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    • League, Ocean team up to stop illegal fishing 

      (Manila Standard, March 1, 2019, on page A6)
      The League of Municipalities of the Philippines (LMP) and Oceana, the world’s largest international marine advocacy organization, entered into a partnership to stop, fight and deter illegal fishing in municipal waters ...

    • Legal forum a win-option for PH in sea dispute 

      Requejo, Rey (Manila Standard, June 24, 2016, on page A5)
      International legal forum is the only option for the Philippines in pursuing its claim over the disputed West Philippine Sea, according to a senior magistrate of the Supreme Court. Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio ...

    • Lenten recipes with Century Tuna 

      (Manila Standard, April 16, 2014, on page C2)
      The Lenten season bring the challenge to make no-meat meals as appetizing and flavorful as possible. Thankfully, Century Tuna and nutritionist to the stars Nadine Tengco came up with delectable and filling Lent friendly ...

    • LGUs honored on Manila Bay efforts 

      Zurbano, Joel E. (Manila Standard, December 15, 2022, on page A3)
      The government has awarded outstanding cities and municipalities for their contributions to rehabilitate and protect the Manila Bay watershed and for being compliant with the Philippine Fisheries Code. Department of the ...

    • LGUs to secure waters vs destructive fishing 

      (Manila Standard, July 31, 2018, on page B4)
      Local government officials have been directed to take a bigger role in securing aquatic resources and local officials may be held liable for failing to act against prohibited fishing activities in their respective areas, ...

    • Likely first victim of climate change 

      (Manila Standard, June 15, 2016, on page B8)
      Climate change appears to have driven to extinction an Australian Great Barrier Reef rodent, according to a new study, which suggests the species may be the first mammal lost to global phenomenon. Extensive searches for ...

    • Lipstick on a pig 

      Wong, Ching (Manila Standard, July 17, 2020, on page B1)
      Chinese officials may spout off about cooperation and friendship, but as long as Beijing refuses to recognize our legitimate claims over the West Philippine Sea, Filipinos will continue to regard them with suspicion—and ...

    • Live reef fish trade in Palawan feared to kill of coral reefs 

      (Manila Standard, December 8, 2010, on page A6)
      The illegal live fish trade in the country is reaching alarming levels and is accelerating the distraction of massive coral reefs particularly in the Palawan area. "The trade of live fish reef fish in the country goes on ...

    • Living a dream on a small island 

      Ramos-Araneta, Macon (Manila Standard, January 9, 2014, on page B6)
      Life on a small island with a spectacular view of sunrise and sunset, an island with a tropical forest teeming with wildlife, with white sand beaches and colorful fishes in the crystal-clear waters of the sea --- many ...

    • LLDA issues notices vs. Bay polluters 

      Araja, Rio N. (Manila Standard, February 2, 2019, on page A3)
      The Department of Environment and Natural Resources through the Laguna Lake Development Authority has issued a notice of violation against the Government Service Insurance System in Pasay City’s Roxas Boulevard as one of ...

    • LLDA to remove Laguna Bay pens 

      Teves, Catherine (Manila Standard, March 18, 2017, on page A6)
      Laguna Lake Development Authority will start dismantling next month the 30 fish pens the agency prioritized for removal from dying Laguna de Bay, the Philippines’ largest lake as part of a rehabilitation program, LLDA ...

    • Locsin backs out of ban on survey ship 

      Blancaflor, MJ (Manila Standard, August 14, 2019, on page A1-A2)
      Malacañang on Tuesday backed the order of Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. banning Chinese survey ships in the country’s waters, only to withdraw his directive hours later. In a tweet, Locsin said the country ...

    • Locsin hits Roque for intruding into sea issue, foreign affairs 

      Ramos-Araneta, Macon; Barcelo, Vito (Manila Standard, May 13, 2021, on page A1-A2)
      Foreign Secretary Teodoro Locsin on Wednesday bristled at presidential spokesman Harry Roque’s assertion that the Julian Felipe Reef is not part of the Philippines’ exclusive economic zone (EEZ), saying only he had the ...

    • Locsin junks 'verbal deal' with China 

      Requejo, Rey E.; Mariano, Nat; Blancaflor, MJ; Ramos-Araneta, Macon (Manila Standard, July 4, 2019, on page A1-A2)
      President Rodrigo Duterte’s purported verbal agreement with Chinese President Xi Jinping allowing Chinese fishermen to fish within the Philippines’ exclusive economic zone cannot be implemented, Foreign Affairs Secretary ...

    • Locsin nixes SCS push with UN: Says PH could lose gains of sea award by raising issue with world body 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Manila Standard, August 30, 2020, on page A1)
      The Philippines could lose the gains it achieved in the international arbitral ruling on the South China Sea should it push raising the issue before the United Nations General Assembly next month, Foreign Secretary Teodoro ...

    • Locsin won't stop criticizing Chinese incursion in WPS 

      Requejo, Rey E.; Ramos-Araneta, Macon (Manila Standard, May 6, 2021, on page A1-A2)
      Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. on Wednesday vowed to continue criticizing the aggressive behavior of China, one day after apologizing for telling it to “get the f**k out” of the West Philippine Sea. While ...

    • Locsin: cut out 'abominable' offending scene 

      Requejo, Rey E. (Manila Standard, October 17, 2019, on page A1-A2)
      Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. on Wednesday demanded that the scene in the animated film Abominable, which featured controversial China’s nine-dash line map in the South China Sea, be taken down instead of ...

    • Locsin: Get the f*** out of WPS: Du30 remarks that dispute with China not reason to be rude, disrespectful 

      Requejo, Rey E.; Barcelo, Vito; Ramos-Araneta, Macon (Manila Standard, May 4, 2021, on page A1-A2)
      The country’s top diplomat unambiguously told Beijing where to go on Monday, as the government insisted Chinese vessels were still illegally lingering in the West Philippine Sea. “China, my friend, how politely can I put ...

    • Logistics firm plants mangrove seedlings in Batangas 

      (Manila Standard, May 7, 2019, on page C2)
      FedEx Express, together with environmental non-profit organization Pusod Foundation, Inc., recently planted 3,000 mangrove seedlings in Barangay Papaya in Nasugbu, Batangas. The mangrove-planting activitiy was part of the ...

    • 'Lonesome George' returned to Galapagos 

      (Manila Standard, February 19, 2017, on page B4)
      The embalmed body of the giant tortoise known as Lonesome George - the last known survivor of a species that died out in 2012 - has been returned home to the Ecuadoran Galapagos Islands. The body arrived in Puerto Ayora, ...