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    • Taal damage to agri hits P3.2 B 

      Simeon, Louise Maureen (The Philippine Star, January 20, 2020, on page 14)
      The amount of damage and losses to agriculture caused by Taal Volcano continuing activity has ballooned to P3.17 billion, the Department of Agriculture (DA) reported over the weekend. The fishery sector was hardest hit, ...

    • Taal fish feeding resumes as water quality improves 

      Simeon, Louise Maureen (The Philippine Star, February 9, 2019, on page B5)
      Fish cage operators can now resume feeding their fish stocks in Taal Lake after tests showed improvements in the quality of water. Agriculture Secretary William Dar said tests conducted by the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic ...

    • Taal fisheries recover, can again feed Luzon 

      Bondoc, Jarius (The Philippine Star, March 20, 2020, on page 9)
      Most Mega Manilans do not know that their preferred tasty dark tilapia comes from Taal Lake. Taal tilapia are raised in floating pens, 10 by 10 square meters, five meters deep. Escapees before and during the Taal volcanic ...

    • Taal Volcano eruption agri damage hits P578 M 

      Simeon, Louise Maureen (The Philippine Star, January 15, 2020, on page 12)
      Damage to agriculture due to the eruption of Taal Volcano has reached P578 million. The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) said it would prepare seven million tilapia fingerlings, 20,000 ulang, 50,000 mudfish, ...

    • Taganito Mining to give free diving to recruit environment warriors 

      (The Philippine Star, August 17, 2020, on page B3)
      Taganito Mining Corp. (TMC) launches 'DiSCUBA', a program that aims to get more people in the mining community of Claver and adjacent towns in Surigao del Norte to experience and appreciate diving. Diving has been considered ...

    • Tailings spill reported in Compostela mine site 

      Valencia, Czeriza (The Philippine Star, February 13, 2014, on page A-21)
      The Maco gold-silver mine of listed Apex Mining Co. Inc. in Compostela Valley has suffered a tailings spill, the company disclosed yesterday. In a regulatory filing, Apex Mining said tailings leaked from the Lumanggang ...

    • Taiwan holds rescue exercise in disputed seas 

      Associated Press (AP) (The Philippine Star, November 30, 2016, on page 6)
      Taiwan held a search-and-rescue exercise in the South China Sea yesterday as part of efforts to cement its hold over a key island in the strategically vital sea. Eight vessels and three aircraft took part in the drill ...

    • Taiwan's peace call on claimants of disputed territories welcomed 

      Katigbak, Jose; Lee-Brago, Pia (The Philippine Star, May 28, 2015, on page 2)
      The US on Tuesday welcomed Taiwan’s call on all claimants to disputed shoals, reefs, rocks and islets in the South China Sea and West Philippine Sea to exercise restraint, refrain from unilateral actions that could escalate ...

    • Talking about pollution: Plastic is very much on our menu 

      Kricke, Gordon (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. ...

    • Talks with China over sea row urged 

      Christina, Mendez; Romero, Paolo (The Philippine Star, May 26, 2015, on page 1-2)
      The Philippines should engage China in bilateral talks in its efforts to maintain peace and order at the disputed West Philippine Sea, Sen. Francis Escudero said yesterday. Escudero supports the government’s move to bring ...

    • Tanker spill in East China Sea stirs environmental fears 

      New York Times News Service (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 ...

    • Tañada to carry on elders' fight for farmers, fisherfolk 

      Flores, Helen; Bayoran, Gilbert (The Philippine Star, March 14, 2019, on page 1-6)
      Former Quezon Representative Lorenzo “Erin” Tañada III has vowed to continue his family’s fight for the rights and welfare of the country’s farmers and fisherfolk if elected to the Senate. Tañada said he is banking on his ...

    • Tañon Strait protection to be strengthened to ensure fisheries sustainability 

      Simeon, Louise Maureen (The Philippine Star, December 25, 2017, on page B10)
      The government is strengthening protection efforts at the Tañon Strait, the country’s biggest marine protected area, to ensure sea safety and fisheries sustainability. The Department of Agriculture-Bureau of Fisheries and ...

    • Task force: Boracay rehab on track 

      Simeon, Louise Maureen (The Philippine Star, January 1, 2021, on page 12)
      The Boracay Inter-Agency Task Force (BIATF) has given assurance that it is on track to meet its target for the full rehabilitation of Boracay by May 2021. In its yearend report, the BIATF said the number of structures found ...

    • Tech startup develops 3D geospatial mapping of marine areas 

      Ronda, Rainier Allan (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, ...

    • Technology will help clean up our seas 

      Avila, Bobit S. (The Philippine Star, October 23, 2018, on page 9)
      Apparently there’s a group that calls themselves a “Plastic Bank.” It plans to create a currency for the world’s poor using plastic trash as its main product. As their story goes, “The company, formed in 2013, pays people ...

    • Teen drowns as boat capsizes in Isabela 

      Elias, Jun; Bayoran, Gilbert (The Philippine Star, December 13, 2022, on page 12)
      A 14-year-old girl drowned when a motorboat capsized in Ilagan City, Isabela yesterday morning. The boat with several passengers on board was crossing a river in Barangay Cabisera when it was battered by strong winds and ...

    • Teo to explain Boracay rehab in Argentina 

      Talavera, Catherine (The Philippine Star, April 16, 2018, on page 1-8)
      Department of Tourism (DOT) Assistant Secretary and spokesperson Frederick Alegre told The STAR that Teo was set to fly to Buenos Aires yesterday for the 2018 Global Summit of the World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC). ...

    • Territorial greed 

      (The Philippine Star, March 21, 2014, on page 16)
      It must be good to wake up one day, look at the vast expanse of ocean around your land, and decide that all the waters as far as the eye can see are yours. That's what Beijing is doing in the sea to its south that needs ...