Browsing Manila Standard by Subject "ocean dumping"

Now showing items 1-7 of 7

    • Enforce fisheries laws—BFAR 

      Gonazales, Anna Leah E.; Araneta, Sandy (Manila Standard, October 13, 2016, on page C2)
      Stronger law enforcement are needed to achieve sustainable fisheries and seafood self-sufficiency in the Philippines, Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources National Director Eduardo Gongona said. Relatedly, the Angono, ...

    • Manila Bay cleanup 

      Ortuoste, Jenny (Manila Standard, January 31, 2019, on page A4-A5)
      The cleanup was led by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, with similar efforts to be exerted in Pampanga, Bulacan, Nueva Ecija, Bataan in Region III, and Cavite in Region IV-A. To maintain cleanliness, ...

    • MM mayors vow to help relocate Bay area families 

      Zurbano, Joel E. (Manila Standard, February 6, 2019, on page A1-A2)
      Mayors in Metro Manila have agreed to help the government relocate at least 220,000 squatter families living along Manila Bay. In a meeting held at the Metro Manila Development Authority main office in Makati City, the ...

    • Plastic pollution in PH: Why so much waste ends up in oceans 

      PN; South China Morning Post (Manila Standard, November 3, 2018, on page B8)
      Masses of plastic trash swirling in waterways, garbage clogging drainage canals and huge stinking dumpsites are among the most visible manifestations of the waste crisis in the Philippines. A 2015 report on plastic pollution ...

    • UN conference sees blitz of pledges to protect ailing oceans 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Manila Standard, June 29, 2022, on page B2)
      A major UN conference on how to restore the faltering health of global oceans kicked off in Lisbon this week with a flurry of promises to expand marine protected areas, ban deep-sea mining, and combat illegal fishing. UN ...

    • Waste-dumping in WPS not true, says Lorenzana 

      Ramos-Araneta, Macon (Manila Standard, July 14, 2021, on page A4)
      Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said Tuesday the dumping of waste in the West Philippine Sea as reported by an American think tank is untrue. “The reported dumping of waste in the WPS is not true. That photo is from the ...

    • Youth to unleash inner heroes in 2018 International Coastal Cleanup Summit 

      (Manila Standard, September 25, 2018, on page B4)
      The International Coastal Cleanup is a global movement celebrated every third Saturday of September yearly and being participated by more than 100 countries across the globe, including the Philippines, as we rally the ...