Browsing The Philippine Star by Subject "marine pollution"

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    • China, Asean sign 10-year pact on marine protection 

      Mateo, Janvic (The Philippine Star, November 19, 2017, on page 9)
      China has agreed to work with its Southeast Asian neighbors to protect marine and coastal biodiversity in the South China Sea. The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) recently released a copy of the declaration on a 10-year ...

    • Commentary: Save our seas 

      Claparols, Antonio (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 ...

    • Firm working in local communities wins state dep't award 

      Lee-Brago, Pia (The Philippine Star, January 5, 2017, on page B-6)
      A Georgia-based manufacturer of modular carpet tiles and flooring, working to decrease marine pollution in coastal areas of the Philippines while improving local communities, will receive the 2016 Secretary of State’s Award ...

    • Forum pushes for cooperation for sustainable future of seas of East Asia 

      (The Philippine Star, May 24, 2018, on page 3-14)
      The 2018 Ministerial Declaration reaffirms commitments previously made in previous Ministerial Forums such as: (Putrajaya, Malaysia 2003) working towards sustainable development of the region’s coasts and oceans under the ...

    • Gov't should enforce law on reclamation - Oceana 

      Villanueva, Rhodina (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 ...

    • House OKs 3 bills protecting Phl territorial waters 

      Romero, Paolo (The Philippine Star, June 13, 2015, on page 7)
      The House of Representatives has passed three measures aimed at protecting the country's territorial waters and marine resources, Feliciano Belmonte Jr. announced before the chamber adjourned on Wednesday. Approved were ...

    • Letting the oceans breathe 

      Digay, Star (The Philippine Star, May 16, 2017, on page 6)
      Plastic pollution has been eating our waters because of our irresponsible garbage disposal and lack of waste management. Last May 12, a ‘dead whale’ visited the shores of Naic, Cavite. The giant marine creature was spilling ...

    • LGUs, Oceana beef up monitoring of municipal waters 

      (The Philippine Star, March 15, 2020, on page B4)
      International non-government organization Oceana and the League of Municipalities of the Philippines (LMP) have agreed to further strengthen the monitoring of municipal waters and protect them from illegal fishing. Oceana ...

    • Locsin questions list of ocean-polluting countries 

      Lee-Brago, Pia (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 ...

    • Manufacturers urged to help protect seas, freshwater areas 

      Romero, Paolo (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 ...

    • Marine plastic pollution poses threat to food security – Oceana 

      Talavera, Catherine (The Philippine Star, July 13, 2021, on page B6)
      Marine conservation group Oceana Philippines is urging the country to act against marine plastic pollution due to its potential threats to the country’s food security. In a statement, Oceana vice president Gloria Estenzo ...

    • Saving the oceans 

      Gamboa, Rey (The Philippine Star, June 21, 2018, on page B8-B9)
      Our oceans are in crisis. Plastic waste dumped in our waterways and spilling out into the oceans was estimated at eight million tons last year. That’s equivalent to a dump truck full of water bottles, nappies, and other ...

    • US awards P20-M grants for Manila Bay rehab 

      Lee-Brago, Pia (The Philippine Star, July 12, 2019, on page 14)
      The United States has awarded two grants totalling P20 million to two local groups to reduce marine plastic pollution and support the rehabilitation of Manila Bay. The grants – given to Ecological Waste Coalition of the ...