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    • Galunggong imported from China tainted? 

      Naval, Gerard (Malaya, August 23, 2018, on page B2)
      The Department of Health yesterday warned the public to be careful about consuming round scad or galunggong that will be imported from China and are suspected to be tainted with formalin. Health Secretary Francisco Duque ...
    • UNI Ocean Conservation Center to open at Manila Ocean Park 

      (Malaya, August 8, 2018, on page B7)
      With the aim of Saving Our Ocean, Lupel Corporation Vice President and General Manager Mitch Pellicer thought it wise to come up with an educational AVP for everyone, especially for children, discouraging all Filipinos not ...
    • Senate starts inquiry on PH Rise 

      Lopez, JP (Malaya, February 26, 2018, on page B2)
      The Senate committee on science and technology will start today its hearing on issues surrounding the Philippine Rise amid controversies on the naming of some of its features by Chinese scientists. Invited to the hearing ...
    • Boracay 'polluters' given 2 months to comply 

      Macapagal, Jed (Malaya, February 15, 2018, on page A2)
      The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has given commercial establishments releasing untreated wastewater and sewage into the waters of the island of Boracay up to two months to connect to sewage treatment ...
    • Fluctuating output brings seaweed prices down 

      Icamina, Paul (Malaya, November 29, 2017, on page A1)
      A cycle of boon and bane is bringing down the price of dried seaweed. "The low buying price is caused by production fluctuation from late 2015 until early 2017," said Dr. Nicomedes Decomenden of the Bureau of Fisheries and ...
    • Aboitiz Group helps save the Pawikan 

      (Malaya, March 1, 2019, on page A7)
      Aboitiz Group Through Aboitiz Foundation and AboitizPower business unit Davao Light and Power Company renewed its commitment to intensify conversation efforts for the marine turtle or pawikan particularly the critically ...
    • The Mabini Reef 

      Arcilla, Rey O. (Malaya, May 27, 2014, on page B4)
      The government says it will exhaust all diplomatic and legal means to prevent China from turning Mabini Reef into another Mischief Reef. As I said in my last column, web should do as Vietnam has done in the disputed Paracels ...
    • Reclamation blues 

      (Malaya, February 13, 2019, on page B4)
      A top official of the Philippine Reclamation Authority (PRA) told a hearing of the House of Representatives that the agency is currently processing 22 reclamation project in Manila Bay, three of which are nearing approval. ...
    • Lorenzana: We have not, and will never surrender any part of our territory 

      Wakefield, Francis T (Manila Bulletin, January 6, 2019, on page 1)
      Defense Secretary Delfin N. Loren­zana cited the most critical external security challenge for the Philippines is the competing territorial and maritime claims in the South China Sea when he spoke before alumni and students ...
    • DA forges fisheries deal with Papua New Guinea 

      Miraflor, Madelaine B. (Manila Bulletin, February 4, 2019, on page B-9)
      The Department of Agriculture (DA), through the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR), has forged a deal on fisheries development with the National Fisheries Authority (NFA) of the Independent State of Papua New ...
    • Petrochem company to rehab Boracay wetland 

      (Malaya, March 8, 2019, on page A2)
      The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has assigned a memorandum of agreement with Gokongwei - led firm, JG Summit Petrochemical Corp. (JGSPC) for the rehabilitation of Boracay's Wetland No. 8 located ...
    • Meet Las Farolas' Red Belly Pacu 

      (Malaya, May 23, 2014, on page B7)
      Las Farolas, the living museum of river monsters which quietly observed its first anniversary recently, it also the sanctuary of the Red Pacu or Red Belly Pacu, an omnivorous South American freshwater fish which is related ...
    • 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 ...
    • PH doing reclamation at WPS, says think tank 

      Reyes, Victor; Hachero, Ashzel (Malaya, February 8, 2019, on page B1)
      Washington-based think tank Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative (AMTI) yesterday said the Philippines is not just building a beaching ramp but is also reclaiming land at the Pag-asa Island in the West Philippine Sea. In ...
    • ATI backs Manila Bay rehab 

      (Malaya, February 8, 2019, on page A7)
      ASIAN Terminals Inc. (ATI), operator of international gateway port Manila South Harbor, expressed readiness to support multisectoral efforts, led by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), to bring ...
    • Conglomerate commits to rehab river for P1B 

      (Malaya, March 7, 2019, on page A3)
      The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) said its rehabilitation efforts for Manila Bay got a major boost after San Miguel Corp. (SMC) agreed to clean up the Tulahan-Tinajeros river system, one of the ...
    • 10 out of 13 fishing grounds overfished 

      Cabrera, Madelaine (Malaya, May 15, 2013, on page A1)
      Ten out of the country's 13 major fishing grounds are overfished, resulting in big declines in fishing production, officials of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) disclosed yesterday. BFAR Director Asis ...
    • Ex-Chinese general wants Beijing to launch attack on Ayungin 

      Laude, Jaime (The Philippine Star, May 16, 2014, on page 11)
      A retired Chinese general has called on Beijing to order an attack on Ayungin Shoal and arrest the Filipino Marines stationed aboard the grounded Philippine Navy vessel BRP Sierra Madre. Retired People's Liberation Army ...
    • Photos reveal stages of China reclamation at reef 

      Lee-Brago, Pia; Laude, Jaime; Diaz, Jess; Dangcalan, Danny (The Philippine Star, May 16, 2014, on page 10)
      The Philippines released yesterday several photographs showing different stages of reclamation work being done by the Chinese on Mabini (Johnson South) Reef, apparently in preparation for construction of an airstrip. In a ...
    • China putting up new structures in Spratlys; it's ours, says Beijing 

      Reyes, Victor; Hachero, Ashzel (Malaya, May 15, 2014, on page A13)
      The Department of National Defense yesterday said China has been putting new structures at Johnson South Reef or Mabini Reef in the Spratlys. It is known by the Chinese as Chigua. This activity contravenes the spirit of ...