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Aklan now ready for investments
An Investment Conference (ICON) will be held in the province of Aklan on April 26 to send the signal that Aklan is now ready for investment. The activity, which will be spearheaded by the Department of Trade and Industry ...
- March 23, 2013
No changing Boracay's rehabilitation timetable
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) is rushing to complete the rehabilitation of Boracay Island in Aklan within the six-month timetable, according to DENR Secretary Roy Cimatu. Cimatu was reacting ...
- July 9, 2018
DA to back Fisheries Expo with P400M in loans
Fishermen representing 100 communities nationwide are expected to purchase machinery and equipment at the world trade center, supported by P400 million worth of loans from the department of agriculture (DA). Agriculture ...
- December 10, 2018
PHL, S. Korea sign fisheries, aquaculture agreement
The Department of Agriculture (DA) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with South Korea’s Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries (MOF) to collaborate in fisheries management and trade. In a statement, the DA said that ...
- November 28, 2019
Who's afraid of farming?
As more and more people are opting to live in cities and would rather work in the comforts of air-conditioned offices instead of growing agricultural products and livestock under the searing heat of the sun, the country ...
- November 12, 2017
Farm output growth slowed to 1% in 2018
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 ...
- January 11, 2019
Boosting mechanization of farm, fisheries
The Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of Republic Act (RA) 10601, the Agriculture and Mechanization Act (AFMech), were signed on February 2, 2014, paving the way for the creation of Bureau of Agricultural Fisheries ...
- February 15, 2014
PDIS: P1-b agri funding to fail
The government should review the program and implementing guidelines of the P1-billion Agriculture and Fisheries Financing Program, the state-run think tank Philippine Institute of Development Studies said Monday. PIDS ...
- December 15, 2015
Fish kill due to water contamination - DA
Fishes in the river in Brgy. Dulangan, Pilar town died due to lack of oxygen, an official of the Department of Agriculture (DA) Capiz said. Contamination - the river allegedly contained toxins-reduces oxygen levels in a ...
- March 10, 2011
Something fishy around our waters
Bangus (milkfish) is the Philippine national fish. But because someone close to a Philippine president had been granted a franchise to smuggle out bangus fry, Taiwan now grows the species in large fish ponds. In the event, ...
- August 27, 2018