Senators order BFAR to share vessel monitoring data as LGUs, Oceana push to protect 15-km municipal waters from commercial fishing. (Image courtesy of Oceana) MANILA, Philippines โ€” Senators are pressing the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) to explain why vessel monitoring data meant to curb illegal fishing remainsContinue Reading

Former Supreme Court associate justice Antonio Carpio urges moral reckoning as ICC hears Rodrigo Duterteโ€™s drug war case over alleged crimes against humanity. (Image by Wikimedia Creative Commons) MANILA, Philippines โ€“ย Former Supreme Court associate justice Antonio Carpio is calling for a โ€œmoral reckoningโ€ as the International Criminal Court (ICC) pressesContinue Reading

UP-MSI scientists map submarine volcanoes, unmapped Palawan faults, and identify strong OTEC potential in Philippine waters. Beneath the waves of the Sulu Sea, Celebes Sea, and southern Philippine Sea, Filipino scientists have uncovered a world of hidden volcanoes, unmapped faults, and even potential sources of clean energy. Researchers from theContinue Reading