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    • Anilao dive spot gets coral restoration lab 

      (Manila Standard, February 5, 2019, on page B4)
      As part of its corporate social responsibility, Metro Pacific Investments Corp. Foundation, through its Shore It Up program, recently received a donation of 40 eco-reef modules, which will be installed in Balayan Bay, one ...
    • Boracay reopens for dry run from Oct. 15-25 

      Araja, Rio (Manila Standard, October 15, 2018, on page A3)
      An inter-agency task force in charge of the rehabilitation of Boracay will closely monitor compliance with the guidelines it has laid down to protect the resort island from destructive practices during its partial reopening ...
    • Carpio warns of China zone over Scarborough 

      Requejo, Rey; Araneta, Sandy (Manila Standard, March 20, 2017, on page A1)
      A Magistrative on Sunday warned the government on China’s reported plan to install a radar station in the disputed Scarborough Shoal. Senior Justice Antonio Carpio said the installation of an environmental monitoring station ...
    • China ships free to enter Panatag if... 

      Bencito, John Paolo; Araneta, Sandy (Manila Standard, March 24, 2017, on page A1)
      To avoid further escalating tensions in the region, President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday said Manila would allow Beijing to conduct innocent passage within the disputed Scarborough Shoal after the Chinese assured him that ...
    • Coral cure in Bagac, Subic 

      Gunio, Butch (Manila Standard, November 12, 2016, on page C1)
      The Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic and Natural Resources Research and Development (PCAARRD) of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) and the Bataan Peninsula State University (BPSU) are implementing ...
    • Metro Pacific shores up Balayan Bay ecosystem 

      (Manila Standard, February 12, 2019, on page C2)
      As part of its corporate social responsibility, Metro Pacific Investments Corporation Foundation, through its Shore It Up program, recently received a donation of 40 eco-reef modules which will be installed in Balayan Bay, ...
    • Only 180 Bora resorts OKd for reopening 

      Araja, Rio N.; Mariano, Nat; Ramos-Araneta, Macon (Manila Standard, September 13, 2018, on page A3)
      Of the 2,300 establishments in Aklan’s Boracay Island, only 180 of which or 7.8 percent have fulfilled the requisites of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources. Undersecretary for Policy, Planning and International ...
    • Paombong ex-mayor indicted for operating dump 

      Araja, Rio N. (Manila Standard, July 6, 2018, on page A5)
      Former Paombong mayor Isagani Castro, along with 10 other local officials, were charged with violation of Section 48(9) in relation to Sections 37 and 49(d) of Republic Act No. 9003 or the Ecological Solid Waste Management ...
    • US pays P87m for Tubbataha reef damage 

      Barcelo, Vito; Solmerin, Florante (Manila Standard, February 19, 2015, on page A1)
      The Philippine government has received P87.03 million from the US government as payment for the damage caused by a US Navy minesweeper that ran aground on a protected coral reef two years ago, the Department of Foreign ...