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    • Fight vs flood: Marikina River dredging in full swing 

      Unite, Betheena Kae (Manila Bulletin, February 27, 2021, on page 2)
      The dredging operations in Marikina River are now in full swing in an effort to increase its capacity for rainwater, thus mitigating floods in nearby areas. About 50,000 cubic meters of soil, sand, and silt is expected to ...

    • PH asserts arbitral award on South China Sea, calls for greater ASEAN-US maritime cooperation 

      Geducos, Argyll Cyrus B. (Manila Bulletin, March 9, 2021, on page 2)
      The Philippines has highlighted the importance of the 2016 arbitral award as part of international law as tension in the South China Sea continues to grow among claimants. The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) made the ...

    • Guidebook on coral reef protection launched 

      De Vera, Ellalyn B. (Manila Bulletin, July 1, 2010, on page B-8)
      Local government units (LGUs) and fisherfolk in the Philippines, which encompasses the Coral Triangle Region, known as the world's center of marine biodiversity, will find a useful guide to monitor marine protection in a ...

    • Borneo's crocodiles no longer endangered, says official 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Manila Bulletin, July 6, 2010, on page B-10)
      Wildlife officials in Malaysian Borneo are pushing to have its saltwater crocodiles removed from a list of endangered animals, saying the reptile's numbers have strongly recovered in recent years. Deputy director of the ...

    • B.F.A.R. probes mass fish losses 

      See, Dexter A. (Manila Bulletin, July 13, 2010, on page 9)
      The Cordillera office of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) is conducting an investigation on the cause of fish kill incidents in several towns in this province that resulted in over P10 million worth of ...

    • Foodsphere expands its canned fish production line 

      Cahiles-Magkilat, Bernie (Manila Bulletin, June 10, 2010, on page B-2)
      Filipino food company Foodsphere Inc. has expanded its canned seafood product line to serve the growing market demand for healthy food products. "Our product line expansion is a part of the company's vision to manufacture ...

    • Biologists begin to salvage sea turtle eggs in oiled Gulf 

      Associated Press (AP) (Manila Bulletin, July 11, 2010, on page 23)
      Biologist Lorna Patrick dug gingerly into the beach Friday, gently brushing away sand to reveal dozens of leathery, golfball-sized loggerhead sea turtle eggs. Patrick, of the US Fish and Wildlife Service, carefully plucked ...

    • Giant predatory whale named 

      Associated Press (AP) (Manila Bulletin, July 13, 2010, on page B-10)
      Scientists have discovered an ancient whale whose bite ripped huge chunks of flesh out of other whales about 12 million years ago - and they've named it after the author of "Moby Dick." The prehistoric sperm whale grew to ...

    • Delay in implementation of ₱18.7 B lake project sought 

      Rosario, Ben R. (Manila Bulletin, July 10, 2010, on page 3)
      A lawmaker yesterday urged the Aquino administration to put on hold the implementation of the ₱18.7 billion Laguna de Bay Reclamation Project on allegation that it is among the highly-irregular "midnight deals" rushed by ...

    • Sulu town gets ₱19.8-M fishing port 

      Lacson, Nonoy E. (Manila Bulletin, July 10, 2010, on page 13)
      The Regional Port Management Authority (RPMA) of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) will formally turn over the ₱19.8 million fishing port to the municipal government here on Thursday. Mayor Abdulwahid Sahidulla ...

    • Loren seeks probe of Batangas oil spill 

      Carandang, Rolly T. (Manila Bulletin, July 9, 2010, on page 6)
      Senator Loren Legarda yesterday sought an in-depth investigation on the oil spill in Calatagan, Batangas. Legarda filed the resolution after an oil spill in Barangay Talibayog, Calatagan, Batangas was discovered by Rodrigo ...

    • ADB asked to invest in small farms, fishers 

      Wakefield, Francis T. (Manila Bulletin, July 8, 2010, on page 4)
      Some 60 representatives of different organizations of small farmers, fishers, indigenous people's, rural youth and women and rural development organization from 13 countries in Asia and the Pacific converged in Manila to ...

    • DFA won't protest China's coast guard law 

      Antonio, Raymund (Manila Bulletin, February 14, 2021, on page 2)
      The Philippines will not raise the issue of China’s controversial new Coast Guard law before The Hague or any international tribunal, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said, adding that the arbitral award in 2016 ...

    • Fossils clear up Cambrian mystery 

      Wilford, John Noble (Manila Bulletin, June 10, 2010, on page 11)
      The Moroccan fossils include sponges, worms, trilobites and mollusks like clams, snails and relatives of the living nautilus. Another fossil was similar to today's horseshoe crab, a biological throwback familiar to ...

    • DILG warns 20 LGUs for inaction vs illegal fishing 

      Chavez, Chito A. (Manila Bulletin, May 9, 2021, on page 2)
      Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Año warned 20 LGUs on Saturday, May 8, for inaction on the reported illegal fishing activities in their respective areas. Año said those he warned ...

    • Locsin: PH won't be a 'subject' of China 

      Geducos, Argyll Cyrus B. (Manila Bulletin, April 18, 2021, on page 5)
      Foreign Affairs Teodoro Locsin Jr. has given an assurance that the Philippines will not be a subject of China despite the ongoing tension in the West Philippine Sea. Locsin made the statement after former US Secretary of ...

    • Fisherman waits for rescue while sitting on capsized boat 

      Rayos, Joenald Medina (Manila Bulletin, April 19, 2021, on page 7)
      A 40-year-old mechanical technician who went fishing survived a scary experience as he had to sit on his capsized wooden boat for hours under the scorching heat of the sun last weekend in Isla Verde in Batangas. Dennis G. ...

    • 'People of the world against China's nine-dash line' 

      Lina, Joey (Manila Bulletin, April 13, 2021, on page 4)
      What can Filipinos do to help government and boost the morale of our leaders to continually and aggressively defend our country’s rights in the West Philippine Sea? This was the question I asked retired Supreme Court Justice ...

    • Endangered giant clam shells worth ₱57M confiscated in Palawan 

      Magdayao, Aira Genesa (Manila Bulletin, April 15, 2021, on page 8)
      Authorities seized around five tons of giant clam shells during the Counteraction Operation (CAO) on Tuesday, April 13 in Puron Borbon, Barangay Panacan, Narra town. According to the report sent to Palawan News, the ...

    • PN Chief: US Theodore Roosevelt Strike Group at S. China Sea a 'welcome development' 

      Sadongdong, Martin A. (Manila Bulletin, April 8, 2021, on page 2)
      The entry of the United States Navy’s Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group (TRCSG) in the South China Sea came as a ‘welcome development’ in the exercise of freedom of navigation operations (FONOPS) in the tension-filled ...