Browsing The Philippine Star by Subject "marine environment"
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Oil spill: 5,185 hectares of marine habitat affected
(The Philippine Star,March 30, 2023 , on page 8)The oil spill from the sunken MT Princess Empress has affected up to 5,185 hectares of corals, seagrass and mangroves in Oriental Mindoro and Western Visayas. In a situational report released yesterday, the Department of ... -
Philippine science as world science: The case of milkfish reproduction
(The Philippine Star,January 10, 2008 , on page B-7)By the early 1980s, Clarissa Marte (also a UP faculty member) and Flor Lacanilao had both moved to the Aquaculture Department of the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC) in Iloilo where they tried a ... -
Phl to ASEAN: China getting de facto control
(The Philippine Star,April 27, 2015 , on page 1-8)The Philippines yesterday urged the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to unite and stop China’s massive reclamation in disputed waters as it will give China “de facto control” over the area and cause $100 ... -
Phl to give Rise undersea features Filipino names
(The Philippine Star,February 16, 2018 , on page 1-7)Maritime law expert Jay Batongbacal earlier revealed that China had earned naming rights to five undersea features in what used to be called Benham Rise, a 13-million-hectare submerged continental shelf off Aurora province ... -
Phl wins third consecutive term in Unesco's oceanographic body
(The Philippine Star,July 10, 2019 , on page 4)The Philippines won a seat on the executive council of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (IOC-UNESCO) for the period 2019-2021, the ... -
Reefbuds to revive Boracay's coral reefs
(The Philippine Star,March 18, 2013 , on page A-30)“Nothing is impossible,” seemed to be the mantra of Benjamin Tayag Jr. and Austrian geoscientist Harald Kremnitz when they thought of creating artificial reefs called Reefbuds to help restore destroyed marine life. “We ... -
Rody raises SCS ruling to UN: Carpio, Del Rosario hail move
(The Philippine Star,September 24, 2020 , on page 1-2)He promised to raise the issue at the right time. Before the 75th session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, President Duterte vowed to reject efforts to undermine the arbitral ruling that voided China’s ... -
Rody to ban fishing in Panatag lagoon
(The Philippine Star,November 22, 2016 , on page 1-13)Filipinos can again fish at Panatag (Scarborough), but President Duterte will soon keep them out of the shoal’s lagoon when he declares it a marine protected area. Filipinos will still be allowed to fish outside the lagoon ... -
'Sailing schools' to teach youth on marine environmental protection
(The Philippine Star,March 11, 2010 , on page 17)Ramon Magsaysay awardee Antonio Oposa will launch next month the “sailing schools” which aim to teach Filipino youth about marine environmental protection. Oposa, a lawyer and environmental activist, said they transform ... -
'The sands of time'
(The Philippine Star,September 23, 2020 , on page 6)After arguments over the existence of marine tilapia and the size of sediments that you can inhale, the “white beach” in Manila had its soft opening over the weekend. Not surprisingly, it was a big hit – judging from the ... -
SC to nat'l gov't: Protect WPS marine environment
(The Philippine Star,May 4, 2019 , on page 1-8)Supreme Court (SC) has granted a petition of fishermen and a group of lawyers for the issuance of a Writ of Kalikasan directing the government to actively protect the West Philippine Sea and stop the degradation of itd ... -
Sea turtles released from coal-fired power plant shore
(The Philippine Star,April 4, 2019 , on page B6)At least 115 turtle hatchlings were released into the sea over the weekend from the coast of a coal-powered plant in Barangay Binugao, Toril District, this city. The sea turtles were found in three nests earlier discovered ... -
Sustainable fishing
(The Philippine Star,August 30, 2018 , on page 6)With prices of fish rising, the government has approved the importation of galunggong. Among those hit by the move, however, are many of the biggest consumers of the so-called poor man’s fish: small-scale fishermen and ... -
Talking about pollution: Plastic is very much on our menu
(The Philippine Star,June 7, 2018 , on page 7)There is a massive dump of floating plastic garbage in the Pacific Ocean. It is huge and it is growing. The so called “Great Pacific Garbage Patch” is with approximately 1.6 million sq km about as big as Central Europe. ... -
Tanker spill in East China Sea stirs environmental fears
(The Philippine Star,January 18, 2018 , on page B6)A Blazing Iranian tanker that sank on the East China Sea, producing a 10-mile-long oil slick, is drawing concern from environmentalists about the threat to sea and bird life in the waterway. The tanker Sanchi was carrying ... -
Tech startup develops 3D geospatial mapping of marine areas
(The Philippine Star,August 8, 2019 , on page B10)A tech startup has developed capability to undertake marine or underwater three-dimensional geospatial mapping and analytics that can be used for marine resources mapping and conservation. The 3D underwater geospatial ... -
Technical congress renames mud crab as mangrove crab
(The Philippine Star,January 31, 2016 , on page B-4)Mud crabs will now be referred to as mangrove crabs. This was agreed upon during the first National Mud Crab Congress held by the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center-Aquaculture Department (SEAFDEC) in Tigbauan, ... -
UN agri agency ready to support Phl fisheries sector
(The Philippine Star,August 16, 2018 , on page B6)The United Nations agriculture agency is ready to support governments, including the Philippines, to formulate measures against Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) fishing and promote management and development of ... -
US awards P20-M grants for Manila Bay rehab
(The Philippine Star,July 12, 2019 , on page 14)The United States has awarded two grants totalling P20 million to two local groups to reduce marine plastic pollution and support the rehabilitation of Manila Bay. The grants – given to Ecological Waste Coalition of the ... -
US, Asean commit to non-militarization in disputed sea
(The Philippine Star,May 17, 2022 , on page 1-5)The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the United States have reaffirmed their commitment to ensure maritime security and safety, freedom of navigation, non-militarization and self-restraint in the conduct ...