Browsing Panay News by Subject "reefs"

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    • AFP sounds alarm: Rozul reef's corals wiped out; Chinese militia vessels under scrutiny 

      Marcelino, Angelie (Panay News, September 18, 2023, on page 9-15)
      Coral reefs in Rozul reef, where suspected Chinese militia vessels have been spotted, are now entirely gone, the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) announced on Saturday. The Western Command Commander expressed suspicions ...

    • Agency gets advanced reef assessment tool 

      PN; Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR)-Region VI (Panay News, June 22, 2018, on page 11-14)
      The University of the Philippines – National Institute of Physics (UP-NIP) in Diliman, Quezon City turned over a unit of Teardrop Platform to the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Region 6. Teardrop ...

    • Boracay's coral-eating starfish a dead issue 

      Badiola, Odon S. (Panay News, September 7, 1999, on page 2-6)
      Like the reported coliform contamination of Boracay waters, the reported presence of coral eating starfishes in the island's seas is a phenomenon which shortly existed last year and already long gone. This Aklan governor ...

    • China's 'reclamation' in Spratly reefs alarms DFA 

      Fernandez, Daniza (Panay News, December 22, 2022, on page 11)
      The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) is "seriously concerned" about china's reported reclamation activities in the Spratly Islands' unoccupied reefs in the South China Sea. A Bloomberg article published on Tuesday said ...

    • Docu on Antique coral reef restoration released 

      Golez, Prince (Panay News, April 17, 2015, on page 5-19)
      Eighty percent of coral reefs in Pandan, Antique were destroyed during the onslaught of super typhoon "Yolanda" in November 2013, according to video documentary on coral restoration efforts in the province. The documentary, ...

    • Great Barrier Reef suffers third mass bleaching 

      BBC (Panay News, March 27, 2020, on page 11)
      Australia’s Great Barrier Reef has suffered another mass bleaching event – the third in just five years. Warmer sea temperatures –particularly in February – are feared to have caused huge coral loss across the world’s ...

    • Heat waves 'cook' corals at Great Barrier Reef 

      British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) (Panay News, April 20, 2018, on page 12)
      Prolonged ocean warming events, known as marine heatwaves, take a significant toll on the complex ecosystem of the Great Barrier Reef. This is according to a new study on the impacts of the 2016 marine heatwave, published ...

    • Heatwaves 'cook' Great Barrier Reef corals 

      Halton, Mary (Panay News, April 20, 2018, on page 12)
      Prolonged ocean warming events, known as marine heatwaves, take a significant toll on the complex ecosystem of the Great Barrier Reef. This occurs when the stress of elevated temperatures causes a breakdown of the coral's ...

    • High biodiversity of Apo Reef Natural Park 

      Yap, Julio P. Jr. (Panay News, November 18, 2016, on page -12)
      Expedition on the Apo Reef Natural Park last March showed greater reef biodiversity compared to previous surveys. The surveys were implemented by the University of the Philippines- Marine Science Institute through the ...

    • The marine sanctuary at Shangri-La's Mactan Resort and Spa, Cebu 

      PN (Panay News, September 5, 2012, on page B8)
      Among the many attractions at Shangri-La's Mactan Resort and Spa, Cebu is its white sand beach and pristine waters. Guests can enjoy the added thrill of swimming with the schools of tropical fish that make their home in ...

    • Palau first to ban 'reef toxic' sun cream 

      BBC (Panay News, January 4, 2020, on page 9)
      The Pacific nation of Palau has become the first country to ban sun cream that is harmful to corals and sea life. From Wednesday, sun cream that includes common ingredients, including oxybenzone, is not allowed to be worn ...

    • Reef buds attract more fish species to Boracay 

      Aguirre, J. N. (Panay News, February 19, 2013, on page 2)
      Various species of fish are now attracted to Boracay Island's water becuase of the reef bud technology originally developed by Austrian geoscientist Harald Kremnitz. Kremnitz entrusted the technology to his long time ...

    • Sustainable fishing 

      (Panay News, May 31, 2022, on page 6)
      There is no shortage of fish in Western Visayas. The region’s supply is sufficient, according to the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources. But for how long? The region is also supplying fish to other region.

    • US compensation for Tubbataha Reef 

      Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) (Panay News, February 19, 2015, on page 12)
      On Jan. 20, 2015, the Philippine government received from the US government the full requested amount of P87,033,570.71 as compensation for the damage caused to Tubbataha Reef by the grounding of the "USS Guardian". The ...

    • US vows to rehab Tubbataha Reef 

      Julian, Sammy (Panay News, February 6, 2013, on page 8-14)
      In addition to providing appropriate compensation to the Philippines due to the damage caused by the USS Guardian accident on Tubbahata Reef, the United States are planning a number of other activities which will underscore ...