Browsing The Philippine Star by Title

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    • La Union placed under state of calamity due to oil spill 

      Elias, Jun (The Philippine Star, March 4, 2013, on page A-28)
      The provincial board of La Union, upon the request of Gov. Manuel Ortega, has approved a resolution placing the province under a state of calamity due to the oil spill. Vice Gov. Aureo Nisce told The STAR that provincial ...

    • Laguna de Bay fish pens to be dismantled 

      Villanueva, Rhodina (The Philippine Star, December 17, 2016, on page 17)
      Fish pens in Laguna de Bay will be dismantled starting next month, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has announced. “We will clean Laguna Lake by destroying fish pens, but we will pay attention to ...

    • Laguna Lake clearing operations in full swing 

      Simeon, Louise Maureen (The Philippine Star, April 2, 2017, on page B2)
      Clearing and dismantling operation at the Laguna Lake will get into full swing starting this month, as the government aims to finish it in time for President Duterte’s second State of the Nation Address. The Laguna Lake ...

    • Laguna Lake Development Authority, WQMA Board Resolution No. 03, Series of 2021 

      Laguna Lake Development Authority (LLDA) (The Philippine Star, October 5, 2021, on page 4)
      A resolution approving the proposed governing rules for the operationalization of the Laguna de Bay Region Water Quality Management Area (LDBR-WQMA) and its Area Water Quality Management Fund (AWQMF).

    • Laguna Lake ecotourism program can follow Loboc Liver model 

      Ronda, Rainier Allan (The Philippine Star, November 24, 2016, on page B-10)
      The showcase ecological tourism being done in Loboc River in Bohol province can be a model for a similar ecotourism program for Laguna Lake, a University of the Philippines-Los Baños researcher-scientist said.“Real ecotourism, ...

    • Laguna Lake rehab project not just about dredging' 

      Punongbayan, Michael (The Philippine Star, September 15, 2010, on page A-30)
      The Laguna Lake Rehabilitation Project is not just about dredging and cleanup, an umbrella group of different people’s organizations stressed yesterday. Pamana Lawa, representing residents of the province who stand to ...

    • Laguna’s 7 Crater Lakes proclaimed world’s most threatened 

      (The Philippine Star, February 3, 2014, on page 1-4)
      The Philippines Seven Crater Lakes in San Pablo City, Laguna have been chosen as the "Threatened Lakes of the Year 2014" by the Germany-based environmental group Global Nature Fund (GNF). In commemoration of World Wetlands ...

    • Lanao 

      Fernandez, Rudy A. (The Philippine Star, July 30, 2000, on page 14)
      A government center in Lala, Lanao del Norte had been chosen as demonstration site for environment-friendly shrimp culture technologies. This is stipulated in a memorandum of agreement signed between the Department of ...

    • Lanao town offers agri-tourism attraction 

      (The Philippine Star, February 10, 2013, on page B-4)
      Agriculture-oriented tourists and students will soon find a new haven in the pastoral town of Kapatagan, Lanao del Norte which recently rolled out its agriculture-based tourism program. Launched at the Kahumayan Festival, ...

    • Landbank extends P1-B loan to small farmers, fisherfolk 

      Simeon, Louise Maureen (The Philippine Star, September 2, 2016, on page B-9-B-10)
      State-owned Land Bank of the Philippines is extending P1 billion in loans to farmers, fisherfolk and small enterprises as it pushes for improved financial inclusion. Landbank announced a new loan facility called Empowering ...

    • Lapu lapu 

      Chanco, Boo (The Philippine Star, December 2, 1998, on page 29)
      While President Erap and his several bus and car loads of entourage had breakfast at a seaside seafood restaurant last Sunday, I joined Sen Serge Osmeña III who visited SEAFDEC, the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development ...

    • Large drop in RP seaweed output seen 

      Go, Marianne V. (The Philippine Star, March 11, 2010, on page B-10)
      Philippine seaweed production is expected to drop by 28.6 percent to 50,000 metric tons from last year’s 70,000 MT due to the prevailing El Niño weather phenomenon, driving up further the price of seaweeds and exerting ...

    • Las Piñas-Zapote River Drive to ease traffic, flooding in south of Metro Manila 

      (The Philippine Star, February 15, 2021, on page 2)
      With the completion of the 25-kilometer Las Piñas-Zapote River Drive, Sen. Cynthia Villar is expecting a significant reduction in the volume of vehicles plying Alabang-Zapote road, a major thoroughfare in the South. Metro ...

    • Last sardine cans packed in US 

      Associated Press (AP) (The Philippine Star, April 16, 2010, on page A-30)
      The intensely fishy smell of herring has been the smell of money for generations of workers in Maine who have snipped, sliced and packed the small, silvery fish into billions of cans of sardines on their way to Americans' ...

    • Law lets China gunboats fire at ships in SCS 

      Bondoc, Jarius (The Philippine Star, November 11, 2020, on page 7)
      A new law is to permit China’s coast guards to fire at vessels within its “jurisdictional waters”. This steps up Beijing’s aggression in the South China Sea. The law bolsters China’s bullying. “Jurisdictional waters” ...

    • Lawmaker calls for probe on fish crackdown in markets 

      Crisostomo, Sheila; Romero, Paolo (The Philippine Star, November 30, 2022, on page 2)
      A senior lawmaker yesterday filed a resolution seeking a House probe on the crackdown initiated by the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) on vendors in local wet markets found selling imported fish such as ...

    • Lawmaker warns Duterte of China's debt trap diplomacy 

      Porcalla, Delon; Romero, Paolo (The Philippine Star, May 9, 2018, on page 2)
      An opposition member of the House of Representatives yesterday warned of the possibility that the Philippines would be falling into China's "debt trap diplomacy," following President Duterte's friendly policy towards the ...

    • Leila wants Senate inquiry on harassment of fishermen 

      Sy, Marvin (The Philippine Star, June 24, 2018, on page 7)
      Sen. Leila de Lima wants a Senate inquiry into the harassment of Filipino fishermen by members of the Chinese coast guard at the Panatag Shoal. De Lima said there is a need for the administration to enforce mechanisms that ...

    • Leni backs DFA on non-binding fishing agreement 

      Flores, Helen (The Philippine Star, July 8, 2019, on page 9)
      Vice President Leni Robredo backed yesterday Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr.’s position that the verbal fishing agreement between President Duterte and Chinese President Xi Jinping is not legally binding. ...

    • Leni, senators call for probe on Recto Bank incident 

      Mateo, Janvic; Diaz, Jess; Felipe, Cecille Suerte (The Philippine Star, June 14, 2019, on page 9)
      Vice President Leni Robredo has expressed support for calls to investigate and seek accountability over the sinking of a Filipino fishing boat hit by a Chinese vessel in Recto Bank in Palawan on Sunday. “I fully support ...