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    • Locsin: PH won't be a 'subject' of China 

      Geducos, Argyll Cyrus B. (Manila Bulletin, April 18, 2021, on page 5)
      Foreign Affairs Teodoro Locsin Jr. has given an assurance that the Philippines will not be a subject of China despite the ongoing tension in the West Philippine Sea. Locsin made the statement after former US Secretary of ...

    • Logs transport banned in Agusan 

      Crismundo, Mike U. (Manila Bulletin, February 22, 2014, on page 13)
      The Department of Environment and Natural Resources on Friday ordered the total stoppage of transport of all types of logs that would use the mighty Agusan River and its tributaries to avert further accidents and damage ...

    • 'Lolong' died of lung disease 

      De Vera, Ellalyn B. (Manila Bulletin, February 22, 2013, on page 1-19)
      A serious lung disease may have caused Lolong's death, initial findings from a necropsy performed on the giant saltwater crocodile showed. Citing the preliminary report submitted by a team of veterinarians and biology ...

    • The long-delayed Code of Conduct 

      (Manila Bulletin, July 27, 2019, on page 8)
      The ten member nations of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) have always regarded and treated one another with all goodwill and respect, even when they have conflicting claims, such as on certain areas in the South China Sea. ...

    • Longest and heaviest 'bangus' win ₱30,000 

      Riñoza, Jojo (Manila Bulletin, April 25, 2015, on page 13)
      For the second time in a row, Marilyn Camacho of Pugaro Suit won the heaviest and the longest bangus competitions in the "2015 Bangus Festival Bangus Rodeo" held yesterday in front of the city museum. The heaviest bangus ...

    • Look: Turquoise Blue Waters of Manila Bay 

      Gamboa, Vianca (Manila Bulletin, March 30, 2020, on page B-10)
      The once pristine Manila Bay has long deteriorated. There were rehabilitation efforts in early 2019, but after an initial clean-up drive and desilting, the operations had been mothballed for later. No one seemed to mind. ...

    • Looking forward to SEA Code of Conduct in 2021 

      (Manila Bulletin, September 19, 2020, on page 4)
      United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo called on the ten member nations of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) early this month to stand up to China in their territorial disputes in the South China Sea ...

    • Loren defends Duterte against claims of sub-servience to China 

      Torregoza, Hannah (Manila Bulletin, June 4, 2018, on page 2)
      Senator Loren Legarda on Sunday defended the government from criticisms of subservience to China, saying it is only natural for the Duterte administration to exhaust all diplomatic means to resolve the tension in the West ...

    • Loren seeks probe of Batangas oil spill 

      Carandang, Rolly T. (Manila Bulletin, July 9, 2010, on page 6)
      Senator Loren Legarda yesterday sought an in-depth investigation on the oil spill in Calatagan, Batangas. Legarda filed the resolution after an oil spill in Barangay Talibayog, Calatagan, Batangas was discovered by Rodrigo ...

    • Lorenzana pushes for ASEAN template in managing South China Sea dispute 

      Recuenco, Aaron (Manila Bulletin, June 9, 2019, on page 1-15)
      Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana is pushing for an ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asia Nations) template of managing territorial dispute in the wake of overlapping maritime claims in the vast South China Sea, the ...

    • Lorenzana says China should respect freedom of navigation in WPS 

      Sadongdong, Martin A. (Manila Bulletin, November 4, 2019, on page 7)
      Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana on Sunday called the Chinese government and other countries to respect the freedom of navigation and principle of innocent passage in the West Philippine Sea (WPS). Lorenzana made the ...

    • Lorenzana visits Pagasa Island, announces P1.6-B airfield, port, other projects 

      Wakefield, Francis (Manila Bulletin, April 22, 2017, on page 1-12)
      Lorenzana said that P1.2 billion will be used to repair the 1.3 kilometer runway of Rancudo Airfield on the island while the P400 million will go to the construction of the port. He said Naval Construction Battalion (Seabees) ...

    • Low oxygen levels coral bleaching getting worse in oceans 

      Associated Press (AP) (Manila Bulletin, January 6, 2018, on page 12)
      Global warming is making the world’s oceans sicker, depleting them of oxygen and harming delicate coral reefs more often, two studies show. The lower oxygen levels are making marine life far more vulnerable, the researchers ...

    • A low-salt mussel sauce 

      (Manila Bulletin, December 22, 2018, on page B-5)
      A project by the University of the Philippines Visayas (UPV) has developed a low-salt mussel sauce. The project, led by Ernestina M. Peralta of UP Visayas Institute of Fish Processing technology, is funded by the Philippine ...

    • Major causes of Laguna mass fish kill traced 

      (Manila Bulletin, July 18, 2002, on page B-10)
      Mass fish kill in Laguna de Bay has been traced to four major causes - dissolved oxygen, pollution, turbidity, and diseases. Eighty percent of reported fish kill incidents occur between May and September. These were the ...

    • Making Manila Bay great again 

      Gamboa, Vianca; Galeon, Dom (Manila Bulletin, May 5, 2019, on page 13)
      Efforts to rehabilitate Manila Bay still have a long way to go. But, since the project kicked off earlier this year, there have been remarkable results—the government, together with mandated agencies, the private sector, ...

    • Malacañang accuses China of violating int'l laws 

      Kabiling, Genalyn D. (Manila Bulletin, January 18, 2016, on page 1-17)
      The Philippine government has accused China of violating international laws with its reported establishment of more airstrips on artificial islands in the disputed West Philippine Sea (South China Sea). Presidential ...

    • Malay local government launches 'Bawal ang Pasaway sa Boracay' 

      Yap, Tara (Manila Bulletin, November 14, 2019, on page 7)
      The local government of Malay town, Aklan province formally launched the “Bawal ang Pasaway sa Boracay” campaign to curb the number of violations in Boracay Island. Malay Mayor Frolibar Bautista said the campaign was ...

    • Man killed in third shark attack in weeks on Great Barrier Reef 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Manila Bulletin, November 7, 2018, on page 6)
      A man has died after being mauled by a shark in the third such attack in two months at a popular tourist site on Australia's Great Barrier Reef, authorities said Tuesday. Rescue workers said the man suffered serious wounds ...

    • Man survives river croc attact 

      Recuenco, Aaron (Manila Bulletin, August 24, 2018, on page 5)
      A 28-year-old man almost got himself devoured by a big crocodile while fishing in the river in Bataraza, Palawan, last weekend, the police reported Thursday. Superintendent Imelda Tolentino, spokesperson of the Police ...