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    • Whale sharks in Sarangani Bay up to 14 

      (Manila Standard, March 12, 2019, on page B4)
      A total of 14 whale sharks (Rhincodon typus) were discovered and documented in Sarangani Bay on Saturday. The Task Force Butanding Gensan disclosed that the recent documentation of whale sharks in Sarangani Bay made the ...

    • SC orders to protect WPS: Writ compels gov't to stop marine foray 

      Requejo, Rey E. (Manila Standard, May 4, 2019, on page A1)
      Amid Chinese incursions on the country’s islands in the West Philippine Sea, the Supreme Court issued a writ of Kalikasan Friday compelling concerned government agencies to protect, preserve, rehabilitate, and restore the ...

    • Go with the flow with your own koi pond: 'Kohaku, sanke and tancho' at your doorstep 

      (Manila Standard, May 4, 2019, on page B4)
      Koi carp ponds are becoming a must-have for Filipinos as people see how beautiful they look in their friends’ gardens, and want to have one for themselves.The appeal is easy to understand. Koi carp can live to be 40 or ...

    • Over 162k of waste hauled from Pasig River 

      Philippine News Agency (PNA) (Manila Standard, May 10, 2019, on page A3)
      The Pasig River Rehabilitation Commission hauled 162,390 kilograms of waste (5,413 sacks of garbage), which were pushed by the high tide in Manila Bay into the Pasig River, during a series of massive clean-up operations ...

    • Pioneer Epoxy opens National Bangkarera 

      (Manila Standard, May 9, 2019, on page A7)
      Pioneer Epoxy, in cooperation with Angat sa Dagat Organization, unveils the Pioneer Epoxy National Bangkarera 2019, which will be held in Naga City, Cebu on May 31 to June 2. The event will stage four different categories ...

    • Logistics firm plants mangrove seedlings in Batangas 

      (Manila Standard, May 7, 2019, on page C2)
      FedEx Express, together with environmental non-profit organization Pusod Foundation, Inc., recently planted 3,000 mangrove seedlings in Barangay Papaya in Nasugbu, Batangas. The mangrove-planting activitiy was part of the ...

    • China turns on lighthouse atop reef 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Manila Standard, April 7, 2016, on page A2)
      China has expanded its presence in the contested South China Sea by switching on a lighthouse atop a reconstructed reef also claimed by Vietnam and the Philippines, state media said. The 55-meter-high (180-foot) facility ...

    • Ambivalent opposition to the joint oil exploration 

      Kapunan, Rod P. (Manila Standard, December 29, 2018, on page A5)
      The Philippines only enjoys the right to claim over that portion of the South China Sea as part of its exclusive economic zone (EEZ), but does not vest sovereign right over the area. Should we insist, it is possible that ...

    • Iloilo Declaration for healthy oceans 

      La Viña, Tony (Manila Standard, December 4, 2018, on page A4)
      Confidence, optimism and determination reigned in Iloilo City last Thursday, 29 November 2018, as the 2018 East Asian Seas Congress concluded. After three days of events and sessions that brought together various ocean ...

    • 36 fiberglass boats for La Union fishers 

      (Manila Standard, December 13, 2018, on page B4)
      Six coastal towns in the Second District of La Union province have received the first 36 fiberglass-reinforced plastic boats from the Department of Agriculture-Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources upon the request of ...

    • ‘Bring China to court’: Carpio prods Philippines to protest Sino bullying of Pinoy fishermen 

      Barcelo, Vito; Cruz, Maricel V. (Manila Standard, June 9, 2018, on page A1)
      Acting Chief Justice Antonio Carpio on Friday said the Philippines could use video of the Chinese Coast Guard apparently raiding Filipino fishermen’s catch in Scarborough Shoal, inside the country’s exclusive economic zone, ...

    • Cimatu mulls over ban on single-use plastics in Bora 

      Araja, Rio N. (Manila Standard, June 13, 2018, on page A3)
      Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu is “seriously considering” a ban on single-use plastic items in Aklan’s Boracay Island to address its growing garbage problem. The prohibition of the use of single-use plastic products would ...

    • Subic communities benefit from seaweed farming 

      (Manila Standard, June 9, 2018, on page B5)
      Redondo Peninsula Energy, Inc. (RP Energy) recently partnered with the private and public sectors for a seaweed farming project that will benefit two barangays in the province. The memorandum of understanding with the ...

    • Villar wants waste water, sewage system probed 

      Ramos-Araneta, Macon (Manila Standard, June 13, 2018, on page A6)
      Having been tagged by an environmental lawyer as a “toilet bowl being used every day but never got flushed,” Senator Cynthia Villar wants a Senate probe on the wastewater treatment and sewerage system in Manila Bay and ...

    • Women work longer than men 

      (Manila Standard, October 9, 1999, on page 9)
      A case study on women's roles in a fishing community has found that women work more than men do. This finding is contrary to the common belief that men are the principal providers while women are mere assistants confined ...

    • New Australian fish death 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Manila Standard, January 29, 2019, on page B3)
      Thousands more fish have died in a key river system in drought-hit eastern Australia just weeks after up to a million were killed, authorities and locals said Monday, sparking fears an ecological disaster is unfolding. ...

    • Climate change pushing killer whales to go north 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Manila Standard, January 29, 2019, on page B3)
      Paying no attention to nearby divers, a killer whale and her calf hunting for food frolic in a snowy Norwegian fjord. Their favorite meal, herring, abound, but climate change means both predator and prey must increasingly ...

    • Employ 1-million workers for Manila Bay rehab—lawmaker 

      Cruz, Maricel V. (Manila Standard, January 30, 2019, on page A3)
      A legislator on Tuesday proposed the hiring of workers to plant trees and clean the beaches, rivers, and lakes that flow to Manila Bay. Party-list Rep. Neil Abayon of AANGAT TAYO recommended to the Duterte administration ...

    • Tieza invests P1 billion in Boracay island 

      (Manila Standard, January 30, 2019, on page B1)
      The role of the Tourism Infrastructure and Enterprise Authority in rehabilitating Boracay and addressing the perennial flooding in the island tops the agency’s accomplishments for 2018. “We are proud that Tieza is helping ...

    • DICT to provide cameras for Manila Bay rehab 

      Philippine News Agency (PNA) (Manila Standard, January 29, 2019, on page A6)
      The Department of Information and Communications Technology will provide closed-circuit television cameras and monitoring sensors for the rehabilitation of the Manila Bay. DICT Acting Secretary Eliseo Rio Jr. said that ...