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Therma South, Inc. (TSI), an Aboitiz Power Corporation subsidiary, recently released 67 hatchlings from the first of five sea turtle (pawikan) nests found along the shoreline of the power plant in Binugao, Toril, Davao City. TSI team members, local barangay officials, and experts from Ridge to Reef...

By Henrylito D. Tacio The Philippines – an archipelago that comprises 7,641 islands, including the triumvirate Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao – is noted for its fine white sand beaches. Tourists, either foreigners or locals, are also captivated by the exceptional marine animals teeming its...

Since its launch in 2014, the park has become home to a mangrove and coastal forest, almost 100 endemic migratory bird species, marine animals, and the critically endangered hawksbill, green sea, and olive ridley turtles. In 2017, a female pawikan (turtle), exhausted and injured from forcing her...

PAGUDPUD, Ilocos Norte – A sustainable sanctuary for endangered sea turtles has been created along the coastlines of Bangui and Pagudpud towns through an intensified Sea Turtle Pawikan Conservation Action Plan. ACEN, led by its pioneering wind farms in the province – the NorthWind and North...

The pawikan hatchery project at Sitio Remedios By Dr. Joven R. Cuanang PAWIKAN PLIGHT From left: Green sea turtle or pawikan (Giorgia Doglioni) There are ways in this world that bring people of mutual interest together. This one involves a text message from George Canlas, sometime in August 2022:...