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                    [ArticleID] => 1401495
                    [Title] => Solon calls for inquiry on potentially oil-rich Benham Rise
                    [Summary] => 

A lawmaker is looking at the possibility of oil exploration in Benham Rise, an undersea region and extinct volcanic ridge in the Philippine continental shelf.

[DatePublished] => 2014-12-11 12:21:18 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1645031 [AuthorName] => Patricia Lourdes Viray [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/nation/20141211/benham-rise.JPG ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1375328 [Title] => Benham Rise 2: Plans A to H [Summary] =>

We identified the most experienced divers among us who would dive to the site first; we assigned who would lay out the fifty-meter long transect line along which all the fish and coral surveys would be done; and we delegated various tasks such as video documentation, still photography, fish surveys, coral identification, and sediment sampling to the other members of the team.

[DatePublished] => 2014-10-02 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135735 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1708969 [AuthorName] => Romeo M. Dizon [SectionName] => Science and Environment [SectionUrl] => science-and-environment [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1372770 [Title] => The way to Benham Rise (First of two parts) [Summary] =>

When I got a call from a former colleague last summer if I was interested to join her team in an expedition to the Benham Rise, I immediately and unwittingly said yes.

[DatePublished] => 2014-09-25 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1708969 [AuthorName] => Romeo M. Dizon [SectionName] => Science and Environment [SectionUrl] => science-and-environment [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1343523 [Title] => Trade route at Benham Rise eyed [Summary] =>

The development of a trade route at Benham Rise, off the coast of Aurora province, is being pushed by former senator Edgardo Angara to make the country more economically competitive.

[DatePublished] => 2014-07-08 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096615 [AuthorName] => Christina Mendez [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1337602 [Title] => PCG willing to include Benham Rise in routine patrol [Summary] =>

The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) is willing to include in their routine patrol Benham Rise, which was recently declared by the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) as belonging to the Philippines.

[DatePublished] => 2014-06-22 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096905 [AuthorName] => Evelyn Macairan [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1330219 [Title] => Filipinos chart new territory, collect data on Benham Rise [Summary] =>

Filipino scientists from the University of the Philippines (UP) and specialist divers from Xavier University and Ateneo de Manila University completed the first phase of exploration of Benham Rise, a new Philippine territory.

[DatePublished] => 2014-06-02 12:25:10 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1212169 [AuthorName] => Camille Diola [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => http://wpc.E0AD.edgecastcdn.net/00E0AD/images/the-philippine-star/headlines/20140602/benthic-area-benham-rise-may-2014.JPG ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1320359 [Title] => Scientists explore new Philippine territory bigger than Luzon [Summary] =>

Filipino scientists have started to conduct surveys on the potentially oil-rich Benham Rise, a largely unexplored territory larger than Luzon recently approved by the United Nations as part of the Philippines' continental shelf.

[DatePublished] => 2014-05-07 10:30:54 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1212169 [AuthorName] => Camille Diola [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/headlines/20140514/benham-rise-THUMB.JPG ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 948119 [Title] => Pamalakaya: Benham Rise infested with foreign poachers [Summary] =>

Militant group Pamalakaya on Thursday said that Benham Rise off the provinces of Aurora and Isabela, is infested with foreign poachers.

[DatePublished] => 2013-05-30 14:21:58 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1262583 [AuthorName] => Dennis Carcamo [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) ) )
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