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    • 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 ...

    • The Hague decision enters 5th year 

      (Manila Standard, July 12, 2021, on page A1-A2)
      A Filipino fisherman, recalling an incident three years ago, said members of the Chinese Coast Guard chose the best catch of his fellow fishers and left liquor and a pack of instant noodles in exchange. Ernie Egana, of ...

    • Handline fishing docks eyed in Benham 

      (Manila Standard, March 19, 2018, on page A6)
      Handline tuna fishing could improve in a big way the living standards of marginal families in the coastal communities around the region, according to Atienza, the senior deputy minority leader. Atienza earlier urged ...

    • Harris' visit shows robust PH-US ties 

      (Manila Standard, November 19, 2022, on page B1)
      Filipinos will be watching closely and listening intently to available echoes from discussions in Malacañang between President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and US Vice President Kamala Harris, who arrives in Manila tomorrow for a ...

    • Having heart in service key to Pasig rehab 

      Miclat, Alysa Chrizelle Ng; Duran, Peter Paul (Manila Standard, March 22, 2019, on page C3)
      In 1999, the Philippine Government, under the administration of President Joseph Ejercito Estrada, created the Pasig River Rehabilitation Commission or PRRC Executive Order (EO) No. 54, as amended by EO No. 65. he PRRC, a ...

    • Healthy oceans, healthy people (Part 1) 

      Dela Cruz, Jonathan (Manila Standard, December 3, 2018, on page A5)
      It is well that this year the Philippines hosted the 6th Ministerial Forum of the East Asian Seas Congress (EASC) organized by the Partnerships in Environmental Management for the Seas of East Asia (PEMSEA). With one of ...

    • Healthy oceans, healthy people (Part 2) 

      Dela Cruz, Jonathan (Manila Standard, December 5, 2018, on page A5)
      Plastics have become such a presence in our everyday lives that its ‘disruptive’ presence across the economy can no longer be ignored. A recent study commissioned by the Dame Ellen MacArthur Foundation founded by world-renowned ...

    • Helmet shells seized in Sulu 

      Gonzales, Anna Leah E. (Manila Standard, January 30, 2014, on page B6)
      Police and Bureau of Fisheries have intercepted 106 boxes of helmet shells, an endangered marine specie, at Chinese Pier in Jolo, Sulu police director Sr. Supt. Abraham Orbita said. He said the shells, which are sold in ...

    • Help for Butanding caretakers sought 

      Efondo, Scottie (Manila Standard, June 28, 2020, on page B4)
      They guide interactions between humans and whale sharks in Donsol, Sorsogon to ensure the experience is safe even for those who do not know how to swim. They act as guides and lifeguards for this extraordinary meet-up with ...

    • Herbalife Nutrition PH joins Manila Bay Cleanup Drive 

      (Manila Standard, March 6, 2019, on page A6)
      Herbalife Nutrition Philippines officials, employees, and distributors recently took part in the Manila Bay Cleanup Drive, an initiative in line with the nutrition company’s corporate philosophy and sincere objective of ...

    • High court asked to drop petition vs Bora closure 

      Requejo, Rey (Manila Standard, August 22, 2018, on page A2)
      Malacañang has asked the Supreme Court to dismiss a petition questioning the six-month closure of the world-famous Boracay Island resort. In a 61-page comment, Malacañang, through the Office of the Solicitor General, sought ...

    • High Crime in the High Seas 

      Lopez, Tony (Manila Standard, July 15, 2016, on page A11)
      At 5 p.m. on July 12, The Hague-based Permanent Court of Arbitration, at 117 years old, the oldest global institution for the settlement of international disputes, gave the Philippines its biggest legal victory ever in any ...

    • Hinatuan Mining coral garden project a success 

      (Manila Standard, July 24, 2020, on page A4)
      Hinatuan Mining Corp. (HMC), a subsidiary of Nickel Asia Corp. (NAC), has announced the success of its coral nursery project on the island of Hinatuan in Tagana-an, Surigao del Norte. The coral nursery initiative, designed ...

    • HK's dolphins disappearing 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Manila Standard, November 30, 2015, on page B7)
      As to expand its international airport and with a major new bridge project under way, campaigners warn that the dwindling number of much-loved pink dolphins in surrounding waters may disappear altogether. Conservationists ...

    • House assures DENR of support 

      Cruz, Maricel; Casas, Willie (Manila Standard, September 11, 2020, on page A1-A2)
      Several ranking lawmakers have expressed House support to the P384-million Manila Bay project and that they see no valid objection to it, with one of them asserting that the use of dolomite to beautify the shoreline could ...