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    • Taal damage to agri hits P3.2 B 

      Simeon, Louise Maureen (The Philippine Star, January 20, 2020, on page 14)
      The amount of damage and losses to agriculture caused by Taal Volcano continuing activity has ballooned to P3.17 billion, the Department of Agriculture (DA) reported over the weekend. The fishery sector was hardest hit, ...

    • Taal damage to agriculture hits ₱3B 

      Ocampo, Karl R. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, January 18, 2020, on page A5)
      Five days since Taal Volcano rumbled and spewed ash over nearby provinces and cities, the eruption had already damaged P3.06 billion worth of agricultural crops, fish and livestock in the provinces of Batangas, Cavite and ...

    • Taal eruption's damage to agriculture now at ₱3 B; farmers, fishers get aid 

      Tiangco, Minka Klaudia; Leyco, Chino (Manila Bulletin, January 18, 2020, on page 1-8)
      Agriculture Secretary William Dar on Friday said that the total damage to agriculture due to Taal Volcano’s eruption has risen to P3.06 billion. In a roundtable discussion with the Manila Bulletin editors and reporters on ...

    • Taal fish feeding resumes as water quality improves 

      Simeon, Louise Maureen (The Philippine Star, February 9, 2019, on page B5)
      Fish cage operators can now resume feeding their fish stocks in Taal Lake after tests showed improvements in the quality of water. Agriculture Secretary William Dar said tests conducted by the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic ...

    • Taal fisherfolk move to save catch 

      (Malaya, February 3, 2020, on page A1)
      The Taal Lake Aquaculture Inc. (TLAAI) has appealed to government authorities to give its members sufficient window hours every day to feed and harvest thousands of tons of healthy, marketable fish still in their cages. ...

    • Taal fisheries recover, can again feed Luzon 

      Bondoc, Jarius (The Philippine Star, March 20, 2020, on page 9)
      Most Mega Manilans do not know that their preferred tasty dark tilapia comes from Taal Lake. Taal tilapia are raised in floating pens, 10 by 10 square meters, five meters deep. Escapees before and during the Taal volcanic ...

    • Taal Lake fishkill seen likely owing to dry spell 

      Rayos, Joenald Medina (The Manila Times, March 12, 2010, on page A7)
      Like in other bodies of inland waters, occasional fish kill may likely occur at the famous Taal Lake this summer because of the recurrence of El Niño phenomenon and the unprecedented changing of temperature in the lake ...

    • Taal Lake recovers from fish kill - BFAR 

      Galvez, James Konstantin (The Manila Times, February 13, 2014, on page A6)
      The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) on Wednesday said it has observed significant improvement in the dissolved oxygen and water transparency of Taal Lake, nearly a month after the reported sulfur upwelling ...

    • Taal Volcano agricultural damage exceeds P3 billion, led by fisheries 

      Galang, Vincent Mariel P. (BusinessWorld, January 20, 2020, on page S1/2)
      Crop damage due to Taal’s eruption was estimated at P3.17 billion a week after the volcano started emitting ash, with the fisheries sector accounting for more than half of the total, the Department of Agriculture (DA) said. ...

    • Taal Volcano eruption agri damage hits P578 M 

      Simeon, Louise Maureen (The Philippine Star, January 15, 2020, on page 12)
      Damage to agriculture due to the eruption of Taal Volcano has reached P578 million. The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) said it would prepare seven million tilapia fingerlings, 20,000 ulang, 50,000 mudfish, ...

    • 'Tabo sa DA' launched to promote farmers, fisherfolks 

      (SunStar Philippines, May 31, 2022, on page 5)
      The Department of Agriculture in Central Visayas (DA 7) has launched its "Tabo sa DA" to showcase the region's various agricultural products and local delicacies to the public. Held at the DA 7's office in Barangay Maguikay ...

    • Tacloban fishermen: What happened to P32.6-M Yolanda fishery fund? 

      Abrematea, Nestor (Manila Bulletin, June 24, 2018, on page 18)
      Local fishermen are asking no less than President Duterte to investigate the long delayed implementation of projects under the P32, 645,000 Yolanda Rehabilitation Funds for the fishery sector in this city. Losanto P. ...

    • Taganito Mining to give free diving to recruit environment warriors 

      (The Philippine Star, August 17, 2020, on page B3)
      Taganito Mining Corp. (TMC) launches 'DiSCUBA', a program that aims to get more people in the mining community of Claver and adjacent towns in Surigao del Norte to experience and appreciate diving. Diving has been considered ...

    • Tagaytay ridge to Taal Lake on foot 

      Bautista, Joseph (Manila Bulletin, May 20, 2022, on page 9)
      There’s an old saying “Blessed are the curious for they shall have adventures.” I have been curious all my life. I remember the first time I went to Tagaytay. When I saw the magnificent Taal Volcano, I became very curious ...

    • Tagbilaran students win best science project 

      (The Manila Times, May 2, 2019, on page E1)
      For their research on lessening the parasitic and mortality rates of a local salmon, Bohol Wisdom School of Tagbilaran City took the coveted top spot in the recently concluded BatoBalani Search for the Best Science ...

    • Tagum eyes crab-growing project 

      Padillo, Maya M. (BusinessWorld, April 24, 2014, on page S1/7)
      The local government is eyeing the revival of intensive crab growing under private investors with the construction of a multi-species hatchery. The hatchery had been proposed as early as a decade ago by previous city ...

    • Tahiti pearls endangered by climate change 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Manila Bulletin, November 26, 2015, on page B8)
      The black pearl of Tahiti is at the heart of French Polynesia’s economy but is now highly vulnerable to climate change, and its fragile existence underlines – in a small but exquisite way – what is at stake in the United ...

    • Tahong anyone? Town gives away mussels for free 

      Yasa, Dolly (DailyGuardian, July 13, 2022, on page 3-10)
      Mayor Jilson Tubillara of San Enrique, Negros Occidental on Tuesday called on those who want mussels, or locally known as tahong, that they can have it for free from their town. This, after tons of mussels were washed ...

    • Tailings spill reported in Compostela mine site 

      Valencia, Czeriza (The Philippine Star, February 13, 2014, on page A-21)
      The Maco gold-silver mine of listed Apex Mining Co. Inc. in Compostela Valley has suffered a tailings spill, the company disclosed yesterday. In a regulatory filing, Apex Mining said tailings leaked from the Lumanggang ...

    • Taiwan companies eye PH aquaculture market 

      Philippine News Agency (Panay News, September 22, 2017, on page B1, B5)
      Manila – Ten Taiwanese companies will visit the Philippines next week to explore business opportunities in the country’s aquaculture market, the Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA) said. According to TAITRA, ...