Browsing The Philippine Star by Author "Cariaso, Bella"

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    • 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 ...

    • Gov't mulls environment case vs China over corals 

      Galvez, Daphne; Cariaso, Bella; Felipe, Cecille Suerte; Lee-Brago, Pia (The Philippine Star, September 21, 2023, on page 1-4)
      The Philippines is considering filing a new complaint against China before an international tribunal following the reported harvesting and destruction of corals in the disputed West Philippine Sea. Solicitor General Menardo ...

    • Oil spill: 5,185 hectares of marine habitat affected 

      Cariaso, Bella; Crisostomo, Sheila (The Philippine Star, March 30, 2023, on page 8)
      The oil spill from the sunken MT Princess Empress has affected up to 5,185 hectares of corals, seagrass and mangroves in Oriental Mindoro and Western Visayas. In a situational report released yesterday, the Department of ...

    • PCG: Collision an accident, not deliberate ramming 

      Ong, Ghio; Cariaso, Bella (The Philippine Star, October 6, 2023, on page 4)
      The ramming of a suspected foreign crude oil tanker on a fishing boat that killed three Filipino fishermen was an accident, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) declared yesterday. “As far as the initial information we have ...

    • Penalty for water pollution hiked 

      Cariaso, Bella (The Philippine Star, April 9, 2024, on page 8)
      The Laguna Lake Development Authority (LLDA) has increased the penalty imposed on companies found polluting Laguna de Bay from P10,000 to P11,000 daily. In Board Resolution 643 dated Oct. 17, 2023, the LLDA cited BR 404 ...

    • Reclamation off Manila Bay continues – group 

      Cariaso, Bella (The Philippine Star, October 9, 2023, on page 1-3)
      Two months after President Marcos announced the suspension of all reclamation projects in Manila Bay, fishermen witnessed a dredging vessel closely passing their boat off Cavite on Saturday night, fishers’ group Pambansang ...