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    • No island lost under Duterte gov't - Esperon 

      Sadongdong, Martin A. (Manila Bulletin, May 2, 2021, on page 5)
      The administration of President Duterte has not allowed even a single inch of the country’s maritime territory to be seized by China unlike his predecessor, the Aquino administration, National Security Adviser Hermogenes ...

    • No memo for fish imports 

      Benaning, Marvyn N. (Manila Bulletin, December 18, 2011, on page 18)
      The Department of Agriculture (DA) is not authorizing anyone to import fish for the wet markets. An official of DA has said that he has not seen any draft memo at the Office of the Secretary or at Bureau of Fisheries and ...

    • No more illegal dump sites in Sasmuan riverbanks 

      Regala, Franco G. (Manila Bulletin, February 1, 2015, on page 14)
      There are no more illegal dump sites in Sasmuan and no more garbage on the riverbanks along Pampanga River going out to Manila Bay. Sasmuan Mayor Nardo Velasco confirmed this yesterday after he personally led the massive ...

    • No municipal waters commercial fishing drive pushed 

      Philippine News Agency (PNA) (Manila Bulletin, September 30, 2015, on page 13)
      An umbrella organization of small fishermen here is urging the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) and local government units (LGUs) to strengthen efforts against commercial fishing in municipal waters of the ...

    • No need to convene security council over Recto Bank issue - Palace 

      Geducos, Argyll Cyrus B. (Manila Bulletin, June 30, 2019, on page 7)
      Malacañang said it is not necessary for President Duterte to convene to the National Security Council (NSC) over the incident which took place near the Recto Bank early this month. Presidential Spokesman Salvador Panelo ...

    • No need to fight China; We can share - Duterte 

      Geducos, Argyll Cyrus B.; Mabasa, Roy C.; Torregoza, Hannah (Manila Bulletin, May 21, 2018, on page 1-12)
      President Duterte said that the Philippines and China do not need to go to war over the disputed West Philippine Sea when the two countries can share the resources found in the area. Duterte made the statement in Cebu over ...

    • No new reclamation by China under Duterte's watch - Palace 

      Geducos, Argyll Cyrus B.; Kabiling, Genalyn D. (Manila Bulletin, February 6, 2018, on page 1-4)
      Malacañang reiterated yesterday that the Philippine government will continue to rely on China’s good faith and insisted that the Asian giant has not made any new reclamation in disputed areas in the South China Sea (West ...

    • No oil spill from partially sunken cargo ship in Bacolod 

      Masculino, Glazyl (Manila Bulletin, May 11, 2019, on page 2)
      The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) in Negros Occidental said it has not detected any oil spill in the waters of Banago port in Bacolod City after a cargo ship partially submerged last Sunday. Commander Ludovico Librilla Jr., ...

    • No significant amount of oil recovered 

      (Manila Bulletin, March 28, 2007, on page 9)
      No significant amount of oil has been found in the retrieval operations by Sonsub vessel Allied Shield from the sunken tanker Solar 1 off Guimaras Island. No oil was found in port tank No. 2 and starboard tank No. 2, the ...

    • No solution in sight to SCS problem 

      (Manila Bulletin, January 27, 2018, on page 10)
      Panatag Shoal – also known as Bajo de Masinloc to the people of Zambales and as Scarborough Shoal in international maps – may well become a flashpoint in the ongoing war of words between China and the United States. Panatag ...

    • ‘No swim zone’ strictly enforced in Manila Bay 

      Edera, Erma; De Vera-Ruiz, Ellalyn (Manila Bulletin, February 7, 2019, on page 1-17)
      Members of the Manila Police District (MPD) were deployed yesterday to prevent people from swimming in Manila Bay which authorities declared as unsafe due to high levels of fecal coliform. Manila Police District chief ...

    • No swimming: DENR orders extensive cleanup of Paoay Lake 

      Philippine News Agency (PNA) (Manila Bulletin, January 28, 2022, on page 6)
      The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has recommended an extensive cleanup drive around Paoay Lake before its new waterpark "inflatable island" can be fully enjoyed by visitors. The recommendation was ...

    • No toxic chemicals in dolomite sand Manila Bay, test results show 

      De Vera-Ruiz, Ellalyn (Manila Bulletin, October 2, 2020, on page 2)
      The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has not found toxic chemicals on the dolomite sand from the Manila Bay beach nourishment project, based on the test results released by its Environmental Management ...

    • No-kill researchers sail to study Antarctic whales 

      Associated Press (AP) (Manila Bulletin, February 4, 2010, on page B8)
      Researchers set sail from New Zealand on Tuesday to study whales off Antarctica without killing them - an open challenge to Japan's killing of up to 1,000 whales a year in the name of science. Japan has six-boat whaling ...

    • The noisy neighbors who live underwater 

      De La Peña, Nonny (Manila Bulletin, April 19, 2008, on page 1)
      It was the end of January 2005, during the spawning season for a fish appropriately called the black drum. Nightly mating calls were at a crescendo. But no one living in the area seemed to realize the din was of aquatic origin.

    • NOLCOM puts muscle into Batanes fishermen's shelter 

      Velez, Freddie c.; Wakefield, Francis T. (Manila Bulletin, June 19, 2018, on page 6)
      The construction of the fishermen’s shelter, a multi-purpose facility being jointly built by different stakeholders with the military’s Northern Luzon Command (NOLCOM), continues in the most isolated and northernmost ...

    • NorMin watershed area protection sought 

      Crismundo, Mike U. (Manila Bulletin, February 18, 2014, on page 14)
      The preservation, protection, and conservation of all watershed areas in Northern Mindanao is being strengthened alongside programs for sustainable development to ensure potable water for more than a million inhabitants ...

    • Northern Samar town seeks protection of Catarman River 

      Philippine News Agency (PNA) (Manila Bulletin, February 25, 2021, on page 5)
      Several public hearings have been lined up for the proposed ordinance seeking to protect the Catarman River in Northern Samar and its tributaries, an official announced on Wednesday. Authored by Councilors Nerissa Daclag, ...

    • Not all affected residents of Iloilo oil spill taken to hotels - officials 

      Yap, Tara (Manila Bulletin, July 11, 2020, on page 5)
      A local official here clarified that not all coastal residents affected by the oil spill triggered by a damaged power barge in Iloilo City have been transferred to hotels. “Only those who were staying at the evacuation ...

    • Not yet safe to swim at Manila Bay-DOH 

      De Vera, Analou; Quis­morio, Ellson A.; Geducos, Argyll B. (Manila Bulletin, February 1, 2019, on page 1-6)
      On Thursday, the Department of Health (DOH) reminded the public that it is still not safe to swim there, citing health issues. The DOH issued the advi­sory after photos of clean shores of Manila Bay went viral after its ...