Browsing Malaya by Title

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    • Vetiver 'miracle grass' has wide variety of uses 

      (Malaya, August 15, 2013, on page A2)
      With the devastation from recent storms, typhoons and heavy monsoon rains, climate change has become a great concern in the country. Flooding and landslides have prompted both government and private sector to search for ...

    • Vietnam protests after China lands plane on disputed Spratlys 

      Reuters (Malaya, January 4, 2016, on page B3)
      Vietnam formally accused China of violating its sovereignty and a recent confidence-building pact on Saturday by landing a plane on an airstrip Beijing has built on an artificial island in a contested part of the South ...

    • Volunteers turn up for SM coastal cleanup drive 

      (Malaya, October 1, 2018, on page B7)
      In an unprecedented attendance, 7,086 registered volunteers took part in this year’s SM By the Bay Cleanup Drive. Held in partnership with the SM Mall of Asia, Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Pasay City ...

    • Water concessionaire breaks ground on P2B sewage treatment facility 

      (Malaya, March 8, 2019, on page A3)
      Maynilad Water Services inc. broke ground to construct a P2.05-billion sewage treatment plant (STP) in Las Pinas that will further boost sewarage coverage and to reduce pollution loading in Manila Bay. The Manila west zone ...

    • Ways to make China comply with UN ruling on S. China Sea 

      Tordesillas, Ellen (Malaya, June 24, 2016, on page B4)
      The Philippines is not exactly helpless if the United Nations Arbitral Court decides in favor of the Philippines in its case against China’s nine-dash line map and its transforming into islands, rocks in the Spratlys that ...

    • West Philippine Sea: Beyond sound bites 

      Bacalla, Tess (Malaya, June 20, 2016, on page B5)
      As the Philippines heads into a new political dispensation, much of the country is how President-elect Rodrigo Duterte will sooner or later deal with the issue of China's aggressive intrusion into the West Philippine Sea ...

    • A whale of a story on how to age gracefully 

      Reuters (Malaya, January 7, 2015, on page B5)
      To learn the secret behind aging gracefully, you may want to check out the bowhead whale, the majestic denizen of the Arctic waters that boasts a lifespan topping 200 years. Scientists on Monday unveiled the genetic blueprint ...

    • What the Chinese ship did in Benham Rise 

      Tordesillas, Ellen (Malaya, April 3, 2017, on page B4)
      China did not deny it saying their “vessels for marine research did sail across relevant waters to the northeast of Luzon, the Philippines last year, exercising navigation freedoms and the right to innocent passage only, ...

    • What's going on in Benham Rise? 

      Tordesillas, Ellen (Malaya, January 29, 2018, on page B5)
      The decision of the Duterte government to allow Chinese scientists to do research in Benham Rise, renamed Philippine Rise, a 13-million-hectare undersea region off the provinces of Isabela and Aurora has generated heated ...

    • Why abalone 

      Icamina, Paul M. (Malaya, November 18, 2011, on page A9)
      Abalone is a single-shell, herbivorous and nocturnal marine mollusk that thrives under rocks and corals at depths from less than 5 meters to 20 meters. It is unique among shellfish as it is called "sobra-sobra" because the ...

    • Wildlife in need rescue center 

      (Malaya, December 4, 2015, on page B7)
      The Ocean Adventure Rescue and Rehabilitation Program is an important part of our commitment to conservation and education. Ocean Adventure works closely with the non-profit Wildlife in Need to Operate the WIN Rescue Center ...

    • World sea piracy at lowest level since 2008 

      Associated Press (AP) (Malaya, October 23, 2012, on page A8)
      A maritime watchdog says global sea piracy has fallen to its lowest level since 2008 as threats from Somalia ease. The International Maritime Bureau said Monday that 233 attacks were recorded worldwide in the first none ...

    • Writ of Kalikasan 

      (Malaya, May 7, 2019, on page B4)
      The Supreme Court's Writ of Kalikasan is a relatively new item in the judiciary's arsenal of weapons, along with the Writ of Amparo. This writ or court order is seldom used, and most of the time the Supreme Court issues ...

    • WWF, BPI launch climate adaptation study 

      (Malaya, January 9, 2015, on page A10)
      The World Wide Fund for Nature Philippines (WWF-Philippines), in partnership with the Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI), unveiled the latest and third phase of Business Risk Assessment and the Management of Climate ...

    • Yap cites need to protect Coral Triangle 

      (Malaya, February 11, 2010, on page D4)
      The partnership between the government and the private sector and the pursuit of innovations in climate change adaptations is meant to protect the Coral Triangle and ensure its diversity and sustainability for some 350 ...