Browsing The Philippine Star by Subject "marine debris"
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Boracay underwater cleanup: 350 kilos of trash collected
(The Philippine Star,July 10, 2021 , on page 9)Around 350 kilos of assorted garbage and marine debris have been collected during an underwater cleanup drive in Malay, Aklan. The cleanup was conducted over the weekend to mark the celebration of the 38th anniversary of ... -
Commentary: Save our seas
(The Philippine Star,February 7, 2019 , on page B6)For once, leave politics out of this issue and make the facts speak for themselves. The coral colonies in the South China Sea are the richest and most diverse in the world. Any harm that goes to the coral colonies of the ... -
DENR to probe China waste dumping in Spratlys
(The Philippine Star,July 14, 2021 , on page 3)The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has expressed deep concern over alleged reports of China’s waste dumping in the West Philippine Sea. DENR Undersecretary for solid waste management and local ... -
German envoy to speak in forum vs ocean litter
(The Philippine Star,September 6, 2017 , on page B11)Improving the productivity of fisheries and aquaculture is vital to reducing hunger and poverty for millions n the developing world. International Coastal Clean Up is the worlds largest volunteer effort to ocean and ... -
Globe pushes biodiversity conservation in Siargao
(The Philippine Star,January 4, 2019 , on page D3)Following its recent rehabilitation efforts in Boracay, Globe Telecom launched an awareness campaign on marine biodiversity conservation in Siargao Island, Surigao del Norte, considered the surfing mecca of the Philippines. ... -
Gov't should enforce law on reclamation - Oceana
(The Philippine Star,March 28, 2019 , on page B6)A conservation group last Tuesday urged the government to uphold and enforce the law in several reclamation projects submitted to the Philippine Reclamation Authority (PRA) for process. “We are alarmed by the apparent ... -
Lio Beach takes environmental awareness to the next level
(The Philippine Star,September 17, 2019 , on page B10)In addition to raising awareness for the global marine environment, this September’s International Coastal Cleanup Day at Lio Beach in El Nido, northern Palawan, has evolved into a full-scale celebration of its unique and ... -
LLDA eyes shutdown of 5 more firms
(The Philippine Star,July 3, 2018 , on page 11)The Laguna Lake Development Authority (LLDA) is investigating five firms for operating without necessary permits and violating environmental laws. LLDA general manager Jaime Medina said the five firms may be shut down after ... -
Locsin questions list of ocean-polluting countries
(The Philippine Star,July 15, 2019 , on page 2)Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. has called the inclusion of the Philippines in the list of eight countries responsible for 63.6 percent of ocean trash as “shameful” but questioned whether there are nations not ... -
Manila cleans up debris left by Florita
(The Philippine Star,August 25, 2022 , on page 8)The Manila city government’s Department of Public Services (DPS) cleaned up the debris left by Severe Tropical Storm Florita on Tuesday. Personnel of the DPS collected garbage scattered along Quirino Avenue in Barangay ... -
Manufacturers urged to help protect seas, freshwater areas
(The Philippine Star,December 28, 2017 , on page B4)Sen. Cynthia Villar has renewed her call to the public to help protect and maintain the cleanliness of the country's seas and freshwater areas, which are sources of food and other resources. Villar, who chairs the Senate ... -
'Oceans fitter without our litter' launched
(The Philippine Star,October 24, 2019 , on page B9)Citing figures from the United Nations Environment Program, biodiversity experts said that worldwide, one million seabirds and over 100,000 marine animals die from plastic pollution every year. The ASEAN Center for ... -
Palawan's El Nido under rehabilitation No total shutdown; 22 establishments closed
(The Philippine Star,November 15, 2018 , on page 1-14)After Boracay, the government has launched a rehabilitation program for another top tourist destination, the resort town of El Nido in Palawan. The rehabilitation starts with the shutdown of 22 tourism-oriented establishments ... -
PCG leads oil spill cleanup in S. Leyte
(The Philippine Star,July 11, 2023 , on page 8)The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) has collected five sacks of oily debris from the shores of San Ricardo town in Southern Leyte , where an oil spill reportedly occurred on Friday. In a statement issued yesterday, the PCG ... -
Plastic trash found littering Mariana Trench in submarine dive
(The Philippine Star,May 15, 2019 , on page 19)On the deepest dive ever made by a human inside a submarine, a Texas investor and explorer found something he could have found in the gutter of nearly any street in the world: trash. Victor Vescovo, a retired naval officer, ... -
Protecting the oceans: Chile’s approach
(The Philippine Star,November 8, 2018 , on page 8)Chile is an ocean country with one of the Planet's largest Exclusive Economic Zones and a coastline measuring over 6,400 kilometers. As a fundamental part of Chile's development, the ocean thus offers many opportunities ... -
Red Planet, 4Ocean clean up Manila Bay
(The Philippine Star,January 4, 2019 , on page D3)Red Planet Hotels and 4Ocean joined forces recently to clear Manila Bay of 300 kilos of trash in the first of their joint clean-up efforts since forming a partnership last month. Red Planet is the first hotel chain to ... -
Rescued Thai baby dugong killed by ocean plastic
(The Philippine Star,August 18, 2019 , on page 14)An orphaned baby dugong rescued in Thailand earlier this year died yesterday due to pieces of plastic clogging her digestive system, according to authorities. The dugong, whom Thais had fondly taken to calling Marium, ... -
Shore it Up!: A decade of seas, coastal clean-up pays off, thanks to Shore it Up!
(The Philippine Star,March 18, 2018 , on page 15)Every year thousands of tons of garbage end up in our oceans, 60% of which plastic materials. Studies show that plastics decompose longest among common debris items in the ocean. Over 45, 000 pieces of plastic litter every ... -
Talking about pollution: Plastic is very much on our menu
(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. ...