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    • Maritime dispute exposes rifts in China's foreign ministry 

      Bloomberg (Manila Bulletin, December 19, 2015, on page 1-6)
      A debate in China’s foreign ministry on how to respond -- or whether to respond -- to a court case over the disputed South China Sea highlights how tensions over policy are complicating President Xi Jinping’s efforts to ...

    • Maritime disputes no 'sum-total' of Philippines-China relationship; temporarily bypass contentious issues and concentrate on joint projects in West Philippine Sea 

      De Venecia, Jose C. Jr. (Manila Bulletin, July 19, 2020, on page 6)
      Indeed the maritime dispute in the West Philippine Sea-South China Sea is not the “sum total” of the bilateral relationship between the Philippines and China. We agree with Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. and ...

    • Market matching at TESDA food festival this weekend 

      Sarian, Zac (Manila Bulletin, July 18, 2002, on page B-9)
      One of the strategies arrived at during the recent shrimp congress in Bacolod City is for growers to produce antibiotic-free prawns, using environment-friendly culture systems. It was observed that in 1993 to 1996, the ...

    • Masantol is Pampanga’s crab capital 

      Sarian, Zac (Manila Bulletin, June 3, 2017, on page B-7)
      Masantol through which the big Pampanga River passes is the province’s undisputed crab capital, Mangrove crabs (formerly called mud crab) are a major product of fishpond operators who manage no less than 12,000 hectares ...

    • Masbate Gold firms restore coral reefs, create new fishing and diving sites 

      (Manila Bulletin, January 24, 2018, on page B-6)
      Two major mining firms that comprise the Masbate Gold Project (MGP), have begun installing 400 to 800 reef balls in a fishing and mining town in Masbate, in a bid to help regenerate new reef covers. The coral reefs had ...

    • Mass coral bleaching reported in Hawaii 

      Associated Press (AP) (Manila Bulletin, October 2, 2014, on page 7)
      Warm ocean temperatures have caused large expanses of coral to bleach in the pristine reefs northwest of Hawaii's main islands, scientists said Tuesday. Mass bleaching has occurred at Lisianski atoll, about 1,000 miles ...

    • Massive boom hopes to corral Pacific Ocean’s plastic trash 

      Associated Press (AP) (Manila Bulletin, September 13, 2018, on page B-8)
      Engineers set to sea Saturday to deploy a trash collection device to corral plastic litter floating between California and Hawaii in an attempt to clean up the world’s largest garbage patch in the heart of the Pacific ...

    • Massive effort to remove Navy flagship from shoal 

      Sadongdong, Martin (Manila Bulletin, September 1, 2018, on page 2)
      All vessels of the military’s Western Command have been mobilized in the operation to remove Philippine Navy (PN) flagship BRP Gregorio del Pilar which ran aground in Hasa-Hasa (Half Moon) Shoal in Palawan Wednesday night. ...

    • Massive mangrove planting seen to strengthen E. Visayas coastal areas 

      Cayubit, Restituto A. (Manila Bulletin, January 12, 2017, on page B-8)
      The massive mangrove plantation initiated by the government will strengthen the protection of the coastal areas in Eastern Visayas against the rise of sea water or storm surge due to strong typhoons. DENR-8 Regional Director ...

    • Massive rehab of beach forests in W. Visayas set 

      Yap, Tara (Manila Bulletin, July 14, 2015, on page 13)
      Department of Environment and Natural Resources in Western Visayas (DENR-6) Regional Director Jim Sampulna, said the project will cover Yolanda-devastated mangrove areas in Capiz, Iloilo and Negros Occidental provinces. ...

    • Mati fish port 

      Capistrano, Zea C. (Manila Bulletin, July 30, 2020, on page 5)
      The city government of Mati and the Philippine Fisheries Development Authority (PFDA) met on Tuesday, July 28, to discuss the proposed construction of a five-hectare fish port complex. In a statement, the city government ...

    • Mattis to visit Beijing as Taiwan, South China Sea tensions rise 

      Associated Press (AP) (Manila Bulletin, June 25, 2018, on page 4)
      US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, who has accused China of “intimidation and coercion” in the South China Sea, is visiting Beijing this week as the countries increasingly spar over US arms sales to Taiwan and Beijing’s ...

    • Mattis warns of consequences if Beijing keeps militarizing the South China Sea 

      Dow Jones (Manila Bulletin, June 5, 2018, on page 5)
      The US and China appear to be headed for a more confrontational relationship in Southeast Asia as Washington warns of a more aggressive response to the militarization of disputed islands in the South China Sea. Speaking ...

    • May Agriculture magazine has a lot of agri info 

      Sarian, Zac B. (Manila Bulletin, May 5, 2018, on page B-5)
      Make sure to get a copy of the May 2018 issue of Agriculture Magazine which is now off the press. It contains a lot of informative articles that can be useful to aspiring farmers as well as those who have been farming for ...

    • Maya-maya, sea horse mow grow in captivity, boosting chances for intense breeding in ponds 

      (Manila Bulletin, January 18, 2001, on page D-3)
      This time it's red snapper (maya-maya) and sea gorse!. These are the latest marine species whose life cycles have been completed in captivity by researchers of the government-hosted Southeast Asian Fisheries Development ...

    • Maynilad kaakibat ng gobyerno sa rehabilitasyon ng Manila Bay 

      (Manila Bulletin, January 28, 2020, on page 2)
      Patuloy na nakikipagtulugan ang Manila Water Services, Inc. (Maynilad) sa malawakang inisyatibo na linisin at muling buhayin ang Manila Bay, kasama ang Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), Metropolitan ...

    • Maynilad to spend nearly ₱2 billion on wastewater treatment projects in 2018 

      Miraflor, Madelaine B. (Manila Bulletin, April 4, 2018, on page B-11)
      West Zone concessionaire Maynilad Water Services, Inc. (Maynilad) has allotted a budget of ₱1.7 billion this year to increase its sewerage coverage as well as maintain its existing wastewater network.

    • Maynilad's ₱1.7-B sewage treatment plant now operational 

      Miraflor, Madelaine B. (Manila Bulletin, January 23, 2019, on page B-5)
      The ₱1.7-B sewage treatment plant (STP) of West Zone concessionaire Maynilad Water Services, Inc. (Maynilad) in San Dionisio, Parañaque City is now operational. The new Parañaque Water Reclamation Facility can treat up to ...

    • Mayor Isko: Set aside politics in Manila Bay beautification 

      Pedrajas, Joseph (Manila Bulletin, September 20, 2020, on page 5)
      Manila Mayor Francisco “Isko Moreno” Domagoso on Saturday urged the public to set aside politics as various individuals and groups continue to raise health and environment concerns following the dolomite dumping in Manila ...

    • Mayor orders probe into marine damage caused by grounded ship 

      Iñigo, Leizle B.; Beleo, Erwin G. (Manila Bulletin, January 26, 2014, on page 15)
      A month after a cargo vessel ran aground in a coral reef in the coast of Barangay Lingsat, this city, authorities will begin an investigation into the likely environmental damage caused by the ship. San Fernando City Mayor ...