ...

    • Group: Pinoys want SCS win enforced 

      Araja, Rio (Manila Standard, May 21, 2022, on page A2)
      Eight out 10 Filipinos want to assert the legal victory for the Philippines against China over the South China Sea (West Philippine Sea), according to an independent international and strategic research organization. At ...

    • Groups alarmed at reef bleaching 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Manila Standard, March 22, 2016, on page B8)
      Environmental groups Monday urged greater action on climate change after the government sounded the alarm over severe coral bleaching in the pristine northern reaches of Australia's Great Barrier Reef. The government said ...

    • Groups sign pact to preserve Las Piñas wetland park 

      Ramos- Araneta, Macon (Manila Standard, December 15, 2021, on page A3)
      Senator Cynthia A.Villar and the Together Ensemble Foundation agreed to work together to further maintain and preserve the Las Piñas-Parañaque Wetland Park (LPPWP), which was listed in the Ramsar Convention as Wetland of ...

    • Growing resistance to Beijing aggression 

      Oxales, Orlando (Manila Standard, July 13, 2020, on page B1)
      Tensions have reached new levels four years after the arbitral decision declared unlawful and without basis Beijing’s absurd “nine-dash line” territorial claim of 1.3 million square miles in the South China Sea (SCS). For ...