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    • Villar cites aquaculture import 

      Ramos-Araneta, Macon (Manila Standard, February 21, 2020, on page A6)
      With the decreasing fish supply due to overfishing and other environmental causes, Senator Cynthia Villar cited the importance of aquaculture or fish farming to ensure enough supply of fishes on every Filipino table. Villar, ...

    • Fishermen protest Bacoor 'reclamation' 

      Casas, Willie (Manila Standard, February 19, 2020, on page A3)
      The fisherfolk group Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (Pamalakaya) filed a complaint against Bacoor City Mayor Lani Mercado-Revilla before the Office of the Ombudsman over the proposed 420-hectare ...

    • DENR to use donated land for sewage treatment plant 

      Araja, Rio N. (Manila Standard, February 13, 2020, on page A6)
      The heirs of the late National Artist for Architecture Leandro Locsin have donated a 1.14-hectare property in Oriental Mindoro to the Department of Environment and Natural Resources for the construction of the “second and ...

    • Planting the seeds of environmental awareness 

      (Manila Standard, February 11, 2020, on page F2)
      There’s no refuting the fact that trees are the source of life, whose value to Mother Earth cannot be denied. In the face of environmental degradation and massive deforestation, instilling the importance of trees and ...

    • Dar expects agriculture to post modest growth of 2% 

      Campos, Othel V. (Manila Standard, February 1, 2020, on page B1)
      Agriculture Secretary William Dar expects the agriculture sector to post a modest growth of 2 percent in 2020. “We are confident that we can attain a two-percent growth this year, that in turn will help fuel a higher ...

    • PILMICO helps revive aquaculture in Capiz 

      (Manila Standard, February 16, 2020, on page C2)
      Aboitiz food business unit Pilmico Animal Nutrition Corp. recently turned over 1.3 million bangus fry to help Capiz fishermen rebuild their typhoon-depleted fish stocks. Pilmico’s Aqua Feeds team, in partnership with the ...

    • Land Bank exceeded 2019 agri credit target 

      Rada, Julito G. (Manila Standard, February 2, 2020, on page B1)
      State-run Land Bank of the Philippines, the fourth-largest lender in terms of assets, exceeded its target of providing agricultural credit worth P231.25 billion in 2019 by actually extending P236.31 billion in loans to the ...

    • Tiangco lauds DENR, SMC for dredging project 

      David, Jun (Manila Standard, February 26, 2020, on page B4)
      Navotas Mayor Toby Tiangco has thanked the Department of Environment and Natural Resources and San Miguel Corp. for the start of a sustainable dredging program on a river that goes through the city. “We need to have a ...

    • Eco-waste management convergence strategy 

      Oxales, Orlando (Manila Standard, February 24, 2020, on page A5)
      The “Battle for Manila Bay,” the Department of Environment and Natural Resources’ call to all sectors for pro-active initiatives to clean-up Manila Bay and all water tributaries, recently marked its first year at the Baseco ...

    • SC committee to monitor Bay rehab 

      Requejo, Rey E. (Manila Standard, January 24, 2020, on page A3)
      The Supreme Court has reconstituted the Manila Bay Advisory Committee, which is tasked to monitor the implementation of its 2008 decision that directed concerned government agencies, including those in law enforcement, to ...

    • Group notes invasive bay species 

      Casas, Willie (Manila Standard, January 31, 2020, on page A6)
      The water quality of Manila Bay in its eastern part remains poor, a year after the government launched the rehabilitation drive dubbed as “Battle for Manila Bay,” a group of small fishers on Thursday claimed. After checking ...

    • Search for fishermen on; fishers rap Chinese 

      Casas, Willie (Manila Standard, January 25, 2020, on page A6)
      A group of fisherfolk on Friday urged the Philippine Coast Guard and Philippine Marines to expedite the search and rescue operations for the seven Filipino fishermen who went missing during a fishing expedition in West ...

    • ASG abducts 5 Indonesian fishermen, lets 3 other go 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Manila Standard, January 22, 2020, on page A2)
      Abu Sayyaf militants from the Philippines seized five Indonesian fishermen from a vessel off eastern Borneo, Jakarta officials said Tuesday, the latest in a series of abductions in the area. Indonesia’s foreign ministry ...

    • Search for kin of ‘Lonesome George’ on 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Manila Standard, January 26, 2020, on page A3)
      A scientific expedition to the Galapagos Islands will spend 10 days searching for relatives of two tortoise species believed to be extinct, including those of the archipelago’s Lonesome George, park officials said Friday. ...

    • Navy protests Chinese survey 

      (Manila Standard, August 11, 2020, on page A2)
      The Philippine Navy will request that a diplomatic protest be filed over a Chinese vessel’s alleged surveying activities at Recto Bank or Reed Bank, its chief Vice Admiral Giovanni Carlo Bacordo said Monday. Bacordo told ...

    • House inquiry on Iloilo oil spill, explosion pushed 

      (Manila Standard, August 3, 2020, on page A3)
      A congressman filed a House Resolution calling for an investigation into the July 3 explosion at a power plant of AC Energy Corp. at Zone 3, Bo. Obrero, Lapuz, Iloilo City that resulted in an oil spill. Ilocos Sur First ...

    • Carpio: No to war, but assert rights on SCS 

      Requejo, Rey E. (Manila Standard, July 29, 2020, on page A1)
      The Philippines can still assert its sovereign rights over its territories in the South China Sea without going to war, retired Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio said Tuesday. "Vietnam, Malaysia and ...

    • On the President's SONA on the West Philippine Sea 

      del Rosario, Albert (Manila Standard, July 30, 2020, on page B1)
      During the President’s State of the Nation Address on July 27, 2020, our President admitted that there was nothing he could do against China’s unlawful incursions into our West Philippine Sea. In his own words, our President ...

    • SMC plants 25k mangroves in Bulacan 

      (Manila Standard, July 30, 2020, on page A3)
      The San Miguel Corporation has started planting 25,000 mangroves on 10 hectares of coastal area in Hagonoy, Bulacan—the first of a total 190,000 mangroves to be planted over 76-hectares in Bulacan and Central Luzon. The ...

    • Aussies join naval drill in PH Sea 

      (Manila Standard, July 24, 2020, on page A2)
      In efforts to keep international waters “free and open,” five Australian warships have joined American and Japanese navies in conducting military exercises in the Philippine Sea in a reciprocal show of strength as tensions ...