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    • CA OKs trial of fishermen's class suit vs mining firm 

      Postrado, Leonardo D. (Manila Bulletin, July 13, 2015, on page 4)
      The Court of Appeals (CA ) has given the go signal for the full-blown trial of the class suit filed by a group of fishermen seeking damages against Marcopper Mining Corporation, almost two decades since the disastrous mine ...

    • Cabadbaran City cultivates 'ridge-to-reef' ecosystem 

      (Manila Bulletin, August 27, 2015, on page B-8)
      The city of Cabadbaran, the provincial capital of August del Norte, is taking the lead in protecting its ridge to reef ecosystem. According to the Department of Environment and Natural Resources' Protected Areas and Wildlife ...

    • CAFGU to lead planting of coral reef on Bagac beach 

      Supnad, Mar T. (Manila Bulletin, May 15, 2014, on page B-9)
      The Philippines Army's recruited Civilian Armed Forces Geographical Unit (CAFGU) will spearhead the planting of around 20,000 coral reefs off the coastal area in Barangay Saysain, this town after the Department of Science ...

    • Cagayan River dredging, planting of 200 M trees proposed 

      De Vera-Ruiz, Ellalyn (Manila Bulletin, November 17, 2020, on page 2)
      Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Secretary Roy Cimatu has proposed the immediate dredging of Cagayan River and planting of some 200 million tree seedlings on low-lying agricultural areas in Cagayan ...

    • Call it 'West Philippines Sea' from now on 

      Kabiling, Genalyn D. (Manila Bulletin, September 13, 2012, on page 1-12)
      It’s official. The Aquino government has formally named the maritime areas of the western side of the Philippine archipelago as the "West Philippine Sea" and moved to popularize the change in the geographical name here and ...

    • Call me Fish-mael The Marriott Cafe serves up the bounty of the sea, your way 

      Corpuz, May (Manila Bulletin, March 28, 2013, on page C1)
      When we arrive at the Marriott Cafe, we immediately spy a glistening podium full of fish, and right on cue, a loud rumbling of the stomach follows. We ask Chef Meik Brammer about the offerings., and he explains that he ...

    • Camotes farmers, fishermen get DA inputs 

      Indino, Phohebe Jen (Manila Bulletin, April 27, 2014, on page 16)
      Some 600 farmers and fishermen from the municipalities of San Francisco, Poro, Tudela, and Pilar on this island recently received agricultural inputs from the Department of Agriculture (DA). DA Secretary Proceso J. Alcala ...

    • Campaign to save Samar crabs 

      Philippine Information Agency (PIA) (Manila Bulletin, February 20, 2017, on page 8)
      A group of researchers, fisherfolk, and Samarnons have launched a campaign to save Samar Crabs. Jesus Racuyal, director of the Center for Fisheries Aquatic Resources Research and Development (CFFARRD), one of the leaders ...

    • Candidates urged to come up with ‘blue agenda’ on sustainable fisheries 

      Miraflor, Madelaine B. (Manila Bulletin, April 23, 2016, on page B-2)
      Presidential candidates are urged to adopt a "blue agenda" in order to build a stronger fishery sector in the next six years. In a statement, non-governmental organizations (NGO) has called on the presidential candidates ...

    • Capiz, BFAR to launch studies on aquaculture 

      Philippine Information Agency (PIA) (Manila Bulletin, November 22, 2006, on page 14)
      The Capiz Government, the Aquaculture Department of the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC-AQD), and the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) will conduct three research projects to boost the ...

    • Carbon dioxide threatens: Tropical coral reefs 

      (Manila Bulletin, February 3, 2000, on page B-11)
      As if there weren't already enough threats to coral refs, now scientists from the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) have found that carbon dioxide (CO2) dissolved in seawater could be a direct threat to these ...

    • Carpio cites PH-China oil exploration deal: Safeguards to protect PH sovereignty in place 

      Panaligan, Rey G.; Kabiling, Genalyn D. (Manila Bulletin, November 26, 2018, on page 1-13)
      Acting Chief Justice Antonio T. Carpio said yesterday the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed between the Philippines and China on joint exploration of natural resources in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) "has safeguards ...

    • Carpio disputes allowing Chinese to fish in PH's exclusive economic zone 

      Panaligan, Rey G. (Manila Bulletin, June 27, 2019, on page 3)
      Supreme Court (SC) Senior Associate Justice Antonio T. Carpio cautioned President Duterte on Wednesday, June 26, that allowing Chinese fishermen to fish in the Philippines’ exclusive economic zone (EEZ) in the West Philippine ...

    • Carpio to Duterte, AFP: defend Panatag Shoal 

      Panaligan, Rey (Manila Bulletin, March 21, 2017, on page 1-4)
      Supreme Court Senior Justice Antonio T. Carpio said yesterday that the Armed Forces headed by President Duterte as commander-in-chief are constitutionally mandated to defend Scarborough or Panatag Shoul as part of the ...

    • Catanduanes tightens grip on crab industry 

      Arceo, Mitch (Manila Bulletin, June 2, 2010, on page 6)
      Catanduanes, apart from being associated with typhoons, is known for its abundant crabs, particularly the superior quality king crabs. Despite this, market supply remains scarce due to the massive trade of crablets to other ...

    • Catching fish 

      Dancel, Czar (Manila Bulletin, January 14, 2018, on page 6)
      Despite the contaminated water, fishermen continue to fish in Manila Bay. But the abundance of fish in Philippine waters may start to deteriorate soon, as projected by the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources, due to ...

    • Catching of 'Ludong' fry banned in Cagayan 

      (Manila Bulletin, January 7, 2010, on page B-2)
      Poachers are warned not to collect the fry of the extremely rare Ludong fish that will migrate upstream of the Cagayan River this February, Jack Enrile, adviser to his father, Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile, and the ...

    • Catfish industry 

      Philippine Information Agency (PIA) (Manila Bulletin, October 7, 2012, on page 15)
      An officer of the City Agriculture Office welcomed the full recovery of the catfish industry in Barangay Los Amigos, Davao City a few years after several fishponds in the area were destroyed due to a flash flood in 2009. ...

    • Cauayan fishermen ask for help 

      Philippine News Agency (PNA) (Manila Bulletin, March 18, 2013, on page 18)
      The Cauayan Fisherfolk Federation (CFF) is asking the Provincial Bantay Dagat to apprehend commercial fishing vessels encroaching on municipal waters of Cauayan in Negros Occidental. CFF Vice Chairman Ramon Gregas said ...

    • Cauayan fishers lament 'inaction' on poaching 

      Adiong, Eugene (Manila Bulletin, August 24, 2013, on page 12)
      The Fisherfolk in the coastal town of Cauayan were complaining about the continued inaction of local officials on the alleged illegal fishing in their municipal water. Despite the media expose on the intrusion of commercial ...