Malaya: Recent submissions

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    • Establish 'no-take zone' in Spratlys, gov't urged 

      (Malaya, April 17, 2017, on page B5)
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      On the heels of its victory in the arbitration case against China, the Philippines must lead the other claimant states in exploring ways to reinforce the ruling by “improving both the national and regional fisheries ...

    • Arroyo blames Aquino for Chinese activity in SCS 

      Vigilia, Wendell; Reyes, Victor; Hachero, Ashzel (Malaya, April 21, 2017, on page B1)
      Rep. Gloria Arroyo (Lakas-CMD, Pampanga) yesterday said China’s island-building in the West Philippine Sea or South China Sea (SCS) did not happen during her administration but during the time of her successor, Benigno S. ...

    • Program to rehab rivers, lakes launched 

      (Malaya, April 25, 2017, on page A1)
      The Department of Agriculture (DA) said the country’s major river basins and lakes will be seeded with fingerlings of indigenous and non-invasive fish species over the next five years under its Project Balik Sigla sa Ilog ...

    • Climate change threatens fish supply 

      Icamina, Paul (Malaya, April 25, 2017, on page A1)
      Global warming means less fish on the table. That’s reason for concern to a country that consumes a lot more fish than the global average of 15 kilograms annually. Already, Philippine coral reefs are degraded, the seed ...

    • US: China's South China Sea buildings could house missiles 

      Reuters (Malaya, February 23, 2017, on page B1)
      China, in an early test of US President Donald Trump, has nearly finished building almost two dozen structures on artificial islands in the South China Sea that appear designed to house long-range surface-to-air missiles, ...

    • Sardine canner sees 28% hike in sales 

      (Malaya, February 9, 2017, on page A2)
      Mega Global Corp., makers of Mega sardines, eyes to grow its sales by 28 percent this year driven by strong demand for its products especially in the Visayas. William Tiu Lim, president and chief executive officer of Mega ...

    • China starts dredging another reef: military 

      Hachero, Ashzel; Reyes, Victor (Malaya, February 6, 2015, on page B6)
      China has started dredging around the disputed Mischief Reef in the South China Sea, a Philippine navy commander said on Thursday, signaling Beijing may be preparing to expand its facilities in the area. Rear Admiral ...

    • PH urges arbitral panel to intervene in China dispute 

      Montemayor, Jocelyn; Hachero, Ashzel (Malaya, July 9, 2015, on page B1)
      The Philippines argued at a closed hearing on Tuesday that an international court should intervene in its dispute with China over the right to exploit natural resources and fish in the South China Sea. Although China has ...

    • Scientists alarmed over China island in disputed sea 

      Torode, Greg (Malaya, July 7, 2015, on page B5)
      Concern is mounting among some scientists that China’s reclamation work in the disputed Spratly archipelago of the South China Sea has done severe harm to one of the most important coral reef systems in Southeast Asia. ...

    • Time for the Philippines to adjust to the South China Sea problem 

      Mata, Nestor (Malaya, July 7, 2015, on page B5)
      Growing territorial tensions in the South China Sea are taking a toll on the sizeable Filipino-Chinese community in the Philippines. Recently, one of the most celebrated Filipino writers went so far as to implicitly question ...

    • The Philippines turns to lawfare in the South China Sea 

      Mata, Nestor (Malaya, September 8, 2015, on page B5)
      Two and a half years ago, the Philippines took an unprecedented step to shake up the territorial dispute with China in the South China Sea. That was when it brought its case into the halls of the Peace Palace, the home of ...

    • Ignoring climate change will be disastrous: DA 

      (Malaya, August 10, 2015, on page B3)
      An official of the Department of Agriculture recently warned that the Philippines will continue to lose billions of pesos worth of public infrastructure and human lives if "we continue to ignore" climate change. "From the ...

    • Asean defense chiefs to issue unified stand on sea dispute 

      (Malaya, September 29, 2017, on page B4)
      Southeast Asian defense chiefs are due to come up with a unified stance on the dragging South China Sea dispute during next month's Association of Southeast Asian Defense Ministers Meeting, Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana ...

    • Maynilad adopts 6.6 ha. for mangrove rehab 

      (Malaya, January 23, 2015, on page A10)
      West Zone concessionaire Maynilad Water Services, Inc. (Maynilad) has adopted five sites totaling 6.6 hectares (ha) in the Cavite province for a mangrove rehabilitation program under its "Plant for Life Program." "Plant ...

    • DA to develop local eel industry 

      Cabrera, Romina (Malaya, January 20, 2015, on page A1)
      The Department of Agriculture (DA) and local players are eyeing to develop a more competitive eel industry in the country. The development of the eel industry comes as the Japan and South Korea markets are substituting ...

    • 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 ...

    • 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 ...

    • Pope says humanity will 'go down' if it does not address climate change 

      Pullella, Philip (Malaya, September 13, 2017, on page B6)
      Pope Francis said the recent spate of hurricanes should prompt people to understand that humanity will "go down" if it does not address climate change and history will judge those who deny the science on its causes. "If ...

    • Marine research gets grant 

      (Malaya, June 19, 2015, on page A8)
      Victoria International Container Terminal Ltd (VICT) recently presented Albert Park College with AU$150,000 grant from VICT's Community Investment Fund to fit out and resource a new Marine Research Centre at the school's ...

    • Activists, UN celebrate pope's call to arms on climate change 

      Hepinstall, Sonya (Malaya, June 19, 2015, on page B4)
      Pope Francis’ appeal to save the planet won praise from climate change activists, scientists, and the United Nations on Thursday as a moral imperative to governments to make 2015 a turning point in efforts to slow global ...