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    • Rising in trafficked fishermen alarms Tawi-Tawi authorities 

      Soriano, Jake (Malaya, April 21, 2014, on page B1)
      Tawi-Tawi authorities are alarmed at the growing number of fishermen from the Visayas who end up here after being recruited by human trafficking syndicates to engage in dangerous compressor diving. The latest case involves ...

    • Feeling shortage of crabs, prawns? Solon blames virus 

      Vigilia, Wendell (Malaya, April 16, 2014, on page B2)
      The vice chair of the House Committee on Agriculture to Address the spread of the "white spot syndrome virus" which has been threatening the country's fishpond industry, infecting crustaceans. "It has been reported that ...

    • Typhoons and coral reef fisheries 

      Alcala, Angel C. (Malaya, April 11, 2014, on page B5)
      The trend for typhoons to hit the lower latitudes of the country in recent times has serious implications on reef fisheries. This question is being asked because most of the best coral reefs are situated in the southern ...

    • Can't go to Scarborough? Nolcom offers own fishing sanctuaries 

      Reyes, Victor (Malaya, April 3, 2014, on page B2)
      Soldiers are putting up fish sanctuaries off Zambales so that Filipino fishermen would not have to go the disputed Scarborough Shoal, a rich fishing ground which China gained control of in 2012. Lt. Gen. Gregorio Pio ...

    • DA seeks higher budget for 2015 

      (Malaya, April 1, 2014, on page A4)
      The Department of Agriculture (DA) is looking for a bigger budget allocation next year to boost the country's agriculture and fishery sectors. The DA said yesterday that the National Agriculture and Fisheries Council (NAF) ...

    • Aquaculture poisoning Taal Lake 

      Icamina, Paul (Malaya, February 4, 2010, on page A1)
      The calm waters of Taal Lake are deceiving, and what lies below may be toxic. Fish cages have poisoned the sediments below while surface waters remain relatively safe for fisheries, according to a study made by the University ...

    • Not a single island but the whole of Spratlys 

      Tordesillas, Ellen (Malaya, May 30, 2018, on page B4)
      Mischief Reef was lost under the Ramos presidency. Scarborough Shoal was lost under the Benigno Aquino III presidency. The Spratlys was surrendered to China under the Duterte presidency.

    • Cannibal crab PH's third most important fishery export 

      Icamina, Paul (Malaya, October 23, 2017, on page A2)
      This crab is a cannibal. And the government wants more of them. The Blue Swimming Crabs, also known as Portunuspelagicus, is well known for its cannibalistic habits. It preys on other weak crabs, those with missing appendages ...

    • Laguna de Bae and its knifefish 

      Aspillera, Dahli (Malaya, October 20, 2017, on page B5)
      Laguna de Bae is the largest fresh water lake of all of South East Asia, 12 leagues wide (66 kilometers) and very deep. Centuries past, fishing from this lake was productive, for subsistence fisherfolks, but not anymore ...

    • AIIB says Pasig River rehab 'game changer' 

      (Malaya, October 20, 2017, on page A1)
      Ernesto Pernia, socioeconomics planning secretary, said the government may include the rehabilitation of the Pasig river in the administration's list of flagship projects, after the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank ...

    • RLC joins int'l coastal clean-up 

      (Malaya, October 13, 2017, on page A10)
      Robinsons Land Corp. (RLC), through its Robinsons "RLove" corporate social responsibility (CSR) program, actively participated in the International Coastal Clean-up in Las Pinas-Paranaque Critical Habitat and Eco-Tourism ...

    • Duterte sets PH Rise visit 

      Montemayor, Jocelyn (Malaya, May 9, 2018, on page B2)
      President Duterte will visit the Philippine Rise on October 15 to 16 to mark the anniversary of the renaming of the intercontinental shelf and lead the send-off rites for an all-Filipino scientific team what would conduct ...

    • Chevron joins coastal cleanup for endangered sea turtles 

      (Malaya, November 17, 2017, on page A2)
      Employees of Chevron Philippines Inc. (CPI), marketer of Caltex fuels and lubricants, teamed up with over 200 townsfolk and local government officials of San Pascual, Batangas to fill more than 400 trash bags which amounted ...

    • DENR cites LGU efforts on 'butanding' preservation 

      (Malaya, November 6, 2017, on page A2)
      The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has cited the country’s gains in protecting the whale shark or butanding, calling the local conservation effort a significant model worth emulating. During the ...

    • Policy on China probed today 

      Lopez, JP (Malaya, August 13, 2018, on page B1)
      Senators are expected to grill Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano today, as the Senate foreign affairs and defense committees start their foreign policy audit on the Duterte Administration in relation to the ...

    • Duterte not so lovin' China? 

      Montemayor, Jocelyn (Malaya, August 15, 2018, on page B2)
      President Duterte yesterday said China should "temper its behavior" on the South China Sea/ West Philippine Sea area. Duterte, during the launch of Go Negosyo's "Pilipinas Angat Lahat," said "one of these days, before my ...

    • DENR clears Boracay establishments 

      (Malaya, October 15, 2018, on page A2)
      The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has lifted the suspension on the environmental compliance certificates (ECCs) of some businesses in Boracay a few weeks before the reopening of the island. DENR ...

    • Colombia's island fishermen dive into battle to protect coral reefs 

      Moloney, Anastasia (Malaya, November 13, 2018, on page B5)
      For nearly three decades, Javier Barker has fished in the Caribbean Sea surrounding the Colombian island of San Andres - but until recently he knew little about the importance of coral reefs that fish depend on to survive. ...

    • Leni: Fight attempts to give up claims in S. China sea 

      De Leon, Angela Lopez (Malaya, November 19, 2018, on page B1)
      Vice President Leni Robredo yesterday said any attempt from the government to give up the country's ownership and claims in the South China Sea should be strongly opposed. Robredo issued the statement in reaction to President ...

    • More civilian focus, less military, in South China Sea would ease fears: Chinese paper 

      Reuters (Malaya, November 22, 2018, on page B5)
      China should put more focus on building civilian facilities on islands in the South China Sea and less emphasis on the military to better sooth regional fears about China's intentions, an influential state-run paper said ...