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                    [Title] => Artificial reefs eyed to boost Pangasinan town’s fish production
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The municipal agriculture office here will install artificial reefs made of concrete and iron bars in the waters off Barangay Buenlag to encourage fish to stay and spawn.

[DatePublished] => 2015-03-31 10:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096897 [AuthorName] => Eva Visperas [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/nation/20150401/Artificial-Reef-1.jpg ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1384068 [Title] => EDITORIAL - Reef recovery [Summary] =>

Nearly two years after a US Navy minesweeper ran aground on Tubbataha Reef, the Department of Foreign Affairs said Washington has agreed to pay the Philippines P87 million in compensation for damaging more than 2,000 square meters of the marine sanctuary.

[DatePublished] => 2014-10-25 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/opinion/20141025/startoon.gif ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1337445 [Title] => Feature: UN, NGOs seek to ease pressure on coral reefs [Summary] =>

While patrolling the seas around the clock and chasing down errant fishermen are ideal interventions to preserve marine resources such as coral reefs, the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) believes that simply changing the way people do business or their habits when they go on vacation would also boost the efforts.

[DatePublished] => 2014-06-21 19:00:39 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1336450 [Title] => The faces of the rule of law [Summary] =>

Now that the PDAF plunder and graft cases have been officially filed, it is time to start watching the actions of the Sandiganbayan justices assigned to try the accused plunderers.

[DatePublished] => 2014-06-19 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133740 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1302661 [AuthorName] => Elfren S. Cruz [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1329408 [Title] => Gov't deploy monitoring system for coral reef conservation [Summary] =>

The government dispatched today a monitoring equipment to evaluate the health and changing status of reefs on three pilot sites, and help improve the protection of all coral reefs.

[DatePublished] => 2014-05-30 23:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 943634 [Title] => Coral reefs take center stage during Month of the Ocean [Summary] =>

The richness of the country’s coral reefs is the main focal point of the observance of the Month of the Ocean (MOO) this May, according to Environment and Natural Resources Secretary Ramon J. P. Paje.

[DatePublished] => 2013-05-19 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Agriculture [SectionUrl] => agriculture [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 939723 [Title] => Yellow sub operator may be asked to pay for coral damage [Summary] =>

The operator of the yellow submarine that reportedly crashed into a coral cover in the waters off Maribago in Lapu-Lapu City will be made to pay for the damages.

[DatePublished] => 2013-05-08 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1526426 [AuthorName] => Mitchelle L. Palaubsanon [SectionName] => Cebu News [SectionUrl] => cebu-news [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 898615 [Title] => EDITORIAL - Irreplaceable [Summary] =>

Authorities are still assessing the extent of the damage caused by a US Navy ship that ran aground in shallow waters in the Tubbataha Reefs marine park early last Thursday.

[DatePublished] => 2013-01-19 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 828386 [Title] => Foreign Comment: A World Without Coral Reefs [Summary] => It’s past time to tell the truth about the state of the world’s coral reefs, the nurseries of tropical coastal fish stocks. [DatePublished] => 2012-07-16 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1708035 [AuthorName] => Roger Bradbury [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 815629 [Title] => At Apo Island in Dauin, Negros Oriental Int'l expert lauds condition of coral reefs [Summary] =>

Professor Terence Hughes of James Cook University in Australia has commended the present condition of the coral reefs at the world-renowned dive destination in Apo Island of Dauin town, Negros Oriental.

[DatePublished] => 2012-06-10 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1432257 [AuthorName] => Judy Flores Partlow [SectionName] => Freeman Region [SectionUrl] => region [URL] => ) ) )
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