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    • Magsaysay town fights for sea turtles' survival 

      Gorit, Gerry Lee (The Philippine Star, July 25, 2019, on page B4)
      A study by the Australian Academy of Science indicates the world is heating up, and the increasing concentrations of greenhouse gases, such as CO2, in the Earth’s atmosphere are causing the planet’s climate system to retain ...

    • Make ban on certain imported fish permanent - Pamalakaya 

      Rivera, Danessa (The Philippine Star, December 17, 2022, on page 2)
      A fisher group is asking government to make permanent the ban on certain imported fish in local wet markets. Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (Pamalakaya) said the Department of Agriculture (DA) and ...

    • Make way for 'Hipon 911' ambulance for white shrimps 

      Visperas, Eva (The Philippine Star, September 4, 2008, on page A-20)
      Make way for “Hipon 911,” an ambulance basically for white shrimps called Penaeus vannamei. A first in the country, the Hipon 911 has a licensed veterinarian and four other personnel of the Department of Agriculture and ...

    • Make West Philippine Sea a peace park — earth lawyer 

      Bondoc, Jarius (The Philippine Star, July 6, 2018, on page 11)
      China is destroying Philippine coral reefs, a world-renowned Filipino environment lawyer laments. Spawning grounds for the world’s fish need saving. The powerful neighbor must answer for the ruin, says UN-honored ...

    • Making China pay for its crimes 

      del Rosario, Albert (The Philippine Star, July 18, 2020, on page 7)
      Four years ago or last July 12, 2016, as firm believers in the Rule of Law, Filipinos sought justice against the continuing abuses of China in the West Philippine Sea through the Arbitral Tribunal Award won in The Hague. ...

    • Man dies after shark attack off Cape Cod 

      Associated Press (AP) (The Philippine Star, September 17, 2018, on page 17)
      A man was bitten by a shark Saturday in the water off a Cape Cod beach and died later at a hospital, becoming the state’s first shark attack fatality in more than 80 years. The 26-year-old man from Revere succumbed to his ...

    • A man named Omar 

      Nepomuceno, Omar (The Philippine Star, May 2, 2010, on page N-3)
      God equips His children with specific talents and abilities in order to pursue their purpose in life. It is therefore no coincidence that Omar Nepomuceno was born in the seaside town of Donsol, Sorsogon, a blessed haven ...

    • Management framework for sardines needed 

      Talavera, Catherine (The Philippine Star, March 11, 2018, on page B5)
      The Philippine government needs to craft a national management framework to address the overfishing of sardines, a number of local fisheries experts said. University of the Philippines- Visayas scientist Wilfredo Campos ...

    • Mangrove conservation in Western Visayas 

      Dangcalan, Danny (The Philippine Star, February 17, 2014, on page A29)
      Two environment groups from London and Germany are funding mangrove conservation projects in various local government units in Western Visayas, including Negros Occidental. These groups are the Zoological Society of London ...

    • Mangrove farm to turn Baseco into tourist spot 

      Clapano, Jose Rodel (The Philippine Star, November 12, 2015, on page 17)
      The Pasig River Rehabilitation Commission (PRRC) and the ABS-CBN Lingkod Kapamilya plan to set up a mangrove farm at the Baseco compound in Tondo, Manila and turn the slum area into a tourist spot. Gina Lopez, chairman of ...

    • Mangrove planting activity in Bulacan launched 

      Lazaro, Ramon Efren (The Philippine Star, July 30, 2020, on page 7)
      A mangrove planting activity in a 10-hectare coastal area in Hagonoy has been launched. Emelita Lingat, Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Bulacan provincial officer, said they provided technical ...

    • Mangrove protection key to survival for Senegalese community 

      (The Philippine Star, November 10, 2016, on page B-11)
      Pelicans, flamingos, monkeys and even hyenas are under threat in Senegal along with the livelihoods of the local people as thick clusters of mangroves are disappearing. And it seems that not even an ancestral spirit can ...

    • Mangroves potential lab for antibiotics 

      Ronda, Rainier Allan (The Philippine Star, February 9, 2017, on page B-9)
      Philippine mangrove ecosystems have abundant bacteria whose bioactive compounds can be used to produce powerful antibiotics, according to research conducted by the University of the Philippines in Los Baños (UPLB) and ...

    • Mangroves, fishponds, and the quest for sustainability 

      Primavera, Jurgenne H. (The Philippine Star, July 26, 2007, on page B-6-B-7)
      Aquaculture ranks as a phenomenal success story in global food production. In 1975, when I joined the SEAFDEC/AQD, aquaculture contributed 8% to the overall yield of the world's fish harvest; now it provides more than ...

    • Mangroves, fishponds, and the quest for sustainability 

      Primavera, Jurgenne H. (The Philippine Star, August 2, 2007, on page B-6-B-7)
      My earliest training was in zoology, and when I began studying the taxonomy of mangroves, I found the diversity of these habitats challenging. On a trip to the Mai Po, Hong Kong, mangroves in 1993, experts from Thailand ...

    • Manila asks BFAR: Probe bay fish kill 

      Cayabyab, Marc Jayson; Villanueva, Rhodina (The Philippine Star, September 19, 2020, on page 8)
      The city government of Manila has asked the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) to look into the fish kill in Manila Bay along the Baseco seawall in Tondo that groups blamed on the dolomite sand project, an ...

    • Manila Bay cleanup 

      Pamintuan, Ana Marie (The Philippine Star, January 16, 2019, on page 8)
      With the government now bent on cleaning up Manila Bay, perhaps the beach resorts in Cavite could be compelled to do their part in cleaning up. The owners’ cooperation could be stronger if they realize that clean waters ...

    • Manila Bay cleanup nets 3,810 tons of trash 

      Cayabyab, Marc Jayson (The Philippine Star, September 10, 2019, on page 10)
      Some 3,810 tons of garbage, water hyacinth and silt have been collected from coastlines and estuaries draining to Manila Bay since the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) launched its cleanup this year. In ...

    • Manila Bay cleanup ongoing 

      Avila, Bobit S. (The Philippine Star, January 15, 2019, on page 7)
      Over the weekend, I had fun watching the events posted on my Facebook page with no less than Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Secretary Roy Cimatu visiting the Manila Yacht Club for a look and see of ...

    • The Manila Bay crisis 

      de Guzman, Sara Soliven (The Philippine Star, February 25, 2019, on page 10)
      The recent photos taken of Manila Bay showed the beautiful sunset and happy people strolling by the bay and a few even bold enough to take a dip in the seemingly clean waters. But the real clean up hasn’t even started. ...