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BFAR grants P3.69M to boost Antique salt industry
(Panay News,January 20, 2023 , on page 6)The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) will provide P3.69 million worth of equipment to 45 individuals and a fisherfolk group to boost the salt industry in this province. BFAR-Antique provincial director ... -
BFAR: 'Enough salt in Western Visayas'
(Panay News,September 2, 2022 , on page 2)Consumers in Western Visayas should not worry. There is enough supply of salt in the region, according to Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) regional director Remia A. Aparri. She has not received any report ... -
BFAR: P100M alotted for salt production
(The Manila Times,August 30, 2022 , on page A1-A2)The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) claimed that it allotted P100 million for salt production last year. "Last year, BFAR has set in motion a P100-million Development of the Salt Industry Project (DSIP) ... -
Bill to strengthen PH salt industry gets Senate's nod
(Panay News,September 13, 2023 , on page 13)The Senate yesterday approved a bill that seeks to strengthen and revitalize the country’s salt industry. Senate Bill No. (SBN) 2243, or the Philippine Salt Industry Development Act, was approved in a plenary session with ... -
Collaboration eyed to revive PH salt industry
(The Manila Times,November 3, 2023 , on page B3)The Philippine Chamber for Agriculture and Fisheries (PCAF) urged all stakeholders and government agencies to work together to revive the local salt industry in light of the continuous decline in local salt production. ... -
COVID brings Pangasinan town's salt industry to a standstill
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,September 28, 2020 , on page A8)Warehouses storing salt harvested in the town of Dasol in Pangasinan province would have been empty by this time of the year. But since March, when the community quarantine was imposed by the government to control the ... -
DA releases implementing guidelines in bid to revive domestic salt industry
(BusinessMirror,September 16, 2022 , on page A4)The Department of Agriculture (DA) issued on Thursday the implementing guidelines of its salt industry development project that seeks to boost the country’s local production of the commodity by expanding production areas. ... -
DA seeks to stimulate demand for alternatives to bangus, tilapia
(BusinessWorld,August 31, 2022 , on page S1/4)The Department of Agriculture (DA) said it will seek to promote to consumers fish alternatives that are readily available domestically to address supply concerns. “Aside from improving the yield of agricultural inputs to ... -
DA works with private sector, Congress for salt industry dev't
(Panay News,July 17, 2023 , on page 14-15)The government is awaiting the passage of bills that would modernize the salt industry. Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) national director Demosthenes Escoto said the law needs updating. “The existing law ... -
DA, BFAR urged to revitalize salt industry in Antique
(Panay News,September 12, 2022 , on page 16-15)A member of the Provincial Board here has urged the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) and t he Department of Agriculture (DA) to revitalize the salt i ndustry i n the province. Board member Victor Condez ... -
DA-BFAR to allocate P100M to boost salt production
(DailyGuardian,September 1, 2022 , on page 7)The Department of Agriculture-Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (DA-BFAR) is setting aside P100 million worth of funds to boost salt production in the country. “Para sa taong 2022 isinusulong ng Department of ... -
Dying salt industry blamed on land conversion
(The Manila Times,October 27, 2022 , on page A2)The Philippine Association of Salt Industry Network (Philasin) on Wednesday blamed the massive conversion of agricultural lands into commercial, industrial and residential for the dying salt industry in the country. In a ... -
Health expert rejects proposal to repeal salt law
(The Manila Times,February 1, 2023 , on page A2)An endocrinologist and expert in nuclear medicine has called a proposal to repeal the law requiring the iodization of salt a "preposterous" idea. National coordinator for the Iodine Global Network Dr. Teofilo San Luis' ... -
'Idle' P100 million from BFAR released for salt production
(DailyGuardian,September 12, 2022 , on page 7)The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) has P100 million which could have been used to address the shortage in the supply of salt in the country earlier in the year, Agriculture Undersecretary Domingo Panganiban ... -
Ilocos salt industry losing its savor
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,May 16, 2021 , on page A8)Rene Aruelo, 52, was in his teens in the 1980s when he would rake mud at a fishpond in a village in La Union province facing the Lingayen Gulf. His family, like most households in their community, would troop to the pond ... -
Innovative solar dryer to benefit coastal communities
(Panay News,October 23, 2017 , on page 9)A technology-based multi-purpose solar facility in Sagay City, Negros Occidental is expected to open a new opportunity for the local resident, particularly to the fisherfolk living in the city's coastal areas. Through the ... -
The last salt farmers of Iloilo
(DailyGuardian,May 19, 2021 , on page 1-11)Unbeknownst to most of us, Iloilo is home to a traditional process of making salt. The process is unique to the country and can never be found anywhere else in the world as it is only practiced at Barangay Guibongan, Miagao, ... -
Lift up our salt industry
(Tempo,May 16, 2023 , on page 4)The saying “salt is life” holds true, not only on a personal level but also on a macro economic aspect. Salt is not just an ingredient to flavor dishes, but an important mineral that our bodies require for essential function. ... -
Ocean currents
(Panay News,March 28, 2018 , on page B2)In this article , the lesson about the ocean currents or the properties of water density due to temperature and various concentrations of salt is being discussed through an activity where materials needed are as follows: ... -
Pangasinan salt farm rehabilitation begins
(The Manila Times,June 30, 2023 , on page A9)The provincial government has begun the rehabilitation of a 473-hectare salt farm in Barangay Zaragoza here to enable it to start producing salt by November. Last week, village residents, who are beneficiaries of the ...