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Where do campaign tarps go? In Biñan, they end up in gardens, fish hatchery
(Manila Bulletin,May 21, 2022 , on page 5)Where do campaign tarpaulins go now that the election is over and they have served their purpose? Here in Biñan City, they get a reincarnation – as seedling bags and breeding containers for fish. The Office of the City ... -
White House vows attacks on Asia carp
(Manila Bulletin,February 11, 2010 , on page B8)The White House said Monday it was eyeing "multiple lines of attack" against invasive Asian carp threatening Great Lakes eco-systems and fisheries after talking strategy with local state governors. The Obama administration ... -
White sharks found to migrate across the Pacific Ocean
(Manila Bulletin,January 17, 2000 , on page 14)A white shark mouths a plywood decoy of a seal placed in the water by researchers studying shark behavior near California's Año Nuevo reserve. The largest and most powerful predator in the sea, the great white shark, has ... -
Why China needs Benham Rise (1)
(Manila Bulletin,March 17, 2017 , on page 15)China appears interested in Benham Rise, even if the United Nations has awarded the 13-million-hectare undersea region as part of our continental shelf and exclusive economic zone (EEZ). The United Nations Convention on ... -
Why China needs Benham Rise (2)
(Manila Bulletin,March 20, 2017 , on page 13)Even when the International Tribunal at the Permanent Court of Arbitration at the Hague ruled its SCS historic claim as illegal, China refused to acknowledge the ruling. Party-List Congressman Francisco Ashley Acedillo ... -
Why the 'coastal clean up' craze is good
(Manila Bulletin,April 2, 2019 , on page 6)Happy Earth Day everyone! Perhaps no image has inspired us more about the environment than that of a “cleaner” Boracay Beach and Manila Bay. We’ve seen it all on social media and are inspired by it. Yet the long-term effect ... -
Wild shrimps in Palawan found genetically diverse
(Manila Bulletin,April 10, 2000 , on page 31)The wild shrimps in Palawan's marine waters are more genetically diverse than those in other parts of the country. This was found in a study done by researchers of the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center-Aquaculture ... -
A "win-win' approach to tapping SCS resources
(Manila Bulletin,July 27, 2019 , on page 4)The clashing claims of the Philippines and China in the South China Sea, particularly in the 200-mile Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) of the Philippines which we have renamed West Philippine Sea, continues to dominate public ... -
With sinaing na tulingan, what you see is not what you get: And other discoveries on my Batangas food trip
(Manila Bulletin,March 24, 2022 , on page B-10)While doing the show, I was a guest of a lady who was making sinaing na tulingan. I am not familiar with what this dish tasted like or how it was made. Looking at it, I didn’t find it appealing. I see tulingan a lot in the ... -
Work of women in fishing towns cited
(Manila Bulletin,December 5, 1999 , on page 40)Women in fishing communities work longer hours than men. This was revealed in a study entitled "Women and the Question of Sustainable Development in the Philippines Fishing Village" made by researchers of the Southeast ... -
Workers needed to clean Iloilo oil spill
(Manila Bulletin,March 1, 2014 , on page 13)There is a need to hire additional workers to complete the cleanup operations of the typhoon-related oil spill in Estancia, Iloilo. Dr. Rex Sadaba, manager of the oil spill response team of UP Visayas and Iloilo provincial ... -
Workshop on artemia (brine shrimp)
(Manila Bulletin,April 17, 1988 , on page 11)An invitation to hatchery and fishpond operators, researchers, fishery teachers and other aquaculture entrepreneurs !!!! -
World cannot afford farming subsidies
(Manila Bulletin,September 8, 2012 , on page B-3)Agricultural subsidies around the world are a waste of hundreds of billions of dollars and unaffordable in the wake of the global financial crisis, New Zealand's prime minister said Friday. Speaking at a business forum in ... -
World experts hold meet on shrimp, fish diseases
(Manila Bulletin,February 8, 2002 , on page G-3)Fifty of the world's top researchers in shrimp and fish viruses met here recently and tackled the disease problems afflicting aquaculture species. The scientific conference was organized by Southeast Asian Fisheries ... -
World Water Day
(Manila Bulletin,March 22, 2020 , on page 4)World Water Day is observed annually on March 22 to highlight the importance of this major component of the Earth’s hydrosphere, which is also vital to all known forms of life. The day-long celebration can be traced to the ... -
'World's biggest' freshwater stingray netted in Cambodia
(Manila Bulletin,June 22, 2022 , on page 4)A fisherman on the Mekong river in Cambodia has hooked the biggest freshwater fish ever recorded, scientists said — a 300-kilogram stingray. The giant freshwater stingray, which measured four meters (13 feet) from snout ... -
World's largest marine park unveiled
(Manila Bulletin,September 6, 2012 , on page B-8)The Cook Islands announced the creation of the world's largest marine park Tuesday, as the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) opened with a spectacular Polynesian welcoming ceremony. Heralded by traditional drummers and blaring ... -
World's oceans are heating up at a quickening pace - study
(Manila Bulletin,January 12, 2019 , on page 7)The world’s oceans are heating up at an accelerating pace as global warming threatens a diverse range of marine life and a major food supply for the planet, researchers said Thursday. The findings in the US journal Science, ... -
World's smallest freshwater fish species
(Manila Bulletin,August 8, 2014 , on page 11)A lady-lawmaker said government should make an institutional intervention in the preservation of one of the country's freshwater wealth and wonders, the reported endangered Sinarapan, or Tabios as it is known in Bicol. ... -
WorldFish Center to help strengthen local aquaculture
(Manila Bulletin,February 5, 2010 , on page 9)The Bureau of Agricultural Research (BAR) has forged a deal with the WorldFish Center to intensify the capacity building program for managers of the Regional Fisheries Research and Development Centers (RFRDC). This agreement ...