July 14, 2021
A handout photo. A slide from Simularity’s presentation showing ships (left) and concentration of chlorophyll-a (right)on on June 17, 2021.
South China Morning Post
Satellite images show hundreds of Chinese fishing vessels anchored in disputed areas of the South China Sea are damaging coral reefs and sensitive marine ecosystems by pumping out tonnes of raw sewage, an American firm has claimed.
“When the ships don’t move, the poop piles up,” said Liz Derr, the CEO of Simularity, a firm that specialises in analysing satellite imagery and has been monitoring more than 200 Chinese fishing vessels anchored for months in Philippine- claimed waters near the Spratly Islands.
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US offers to help PH in identifying Sulu plane crash victims
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Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, July 7) The United States offered to assist the Philippines in responding to the July 4 military plane crash in Sulu, including identifying victims.
US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin III volunteered to help during a phone call with Philippine Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana, the White House said in a readout dated July 6. Secretary Austin offered his deepest condolences to the people of the Philippines and the families of those lost in this tragedy, the statement read.
The death toll has climbed to 53, the Armed Forces of the Philippines confirmed on Tuesday. Fifty soldiers were killed, while three civilians on the ground also died.
Death toll from Philippine military plane crash rises to 50, all 96 accounted for Xinhua | Updated: 2021-07-05 10:43 Bodies of the victims from the Philippines Air Force Lockheed C-130 plane crash are transported from Patikul, Sulu province, Philippines, July 4, 2021. [Photo/Agencies]
MANILA The death toll from the military plane crash in the southern Philippines has risen to 50, the defense department said on Monday.
All 96 passengers and crew in the C-130H aircraft that crashed upon landing before noon Sunday on Jolo island in Sulu province have been accounted for, the Department of National Defense said.
The department said 47 soldiers perished in the crash while 49 others were injured, adding that three civilians on the ground were also killed and four others injured.
Death toll from Philippine military plane crash rises to 50, all 96 accounted for Xinhua | Updated: 2021-07-05 10:43 Bodies of the victims from the Philippines Air Force Lockheed C-130 plane crash are transported from Patikul, Sulu province, Philippines, July 4, 2021. [Photo/Agencies]
MANILA The death toll from the military plane crash in the southern Philippines has risen to 50, the defense department said on Monday.
All 96 passengers and crew in the C-130H aircraft that crashed upon landing before noon Sunday on Jolo island in Sulu province have been accounted for, the Department of National Defense said.
The department said 47 soldiers perished in the crash while 49 others were injured, adding that three civilians on the ground were also killed and four others injured.