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Cimatu suspends dolomite mining operations in Alcoy
Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu on Friday, Sept. 25, 2020, ordered the two companies that supplied dolomite sand to Manila Bay to temporarily cease their operations in Alcoy to pave the way for an investigation into the ...
- September 26, 2020
China says WPS reef is part of its Nansha Qundao
What the Philippines calls the Julian Felipe Reef within the West Philippine Sea (WPS) is the Niu’e Jiao, a part of the Nansha Qundao or Spratly Islands, to China. The Chinese Embassy in the Philippines said Chinese fishing ...
- March 24, 2021
Dolphins, other marine mammals sighted anew in Sarangani Bay
A Risso’s dolphin is spotted at the Sarangani Bay, near Malapatan and Alabel, on August 28 during the conduct of marine mammal monitoring led by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR)-Sarangani and ...
- September 2, 2020
Welcome to China
It surprises us why the sudden courage for the Philippines to officially launch a beaching ramp in Pag-asa, one of the disputed islands in the West Philippine Sea. In a gesture most ironic as we are supposed to celebrate ...
- June 11, 2020
Defense chief flies to disputed island amid feud
The Philippine defense chief and top military officials flew to a disputed island in the South China Sea on Tuesday, June 9, to inaugurate a beach ramp built to allow the “full-blast” development of the territory in a move ...
- June 11, 2020
Fish kill hits Lake Sebu
Around PHP20 million worth of tilapia have been destroyed due to the massive fish kill in the last three days in portions of Lake Sebu in South Cotabato province. Christopher Ofong, Lake Sebu municipal information officer, ...
- January 12, 2021
BFAR bans electrofishing
The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Region III (BFAR-3) has warned individuals who are engaging in illegal electrofishing. In a statement, the agency said those who will be caught conduction illegal unreported ...
- August 3, 2022
Fragile peace in South China Sea
It is confusing and frustrating that China has continued its claim over almost the entirety of the South China Sea. This despite the July 2016 ruling of the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague, Netherlands, which ...
- April 4, 2022
POS, environment groups slam public hearing on river, coastal projects
The EB Magalona Small Fisherfolks Alliance (Ebmasfa), Philippine Rural Reconstruction Movement (PRRM), Green Alert Network (GAN)-Negros Island and Group of Environmental Socialists (Goes) have slammed the recent public ...
- March 3, 2020
1 missing, 1 rescued after fishing boat capsizes in Ilog
A fisherman was rescued, while another is still missing after their small fishing boat capsized off the coastal waters of Barangay 1, Ilog, Tuesday, July 7, 2020. Authorities identified the rescued fisherman as Ivar ...
- July 9, 2020