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Aboitiz group moves to save Davao turtles
For a caretaker's son at the Aboitiz Cleanergy Park, coming home is all about re-learning the lessons of family and environmental stewardship. The Philippines—an archipelago of 7,500 islands, nearly each with its own tongue ...
- June 12, 2016
Brown algae sale banned
The Agriculture Department has imposed a ban on the harvesting and selling of brown algae and seagrass to preserve the country’s marine ecosystems. The agency issued Fisheries Administrative Order No. 250, which prohibits ...
- April 26, 2014
Marcos' intel chief to focus on West PH Sea
The National Intelligence Coordinating Agency (NICA) will focus in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) amid the Philippines’ ongoing territorial dispute with China. “We have to view everything and integrate, harmonize our efforts. ...
- June 24, 2022
Du30 stresses PH arbitral win as 'just and fair'
President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday stressed the importance of the Philippines’ historic arbitral victory against China’s sweeping maritime claims in the South China Sea (SCS), calling it a “win-win solution.” During ...
- September 23, 2021
‘PH territory intact despite sea row’
While the Duterte administration has not used the arbitral court’s favorable ruling on the country’s claims to parts of the South China Sea, the country has “not lost an inch of the disputed territory,” the Philippine ...
- July 13, 2017
Prexy aspirants assert Ayungin within country's maritime zone
Three presidential candidates on Thursday said China had no rights in the Ayungin Shoal, after the government rejected a Chinese demand that it remove the grounded BRP Sierra Madre from the area. A 2016 ruling by a UN ...
- November 26, 2021
Shoring up a fishing town's marine ecosystem
The environmental situation in Medina, a fishing town in Misamis Oriental province, has been experiencing a 180-degree turn since the municipal government embarked on a comprehensive marine protection and conservation ...
- April 16, 2019
Groups alarmed at reef bleaching
Environmental groups Monday urged greater action on climate change after the government sounded the alarm over severe coral bleaching in the pristine northern reaches of Australia's Great Barrier Reef. The government said ...
- March 22, 2016
US, Vietnam warn China on SCS
The United States and Vietnam warned on Monday against the “threat or use of force” in the disputed South China Sea, days after the latest clash involving Chinese vessels. President Joe Biden and Vietnam’s Communist Party ...
- September 12, 2023
China, PH discuss near-collision, agree to SCS fishing rights talk
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said Monday he has raised the near-collision of Philippine and Chinese coast guard ships in the West Philippine Sea with Chinese officials. The Philippines has accused the Chinese coast guard ...
- May 2, 2023