Browsing Manila Standard by Author "Casas, Willie"

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    • 14 missing in sea collision off Occ. Mindoro 

      Barcelo, Vito; Casas, Willie (Manila Standard, June 30, 2020, on page A1-A2)
      Rescuers were searching Monday for 14 people missing after a local fishing boat collided with a Chinese cargo ship about 15 miles from Paluan town in Occidental Mindoro, authorities said. The boats crashed early Sunday, ...

    • Ashfall destroys P578m in coffee, other cash crops, livestocks and infra 

      Campos, Othel V.; Araja, Rio N.; Zurbano, Joel E.; Casas, Willie (Manila Standard, January 15, 2020, on page A1-A2)
      The damage from Taal Volcano’s eruption has reached P577.59 million in crops and livestock, with coffee growers hardest hit at P74 million in damages, the Department of Agriculture estimated Tuesday. The Bureau of Fisheries ...

    • Bay project probe set: Move backs Makabayan bloc reso to look into its cost, timing 

      Cruz, Maricel V.; Araja, Rio N.; Ramos-Araneta, Macon; Casas, Willie (Manila Standard, September 10, 2020, on page A1-A2)
      The House of Representatives will investigate the P384-million project to dump synthetic white sand onto the shoreline of Manila Bay, a lawmaker said Wednesday. Rep. Elpidio Barzaga Jr. of Dasmariñas City in Cavite, chairman ...

    • China is a true friend—envoy: Ambassador: Other nations trying to ‘sow discord’ using sea dispute 

      Casas, Willie; Cruz, Maricel (Manila Standard, May 2, 2021, on page A1)
      Chinese Ambassador Huang Xilian has cautioned against countries trying to drive a wedge between Manila and Beijing using the territorial disputes in the South China Sea. Huang said China is a true friend of the Philippines ...

    • 'Declare Manila Bay reclamation-free zone' 

      Casas, Willie (Manila Standard, January 29, 2020, on page A6)
      As the Department of Environment and Natural Resources marks the first year of Manila Bay Rehabilitation Program with bragging about lower coliform levels in Manila city bayside, former Anakpawis Party-list Rep. Ariel ...

    • DENR violated laws in ’beach’ project—Oceana 

      Casas, Willie (Manila Standard, September 7, 2020, on page A2)
      Authorities violated several laws when they dumped crushed dolomite on a 500-meter stretch of the Manila Bay's naturally gray shoreline in Manila to make it appear like white sand, environmental group Oceana Philippines ...

    • Duterte lauded for sea stand: Allies, critics call it a victory for invoking PH arbitral award before UN 

      Requejo, Rey E.; Ramos-Araneta, Macon; Casas, Willie (Manila Standard, September 24, 2020, on page A1-A2)
      Critics and allies alike of President Rodrigo Duterte praised him Wednesday for invoking before the United Nations General Assembly a 2016 ruling by the Permanent Court of Arbitration that struck down China’s excessive ...

    • Fishermen protest Bacoor 'reclamation' 

      Casas, Willie (Manila Standard, February 19, 2020, on page A3)
      The fisherfolk group Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (Pamalakaya) filed a complaint against Bacoor City Mayor Lani Mercado-Revilla before the Office of the Ombudsman over the proposed 420-hectare ...

    • Fishers group criticizes DENR over Manila Bay rehab claim 

      Casas, Willie (Manila Standard, January 28, 2020, on page A6)
      The decrease of coliform levels in certain areas of Manila Bay does not equate to development of the rehabilitation, as it still does not address the sources of pollution that deteriorates its marine environment, a statement ...

    • Fishers group rejects Chinese ban at WPS 

      Casas, Willie (Manila Standard, May 5, 2020, on page A3)
      The militant national fishers group Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (PAMALAKAYA) on Monday denounced and rejected the Chinese fishing ban in the South China Sea that will run from May 1 to August 16, ...

    • Group notes invasive bay species 

      Casas, Willie (Manila Standard, January 31, 2020, on page A6)
      The water quality of Manila Bay in its eastern part remains poor, a year after the government launched the rehabilitation drive dubbed as “Battle for Manila Bay,” a group of small fishers on Thursday claimed. After checking ...

    • House assures DENR of support 

      Cruz, Maricel; Casas, Willie (Manila Standard, September 11, 2020, on page A1-A2)
      Several ranking lawmakers have expressed House support to the P384-million Manila Bay project and that they see no valid objection to it, with one of them asserting that the use of dolomite to beautify the shoreline could ...

    • Isko asks to barricade Bay Sands 

      Casas, Willie (Manila Standard, September 22, 2020, on page A2)
      Manila Mayor Francisco Domagoso on Monday asked the Environment department to barricade the Manila Bay Sands area in the city after people crowded it at the weekend and ignored social distancing. Domagoso also discouraged ...

    • 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 ...

    • 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 ...

    • Savings on seaweed through S&T 

      Casas, Willie (Manila Standard, January 24, 2020, on page B4)
      Seaweed farming has long been a reliable source of income for coastal communities in the Philippines, fringed by waters of the Sulu Sea and the Moro Gulf, the city of Zamboanga is no stranger to the seaweed trade. Four ...

    • SC urged to cite DENR in contempt over sand dumping 

      Requejo, Rey E.; Casas, Willie (Manila Standard, September 25, 2020, on page A2)
      The Supreme Court has been asked to cite the Department of Environment and Natural Resources in contempt for allegedly dumping dolomite sand on Manila Bay, a move complainants said was a direct violation of the high court’s ...

    • Search for fishermen on; fishers rap Chinese 

      Casas, Willie (Manila Standard, January 25, 2020, on page A6)
      A group of fisherfolk on Friday urged the Philippine Coast Guard and Philippine Marines to expedite the search and rescue operations for the seven Filipino fishermen who went missing during a fishing expedition in West ...