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    • Tension in disputed sea escalates after China's 'test flight' on artificial island 

      (Manila Bulletin, January 6, 2016, on page 1-5)
      China’s first landing of a plane on one of its new island runways in the South China Sea shows Beijing’s facilities in the disputed region are being completed on schedule and military flights will inevitably follow, foreign ...

    • Territorial disputes in the South China Sea put Asia at risk, says UN Secretary General 

      Mabasa, Roy C. (Manila Bulletin, June 29, 2015, on page 1-13)
      United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has warned the ongoing territorial disputes in the South China Sea are putting at risk Asia’s global goals of prosperity, stability, and dignity for all. Ban, who was in ...

    • Territorial disputes with China taboo topic at APEC meetings 

      Yap, Tara (Manila Bulletin, October 8, 2015, on page 13)
      Issues of territorial disputes with China were taboo during the recently concluded Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation meetings (APEC) in Iloilo City. Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Undersecretary ...

    • Territorial waters and the presidential directive 

      (Manila Bulletin, August 26, 2019, on page 4)
      In the wake of so many protestations from some government authorities over alleged incursions of Chinese survey and warships into Philippine waters allegedly without notifying Philippines defense authorities, President ...

    • Thai business 

      Supnad, Mar T. (Manila Bulletin, June 3, 2013, on page 13)
      A Thailand-based multinational company that is said to be the world's biggest manufacturer of animal feed had extended their technical know-how to enrich the province's fisheries. This development came after the Department ...

    • Thai experts leads Fisheries Dev't Center 

      (Manila Bulletin, July 6, 1999, on page 9)
      A Thai expert in aquaculture development is the new secretary general of the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC). He is Panu Tavarutmaneegul of the Thai Department of Fisheries. He succeeded Udom ...

    • Thailand tries to tackle mass of ocean trash 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Manila Bulletin, February 16, 2017, on page B9)
      Thai authorities are trying to clean up a massive, one-kilometer long tangle of trash, officials said Friday, calling it the largest garbage heap to float through the kingdom's waters. The mass of debris was estimated to ...

    • Thais release 1,066 turtles to celebrate king's birthday 

      Reuters (Manila Bulletin, July 27, 2017, on page 8)
      Hundreds of people gathered at a beach in Thailand on Wednesday to release 1,066 turtles into the sea as part of celebrations to mark the birthday of new King Maha Vajiralongkorn this week.

    • That fish kill in Manila Bay 

      (Manila Bulletin, September 22, 2020, on page 4)
      Hundreds of dead fish started floating to the surface of Manila Bay near the Baseco compound in Manila Bay Thursday morning, September 17, after a night of heavy rains over Manila. Because of the recent controversy over ...

    • Thematic approach to Boracay rehab pushed 

      Yap, Tara (Manila Bulletin, February 20, 2019, on page 7)
      The Depart­ment of Environment and Natu­ral Resources (DENR) is pushing for thematic approach to the con­tinuing rehabilitation of Boracay Island in Malay town, Aklan. DENR Western Visayas Di­rector Francisco Milla Jr. ...

    • There will be consequences for China's South China Sea militarization- US 

      Reuters (Manila Bulletin, May 5, 2018, on page 4)
      The United States has raised concerns with China about its latest militarization of the South China Sea and there will be near-term and long-term consequences, the White House said on Thursday. US news network CNBC reported ...

    • They're back to Scarborough 

      Aben, Elena L. (Manila Bulletin, October 30, 2016, on page 1-8)
      Malacanang said China appears to have stopped blocking Filipino fishermen from approaching the disputed Scarborough Shoal off Zambales province, handing a potential victory to President Duterte following his visit to Beijing ...

    • 'They're everywhere': microplastics in oceans, air and human body. 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Manila Bulletin, July 4, 2022, on page 5)
      From ocean depths to mountain peaks, humans have littered the planet with tiny shards of plastic. We have even absorbed these microplastics into our bodies — with uncertain implications. Images of plastic pollution have ...

    • Thousands of mangrove propagules planted in Ilocos Sur 

      Lazaro, Freddie (Manila Bulletin, October 11, 2015, on page 18)
      Residents planted at least 5,000 mangrove propagules in eight coastal villages of this province in a bid to preserve the shorelines’ environment against the emerging effect of climate change. The planting materials were ...

    • Thousands protest steel plant over vietnam fish deaths 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Manila Bulletin, October 3, 2016, on page 4)
      Thousands of Vietnamese protesters surrounded a Taiwanese steel plant Sunday, some scaling walls and holding signs demanding its closure, as anger flares against the firm for dumping toxic waste into the ocean killing tons ...

    • Threats to coastal, marine ecosystem being addressed 

      Cordova, Calvin; Bacalando, Larnie; Flores, Sharon Rose (Manila Bulletin, June 9, 2018, on page 11)
      The Coastal and Marine Ecosystems Management Program (CMEMP) of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) is looking for ways to reduce the threats to the country’s coastal and marine ecosystem. Crisanta ...

    • Three Davao Oriental bays among Most Beautiful Bays in the World 

      Tejano, Ivy (Manila Bulletin, February 23, 2020, on page 1-15)
      Three bays in Mati City, Davao Oriental, have been included in the list of the Most Beautiful Bays in the World. The Most Beautiful Bays in the World Association (MBBWA), in an official communication to the Davao Oriental ...

    • Thriving corals boost hope for Manila Bay 

      (Manila Bulletin, June 30, 2019, on page 8)
      Corals are still thriving in a few areas of Manila Bay – in Maragondon and Ternate, Cavite, and in Corregidor and Carballo islands at the mouth of the bay, the Ecosystems Research and Development Bureau of the Department ...

    • Thwart use of force in South China Sea 

      Kabiling, Genalyn D. (Manila Bulletin, November 22, 2015, on page 4)
      With regional prosperity supposedly under threat, President Aquino has called on the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to thwart China or any nation from using force or threat to assert its claim in the disputed ...

    • Tidal surge causes P18-M damage 

      Yap, Tara (Manila Bulletin, June 2, 2013, on page 18)
      The damage by the tidal surge that hit Iloilo has swelled to P18 million. This was the figure released by Iloilo Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (PDRRMC). Jerry Bionat, PDRRMC executive director, ...