Browsing by Place "Eastern Visayas"

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    • 1,500 mangroves planted in Leganes 

      Sornito, Ime (Panay News, December 10, 2022, on page 2)
      Around 1,500 mangrove seedlings were planted by the Regional Finance Service Office (RFSO) of the Police Regional Office 6 at the Leganes Integrated Katunggan Ecopark (LIKE) in Barangay Nabitasan, Leganes town on Friday ...

    • ₱1-B mangrove rehab project to benefit E. Visayas 

      Cayubit, Restituto A. (Manila Bulletin, March 14, 2014, on page 17)
      The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) is undertaking a massive mangrove rehabilitation project estimated at a cost P1 billion that will benefit Eastern Visayas and other super-typhoon Yolanda hit areas ...

    • $55M pledged for fisherfolk, poor farmers 

      (Malaya, December 7, 2015, on page A3)
      The Department of Agriculture (DA) reported the International Fun for Agricultural Development (IFAD) of the United Nations pledges $ 55 million for two projects that will start next year that aim to help fisherfolk and ...

    • 6 bodies from Samar boat blast retrieved 

      Recuerdo, Elmer (Daily Tribune, August 28, 2022, on page B14)
      Retrieval teams found four more human remains off Tarangnan waters in Samar bringing to six the total number of dead bodies from the boat that exploded during a recent sea encounter between government troops and a group ...

    • Agri output rebounds 

      Macapagal, Jed (Malaya, May 16, 2017, on page A1-A4)
      Agriculture output grew 5.28 percent in the first quarter compared with a year ago, rebounding from a contraction in the previous quarter largely due to good weather, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) said yesterday. ...

    • Agri-fisheries survey 

      Philippine Information Agency (PIA) (Manila Bulletin, February 24, 2013, on page 17)
      The National Statistics Office in Eastern Visayashas hired 3,704 enumerators and 1,814 team supervisors for the 2012 Census of Agriculture and Fisheries which starts February 25 until April 13. The hire staff will augment ...

    • Agriculture output surges 2.87% in Q3 

      Gomez, Eireene Jairee (The Manila Times, November 7, 2019, on page B2)
      The country’s agricultural production increased by 2.87 percent in the third quarter of the year, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) said on Wednesday, surpassing the government’s growth goal of 2 to 2.5 percent. ...

    • Beneficiary harvests 522 kilos of bangus 

      Cariaso, Bella (The Manila Times, August 11, 2022, on page B5)
      A Technology Business Incubation (TBI) beneficiary in Leyte harvested 522 kilos of bangus (milkfish) after a four-month culture period. TBI is part of the Department of Agriculture-National Fisheries Research and Development ...

    • BFAR bans shellfish harvesting in EVisayas 

      Philippine News Agency (The Manila Times, December 29, 2016, on page A7)
      The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) has issued stern warning against consumptions of shellfish in red tide-infested bays in Eastern Visayas after two persons died and six others were downed by poisoning ...

    • BFAR earmarks P58M for Eastern Visayas fisherfolk 

      Recuerdo, Elmer (Daily Tribune, May 22, 2023, on page B16)
      The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources has allocated P58.4 million for the livelihood projects of fisherfolk in the poorest municipalities in Eastern Visayas for this year. BFAR regional information officer Christine ...

    • Conservation NGO calls for crackdown on illegal fishing, suspension of fish imports 

      Jocson, Luisa Maria Jacinta (BusinessWorld, September 23, 2022, on page S1/5)
      The government needs to crack down on illegal fishing in municipal waters and reduce fish imports if it expects fisherfolk and marine resources to thrive, a conservation group said. “We are already feeling the pinch of a ...

    • DA to update agri-fishery machinery testing, evaluation guidelines 

      Talavera, Catherine (The Philippine Star, June 7, 2022, on page B5)
      The Department of Agriculture has formed a group to update the guidelines on the testing and evaluation of agricultural and fisheries machineries. In a special order, Agriculture Secretary William Dar ordered the creation ...

    • Eastern Visayas region targets rebound in fisheries output 

      Meniano, Sarwell (Panay News, April 23, 2015, on page S1/5)
      The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources(BFAR) is targeting the restoration of regional fishery production this year back to 2012 levels after more than a year of post-Haiyan rehabilitation activity. BFAR Regional ...

    • Larger mangrove plantation in Eastern Visayas 

      Cayubit, Restituto A. (Manila Bulletin, January 31, 2018, on page 7)
      The Department of Environment and Natural Resources regional office 8 (DENR-8) said that it has surpassed its 2017 mangrove plantation target in Eastern Visayas. According to the report released by the department in this ...

    • Leyte families hit by oil spill get aid 

      Cruz, Moises (The Manila Times, July 11, 2023, on page A9)
      The Eastern Visayas Regional Office of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has been mobilized to help families who have been affected by the oil spill at the Port of San Ricardo town in Southern Leyte. ...

    • Luzon fishers groan as fuel prices surge 

      Inquirer Bureaus (Philippine Daily Inquirer, June 23, 2022, on page A8)
      The skyrocketing prices of fuel are driving fishermen in this province out of business due to the huge expenses they incur on each fishing trip. Andy Abata, 53, a fisherman from the island village of Cabalitian here, said ...

    • More mangrove sites identified 

      Cayubit, Restituto A. (Manila Bulletin, November 21, 2016, on page 15)
      More areas in Eastern Visayas will be planted with mangroves, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources regional office said. DENR Regional Director for Eastern Visayas Leonardo Sibbaluca told reporters that ...

    • No end in sight for EV red tide 

      Locus, Sundy Mae T. (Daily Tribune, December 4, 2020, on page B15)
      Another bay was added to Eastern Visayas’ list of red tide-infected coastal areas this year, Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) said in its latest advisory. BFAR confirmed red tide toxins were found in the ...

    • Northern Samar sees tourism boost with Australian cruise ship 

      Gabieta, Joey (Philippine Daily Inquirer, November 4, 2023, on page A7)
      The islands of Biri and Capul in Northern Samar marked a tourism milestone on Wednesday after an Australian cruise ship made its port call in the province, the first such visit since the Eastern Visayas region’s inclusion ...

    • Paeng damage to agri sector hits P3.4B 

      Lagare, Jordeene (Philippine Daily Inquirer, November 9, 2022, on page A4)
      The essential farm sector continues to reel from the impact of Severe Tropical Storm “Paeng” (international name: Nalgae) as the amount of recorded losses keeps on increasing. In a report, the Department of Agriculture ...