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    • Naic Fish Sanctuary project relaunched 

      (The Philippine Star, January 21, 2010, on page 1)
      Cavite State University-Naic (formerly Cavite College of Fisheries) recently spearheaded the relaunching of the Naic Fish Sanctuary (NFS) Project at CvSU-Naic Eco Park, Bucana, Naic, Cavite. The NFS project is one of the ...

    • National Geographic host interested in Phl crocodiles 

      Villanueva, Rhodina; Lee-Brago, Pia (The Philippine Star, June 15, 2013, on page 8)
      National Geographic Channels host and reptile expert Brady Barr said that the Philippines is a "special place for crocodiles and expressed interest in doing an investigation about Philippine wildlife, particularly its ...

    • National Museum tasked to preserve 'Lolong' 

      Villanueva, Rhodina (The Philippine Star, March 3, 2013, on page 1-15)
      The National Museum is now directly coordinating with the Bunawan municipal government in Agusan del Sur concerning the remains of crocodile "Lolong," which will be subjected to taxidermy, according to the Protected Areas ...

    • National Scientist Gomez, marine conservation advocate, 81 

      Mateo, Janvic (The Philippine Star, December 4, 2019, on page 8)
      National Scientist Edgardo Gomez, a pioneer in marine conservation in the Philippines, died on Dec. 1. He was 81. Gomez was a researcher, scientist, conservation advocate and educator in various fields, including invertebrate ...

    • Natural resources not collateral for Phl loans, says Beijing 

      Diaz, Jess; Mateo, Janvic (The Philippine Star, March 11, 2018, on page 1-2)
      The Chinese government has denied a report that it would require the Philippines to use its natural resources as collateral for the loans that it will provide to the Duterte administration. During the press briefing, Geng ...

    • Navy deploys warship to patrol Benham 

      Laude, Jaime (The Philippine Star, March 25, 2017, on page 6)
      The Philippine Navy has deployed one of its three warships to Benham Rise. The BRP Ramon Alcaraz has started patrolling the 13-million-hectare undersea region and biodiversity hotspot east of Luzon, officials said yesterday. ...

    • Navy did not give up Panatag to China former chief clarifies 

      Bondoc, Jarius (The Philippine Star, May 26, 2021, on page 7)
      The Philippine Navy did not give up Panatag (Scarborough) Shoal to China in the 2012 standoff. Its warship was ordered out two days after the impasse began that April to resume an original mission in northern Luzon waters. ...

    • Navy flagship runs aground near shoal 

      Laude, Jaime; Macairan, Evelyn (The Philippine Star, September 1, 2018, on page 1-7)
      The flagship of the Philippine Navy ran aground Wednesday night while on a patrol mission in the vicinity of Hasa Hasa (Half Moon) Shoal in the waters off Palawan in the West Philippine Sea. The BRP Gregorio del Pilar, a ...

    • Navy wants WPS gas platforms for monitoring 

      Punongbayan, Michael (The Philippine Star, September 28, 2020, on page 4)
      The Philippine Navy is moving to transform two retired gas platforms in Palawan into Littoral Monitoring Stations or LMS in the West Philippine Sea (WPS). Such observation posts will “further enhance our capability to ...

    • Navy's warship to patrol Benham, says AFP chief 

      Laude, Jaime (The Philippine Star, April 16, 2017, on page 9)
      The Navy's Strategic Sealift Vessel (SSV) BRP Davao del Sur will be deployed to patrol Benham Rise once the vessel is delivered by the Indonesian defense contractor next month, Armed Forces chief Gen. Eduardo Año said. The ...

    • Navy, fisherfolk warned vs 'violent' Chinese coast guard law 

      Romero, Paolo (The Philippine Star, February 1, 2021, on page 1-4)
      Government, commercial and exploration vessels as well as small fishermen have been warned to be on alert as Beijing’s new law authorizing its coast guard to fire on any foreign ship and demolish structures in the South ...

    • Nearly 200 whales stranded on New Zealand beach 

      Associated Press (AP) (The Philippine Star, February 14, 2015, on page A-22)
      Nearly 200 pilot whales stranded themselves on New Zealand's South Island yesterday, with hordes of rescuers rushing to the remote area in a bid to guide them back to sea. Two dozen of the 198 whales had already died despite ...

    • Negros Oriental sets water confab 

      (The Philippine Star, August 13, 2015, on page B-6)
      Water is at the core of Negros Oriental’s efforts to pursue sustainable development, with the province poised to emerge as the best-case practice for using water as a key driver for inclusive growth. A joint undertaking ...

    • Nene: China decision on shoal an act of ownership 

      Echeminada, Perseus; Romero, Paolo (The Philippine Star, November 2, 2016, on page 1-12)
      The Chinese decision to let Filipino fishermen back in Panatag Shoal is “an act of ownership,” former senator Aquilino Pimentel Jr. said yesterday. “Giving permission is an act of ownership, it should not stop our claim ...

    • Nestlé joins World Oceans Day clean-ups 

      (The Philippine Star, June 26, 2019, on page C4)
      Several hundred Nestlé Philippines employees from different work sites joined their colleagues in over 30 countries, participating in the clean-up of coastlines and waterways, in celebration of World Oceans Day under the ...

    • Nestlé PH recovers plastic waste equivalent to its plastic packaging in August, will continue moving forward 

      (The Philippine Star, September 4, 2020, on page 3)
      In January 2019, food and beverage manufacturer Nestlé globally articulated its broader vision for a waste-free future, that none of its packaging, including plastics, ends up in landfills and oceans, or as litter. Today, ...

    • Net-Works: Income from discarded fishing nets 

      Lee-Brago, Pia (The Philippine Star, June 28, 2015, on page B-4)
      Filipino fishermen and coastal communities have been introduced to an innovative inclusive business model that tackles the environmental problem of discarded fishing nets while providing a source of supplemental income to ...

    • The Netherlands can help clean up Manila Bay 

      Avila, Bobit S. (The Philippine Star, October 11, 2018, on page 9-12)
      Actually one of the things that all the communities living around Manila Bay can do is come up with a Garbage Trap at the mouth of all the rivers and creeks facing the Manila Bay. Of course the best way to clean up Manila ...

    • New aquaculture publications 

      (The Philippine Star, October 1, 2000, on page 28)
      The government-hosted, Tigbauan, Iloilo-based Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center-Aquaculture Department (SEAFDEC AQD) recently launched new publications on the culture of grouper (lapu-lapu), mudcrab (alimango), ...

    • New book highlights bangus fry production in ponds 

      Fernandez, Rudy A. (The Philippine Star, February 10, 2002, on page 30)
      It’s now easier for milkfish growers to manage bangus broodstock (breeders) and produce fry in tanks and ponds. Information about these processes is made available by a manual titled "Milkfish Broodstock Management and Fry ...