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    • Seized fish donated to jails, hospitals 

      Benaning, Marvyn (Manila Bulletin, May 19, 2010, on page 8)
      The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) has distributed a ton of seized fish to various institutions and government agencies, including government hospitals and jails in Baler, Aurora. BFAR director Malcolm ...

    • DoT urges implementation of turtle conservation plan 

      Luczon, Nef (Manila Bulletin, May 15, 2010, on page 13)
      The Region 11 office of the Department of Tourism (DoT 11) is planning to adopt a turtle conservation plan along the beaches of Compostela Valley (ComVal) province in order to protect the rare and endangered marine creature ...

    • Oil spill: How much, does it matter? 

      Borenstein, Seth; Burdeau, Cain (Manila Bulletin, May 16, 2010, on page 11)
      Just how much oil is spewing from the ruptured well in the Gulf of Mexico and how important is it to know that? Experts can’t agree on either question. Some scientists who have studied a new video of the gusher estimate ...

    • GMA taps ABS-CBN exec as Pasig River rehab head 

      Luci, Charissa M.; De Vera, Ellalyn (Manila Bulletin, May 15, 2010, on page 1)
      President Arroyo has appointed ABS-CBN Foundation, Inc. (AFI) managing director Regina Paz “Gina” L. Lopez as chairperson of the Pasig River Rehabilitation Commission (PRRC), an attached agency of the Department of Environment ...

    • DA acts to ease El Niño effects 

      De Vera, Ellalyn B. (Manila Bulletin, May 16, 2010, on page 11)
      The Department of Agriculture (DA) is about to complete the implementation of mitigation measures to address the effects of El Niño event on this year’s dry cropping season and to keep up with the coming wet cropping season. ...

    • Snapshots to preserve the Coral Triangle 

      Lopez, Vince G. (Manila Bulletin, May 16, 2010, on page J-3)
      Taking to heart the notion that pictures paint a thousand words, the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) has found a perfect way to educate the public about the preserving the beauty of the Earth’s Coral Triangle – through photographs. ...

    • Shaping a waste-free future: Nestlé PH recovers plastic waste equivalent to its plastic packaging in August, will sustain waste recovery 

      (Manila Bulletin, September 4, 2020, on page 1)
      In its latest milestone in tackling plastic waste as an urgent corporate priority, Nestlé Philippines has achieved plastic neutrality, recovering 2,400 metric tons of plastic waste equivalent to the plastic in its packaging ...

    • Fisherman dies after large vessel rams into his boat in Negros city 

      Masculino, Glazyl Y. (Manila Bulletin, September 10, 2020, on page 5)
      A fisherman died after his fishing boat capsized after being hit by an unidentified roll-on roll-off (ro-ro) cargo vessel in the waters off Sitio Pangayuhan 1, Barangay Washington, Escalante City, Negros Occidental, on ...

    • Sabah and our other disputes in SCS 

      (Manila Bulletin, September 2, 2020, on page 4)
      The Philippines is involved in a number of disputes over territories in lands around the South China Sea (SCS). At the center of our dispute with China is its claim that it owns the entire territory covered by a nine-dash ...

    • Legislation pushed for joint WPS exploration 

      Velasco, Myrna M. (Manila Bulletin, August 19, 2020, on page B-4)
      For the country’s sovereign rights to be guaranteed and protected in any joint exploration deal that it will enter into with other governments, including China, on the extraction of oil and gas resources at the West ...

    • Dolomite sand will give whiff of toxic dust, enviro groups say of DENR plan for bay area 

      Rosario, Ben; Antonio, Raymund (Manila Bulletin, September 6, 2020, on page 2)
      Instead of fresh sea air, promenaders will get a whiff of toxic dust from dolomite sand when the 1389million Manila Bay rehabilitation project is completed, environmentalists said. This new argument against the proposed ...

    • Hopes up with new Pasig cleanup effort 

      (Manila Bulletin, September 8, 2020, on page 4)
      When it begins its projected ₱95.5-billion Pasig River Expessway project, San Miguel Corp. (SMC) plans to also clean up and improve the flow of water along the Pasig River. It will be embarking on a project – cleanup of ...

    • Palawan prov'l board to adopt resolution naming sandbars, reef near Pag-asa Island 

      Magdayao, Aira Genesa (Manila Bulletin, August 20, 2020, on page 5)
      In a bid to strengthen the claim of the country in the West Philippine Sea (WPS), the provincial board here has stepped closer to adopting a resolution, naming the sandbars and reefs situated within 12 nautical miles of ...

    • 38 Filipino crew missing as cargo ship sinks in Japan; Pinoy sailor rescued 

      Mabasa, Roy C. (Manila Bulletin, September 4, 2020, on page 1)
      A Panamanian-registered freighter cargo ship carrying 43 crew, including 39 Filipinos and 5,800 cows, sank off the waters of Amami Oshima Island in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan. But, the Department of Foreign ...

    • Taal eruption's damage to agriculture now at ₱3 B; farmers, fishers get aid 

      Tiangco, Minka Klaudia; Leyco, Chino (Manila Bulletin, January 18, 2020, on page 1)
      Agriculture Secretary William Dar on Friday said that the total damage to agriculture due to Taal Volcano’s eruption has risen to P3.06 billion. In a roundtable discussion with the Manila Bulletin editors and reporters on ...

    • From rainwater to drinking water: Hyundai's facility processes nature's resource 

      Colmenares, Pinky Concha (Manila Bulletin, January 19, 2020, on page 2)
      The rainy season is not a problem to people in the municipality of Tanay where the Hyundai Rainwater Harvesting Facility processes nature’s resource into potable water for the community. For two years now, Hyundai’s ...

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

      Tejano, Ivy (Manila Bulletin, February 23, 2020, on page 1)
      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 ...

    • Park-like garden in Bohol is also an aquaponics system 

      Hubilla, Ellaine Kryss (Manila Bulletin, February 22, 2020, on page B-5)
      Rob Simpson is an American-born sustainability expert who lives in Panglao, Bohol. Simpson has advised all levels of the US Government, as well as other governments around the world whose goal is to minimize pollution and ...

    • How your clothes become microfiber pollution in the sea 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Manila Bulletin, February 2, 2020, on page 4)
      From the polar ice cap to the Mariana Trench 10 kilometres below the waves, synthetic microfibres spat out by household washing machines are polluting oceans everywhere. The world has woken up over the last year to the ...

    • Indonesia asks Japan to invest in islands near waters disputed with China 

      Reuters (Manila Bulletin, January 11, 2020, on page 3)
      Indonesia’s President Joko Widodo on Friday asked Japan to step up investment in fisheries and energy in some of its South China Sea islands following a stand-off with China in waters that China claims in the area. Widodo ...