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    • China names Islands; move to roil neighbors 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Manila Standard, April 23, 2020, on page A6)
      China on Tuesday defended its naming of 80 islands and other geographical features in the South China Sea in a move likely to anger neighbours as the country asserts its territorial claims. A joint announcement of the names ...

    • China pushes sea aggression, uses virus aids as camouflage 

      (Manila Standard, April 28, 2020, on page A2)
      China is using its aid to other countries in the COVID-19 pandemic to prevent pushback in its continuing aggression in the disputed South China Sea, a maritime law expert said Monday. Beijing is also using other claimant ...

    • Salmon venture formed 

      Austria, Jenniffer B. (Manila Standard, March 20, 2010, on page A10)
      Canned tuna exporter Alliance Tuna International, Inc. and its Kiwi-based majority owned unit, Prime Foods New Zealand, have formed a local subsidiary that will engage in the processing and exporting of smoked salmon. ...

    • Dried sharks confiscated 

      Requejo, Rey (Manila Standard, October 26, 2012, on page A3)
      Customs authorities have seized some P10 million worth of shipment of various dried marine products declared as endangered species by the government at the Sub-Port Manila North Harbor on board MV Princes of the South last ...

    • Paje welcomes win of Tubbataha Reef Act 

      (Manila Standard, October 17, 2012, on page A3)
      Environment and Natural Resources Secretary Ramon Paje on Saturday welcomed the recognition of Republic Act 10067, or the Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park Act, as one of the world's best environmental policies. The law, which ...

    • Stricter rules for dredging of Laguna de Bay proposed 

      Mencias, Eileen A. (Manila Standard, September 23, 2010, on page A8)
      The Department of Environment and Natural Resources is tightening the screws on the implementation of the foreign-funded rehabilitation of Laguna de Bay following allegations of corruption in the dredging of the lake. Sen. ...

    • Laguna Lake project critical, says group 

      (Manila Standard, September 17, 2010, on page A2)
      The Laguna Lake Rehabilitation Project will help avert a water supply crisis and the flooding of Metro Manila and nearby provinces because it is not only about dredging and cleaning up the lake, a group says. Pamana Lawa, ...

    • Companies for mangrove planting 

      (Manila Standard, September 30, 2010, on page B3)
      The environmental projects of Philippine companies are not limited to the widely-popular green activity of tree planting. Various industry players have volunteered to initiate reforestation efforts on mangrove sites that ...

    • Laguna Lake contractor gives in to new terms 

      (Manila Standard, September 25, 2010, on page A5)
      The Belgian contractor of the Laguna lake rehabilitation project bowed to the conditions of the Philippine government to include the reforestation of the Marikina watershed and the monitoring of a third party to oversee ...

    • Agriculture production down 2.62% in 9 months 

      Campos, Othel V. (Manila Standard, September 25, 2010, on page A1)
      Agricultural production fell 2.62 percent in the first three quarters of the year, pulled down by El Niño weather phenomenon and destructive storms in the third quarter, the Agriculture Department said Monday. Farm output ...

    • Red tide forecast to spread 

      Campos, Othel V. (Manila Standard, February 27, 2010, on page A2)
      "Harmful algal blooms occur during heat spells," said Malcolm Sarmiento, director of the Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Bureau. "We are closely monitoring our seas, and we keep reminding the regions to keep a tight watch ...

    • Reward offered to get killers of whale shark 

      (Manila Standard, February 20, 2010, on page A2)
      A conservation group and the Philippine government are offering a reward for information on the people responsible for the killing of an 18-foot whale shark. The World Wildlife Fund says the whale shark-the world's biggest ...

    • Turtle eggs 

      (Manila Standard, February 15, 2010, on page B2)
      A mother Olive Ridley turtle leaves her tracks on the sand after laying a clutch of over 100 eggs (inset) within the compound of the 1,500-megawatt, natural gas-fired plant of First Gas, a subsidiary of First Gen, in Sta. ...

    • Tuna congress seeks Cabinet portfolio 

      (Manila Standard, September 12, 2012, on page B4)
      Major players and stakeholders in the tuna industry called anew on the government to institute reforms in the recently-concluded 14th National Tuna Congress and Trade Exhibit held in Gen. Santos City. Organized by the ...

    • Nature thrives in Gubat 

      Villanueva, Angelica (Manila Standard, October 20, 2019, on page D1)
      Be with nature, literally, while strolling through the plantation at Panganiban Mangrove Eco-Tourism Site. The mangrove plantation was turned into an eco-tourism site that features different kinds of mangroves. As tourists ...

    • Balanga wetland to boost economic growth, tourism 

      Ramos-Araneta, Macon (Manila Standard, August 21, 2019, on page B4)
      The people of Balanga City in Bataan can look forward to a boost in their tourism industry with the signing into law of a bill declaring their coastal sanctuary as a responsible, community-based ecotourism site. “The ...

    • Locsin: cut out 'abominable' offending scene 

      Requejo, Rey E. (Manila Standard, October 17, 2019, on page A1)
      Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. on Wednesday demanded that the scene in the animated film Abominable, which featured controversial China’s nine-dash line map in the South China Sea, be taken down instead of ...

    • Captain frets over Rody's quip 

      Ramos-Araneta, Macon; Mariano, Nat (Manila Standard, June 19, 2019, on page A1)
      The captain of the Philippine fishing boat that was rammed and sunk by a Chinese vessel in Recto Bank said Tuesday he was saddened by President Rodrigo Duterte’s description of the incident as “a little maritime accident.” ...

    • Singapore says it takes no sides in sea disputes 

      Fabunan, Sara D.; Herrera, Christine F. (Manila Standard, September 12, 2012, on page B4)
      The Singaporean government on Tuesday rebuffed Manila after Philippine newspapers reported that its prime minister, Lee Hsien Loong, supported the Philippines' claim to the South China Sea. Foreign Ministry spokesman K ...

    • Yap cites need to protect Coral Triangle 

      (Manila Standard, February 11, 2010, on page D4)
      The partnership between the government and the private sector and the pursuit of innovations in climate adaptations is meant to protect Coral Triangle and ensure its diversity and sustainability for some 360 million people. ...