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    • Metro Pacific shores up Balayan Bay ecosystem 

      (Manila Standard, February 12, 2019, on page C2)
      As part of its corporate social responsibility, Metro Pacific Investments Corporation Foundation, through its Shore It Up program, recently received a donation of 40 eco-reef modules which will be installed in Balayan Bay, ...

    • Mighty to help fish pond owners 

      Campos, Othel (Manila Standard, January 14, 2014, on page B3)
      Local cigarette manufacturer Mighty Corp. said it will donate tobacco dust, a fish pond conditioner that protects local ponds from predators, to help millions of Filipino fish pond owners and operators as well as tobacco ...

    • Million-trees foundation boosts watershed rehab 

      (Manila Standard, March 8, 2021, on page A3)
      A private sector group has created the Million Trees Foundation to perpetuate and sustain the annual million trees challenge (AMTC), a five-year project seeking the rehabilitation of seven critical watersheds. With the MTF ...

    • Mindanao's new dive spot 

      Zozobrado, Bob (Manila Standard, May 7, 2021, on page C4)
      I’m sure a lot of you, dear readers, have been aching to finally break free from the bondage of quarantine restrictions and get back to a semblance of normal life which we all miss so much! I know for a fact that, in ...

    • Mindoro giving Gensan a run for its money 

      Evora, Robert A. (Manila Standard, October 12, 2012, on page A3)
      Facing the fish-rich West Philippine Sea, this part of the island province holds a candle to General Santos City. "There's a great potential for Occidental Mindoro, particularly Mamburao, to be the net tuna capital," said ...

    • Minors can't go to dolomite beach after overcrowding 

      Barcelo, Vito; Casas, Willie; Araja, Rio N. (Manila Standard, October 26, 2021, on page A1-A2)
      Minors, or those aged 17 and below, are not yet allowed to visit the Manila Bay dolomite beach amid the COVID-19, Malacanang said, as it warned the public against complacency in the midst of the pandemic. Presidential ...

    • Miriam hits complacency on sea dispute 

      Araneta, Macon R.; Araneta, Sandy (Manila Standard, March 4, 2016, on page A1-A2)
      Presidential candidate Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago on Thursday slammed the administration of President Benigno Aquino III for being complacent on the West Philippine Sea dispute, and for being confident that the ...

    • Mischief Reef dredging leads to PH protest 

      Barcelo, Vito (Manila Standard, February 11, 2015, on page A4)
      The Philippines has lodged another diplomatic protest against China’s continuing reclamation on the Philippine-claimed Mischief Reef, after it discovered that China has started to dredge for the construction of new structures ...

    • MM mayors vow to help relocate Bay area families 

      Zurbano, Joel E. (Manila Standard, February 6, 2019, on page A1-A2)
      Mayors in Metro Manila have agreed to help the government relocate at least 220,000 squatter families living along Manila Bay. In a meeting held at the Metro Manila Development Authority main office in Makati City, the ...

    • MMDA joins coastal cleanup day activities in Manila Bay 

      Zurbano, Joel (Manila Standard, September 17, 2023, on page A4)
      The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) on Saturday joined International Coastal Cleanup (ICC) Day activities in Manila Bay as part of its commitment to save the environment. MMDA general manager Procopio ...

    • MMDA resumes cleanup drive at Manila Bay 

      Zurbano, Joel E. (Manila Standard, November 11, 2018, on page A3)
      The Metro Manila Development Authority on Saturday resumed its Manila Bay cleanup operation and collected at least seven truckloads or 34 tons of garbage. Two hundred street sweepers coming from different areas of assignment ...

    • Modernizing agriculture 

      (Manila Standard, December 20, 2019, on page A4)
      The government is finally devoting its time to modernize the country's agriculture sector. Agriculture is probably one of the major underperforming sectors of the economy despite employing 23.5 percent of the country's ...

    • Monitoring devices in fishing vessels opposed 

      Monzon, Alden M. (Manila Standard, April 6, 2015, on page S1/11)
      A Zamboanga-based group has opposed a new law requiring monitoring and surveillance devices to be installed in commercial fishing vessels, saying that the move will entail additional costs. The Southern Philippines Deep ...

    • More agri, fishery students sought 

      Cruz, Maricel V. (Manila Standard, January 13, 2021, on page A3)
      A party-list lawmaker on Tuesday pushed for the enactment of a bill to attract incoming college students to choose and complete a course in agriculture and fisheries. AAMBIS-OWA Rep. Sharon Garin stressed the need for ...

    • More local fishing boats ply Bajo de Masinloc 

      (Manila Standard, March 26, 2022, on page A3)
      More and more Filipino fishermen ply their trade at the Bajo de Masinloc, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said on Friday. The PCG said they monitored about 45 Filipino fishing boats off Bajo de Masinloc when they conducted ...

    • Mountainous Lesotho finds gold in trout fish farming 

      Doyen, Claire (Manila Standard, October 19, 2022, on page B3)
      It’s harvest time in Lejone, a small village nestling in mountains in southern Africa more than two thousand meters above sea level. The yield is not grain or fruit, but rainbow trout — the bounty from an undulating river ...

    • MPIC's shore it up! soars high: celebrate a decade of coastal clean-up drive 

      Zabala, Hector (Manila Standard, March 18, 2018, on page A3)
      Everyone remembers the day Typhoon 'Ondoy' hit the country in September 2009. In just 12 hours, it brought down 17 inches of rain equivalent to a month's worth of rainfall in one day. Within just a few days, 'Ondoy' put ...

    • MWSS pushes Manila Bay rehab 

      (Manila Standard, July 9, 2018, on page A3)
      Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System Administrator Reynaldo V. Velasco believes teamwork and adherence to the concept of shared responsibility will ensure the restoration of the Manila Bay waters to Class B level ...

    • MWSS seeks masterplan for Manila Bay revival bid 

      (Manila Standard, February 12, 2019, on page A2)
      Stressing the need for collective efforts to ensure the revival of Manila Bay, the Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System called for the crafting of a masterplan to not only clean up the bay but also to ensure that ...

    • MYC backs DENR tack to clean bay 

      (Manila Standard, January 7, 2019, on page B4)
      The current state of Manila Bay is disgusting and polluted and we would like to revive an asset in our history and culture." Robert Lim Joseph, the new Commodore of the Manila Yacht Club, said this Sunday as he lauded the ...