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US reassures Phl of stability in Indo-Pacific region
The United States has again reassured the Philippines and its other allies of its commitment to ensure stability in the Indo-Pacific region, including the South China Sea. Rear Admiral Marc Dalton, speaking aboard the USS ...
- June 28, 2018
SEAFDEC/AQD has new chief
Dan D. Baliao has been appointed to head the Aquaculture Department (AQD) of the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC) based in Tigbauan, Iloilo effective 7 September 2017 to serve a two-year term. A former ...
- September 18, 2017
Ocean heat hits record high - UN
Ocean heat hit a record high in 2018, the United Nations said Thursday, raising urgent new concerns about the threat global warming is posing to marine life. In its latest State of the Climate overview, the World Meteorological ...
- March 30, 2019
Tilapia ice cream anyone?
Researchers at Central Luzon State University (CLSU) have produced an ice cream flavor featuring tilapia, but without any disagreeable fishy taste and smell. The flavor is the result of a study by professor Rana Vera Cruz ...
- March 9, 2015
Boracay rehab assured despite reelection of dismissed mayor
The reelection of dismissed Malay town, Aklan mayor, Ciceron Cawaling, will not hamper the rehabilitation of the world-renowned Boracay Island, Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu has assured. The Office of the Ombudsman ...
- May 27, 2019
Sea water increases peanut yield
Did you know that you can increase the yield of your peanut by irrigating your plants with sea water? That’s what a lady farmer scientist from Ubay, Bohol had discovered in her own experiment. The farmer scientist is Cirila ...
- January 8, 2015
Fish production program to be implemented in Surigao City
In an effort to help the fisheries sector in this northeastern tip city of Surigao, a convergence program had been finalized to support the Surigao City Mariculture Park (SCMP) in Barangay Nabajo here. SCMP sits on a more ...
- January 18, 2016
Gov’t to ban galunggong fishing in Palawan
Fishing of galunggong (round scad) in northern Palawan will be temporarily banned in the meantime that the government carries out a study on the species’ spawning period. In a statement, the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic ...
- April 25, 2013
In the know
The Northeast monsoon, locally known as amihan, usually peaks in January and ends in Ferbruary, bringing cooler days during these months. Baguio City, where the lowest temperature is most often observed, registered a reading ...
- January 4, 2015
Coral reef protection
The government of the Turks and Caicos Islands has trained professional and recreational scuba divers to help monitor the health of coral reefs around the British territory. Nearly two dozen divers are expected to collect ...
- October 11, 2014