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    • Obama presses China on sea row 

      (The Philippine Star, September 5, 2016, on page 10)
      U.S. President Barack Obama pressed his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping on Saturday on territorial disputes in the South China Sea, urging Beijing to uphold its legal obligations and stressing the United States’ commitments ...

    • Obama talks tough on oil spill 

      Associated Press (AP) (The Philippine Star, June 9, 2010, on page A-28)
      President Barack Obama says his talks with Gulf fishermen and oil spill experts are not an academic exercise. It’s “so I know whose ass to kick.” One target for the presidential foot- Tony Hayward, the embattled chief ...

    • Obama: China must abide by ruling on sea row 

      (The Philippine Star, September 9, 2016, on page 8)
      US President Barack Obama warned yesterday an international tribunal’s ruling that China’s sweeping claims to the South China Sea had no legal basis was “binding,” after Beijing vowed to ignore the verdict. “The landmark ...

    • Ocean conference calls for action to reverse human damage. 

      Lee-Brago, Pia (The Philippine Star, June 8, 2017, on page B4)
      In the run-up to World Ocean Day today, the United Nations Ocean Conference opened earlier this week with calls for united global action to reverse human damage. At the opening Monday of the international conference on the ...

    • Oceana holds media forum on Manila Bay 

      (The Philippine Star, October 23, 2019, on page C8)
      Oceana Philippines, an international ocean conservation advocacy group, recently held a media forum at the Manila Yacht Club entitled “A Horizon of Heritage: Culture, Heritage and Wildlife in Manila Bay”. Amidst the ...

    • Oceana lauds BFAR’s declaration of fisheries management areas 

      (The Philippine Star, February 10, 2019, on page B4)
      Oceana Philippines has welcomed the move of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) to declare the country’s major fishing grounds as fisheries management areas (FMAs) as it cited the need for proper conservation. ...

    • Oceana opposes plan to import more galunggong 

      (The Philippine Star, January 27, 2019, on page B4)
      Oceana Philippines is opposing the proposal of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources to allow more fish imports, particularly roundscad or galunggong, into the country. Bringing in more fish could affect the ...

    • Oceana sues gov't over vessel monitoring system 

      Simeon, Louise Maureen (The Philippine Star, October 21, 2018, on page B4)
      Oceana Philippines is set to sue the government for failure to install vessel monitoring for all commercial fishing vessels. The company said it would proceed with its plan to file a continuing mandamus against the Department ...

    • Oceanographic instrument found near Panatag 

      Sison, Bebot Jr (The Philippine Star, November 14, 2016, on page 7)
      Fishermen from this town found an oceanographic instrument – a device for measuring seawater properties –with the mark “National Oceanographic Office, USA,” while fishing near the disputed Scarborough or Panatag Shoal in ...

    • 'Oceans fitter without our litter' launched 

      Villanueva, Rhodina (The Philippine Star, October 24, 2019, on page B9)
      Citing figures from the United Nations Environment Program, biodiversity experts said that worldwide, one million seabirds and over 100,000 marine animals die from plastic pollution every year. The ASEAN Center for ...

    • Oceans under threat 

      Kricke, Gordon (The Philippine Star, April 4, 2019, on page 11)
      The oceans are still full of life, but they are also sick and it is getting worse every year. Climate change and increasing acidification are contributing to the destruction of corrals reefs in tropical waters all over the ...

    • Offering and deity 

      Gayosa, Aleth (The Philippine Star, April 5, 2010, on page E-4)
      On a rare occasion, a scientist and an artist come together. Dr. Jurgenne Primavera and PG Zoluaga, both Iloilo-based, comprise one of the pairs of women environmentalists and male artists brought together by Norma Liongoren ...

    • Office of the Secretary, Department Circular No. 16, Series of 2020 

      (The Philippine Star, March 31, 2021, on page 4)
      Subject: National guidelines on the conduct of acceptance testing for agri-fisheries machinery.

    • Office of the Secretary, Memorandum Circular No. 30, Series of 2020 

      Department of Agriculture, Office of the Secretary (The Philippine Star, September 30, 2020, on page 6)
      Implementation of the national guidelines on the issuance of certificate of conformity to agricultural and fisheries machinery and registration and issuance of permit to operate to agricultural and fisheries machinery ...

    • Oil droplets from sunken ship reach 2 villages 

      Macairan, Evelyn (The Philippine Star, January 23, 2014, on page A-17)
      Apart from a two-kilometer oil sheen, droplets of bunker oil the size of a five-peso coin from the sunken cargo ship M/V Sportivo have reached the shorelines of at least two villages in Guimaras province, the Philippine ...

    • Oil sheen seen from sunken yacht off Tubbataha 

      Macairan, Evelyn; Ong, Ghio (The Philippine Star, May 2, 2023, on page 2)
      An oil sheen was reportedly seen coming from the dive yacht M/Y Dream Keeper that sank some four nautical miles from the Tubbataha Reefs Marine Park. Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) spokesman Rear Admiral Armand Balilo yesterday ...

    • Oil spill affects more towns in Ilocos Norte 

      Lagasca, Charlie; Molina, Teddy; Catindig, Raymund (The Philippine Star, March 5, 2013, on page A-19)
      An oil spill in the waters of Ilocos Sur and La Union has spread to three more towns in ilocos Norte. Reports yesterday said the oil spill has reached coastal villages in the towns of Currimao, Badoc and Bacarra. Arthur ...

    • Oil spill cleanup completed in 8 Cavite villages 

      Macairan, Evelyn (The Philippine Star, August 15, 2013, on page 2)
      The Coast Guard has completed cleaning the oil spill in eight barangays in Rosario town, Cavite last Tuesday. The eight barangays are Muzon 1, Muzon 2, Kanluran, Sapa 1, Sapa 2, Sapa 3, Wawa 2, and Wawa 3. Commander Armand ...

    • Oil spill from Iloilo power barge probed 

      Rendon, Jennifer (The Philippine Star, July 6, 2020, on page 12)
      A third party has been tapped to investigate an oil spill from one of the power barges of AC Energy Inc. in Iloilo City. In a statement released over the weekend, the power firm said it is investigating the spill that ...

    • Oil spill from Myanmar ship probed 

      Visperas, Eva (The Philippine Star, February 20, 2013, on page 2)
      Local government officials in this town said they will take necessary steps to address whatever damage an oil spill might cause their fishing industry after a Myanmar ship sank 14 nautical miles from the coast here Sunday. ...