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    • South China Sea ruling out on July 12 

      Barcelo, Vito; Bencito, John Paolo (Manila Standard, July 1, 2016, on page A3)
      The United Nations-backed Permanent Court of Arbitration said Wednesday it will rule on the arbitration case initiated by the Philippines against China on July 12, and the Philippines said it will respect the ruling. The ...

    • Speaker assures fishers displaced by oil spill of P200m cash aid 

      Cruz, Maricel; Campos, Othel (Manila Standard, September 21, 2023, on page A1-A2)
      The House of Representatives will help secure P200 million in direct cash assistance for some 8,000 fishermen who lost all sources of livelihood as a result of the oil spill in Oriental Mindoro, Speaker Martin Romualdez ...

    • Spratly Islands ours—China: But Palace won’t back down on PH own claim 

      Philippine News Agency (PNA) (Manila Standard, April 13, 2019, on page A1-A2)
      China on Thursday repeated its claim over the Spratly Islands after Malacañang slammed the persistent presence of Chinese vessels in the West Philippine Sea. “The Nansha Islands are China’s territory, which is backed by ...

    • Standard, volunteers join Obando river cleaup 

      Dantes, Charles (Manila Standard, May 1, 2019, on page B4)
      In the pursuit of restoring and cleaning the Obando River, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources helped Barangay Binuangan in Obando, Bulacan to regain the waterway’s beauty. As part of the continuous drive ...

    • State of calamity over Sebu fish kill 

      (Manila Standard, February 1, 2017, on page C2)
      The municipal government of Lake Sebu in South Cotabato is planning to declare a state of calamity due to another major fish kill that has seen P6.5 million worth of tilapia destroyed. Zaldy Artacho, Lake Sebu municipal ...

    • State of Fish and Fishers 

      La Viña, Dean Tony (Manila Standard, August 1, 2015, on page A9)
      The President’s last State-of-the-Nation Address, as we expected, was an attempt to capture the gains of his administration. While I wish his report were more coherent, I trust that the accomplishments he recounted are ...

    • ‘Stop coastal reclamations’ 

      Araneta, Sandy (Manila Standard, October 10, 2016, on page A3)
      Fishermen and farmers from different regions on Sunday called on the Department of Environment and Natural Resources to stop all coastal reclamations and conversion projects that are damaging the environment and threatening ...

    • Stop throwing trash in creeks, DENR urges residents 

      Philippine News Agency (PNA) (Manila Standard, April 2, 2019, on page A6)
      Residents along major waterways in the metropolis have been urged to become environment-conscious by not throwing trash in creeks and rivers to help fast-track the cleanup of Manila Bay and its tributaries. During the ...

    • Strength in union 

      Palmero, Manny (Manila Standard, April 9, 2017, on page A3)
      Employees of Manila Standard, Globe and other volunteers conduct a coastal cleanup activity Saturday at the Las Piñas-Parañaque Critical Habitat Ecotourism Area Freedom Island, also known as the Manila-Cavite Expressway ...

    • 'Stretch of shoreline' closed to public 

      Araja, Rio N. (Manila Standard, January 31, 2019, on page A2)
      The Environment department said Wednesday there will be no eviction and relocation of the squatters along the Manila Bay “in the meantime” but the agency plans to put up a communal septic tank and waste water treatment ...

    • Stricter rules for dredging of Laguna de Bay proposed 

      Mencias, Eileen A. (Manila Standard, September 23, 2010, on page A8)
      The Department of Environment and Natural Resources is tightening the screws on the implementation of the foreign-funded rehabilitation of Laguna de Bay following allegations of corruption in the dredging of the lake. Sen. ...

    • A strong, united stand 

      (Manila Standard, April 8, 2019, on page A4)
      After exhibiting a tolerance that his critics misinterpreted as weakness, President Rodrigo Duterte last week took a strong stand against Chinese aggression in the West Philippine Sea, where Beijing has deployed more than ...

    • Study: Barrier Reef may never recover 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Manila Standard, March 17, 2017, on page B3)
      Australia’s Great Barrier Reef may never recover from last year’s warming-driven coral bleaching, said a study that called for urgent action in the face of ineffective conservation efforts. Record-high temperatures in 2015 ...

    • Study: PH losing ₱62b yearly to illegal fishing 

      Campos, Othel V. (Manila Standard, March 11, 2021, on page A3)
      The Philippines has been losing approximately P62 billion annually to illegal fishing based on a study released by the US Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) ...

    • Subic communities benefit from seaweed farming 

      (Manila Standard, June 9, 2018, on page B5)
      Redondo Peninsula Energy, Inc. (RP Energy) recently partnered with the private and public sectors for a seaweed farming project that will benefit two barangays in the province. The memorandum of understanding with the ...

    • Subic fishermen refute 'alarmist' LNG yarn 

      Gunio, Butch (Manila Standard, December 7, 2017, on page B8)
      Local fishermen have disputed claims by leaders of some activist groups in Central Luzon that the ship-to-ship transfer or STS operations of liquefied natural gas in Subic Bay endanger fisherfolk in the area, and that ...

    • Submarine found cracked apart off Bali, 53 crew dead 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Manila Standard, April 26, 2021, on page C2)
      A missing Indonesian submarine has been found cracked apart on the seafloor in waters off Bali, the military said Sunday, as it confirmed that all 53 crew were dead. "There were parts of KRI Nanggala 402 - it was broken ...

    • Sunken vessel causes oil sheen in Iloilo sea 

      Zurbano, Joel E. (Manila Standard, January 22, 2015, on page B6)
      A joint Navy and Coast Guard team watching for oil spill from a sunken vessel in Iloilo Strait has reported a five-meter-wide and two-kms long “oil sheen,” Cdr. Armando Balilo, Coast Guard Information Officer, said. “The ...

    • Surveying the seashore 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Manila Standard, April 23, 2017, on page A2)
      Philippine Coast Guard personnel survey the seashores near Thitu Island with Chinese-claimed Subi reef during a visit by Defense Secretary Lorenzana and other top defense and military officials in the disputed Spratlys ...

    • Sweden joins call to end PH, China sea row 

      Barcelo, Vito (Manila Standard, February 19, 2015, on page A3)
      Sweden joined the growing international community for the peaceful settlement of maritime disputes on the West Philippine Sea which is being claimed by China and other neighbouring Asian countries, the Department of Foreign ...