Browsing Aquatic News Index by Author "Macapagal, Jed"

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    • 5 keen on hydro power projects in Laguna Lake 

      Macapagal, Jed (Malaya, July 17, 2017, on page A3)
      The Department of Energy (DOE) has accepted at least six proposals to put up hydropower projects in the Laguna lake with a combined capacity of up to 2,000 megawatts (MW). Marasigan noted the proposals for hydro projects ...

    • Aboitiz, EDC help clean Boracay, adopt wetlands 

      Macapagal, Jed (Malaya, August 17, 2018, on page A10)
      Two companies have signed agreements with the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) to sustain the efforts in cleaning Boracay island. Lopez-led power firm Energy Development Corp. through BINHI, its ...

    • Agri growth slows as El Niño strikes 

      Macapagal, Jed (Malaya, May 9, 2019, on page A1-A7)
      Agriculture output grew by 0.67 percent in the first quarter of the year due to positive contributions from fisheries, livestock and poultry subsectors. This, is however, slower than the 1.47 percent growth registered in ...

    • Agri output fall 1.27% in Q2 

      Macapagal, Jed (Malaya, August 8, 2019, on page A1)
      The fisheries subsector improved by 1.9 percent during the period and contributed 17.41 percent to the total agricultural output. Increases in production were recorded for yellowfin tuna, round-scad, tiger prawn and tilapia. ...

    • 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 to grow by 4% till 2022 

      Macapagal, Jed (Malaya, March 2, 2020, on page A1)
      Despite a slight slowdown in the country’s agricultural performance last quarter, the Department of Agriculture (DA) is eyeing a progressive annual growth rate of two, three and four percent for this year until 2022. “It ...

    • Boracay 'polluters' given 2 months to comply 

      Macapagal, Jed (Malaya, February 15, 2018, on page A2)
      The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has given commercial establishments releasing untreated wastewater and sewage into the waters of the island of Boracay up to two months to connect to sewage treatment ...

    • DA to distribute 1M fishing boats in five years 

      Macapagal, Jed (Malaya, August 19, 2016, on page A3)
      The Department of Agriculture (DA) targets to distribute one million fishing boats nationwide in the next five years in support of the goal towards fish and marine product sufficiency. "We will provide two families a fiber ...

    • DENR voids ECCs of Boracay firms 

      Macapagal, Jed (Malaya, July 20, 2018, on page A1-A4)
      The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has suspended the environmental compliance certificates (ECC) of all business establishments in Boracay Island pending review of their compliance with Environmental ...

    • Farm output growth slowed to 1% in 2018 

      Macapagal, Jed (Malaya, January 11, 2019, on page A1)
      Ahead from the release of official figures from the Philippine Statistics Authority, Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Piñol said the farming sector grew by 1 percent in 2018, due to the effects of 13 weather disturbances ...

    • Govt looks for typhoon-free sites for food production 

      Macapagal, Jed (Malaya, January 5, 2017, on page A3)
      The Department of Agriculture (DA) yesterday said that it plans to look for relatively typhoon-free sites to be developed as new food production areas following Nina's extensive damage to agriculture last month. Agriculture ...

    • Lake disruption persists, Laguna Lake cleanup pushed 

      Macapagal, Jed; Castro, Ruelle (Malaya, May 3, 2019, on page A1-A7)
      Maynilad Water Services Inc. said it increased the production of its Putatan water treatment facilities 1 and 2 from 80 million liters per day (MLD) to 125 MLD as of 2 a.m. yesterday, May 2 but noted supply disruption in ...

    • Marine protection of Benham Rise urged 

      Macapagal, Jed (Malaya, March 13, 2017, on page A4)
      After the Department of National Defense reported that foreign vessels were spotted circling within the Benham Rise, stakeholders urged the government to expedite the adoption of a management framework to protect and manage ...

    • Oceana: 'Prioritize fisheries protection' 

      Macapagal, Jed (Panay News, April 1, 2022, on page 9)
      International organization Oceana urged local government units (LGUs) to prioritize fisheries management and ecological protection to promote food and nutritional security. The group cited the need to ensure resiliency of ...

    • Power firm to rehabilitate Boracay wetland 

      Macapagal, Jed (Malaya, January 28, 2019, on page A2)
      Lopez-led power generation firm Energy Development Corp. (EDC) is investing P10 million it's adopted a wetland in Boracay Island to turn it into an eco-tourism park. The adopted 7.79- hectare Wetland No. 2 located here is ...

    • Seaweed industry assured of market 

      Macapagal, Jed (Malaya, April 23, 2018, on page A2)
      Local seaweed products are assured of a steady market in the United States as the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced that carrageenan, a seaweed-derived substance will remain in its list of approved additives ...

    • State bank's loans to key sectors up 41% 

      Macapagal, Jed (Malaya, January 9, 2019, on page A3)
      The Land Bank of the Philippines said its outstanding loans to priority sectors including farmers, fishers, microenterprises reached P710.69 billion as of third quarter of 2018, 40.6 percent higher than the P500 billion ...