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- Industry brings up fisheries dep't campaign promiseGalang, Vincent Mariel P. (BusinessWorld Publishing Corporation, 2019-12-11)The fisheries industry continued its lobbying for the establishment of a Department of Fisheries, saying a dedicated Cabinet-level office will better promote the sector’s development. “Once and for all tinatawag namin ang pansin ng ating presidente, Rodrigo (R.) Duterte na ito ay isang campaign promise (we are calling the attention of our President Rodrigo R. Duterte, because this was his campaign promise),” Joseph Martin H. Borromeo, board member of the National Fisheries Research and Development Institute (NFRDI), said at a news conference Tuesday in Quezon City.
- The Manila Bay crisisde Guzman, Sara Soliven (Philippine Star Printing Co., Inc., 2019-02-24)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. Let’s not get too excited over this initial feat. There’s still a lot of work to be done. Remember Manila Bay waters is worst than Boracay.
- Duterte creates Manila Bay Task ForceGeducos, Argyll B.; Unite, Betheena (Manila Bulletin Publishing Corporation, 2019-02-22)President Duterte has ordered the creation of the Manila Bay Task Force that will expedite the rehabilitation, restoration, and conservation of the coastal and marine ecosystem of the Manila Bay. In Administrative Order No. 16 signed by Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea on February 19, the secretary of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) was designated as chair of the Task Force. The secretaries of the Interior (DILG) and Tourism (DOT) departments will serve as vice-chairpersons. The DENR is tasked to strictly enforce the Philippine Clean Water Act on the conduct of containment, removal, and clean operations, and the exercise of supervision and control on all aspects of water quality management.
- How to rehab Manila Bay- earth lawyer OposaBondoc, Jarius (Philippine Star Printing Co., Inc., 2019-01-18)Twenty years ago this month a band of law students and conscientious citizens filed an ambitious lawsuit to make the government clean up Manila Bay. At the time, Jan. 1999, people already were complaining about the stench, litter, and color of the water. For water to be swimmable, bacteria level must be no more than 100 units per cubic meter, says environment lawyer Tony Oposa. Yet Manila Bay bacteria back then was already an alarming one million units per cubic meter.
- Boracay's environmental woesAngelo, F. Allan L. (Daily Guardian Multi-Media Services, Inc., 2018-05-05)Some dimwits online and elsewhere are trying to make light of Boracay Island’s environmental problems by spewing fallacies. One hilarious fallacy or lie is that lumot or green algae that bloom in the island’s shoreline are a good indication and essential to the beach area because it is the main source of the famed white sand. What?! Any kid in elementary or high school will tell these dimwits that lumot or green algae serve as food for marine life and an indicator of ecological balance or the lack of it.
- NEDA: DU30 right to close Boracay: Army after ‘minor incidents’ – commanderSornito, Ime (Panay News, Inc., 2018-04-22)The government was right to temporarily close off Boracay to tourists, according to the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA). President Rodrigo Duterte ordered the shutdown of the island resort to pave the way for rehabilitation. He approved the recommendation of the Interior, Tourism and Environment departments to close Boracay for six months starting April 26.
- What lies beneath: exploring Benham Rise's unknown treasuresCinco, Maricar (Philippine Daily Inquirer, Inc., 2017-03-18)Benham Rise, the underwater landmass northeast of Luzon that the United Nations declared part of the Philippines’ continental shelf, has been grabbing headlines because of the presence of Chinese ships that may or may not have been given permission to do research in the area, according to conflicting claims by President Duterte, Defense chief Delfin Lorenzana, as well as Foreign Affairs officials. What remains undisputed, however, are the possible trove of mineral and gas deposits about 3,000 meters below the water’s surface that have yet to be discovered. Sometimes referred to as the Benham Plateau, the landmass, described to have a craggy or rough surface, is bigger than Luzon or almost half the size of the Philippine’s total land area. It extends eastward off the provinces of Aurora and Isabel, and the Bicol region, but has always been connected to Luzon’s landmass through the Bicol and Palanan saddles.
- Back to the 'boro'Robles, Jojo A. (Philippine Manila Standard Publishing, Inc., 2016-10-31)The “boro,” as Filipino fishermen call it, is back. And hundreds of them have happily returned to their old, rich fishing grounds, coming home with their outrigger boats groaning with the weight of their bountiful catch. “Boro” is what the subsistence fishermen from Bataan to Ilocos call Scarborough Shoal, also known by its local names of Bajo de Masinloc and Panatag. This is the outcrop of rock surrounding a shallow lagoon more than 200 kilometers from the coast of Luzon to the west, where all manner of fish spawn, live and easily get caught. The return of Filipino fishermen to Scarborough also signals the thawing of our frozen relations with the Chinese. And the best part is, there isn’t even any bilateral agreement that covers the return of the fishermen
- Fewer fishers going to PanatagMacatuno, Allan (Philippine Daily Inquirer, Inc., 2018-02-02)Fewer fishermen from the province of Zambales dare venture out into Panatag (Scarborough) Shoal, which is now being guarded by Chinese Coast Guard vessels, for fear that tension over conflicting territorial claims in the area could flare up again. The fishermen were staying away from the shoal, a rich fishing ground, despite improved relationships with China ushered in by the Duterte administration’s policy to put aside territorial disputes with China in its bid to distance itself from the United States, a longtime Philippine ally, and cozy up to the Asian giant.
- Declare Visayan Sea as marine reserve-guvs(Daily Guardian Multi-Media Services, Inc., 2016-06-02)Governors in the Visayas will ask the incoming administration to proclaim the Visayan Sea a marine reserve. According to Negros Occidental Governor Alfredo Marañon Jr., the declaration will further protect and preserve the rich fishing ground.