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    • Amazon could be gone in 50 years as it crosses threshold 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Manila Standard, March 13, 2020, on page B3)
      The Amazon rain forest is nearing a threshold which, once crossed, would see one of the world’s largest and richest ecosystems morph into arid savannah within half-a-century, scientists said Tuesday. Another major ecosystem, ...

    • Protests mount against Manila Bay 'whitening' 

      Barcelo, Vito; Ramos-Araneta, Macon (Manila Standard, September 8, 2020, on page A1)
      Lawmakers joined environmental groups on Monday in urging the Department of Environment and Natural Resources to immediately suspend the filling of Manila Bay's shore with synthetic white sand made from crushed dolomite. ...

    • US, China swap charges; rivalry mars SEA talks 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Manila Standard, September 11, 2020, on page A1)
      Washington's top diplomat urged Southeast Asia on Thursday to cut ties with Chinese companies helping build islands in the disputed waters of the South China Sea, even as Beijing denounced the United States as “the biggest ...

    • DENR violated laws in ’beach’ project—Oceana 

      Casas, Willie (Manila Standard, September 7, 2020, on page A2)
      Authorities violated several laws when they dumped crushed dolomite on a 500-meter stretch of the Manila Bay's naturally gray shoreline in Manila to make it appear like white sand, environmental group Oceana Philippines ...

    • Deteriorating US-China relations 

      Kapunan, Rod P. (Manila Standard, September 5, 2020, on page B1)
      The deteriorating situation in the South China Sea (SCS) is in reaction to the increased US activities in the area. Specifically, there are two aspects that could serve as flashpoints in US-China relations. First, the ...

    • Filipino dies in oil tanker fire; only 2 survive cattle ship sinking 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Manila Standard, September 5, 2020, on page A1)
      A Panamanian-registered oil tanker burned out of control for a second day off Sri Lanka on Friday as authorities confirmed a Filipino crew member was killed in an explosion and fears grew of a major new oil spill in the ...

    • Japan stops rescue amid 'violent' storm 

      (Manila Standard, September 6, 2020, on page A2)
      Japanese authorities on Saturday temporarily suspended their search for dozens of missing sailors from a cargo ship that sank in a typhoon, as waves and strong wind caused by an approaching storm hampered the operation. ...

    • Search for missing ship crew continues 

      Requejo, Rey E.; Ramos-Araneta, Macon (Manila Standard, September 8, 2020, on page A3)
      The Department of Foreign Affairs on Monday said Japan was expected to conduct an aerial search operation for the 40 missing crewmen from the Philippines, Australia and New Zealand of the sunken Panamanian cargo vessel. ...

    • 39 Filipinos in sunken cattle ship off Japan 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Manila Standard, September 4, 2020, on page A1)
      Japanese coast guard rescuers searched Thursday for the remaining 42 crew, including 39 Filipinos, of a ship believed to have sunk in a typhoon, after a lone survivor was found bobbing in a lifejacket. The 11,947-ton Gulf ...

    • Sand in our faces 

      (Manila Standard, September 7, 2020, on page B1)
      What would boost our mental health is the knowledge that the government is addressing problems at the core and not resorting to superficial solutions. The Department of Environment and Natural Resources has implemented its ...

    • Gov't won't ban Chinese firms from PH projects; Sangley Airport on 

      Barcelo, Vito; Ramos-Araneta, Macon (Manila Standard, September 2, 2020, on page A1)
      Malacañang said the country would not ban Chinese firms involved in reclamation activities in the South China Sea, and would not follow sanctions imposed by the United States against Chinese companies involved in construction ...

    • Fabric of success: How 'lotus silk' is weaving its way into Vietnam 

      Philipson, Alice (Manila Standard, August 29, 2020, on page B3)
      Vietnamese weaver Phan Thi Thuan hitches up her trousers as she wades into a lotus paddy to gather the stems needed to make a rare and highly sought-after thread. Her great-aunt made and sold traditional silk to the French ...

    • Locsin nixes SCS push with UN: Says PH could lose gains of sea award by raising issue with world body 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Manila Standard, August 30, 2020, on page A1)
      The Philippines could lose the gains it achieved in the international arbitral ruling on the South China Sea should it push raising the issue before the United Nations General Assembly next month, Foreign Secretary Teodoro ...

    • Malaysia zaps PH Sabah claim in note verbale 

      Requejo, Rey E. (Manila Standard, August 30, 2020, on page A1)
      Malaysia, a co-member of the Philippines in the largely economic group Association of Southeast Asian Nations, has once more nixed the Philippine claim to Sabah and dismissed Manila’s “excessive maritime claims” in the ...

    • Bay project probe set: Move backs Makabayan bloc reso to look into its cost, timing 

      Cruz, Maricel V.; Araja, Rio N.; Ramos-Araneta, Macon; Casas, Willie (Manila Standard, September 10, 2020, on page A1)
      The House of Representatives will investigate the P384-million project to dump synthetic white sand onto the shoreline of Manila Bay, a lawmaker said Wednesday. Rep. Elpidio Barzaga Jr. of Dasmariñas City in Cavite, chairman ...

    • Cimatu insists dolomite poses no health risk 

      Cruz, Maricel V. (Manila Standard, September 10, 2020, on page A1)
      Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu has defended at the House of Representatives the use of dolomite white sand from Cebu’s crushed dolomite rocks to transform Manila Bay’s shoreline into a white-sand beach. He told legislators ...

    • VFA repeal to embolden China on West Philippine Sea claim 

      (Manila Standard, March 5, 2020, on page B1)
      President Rodrigo Duterte’s push to terminate the Visiting Forces Agreement is seen to further escalate tension and give China the upper hand in the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea), which is believed to hold huge oil ...

    • Save Manila Bay 

      Hilario, Ernesto M. (Manila Standard, January 24, 2020, on page A4)
      The good news, in so far as the environment is concerned, is the determined effort of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) to prioritize the rehabilitation of Manila Bay from now until 2022. No less ...

    • Released into the waters 

      Sanchez, Monica; Abrina, Dennis (Manila Standard, January 21, 2020, on page C1)
      The new year begins swimmingly well for some of our marine ecosystem as sea turtle hatchlings were released into the waters this January. Following the laying of eggs of an Olive Ridley Sea Turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea) ...

    • Ashfall destroys P578m in coffee, other cash crops, livestocks and infra 

      Campos, Othel V.; Araja, Rio N.; Zurbano, Joel E.; Casas, Willie (Manila Standard, January 15, 2020, on page A1)
      The damage from Taal Volcano’s eruption has reached P577.59 million in crops and livestock, with coffee growers hardest hit at P74 million in damages, the Department of Agriculture estimated Tuesday. The Bureau of Fisheries ...