Nine rangers of the Tubbataha Reef were rescued by the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) after their station was battered by intense rains and big waves in Cagayancillo, Palawan on Tuesday, Dec. 27. Photo: Western Command, AFP The rangers, who protect the country’s top coral reef, were...
The United States has expressed its support for the Philippines in its call for China to "respect international law" as the Asian giant continues to conduct alarming activities in the South China Sea, including swarming the waters. In a statement, US Department of States spokesman Ned...
The Department of National Defense (DND) expressed “great concern” on the reported massive presence of Chinese maritime militia vessels in Iroquois Reef and Sabina Shoal in the West Philippine Sea (WPS). Chinese maritine militia vessels are monitored in Sabina Shoal in this satellite image...
SYDNEY, Australia – Australia's Great Barrier Reef should be added to a list of "in danger" World Heritage sites, according to UN experts who warned the fading wonder has been "significantly impacted" by climate change. AFP PHOTO/ MANILA BULLETIN A UNESCO-tasked report said on Monday warming...
Authorities are investigating the reported explosions heard on Zamora (Subi) Reef near Pagasa (Thitu) Island in Palawan moments after a China Coast Guard (CCG) seized a suspected Chinese rocket debris from the Philippine Navy (PN). DND OIC Jose Faustino Jr. (File photo by DND) Senior Undersecretary...
SYDNEY, Australia -- Parts of Australia's beleaguered Great Barrier Reef now have the highest levels of coral cover seen in decades, a government report said Thursday, suggesting the aquatic wonder could survive given the chance. Portions of the vast UNESCO heritage site showed a marked increase in...
The Philippines has protested the return of over 100 Chinese vessels "illegally operating" in and around Julian Felipe Reef on April 4, barely a year after the same swarming incident took place. Chinese vessels seen swarming in Julian Felipe Reef (Photo courtesy of the PCG via DFA) This was...
CANBERRA, Australia -- Coral bleaching in Australia's iconic Great Barrier Reef has been linked to a "marine heatwave". In a report published late on Tuesday, government scientists found that coral bleaching affected 91 percent of 719 reefs assessed along the Great Barrier Reef over the summer of...
SYDNEY, Australia -- Australia's Great Barrier Reef is suffering a "mass bleaching event" as coral comes under heat stress from warmer seas, reef authorities said Friday. An aerial survey showed coral bleaching at multiple reefs, "confirming a mass bleaching event, the fourth since 2016," said a...
Our coral reef-themed exhibition is a deep dive into the core of what it’s like being a Filipino FILIPINO WAVE The façade of the coral reef-themed Philippine Pavilion at the Dubai Expo At the Mangrove Café, for which a new generation of chefs has curated a Filipino menu for the visitors of the...
Fishers' group Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (Pamalakaya) called out China's “rampant plunder and destruction of marine resources" as it "adversely affect more than 600,000 Filipino fisherfolks" during a protest in Makati City on Thursday, Nov. 24. (Photo from Pamalakaya...
President Duterte raised the issues of coral reef protection and illegal fishing during the Association of Southeast Asian Nations' (ASEAN) dialogue with China on Tuesday, Oct. 26. President Rodrigo Duterte (Malacañang photo) "We hark back to the Philippines' ASEAN Chairmanship in 2017 where we...
