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    • Powerless 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Manila Standard, July 5, 2023, on page B2)
      Fishermen stand in a boat as they inspect thousands of dead fish floating by the bank of the Amshan river, which draws its water from the Tigris, in Iraq's southeastern Maysan governance on Monday.

    • Preserving Philippine marine life 

      Gabac, Rhosedel Grace (Manila Standard, February 28, 2019, on page C3)
      The melting of the polar ice caps, frequent and stronger typhoons, the thinning of the ozone layer--these are just some of the telltale signs of Global warming. It is no longer a myth or a conspiracy theory, that’s why ...

    • President asserts arbitral award rejecting China's claims in SCS 

      Pañares, Joyce Pangco (Manila Standard, September 23, 2020, on page A1-A2)
      In an unprecedented move to assert the country’s position on the South China Sea, President Rodrigo Duterte raised the 2016 arbitral award that rejected Beijing’s excessive nine-dash-line claim before the United Nations ...

    • President tells PCG to defend both coastlines, nationals 

      Lopez, Vince; Ramos-Araneta, Macon (Manila Standard, January 27, 2023, on page A1-A2)
      President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has reminded the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) to always be ready and aware while guarding the country’s maritime boundaries, especially in the West Philippine Sea. During the oath-taking of ...

    • Prexy aspirants assert Ayungin within country's maritime zone 

      Requejo, Rey E.; Ramos-Araneta, Macon (Manila Standard, November 26, 2021, on page A1-A2)
      Three presidential candidates on Thursday said China had no rights in the Ayungin Shoal, after the government rejected a Chinese demand that it remove the grounded BRP Sierra Madre from the area. A 2016 ruling by a UN ...

    • Pro-, anti-whaling nations brace for battle in Brazil 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Manila Standard, September 10, 2018, on page B3)
      Pro- and anti-whaling nations are set for a showdown when the International Whaling Commission (IWC) meets in Brazil from Monday as Japan leads an assault on a three-decade-old moratorium on commercial whale hunting. Tokyo ...

    • Probes shooting of Filipino boat 

      Cruz, Maricel (Manila Standard, April 23, 2017, on page A1-A2)
      China has said it will look into reports that Filipino fishermen have been driven away allegedly by the Chinese Coast Guard from Union Bank in the South China Sea, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman said Friday. ”I ...

    • Program for poor fishermen pushed 

      Araneta, Marcon (Manila Standard, February 20, 2015, on page A6)
      At 39.2 percent, the country’s fishery sector exhibited the highest poverty incidence in 2012, based on the National Statistics Coordinating Board 2014 update on poverty. To address this, Senator Cynthia A. Villar called ...

    • Project delays in Manila Bay 'not good' for PH investors 

      (Manila Standard, September 27, 2023, on page A5)
      Delaying a decision on reclamation projects in Manila Bay “will not do the country good,” Palawan Representative Jose Alvarez said. According to Alvarez, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) will soon ...

    • 'Protect local fishing grounds' 

      (Manila Standard, September 24, 2018, on page B4)
      Two environment groups are opposing the opening of municipal waters to commercial fishers, to give priority access to small fisherfolk and prevent further collapse of fishing grounds. Oceana Philippines and Philippine Earth ...

    • Protect marine resources-senator 

      (Manila Standard, June 20, 2016, on page A5)
      Alarmed by experts' findings that the seas will be turned into "virtual deserts" by 2050, Senator Cynthia A. Villar said she has been pursuing legislation to balance the need to increase marine life production and the need ...

    • ‘Protest new Sino claims in WPS‘ 

      Requejo, Rey E. (Manila Standard, April 21, 2020, on page A2)
      A retired Supreme Court justice and a former diplomat have urged the government to lodge a diplomatic protest against China for establishing two districts in Hainan province. Former Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio ...

    • Protest vs china incursions- Carpio 

      Requejo, Rey E. (Manila Standard, December 12, 2018, on page A2)
      Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio on Tuesday urged the Duterte administration to file new protests against China over its incursions in the West Philippine Sea. He said the Philippines should file diplomatic protests ...

    • Protesters defy warning, hold ‘Grand Mañanita’ rally at UP 

      Araja, Rio N.; Casas, Willie (Manila Standard, June 13, 2020, on page A1-A2)
      In a related development, the militant fisherfolk group Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas, which joined the protesters, said: “We fight for our right to rally. Not even a threat from the police will ...

    • Protests mount against Manila Bay 'whitening' 

      Barcelo, Vito; Ramos-Araneta, Macon (Manila Standard, September 8, 2020, on page A1-A2)
      Lawmakers joined environmental groups on Monday in urging the Department of Environment and Natural Resources to immediately suspend the filling of Manila Bay's shore with synthetic white sand made from crushed dolomite. ...

    • Protests vs. China mounting: Big trade groups join gov't in denouncing Chinese incursions in WPS 

      Requejo, Rey E.; Cruz, Maricel V.; Ramos-Araneta, Macon (Manila Standard, April 15, 2021, on page A1-A2)
      The Department of Foreign Affairs lodged two more diplomatic protests against China on Wednesday, even as eight local business groups joined Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana and other government officials in calling on ...

    • PXP Energy set to drill two wells in Recto Bank 

      Flores, Alena Mae. S. (Manila Standard, February 25, 2022, on page B4)
      PXP Energy Corp., the oil and gas exploration unit of Philex Mining Corp., said Thursday it will drill two appraisal wells in the gas-rich Recto Bank this year along with subsidiary Forum Energy Plc. “Each of Forum and PXP ...

    • Quarantine pastimes of the bored and curious 

      Llarena, Steph (Manila Standard, April 3, 2020, on page B4)
      While others are busy inventing new dishes, others are occupied studying their groceries. Facebook user Diuvs De Jesus, for instance, did a “comparative analysis” of local canned sardines brands—because he can. He broke ...

    • Quick climate changes revealed in Antarctica 

      (Manila Standard, March 2, 2018, on page B3)
      A decade ago, a thick layer of ice covered with Collines Glacier on Antarctica's King George Island. Now the rocky landscape is visible to the naked eye, in a region that is both a victim of and a laboratory for climate ...

    • Quit dumping dirty water, firm in Boracay told 

      Araja, Rio (Manila Standard, September 24, 2019, on page B4)
      The Department of Environment and Natural Resources’ Environmental Management Bureau has issued an interim cease-and-desist order to Boracay Tubi Systems Inc. for discharging wastewater that tested positive for fecal ...