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    • 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, ...

    • Longest fish grill prepared for fiesta 

      See, Dexter (Manila Standard, March 14, 2014, on page B6)
      Residents of Bayambang, an agricultural town, were preparing to present the longest fish grill in the world, an 8-kms stretch of grilled tilapia, during the Malangsi Festival on April 4, officials said. Gov. Amado Espino ...

    • Lorenzana says China’s planned ADIZ on WPS ‘illegal’ 

      (Manila Standard, June 26, 2020, on page A3)
      Department of National Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana on Thursday concurred with the warning of a ranking United States military official saying the air defense identification zone planned by China in the South China ...

    • Losing Nemo 

      Agence France-Pressse (Manila Standard, November 18, 2019, on page A1)
      The star pf Pixar's block-buster "Finding Nemo" may be about to varnish again-this time for good-as its peculiar mating habits out it at risk form climate change, scientists said on Tuesday. They observed the vibrantly ...

    • A love affair with coral reefs 

      Licuanan, Wilfredo (Manila Standard, February 25, 2019, on page B3)
      I was five years old when I got to see my first coral reef back in Bantayan Island off Cebu, where my Yaya Yoly was from. I didn’t know how to swim then, so all I could remember from the experience is the few minutes of ...

    • LP hits China's meddling in PH rise 

      Ramos-Araneta, Macon (Manila Standard, February 28, 2018, on page A3)
      The former ruling Liberal Party on Tuesday said that somebody should be accountable for China's exploration off the Benham Rise without permission from concerned agencies. During last Monday’s Senate Science and Technology ...

    • The lure of mindoro fishermen's ancient way 

      Evora, Robert (Manila Standard, March 25, 2014, on page B6)
      Marginal fishermen in Mindoro Strait are on a roll in the the world’s yellow fin market, attracting buyers with their ancient practice of slapping the sea with their lines and beating expensive commercial operations using ...

    • LWUA bats for lone water services department 

      Antonio, Gianne Mae; Arinto, Mar Jensen (Manila Standard, June 29, 2018, on page C4)
      Amid the Duterte administration’s “Build Build Build” program, LWUA Acting Administrator Lapus pushed for the creation of a water department that will regulate water districts in providing faster, simpler and more efficient ...