Browsing The Philippine Star by Author "Macairan, Evelyn"

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    • DPWH eyes bigger machines for Manila Bay cleanup 

      Macairan, Evelyn (The Philippine Star, March 17, 2019, on page 12)
      The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) is planning to bring in larger machines to help remove deep-seated sediment from Manila Bay, an official said yesterday. “We are now encountering difficulty. The sediments ...

    • 'Drink coffee, stay awake near Tubbataha' 

      Macairan, Evelyn (The Philippine Star, June 15, 2013, on page 3)
      Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) commandant Rear Admiral Rodolfo Isorena advised yesterday the officers and crew of two ships participating in a maritime exercise in Indonesia to drink coffee and stay awake when passing through ...

    • Endangered turtle rescued off South Harbor 

      Macairan, Evelyn (The Philippine Star, March 20, 2010, on page 16)
      A juvenile Hawksbill turtle was found off the wharf of the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) headquarters at the South Harbor yesterday morning. PCG dental assistant Seaman Second Caesar Ryan Alvarez said he was smoking at the ...

    • Environmental groups undergo seminar on reef monitoring 

      Villanueva, Rhodina; Macairan, Evelyn (The Philippine Star, March 3, 2013, on page 8)
      Environmental groups underwent a workshop on coral reef monitoring processes as part of the preparation for assessment of the full extent of damage brought by the grounding of the US Navy warship in Tubbataha Reef. Seven ...

    • Fish catch down 70%; destruction of corals blamed 

      Cariaso, Bella; Macairan, Evelyn; Felipe, Cecille Suerte; Lee-Brago, Pia (The Philippine Star, September 19, 2023, on page 1-4)
      Fish catch in the West Philippine Sea has gone down by 70 percent since 2020, and further decline is expected amid reports of massive poaching of corals by the Chinese, a militant fishers’ group warned yesterday. Pambansang ...

    • Fish kill discovered near Manila Bay breakwater 

      Macairan, Evelyn; Valencia, Czeriza (The Philippine Star, February 17, 2015, on page 13)
      Oxygen depletion in the waters near the Manila Yacht Club may have caused a fish kill yesterday morning, according to the Bureau of Fisheries and Acquatic Resources (BFAR). Dozens of dead mullet fish were seen floating in ...

    • Fishing boat catches fire, sinks off Palawan 

      Macairan, Evelyn (The Philippine Star, May 17, 2023, on page 9)
      A fishing boat reportedly caught fire then sank in the waters off Cuyo Island in Palawan yesterday morning. Initial information received by the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) showed that two of the five crewmembers of the ...

    • Fishing boat with Pinoys sinks off Brunei 

      Lee-Brago, Pia; Macairan, Evelyn (The Philippine Star, August 13, 2019, on page 1-2)
      A fishing vessel carrying 11 crewmembers – including seven Filipinos – capsized off the coast of Brunei last week, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said yesterday. Citing a report of the Philippine embassy in Bandar ...

    • HK ship owner, officers charged over sea mishap 

      Macairan, Evelyn; Servallos, Neil Jayson (The Philippine Star, July 7, 2020, on page 9)
      The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) yesterday filed charges of reckless imprudence resulting in multiple homicide and damage to property against the owner and seven officers of the M/V Vienna Wood in connection with a recent ...

    • IBP seeks more time to talk to Palawan, Zambales fishermen 

      Macairan, Evelyn (The Philippine Star, July 13, 2019, on page 2)
      The Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP) yesterday asked the Supreme Court (SC) to grant them more time to confer with the fishermen from Zambales and Palawan who are their clients in the petition for a writ of kalikasan. ...

    • Illegal fish pens dismantled in Laguna de Bay 

      Macairan, Evelyn; Villanueva, Rhodina (The Philippine Star, January 27, 2017, on page A-23)
      A government task force led by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has started dismantling illegal fish pens in Laguna de Bay. The task force which is also composed of representatives of the Laguna ...

    • Local excess in Boracay mess face criminal raps 

      Macairan, Evelyn (The Philippine Star, July 21, 2018, on page 10)
      The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) has filed criminal complaints against incumbent and former local officials of Malay, Aklan in connection with the environmental crisis in Boracay. The NBI Environment Crime ...

    • Locsin to China: Get the f**k out of Phl waters 

      Lee-Brago, Pia; Punongbayan, Michael; Romero, Paolo; Talavera, Catherine; Macairan, Evelyn; Romero, Alexis (The Philippine Star, May 4, 2021, on page 3)
      Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. yesterday told China to “get the f*** out” of Philippine waters as he filed two more diplomatic protests over the “incessant, illegal” presence of its fishing boats in the West ...

    • 'Manila beach' defended amid uproar 

      Valenzuela, Rhodina; Crisostomo, Sheila; Romero, Alexis; Galupo, Rey; Macairan, Evelyn; Romero, Paolo; Felipe, Cecille Suerte (The Philippine Star, September 8, 2020, on page 8)
      Days after the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) started dumping artificial white sand in Manila Bay, the Department of Health (DOH) yesterday warned the public of health risks due to exposure to crushed ...

    • Massive oil spill hits Manila Bay 

      Ozaeta, Arnel; Macairan, Evelyn; Gatdula, Donnabelle; Felipe, Cecille Suerte; Crisostomo, Sheila; Amoroso, Ed (The Philippine Star, August 10, 2013, on page 1-6)
      A huge oil spill shut down parts of Metro Manila's vital fishing industry yesterday, jeopardizing the livelihoods of tens of thousands of people living along Manila Bay's diesel coated coast. Dead fish floated on the water ...

    • 'Multilateral approach needed vs China tactics' 

      Lee-Brago, Pia; Porcalla, Delon; Cervantes, Ding; Macairan, Evelyn; Villanueva, Rhodina (The Philippine Star, June 14, 2019, on page 1-8)
      The government should now consider a “multilateral approach” to dealing with China’s “bullying” at sea, underlined on Sunday by the sinking of a Filipino fishing boat by a Chinese vessel, which hurriedly sailed away without ...

    • 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 ...

    • New PCG ship to patrol Phl Rise 

      Macairan, Evelyn (The Philippine Star, February 24, 2018, on page 1-6)
      The latest ship of the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) that is expected to arrive from Japan on Thursday would immediately be sent to conduct patrols in the Philippine Rise to ensure that the country’s rich marine resources ...

    • No Phl territory lost under Duterte — Cayetano 

      Mateo, Janvic; Macairan, Evelyn; Punongbayan, Michael; Laude, Jaime (The Philippine Star, June 3, 2018, on page 3)
      The Philippines has not lost any part of its territory in the West Philippine Sea under the Duterte administration, Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano insisted amid criticisms of the government’s supposed silence ...

    • 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 ...