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    • Party’s over: Gov't sets crackdown on beach revelry in reopened ‘Bora’ 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Manila Standard, October 4, 2018, on page A1-A2)
      Beach boozing and smoking will be consigned to the past when Boracay, the Philippines’ top holiday island, welcomes back a capped number of tourists after its six-month shutdown, authorities said Wednesday.President Rodrigo ...

    • Pasay places 3rd in cleanup of Manila Bay 

      Zurbano, Joel E. (Manila Standard, December 23, 2020, on page A4)
      The City of Pasay was ranked third among compliant local government units in Metro Manila in implementing the Manila Bay Clean-Up Rehabilitation and Preservation Program. The recognition came from the Department of the ...

    • Pasig river competes for asia 'riverprize award' 

      (Manila Standard, September 16, 2018, on page A3)
      The Philippines’ Pasig River, the cradle of early Manila civilization, has been selected as a finalist in the first-ever Asia Riverprize by the prestigious International River Foundation which recognizes and rewards ...

    • The PAWIKAN: PAuWIin sa KAragataN Project 

      (Manila Standard, April 22, 2010, on page C6)
      The project started as a community work project of Ramon Flores, EDNPI member in the Municipality of San Juan, Batangas. He has worked with the communities there for almost five years and has successfully prevented the ...

    • PBBM sees 'poorest of poor' to gain from fishery project 

      (Manila Standard, November 27, 2022, on page A1-3A)
      Malacañang said on Saturday that President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. fully backs the P11.2-billion Philippine Fisheries and Coastal Resiliency (FishCoRe) project seen to benefit the country’s “poorest of the poor.” Press ...

    • PCAARRD starts IP protection plan 

      Gunio, Butch (Manila Standard, March 7, 2018, on page B4)
      The Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic, and Natural Resources Research and Development is implementing a project to enhance intellectual property protection and management in state universities in the country.“The ...

    • PCAARRD, SLSU research microorganism role in carbon sequestration capacity of mangroves 

      Gunio, Butch (Manila Standard, August 26, 2023, on page C3)
      The Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic and Natural Resources Research and Development of the Department of Science and Technology (PCAARRD) and Southern Leyte State University (SLSU) will conduct a two-year research ...

    • PCG responds to oil spill in City of Naga 

      Lopez, Vince (Manila Standard, September 5, 2023, on page A3)
      The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) has responded to an oil spill incident involving the Motorized Tugboat (MTUG) Sugbo 2 in the waters off Naga Anchorage, in City of Naga in Cebu Province on September 3. The PCG deployed ...

    • PCG says oil sheen observed in Tubbataha 

      Dantes, Charles; Campos, Othel (Manila Standard, May 2, 2023, on page A4)
      The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said on Monday that an oil spill response team is ready for deployment in Tubbataha, Palawan after an oil sheen was observed in the area where a yacht recently capsized. PCG Spokesperson ...

    • PCG scatters Chinese, Vietnam ships in WPS 

      (Manila Standard, July 5, 2021, on page A4)
      Five Chinese and two Vietnamese fishing vessels were recently ordered by the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) to leave the country’s waters off Palawan, the PCG said Sunday. In a statement, the PCG said its BRP Cabra (MRRV-4409) ...

    • PCG steps up WPS patrol to protect fishers 

      Lopez, Vince (Manila Standard, January 23, 2023, on page A1-A2)
      The Philippine Coast Guard has increased the number of its patrol vessels in the West Philippine Sea after Chinese vessels drove away a Filipino fishing boat in Ayungin Shoal on Jan. 9. In a statement, the PCG said the ...

    • PDIS: P1-b agri funding to fail 

      Binaday, Gabrielle (Manila Standard, December 15, 2015, on page B6)
      The government should review the program and implementing guidelines of the P1-billion Agriculture and Fisheries Financing Program, the state-run think tank Philippine Institute of Development Studies said Monday. PIDS ...

    • 'Peace boats' to help Samar fisherfolk recover from Yolanda 

      Caspe, Mel (Manila Standard, November 30, 2015, on page A7)
      Local fisherfolk from three Eastern Samar towns, who were among the victims of Super-Typhoon “Yolanda’’ (Haiyan) in 2013, recently received a total of 63 so-called peace boats, a joint project of the Office of the Presidential ...

    • Peaceful end to sea row sought 

      (Manila Standard, July 16, 2021, on page A2)
      Geopolitical experts, including former foreign ministers, from the United States, Australia, India, and Japan called for a peaceful approach and compliance to international law to avoid military confrontation amidst the ...

    • Penguins get chance to explore zoo 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Manila Standard, May 2, 2020, on page A1-A2)
      One cute group is making the most of Singapore’s partial virus lockdown—penguins at the city-state’s zoo, who are being given the run of the empty complex and reveling in the chance to do some exploring. With the zoo closed ...

    • People affected by oil spill should be paid—solon 

      Cruz, Maricel V. (Manila Standard, July 7, 2020, on page A3)
      A party-list lawmaker on Monday said the owner of the barge carrying petroleum products that blew up off Iloilo City should pay for the environmental degradation caused by the spill and the economic losses that it caused ...

    • Peru: Environmental emergency after oil spill 

      Agence France-Pressse (Manila Standard, January 24, 2022, on page B2)
      Peru declared an environmental emergency Saturday (Sunday, Manila time) to battle an oil spill caused by freak waves from a volcanic eruption in the South Pacific. The stunningly powerful eruption last Saturday of an ...

    • Petron: Oil-spill areas now clean 

      Flores, Alena Mae S. (Manila Standard, August 16, 2013, on page A2)
      Oil giant Petron Corp. on Thursday said 10 areas in Tanza, Cavite, where sea water had been tested were suitable for marine life. The company told the Philippine Stock Exchange that the water in the 10 areas, including ...

    • PH airmen hop on Orion flight over disputed sea 

      Bloomberg (Manila Standard, June 24, 2015, on page A3)
      Filipino airmen flew with their Japanese counterparts on a Japanese P3-C Orion surveillance plane and circled over the disputed Recto Bank in the Spratly Islands on Tuesday at the start of an exercise with the Philippines ...

    • PH alarmed at China plan to build on Scarborough 

      Fabunan, Sara Susanne D. (Manila Standard, August 20, 2016, on page A2)
      The Philippines on Friday expressed concern about the reported plan of China to start building structures in the Scarborough Shoal. However, Department of Foreign Affairs spokesman Charles Jose said they will verify the ...