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Beating plastic pollution
In truth, people throw away plastic waste each year that could encircle the earth four times over! What doesn’t ends up in our already brimming landfills ultimately reaches our oceans, thereby affecting more biodiversity ...
- June 5, 2018
Plastic pollution in PH: Why so much waste ends up in oceans
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 ...
- November 3, 2018
PH, China firm hold talks on joint oil hunt in SC Sea
The Philippines said Thursday it is in talks with a Chinese state firm for joint South China Sea energy resource exploration and extraction, in a proposed deal described by President Rodrigo Duterte as akin to “co-ownership” ...
- March 2, 2018
Youth to unleash inner heroes in 2018 International Coastal Cleanup Summit
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 ...
- September 25, 2018
Zamboanga fishermen get green light to cast nets
Fishermen in the Zamboanga Peninsula can start fishing for sardines this March, as the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources officially lifted the off-season period at midnight of Thursday. The three-month fishing ban ...
- March 2, 2018
Energy firm leads Subic gab on sea turtle conservation
Redondo Peninsula Energy Inc. has conducted a forum here on turtle conservation under its Protect the Bay Initiative program. The discussion, entitled “Lessons from PawiCare,” aimed to share the best practices on how the ...
- July 19, 2018
China to throw CG 'bad apples' into sea - envoy
China's Ambassador Zhao Jianhua admitted Tuesday there were “bad apples” in the Chinese Coast Guard and said he would throw them into the South China Sea to feed the fish, but a foreign ministry spokesman in Beijing said ...
- June 13, 2018
Vibrant Oceans Initiative backs Oceana PH drives
The Philippines has been selected anew by Bloomberg Philanthropies as one of the priority countries for its Vibrant Oceans Phase II—making an investment of USD $86 million, it said in a press statement. The fund is to be ...
- November 17, 2018
'Bora' rehab completed in Dec. 2019- Puyat
While Boracay will be reopened on Oct. 26, Tourism Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat said the rehabilitation of the island will be completed by December 2019. Speaking during the deliberations of the Department of Tourism ...
- September 14, 2018
Lanao town wins peace by protecting fish areas
In this quaint, sun-kissed town on the shores of Illana Bay in Lanao del Norte, several communities show how working together can lead to cohesion and harmony among Muslim and Christian neighbors. By working together to ...
- November 15, 2018