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Overloading ruled out in Iloilo sea tragedy
An official of the Philippine Coast Guard yesterday ruled out overloading as the three motorboats capsized after being hit by huge waves last Saturday in the Iloilo-Guimaras Straight. The incident left 28 passengers dead. ...
- August 7, 2019
DENR Cracks down hard on restaurants polluting Manila Bay
The wastewater-discharging facilities of two restaurants and establishments were ordered closed by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) yesterday for releasing "pollutive wastewater" into the Manila ...
- January 28, 2019
Alsons restocks Sarangani Bay with milkfish hatchlings
Alsons Power Group subsidiary Sarangani Energy Corp. (SEC), together with the Conrado and Ladislawa Alcantara Foundation Inc. and Alsons Aquaculture Corp. led volunteers in releasing at least 105,000 bangus (milkfish) ...
- March 24, 2017
China fishing rule defied
Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin yesterday said the Philippines will not recognize a fishing ban reportedly imposed by China in the disputed Spratly Islands in the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea). " We will not ...
- January 17, 2014
Shoring up Medina's marine ecosystem
Marine Protection, Inspection and Conservation (MPIC), a joint undertaking of Metro Pacific Investments Foundation and the municipality of Medina continues to strengthen the comprehensive marine protection and conservation ...
- April 26, 2019
Boy, 10, killed by croc in Palawan
A 10-year-old boy was killed and eaten by a crocodile in the waters of Sitio Taagpanasan, Barangay Salang, Balabac, Palawan last Sunday night, the Mimaropa Police Regional Office reported yesterday. Police Lt. Col. Socrates ...
- August 15, 2019
PH, Japan hold drills in S'China Sea
Navy chief Vice Adm. Jesus Millan yesterday said a naval drill with two Japanese destroyers in the South China Sea on Tuesday is merely meant to avoid unnecessary encounters at sea and has nothing to do with the two ...
- May 11, 2015
Otso bet's planned Panatag Shoal trip cheap media gimmick - Panelo
Malacañang yesterday branded as a successful but "cheap" media stunt the attempt of four senatorial candidates from the opposition coalition Otso Diretso to sail to Panatag Shoal. Senatorial candidates Rep. Gary Alejano ...
- April 10, 2019
Del Rosario: Joint probe with China won't work
Former Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert Del Rosario yesterday said a joint inquiry by Manila and Beijing into the June 9 sinking of a Filipino fishing boat by c Chinese vessel at the Recto Bank in the South China Sea is a ...
- June 25, 2019
DA to distribute 1M fishing boats in five years
The Department of Agriculture (DA) targets to distribute one million fishing boats nationwide in the next five years in support of the goal towards fish and marine product sufficiency. "We will provide two families a fiber ...
- August 19, 2016