FILE - Bleached coral is visible at the Flower Garden Banks National MarineSanctuary, off the coast of Galveston, Texas, in the Gulf of Mexico, Sept. 16, 2023. Ocean temperatures that have gone "crazy haywire" hot, especially in the Atlantic, are close to making the current global coral bleaching...
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.
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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...
House Deputy Speaker Loren Legarda on Wednesday, June 9 urged government to promote the preservation and conservation of the country's coral reefs, which she said can highly sustain the basic needs of Filipinos and provide livelihood, as well.
"Beyond aesthetics, the degradation of coral reefs...