Ending the romance with dirty coal

Atty. Gloria Estenzo Ramos 07/27/2015

Why is the most vulnerable and poster country to climate impacts still gung-ho about coal? It defies reason and logic to build more climate-change causing coal power plants amid the indubitable fact that burning coal and other…

‘Intensify marine protection’

Marian Z. Codilla, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 07/16/2015

Environment advocates called on government to intensify efforts to ensure marine protection after 137 tons of sea  shells were seized in Olango island last week. The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) retrieved 24,468  seashells of…

Imprisonment, fines await owner, crew of seized banca

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 07/11/2015

Criminal charges await the owner and  crew members of a motorized banca that was seized in Olango Island, Lapu-Lapu City for transporting sacks of prohibited species of seashells. Jovilito Beñanel, owner of MB Josevel Joy 4, may…

China reclamation still in full blast, PH notes

AP 06/27/2015

PUERTO PRINCESA, Palawan—China is pressing ahead with the construction of artificial islands on at least two reefs that are also claimed by the Philippines in the increasingly tensed territorial dispute, Filipino officials said on Friday, despite Beijing’s…

Baduel is Toastmasters’ new president

PR 06/27/2015

LAWYER Dodong Baduel is the 50th president of Cebu Toastmasters Club. The Cebu Toastmasters Club held its 50th installation of club officers and new members for 2015-2016 yesterday at the Casino Español de Cebu. Baduel will lead…

Marine protected areas sought

Marian Z. Codilla 06/18/2015

A TOP marine biologist called on local government units (LGUs) to establish  marine protected areas (MPAs) in their coastal communities to help preserve  marine resources in their area. Speaking in a seminar “Writing for Survival: Media for…

Scientist: Reclamation projects to worsen fisheries problems

Marian Z. Codilla 06/16/2015

CORON, PALAWAN – National scientist Angel Alcala said reclamation projects would only worsen the decline of fish catch and strain the livelihood of municipal fisher folk. “Reclamation is generally bad. When you reclaim an area, you convert…

Seno to leave age-group meets

Jade S. Violeta 06/04/2015

SAYING there’s no  more challenge left for him in the age group tournaments, Jan Godfrey Seno of the University of San Carlos-BED has decided to instead join higher tournaments such as the men’s open and national open…

Mactan’s muro-ami men

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 01/23/2015

‘Cruel’  work conditions at sea;  trafficking raps  filed against boat owner, recruiter in Lapu-Lapu For two months, the seas of Palawan were his home. After boarding a commercial boat with close to a hundred other men from…

Abuse on the high seas

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 01/22/2015

Recruited from Cebu and Bohol, at least 76 enslaved fishermen rescued off southernmost tip of Palawan Authorities in Palawan on Tuesday rescued at least 76 fishermen who were allegedly forced to work without pay in commercial fishing…

A steady splash

Orly J. Cajegas 09/12/2014

Substantially eighty-five minutes of drifting, crashing, riding on waves of intimacy both high and low, “Waves” follows two estranged inter-racial lovers on the brink of seeking a second chance at being back into each other’s arms. Baron…

Sheridan’s underground river adventure promo

PR 02/07/2014

SHERIDAN Beach Resort & Spa, the premier luxury resort in Sabang Beach, Puerto Princesa City, Palawan, will hold a special book and buy promo at Level 1 Paseo Marina (between Guess and Rustan’s/Lucerne) of the Ayala Center…

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