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    • China Sea code of conduct part of Asean summit agenda 

      Montemayor, Jocelyn (Malaya, January 6, 2017, on page B2)
      Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Enrique Manalo yesterday said efforts to come up with a Code of Conduct in the South China Sea (COC) by yearend would be part of the agenda in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) ...

    • Govt looks for typhoon-free sites for food production 

      Macapagal, Jed (Malaya, January 5, 2017, on page A3)
      The Department of Agriculture (DA) yesterday said that it plans to look for relatively typhoon-free sites to be developed as new food production areas following Nina's extensive damage to agriculture last month. Agriculture ...

    • Poison crabs crawl in coral reefs 

      Icamina, Paul (Malaya, July 21, 2015, on page B2)
      "Marine crabs that are colorful and adorned with distinct markings may be actually poisonous," said Dr. Angel C. Alcala, National Scientist for marine biology and conservation. These are several mildly or highly poisonous ...

    • 5 keen on hydro power projects in Laguna Lake 

      Macapagal, Jed (Malaya, July 17, 2017, on page A3)
      The Department of Energy (DOE) has accepted at least six proposals to put up hydropower projects in the Laguna lake with a combined capacity of up to 2,000 megawatts (MW). Marasigan noted the proposals for hydro projects ...

    • 'Giant lapu-lapu' spawners released into Sarangani Bay 

      (Malaya, July 28, 2017, on page A10)
      Sarangani Bay is now the home of five king grouper spawners donated by Finfish Hatcheries Inc., the largest commercial fishing hatchery in the Philippines. Locally known as “lapu-lapu” or “kugtong,” the giant groupers were ...

    • China says it wants to maintain stability in disputed South China Sea 

      Wongcha-um, Panu (Malaya, July 25, 2017, on page B5)
      Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Monday Beijing wanted to maintain stability in the South China Sea as it seeks alliances in the region amid tensions in the disputed waters. The United States has criticised China ...

    • Top performer fisheries play second fiddle 

      Icamina, Paul (Malaya, May 25, 2017, on page A2)
      Vietnam is looking forward to earning $12 billion from fisheries by 2020 while the Philippines currently earns just $500 million. “Something is wrong,” said marine scientist Rafael Guerrero at a regional scientific conference ...

    • Benham Rise renamed PH Rise 

      Africa, Raymond; Lopez, JP (Malaya, May 23, 2017, on page B1)
      President Duterte signed Executive Order 25 last May 16 renaming Benham Rise to Philippine Rise. The EO states that the 24-million hectare continental shelf located well within the country’s exclusive economic zone is ...

    • China installs rocket launchers on disputed reef 

      Reuters (Malaya, May 18, 2017, on page B6)
      China has installed rocket launchers on a disputed reef in the South China Sea to ward off Vietnamese military combat divers, according to state-run Defense Times newspaper, offering new details on China’s ongoing military ...

    • China, Vietnam agree to keep South China Sea tensions in check 

      Reuters (Malaya, May 16, 2017, on page B5)
      China and Vietnam will manage and properly control their maritime disputes, avoiding actions to complicate or widen them, so as to maintain peace in the South China Sea, the two nations said in a joint communique China ...

    • Record growth for agri in Q2 

      (Malaya, May 29, 2017, on page A2)
      Agriculture is expected to post another record growth in the second quarter of the year due to the introduction of new markets as well as the upward trend in the world prices of prime agricultural products. “The performance ...

    • Special focus on the deep sea problem 

      (Malaya, May 31, 2017, on page B7)
      Fishing is a way of life for numerous Filipinos. Unfortunately, threats to marine ecosystems and an overall deepening crisis engulfing Philippine fisheries has hampered that livelihood. Studies reveal that global fish ...

    • Justice Carpio wants to speak to the Chinese through his eBook 

      Tordesillas, Ellen (Malaya, May 8, 2017, on page B4)
      Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio's hope springs eternal. At the launch of his eBook, “The South China Sea Dispute: Philippine Sovereign Rights and Jurisdiction in the West Philippine Sea,” Carpio said the reason why ...

    • DFA: no Asean member pushed China issue 

      Montemayor, Jocelyn (Malaya, May 3, 2017, on page B1)
      None of the leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) “strongly pushed” for the inclusion of the issue of China’s massive reclamation and militarization activities in the South China during the recently ...

    • DFA: China denies harassing Pinoy fishers 

      Hachero, Ashzel; Reyes, Victor (Malaya, May 3, 2017, on page B6)
      The Department of Foreign Affairs yesterday said China belied reports its forces were involved in the reported harassment of Filipino fishermen near Union Bank, also known as Pagkakaisa Bank, in the South China Sea. “We ...

    • Agri output rebounds 

      Macapagal, Jed (Malaya, May 16, 2017, on page A1)
      Agriculture output grew 5.28 percent in the first quarter compared with a year ago, rebounding from a contraction in the previous quarter largely due to good weather, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) said yesterday. ...

    • Mangrove rehabilitation project 

      (Malaya, September 30, 2015, on page A11)
      Two groups of volunteers helped the Foundation sustain the greening of the countryside by planting mangroves in Boracay earlier this year. The first group who joined the TYKFI staff in the planting activity was composed ...

    • Reef fisheries of the Spratlys, West Philippine Sea 

      Alcala, Angel C. (Malaya, September 24, 2015, on page B5)
      Nañola et al. in 1997 reported 248 species from 1991 to 1996 in the Kalayaan Group of Islands (KIG). The larger species had an average standing stock or biomass of 114 metric tons per km2. But the Joint Oceanographic and ...

    • Dismantling of Laguna de Bay fishpens remuses 

      Africa, Raymond (Malaya, April 5, 2017, on page B3)
      The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) and the Laguna Lake Development Authority (LLDA) yesterday resumed dismantling illegal fish pens and cages in Laguna de Bay. The two agencies resumed the clearing ...

    • Marine biologist needed to study jellyfish 

      (Malaya, April 17, 2017, on page B5)
      A visit to Cauayan, Negros Occidental was made by SUAKCREM staff on April 11, 2017 to review the status of the preliminary study headed by Dr. Ely Alcala of toxic jellyfish reported to have caused human poisoning. Demer ...