Browsing Manila Standard by Subject "Scientific personnel"

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    • Fisheries chief gets reelected 

      (Manila Standard, March 12, 2000, on page 4)
      The Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center has reappointed the chief of the Seafdec Aquaculture Department (AQD) based here for another term. Rolando Platon will serve his third two-year term as the center's AQD chief ...

    • Jellyfish sting: Antidote found 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Manila Standard, May 2, 2019, on page A1-A2)
      Australian researchers believe they have found an antidote to a sting from the world's most venomous creature, the much-feared box jellyfish. Researchers at the University of Sydney had been investigating how the venom is ...

    • 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 ...

    • Scientists warn on coral damage 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Manila Standard, October 9, 2015, on page B6)
      Scientists on Thursday warned the world faces mass global coral bleaching next year driven by the warming effects of the El Niño weather phenomenon, and it could be the worst on record. A study by Oceanic Atmospheric the ...

    • The things that count 

      (Manila Standard, March 21, 2005, on page B4)
      Bonifacio Comandante (what a symbolic name) may not grab as many headlines as the Abu Sayyaf or prized boxer of 18 years certainly deserves the gratitude of Filipinos. Comandante's victory remind us of another admirable ...

    • Troops deployed to secure PH Rise 

      Tuyay, Francisco; Fabunan, Sara Susanne (Manila Standard, February 17, 2018, on page A2)
      The military had deployed hundreds of Marines troopers in the country’s northern frontier to secure and maintain the country’s sovereign rights over Philippine Rise, after China renamed four seamounts and a hill in the ...

    • Women work longer than men 

      (Manila Standard, October 9, 1999, on page 9)
      A case study on women's roles in a fishing community has found that women work more than men do. This finding is contrary to the common belief that men are the principal providers while women are mere assistants confined ...