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Protected areas
(Manila Bulletin,March 29, 2015 , on page 21)The Protected Area and Ecotourism Management Board has adopted a resolution regulating maritime navigation and the passage of watercraft in between the Great and Little Sta. Cruz Islands in this city to ensure the protection ... -
Protected eco areas in LGUs pushed
(Manila Bulletin,February 10, 2017 , on page 13)Governor Amado I. Espino III has ordered concerned municipal and city officials to establish and maintain protected ecological areas in their respective localities. Espino encouraged them to heed the call for environmental ... -
Protecting the underwater fast-food joint
(Manila Bulletin,June 25, 2015 , on page B-9)The reclamation activities of the Chinese in the West Philippine Sea has allegedly destroyed a large parcel of coral reefs, threatening to affect the supply of fish and other marine products for the Philippines including ... -
Protecting whale sharks
(Manila Bulletin,October 26, 2017 , on page B-8)The Philippines and Israel are working together to protect whale sharks, the largest known fish species. The governments of the two countries, along with Sri Lanka, will submit a proposal for inclusion of the whale shark ... -
Protection of coral reefs pushed
(Manila Bulletin,May 3, 2015 , on page 17)The provincial government is pushing the ₱6.6 million reef protection project surrounding the Agutayan Islet off the coast of the town of Jasaan, east of here. Provincial Governor Vincente Yevgeny Emano disclosed this after ... -
Protection of marine mammals promised
(Manila Bulletin,June 30, 2013 , on page 17)Lawyer Adam Relson Jala, who topped the race for councilor of this capital city, vowed this weekend to help enact a measure protecting marine mammals within the city waters. "I can assure you that I will personally spearhead ... -
'Protest China's militarization'
(Manila Bulletin,May 23, 2018 , on page 2)Acting Chief Justice Antonio T. Carpio has urged the government to "formally protest the increasing militarization of the South China Sea by China." In a statement, Carpio cited the recent introduction by China on Woody ... -
Protesters ask DENR to revoke Laguna Lake dredging project
(Manila Bulletin,September 24, 2010 , on page 15)Fisherfolk and urban poor residents along Laguna Lake appealed yesterday to the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) to revoke the contract of a Belgian dredging firm for the conduct of the controversial ... -
PRRD leaves for Beijing today for Belt and Road forum
(Manila Bulletin,April 24, 2019 , on page 1-11)Amid the escalating tension in the disputed South China Sea, President Duterte is scheduled to hold bilateral talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday April 25 in his four-day visit to Beijing. The President is ... -
PRRD orders DENR to shun applications for reclamation activities
(Manila Bulletin,April 2, 2022 , on page 2)President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday said he has directed acting Environment Secretary Jim Sampulna to halt the acceptance of applications for reclamation activities. Duterte gave the directive, as he acknowledged that ... -
PRRD’s next project: Make Manila Bay as clean as Boracay
(Manila Bulletin,January 9, 2019 , on page 1-4)The government could close down establishments polluting Manila Bay as part of its planned rehabilitation effort, Malacañang said Tuesday. Presidential Spokesman Salvador Panelo said President Duterte is prepared to show ... -
Public asked to preserve reefs
(Manila Bulletin,May 20, 2015 , on page 16)The Department of Environment and Natural Resources in Eastern Visayas (DENR-8) is asking the public here to join campaigns for the protection and preservation of reefs. This, as the nation celebrates May as Month of the ... -
Puerto Galera clean-up next after Boracay, Manila Bay
(Manila Bulletin,December 4, 2019 , on page 4)Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu is hoping to replicate the rehabilitation efforts in Boracay and Manila Bay to promote the protection and preservation of tourist destinations in the country. Cimatu visited Puerto Galera ... -
Puerto Princesa beyond the beaches
(Manila Bulletin,July 24, 2022 , on page C-1-C-2)Puerto Princesa in Palawan is home to blissful beaches and the Underground River, a World Heritage Site. Tourism, one of its main sources of income, was badly hit due to the lockdowns brought about by Covid-19. But with ... -
Puerto Princesa-SEAFDEC-AQD-AD Collaboration
(Manila Bulletin,November 8, 1999 , on page 28)The Puerto Princesa City government, the government-hosted, Tigbauan, Iloilo-based Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center Aquaculture Department (SEAFDEC-AQD) and the Department of Agriculture-Bureau of Fisheries and ... -
Puffer fish meal kills 3 in family
(Manila Bulletin,March 3, 2017 , on page 6)Three members of a family, including three children, died after partaking in a meal of puffer fish, locally known as “tikong” or “butete,” on the island barangay of Cabugao, here, last Thursday. Bureau of Fisheries and ... -
Pusit Festival
(Manila Bulletin,March 10, 2014 , on page 14)The two day "Pusit Festival" in Barangay San Miguel, this town, kicked off yesterday with exciting activities like the biggest squid contest to give San Miguel recognition as the "Pusit Capital" of Zambales. -
Puyat welcomes 'better' Boracay, calls for responsible tourism
(Manila Bulletin,November 4, 2018 , on page D-3)Tourism Chief Bernadette Romulo-Puyat urges visitors to respect and observe local regulations to help protect and preserve Boracay Island. Puyat made the appeal during the much-awaited reopening of the island, stressing ... -
Quarrying blamed for lake fishkill
(Manila Bulletin,May 3, 2012 , on page 2)The Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (Pamamalakaya) is blaming the recurrent fish kills in Lake Bito, Leyte, on the quarrying of black sand. Pamalakaya and the Tacloban-based Eastern Visayas Ecumenical ... -
Quezon fishermen have long been fishing at Benham Rise, says Infanta boat captain
(Manila Bulletin,May 6, 2017 , on page 1-12)Infanta, Quezon – Benham Rise may have entered the consciousness of most Filipinos only recently, but to the residents of Dinahican village here, it has long been part of the fisher folk’s lives for nearly four decades ...