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Illegal fishing fight stepped up
The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) has formed the Regional Law Enforcement Coordinating CommitteeSubcommittee on Fishing and Marine Environment Protection (RLECC-SFMEP) in Eastern Visayas to strengthen ...
- July 14, 2018
DA-BFAR awards fishing boats to fisherfolk beneficiaries
In less than three months since it was launched, the Ahon! Rehabilitation Initiative has surpassed its target of 10,000 units of fishing boats for the Yolanda affected fisherfolk, the Department of Agriculture's Bureau of ...
- March 2, 2014
Maricom seeks tie-up with Bantay Dagat vs illegal fishers
The Maritime Command (Maricom) in Region 6 has sought the help of the provincial Banta Dagat in running after illegal fishers. According to Maricom-6 director Police Colonel Policarpio Cayabyab Jr., one of their focus areas ...
- August 6, 2019
PCCI sees inflation curbed with quick action on agri
The business lobby said inflation can be kept in check with changes to agricultural policy, particularly with long-term reforms to address systemic production shortfalls in the sugar, rice and fishing industries. For the ...
- September 12, 2018
DA falls short of 2014 target
The harvest of rice and corn may have amped up the country's full-year agriculture but not enough to hug the government's target for 2014. According to the records of the Bureau of Agricultural Statistics (BAS), the farm ...
- January 24, 2015
DA chief to open Visayas Agri Machineries Roadshow in Iloilo
Agriculture Secretary Proceso Alcala will be in Iloilo City today to open the Agricultural Machineries (Agri Mach) Roadshow to jumpstart the Aquino government’s farm mechanization and post-harvest program. DA regional ...
- September 22, 2011
Young Tawi-Tawi scientist out to save sea of childhood
The sea, with its diverse marine life, and the pristine beaches of his hometown Sibutu Island in Tawi-Tawi were Richard Muallil’s playground as a child. Now, as a 35-year-old marine scientist, Muallil is hoping to transform ...
- July 24, 2016
Fisherfolks seek ban exemption
TWO groups of small-scale fisherfolks want to be exempted from the ban on destructive fishing methods to help them recover from the effects of super typhoon Yolanda last year. In a letter dated Jan. 8, 2014, the Carlessanon ...
- January 14, 2014
PH agriculture, fisheries grows
The country's agriculture and fisheries sector grew in 2014, according to an official of the Department of Agriculture. DA's Assistant Secretary for Field Operations Edilberto De Luna said that based on reports from the ...
- February 2, 2015
Badjaos tapped as coastal marshals
Cotabato City – The Department of Agriculture (DA) will be tapping Badjaos, the country’s sea gypsies, as auxiliaries in the “Bantay Laut” program. DA Secretary Manny Piñol said his department has already identified some ...
- September 26, 2016