• Boracay free of starfish, say marine scientists 

  (Today, January 12, 2000, on page 4)

  The world-famous long stretch of white beach in Boracay is free from the spread of crow-of-thorns starfish after all. Fearing that an outbreak of the dreaded starfish (Acanthaster planci) on its reef ecosystem may constitute ...

• RP marine scientist wins award 

  Sorza, Rexcel John (Today, February 8, 2005, on page 1)

  A Filipino scientist has won the world's most prestigious award in marine conservation, and won $150,000 for a project "to protect this essential habitat." Jurgenne Honculada Primavera, a senior scientist at the Southeast ...

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