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In third quarter: Agriculture ekes out 0.7% growth
The agriculture sector grew at a slower pace during the third quarter of the year, as increases in crop and fisheries production were not enough to offset the losses recorded in livestock and poultry. Data from the Philippine ...
- November 10, 2020
Mayor Isko: Set aside politics in Manila Bay beautification
Manila Mayor Francisco “Isko Moreno” Domagoso on Saturday urged the public to set aside politics as various individuals and groups continue to raise health and environment concerns following the dolomite dumping in Manila ...
- September 20, 2020
Efforts to solve world plastics problem continue
The coronavirus pandemic continues to circle the globe and nations are carrying various moves to cope with it, but it is good to know that many other problems are also being acted upon, such as the mountains of plastics ...
- March 18, 2020
2 Chinese ships spotted doing 'surveillance' on Recto Bank - PH Navy
Two Chinese ships have been conducting surveillance operations on Recto (Reed) Bank in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) for at least a week now without prior coordination from the government, the Philippine Navy (PN) confirmed. ...
- August 12, 2020
War and Romance on Manila Bay
Malintâ Tunnel, bored into the island’s rock, became government and military nerve center. Packed in its main and lateral tunnels were offices, hospital, sleeping quarters, ammo, and food storage, everything. Corregidor ...
- February 22, 2021
Two decades after SC ordered cleanup, Manila Bay waters now ‘filthier’
Already polluted 22 years ago, the waters of Manila Bay are now “several times filthier” notwithstanding the multi-million peso backed government effort to improve it. Deputy Speaker and BUHAY Partylist Rep. Lito Atienza ...
- February 15, 2021
Farmers, fishermen to get SAP
Qualified farmers and fishers will also receive social amelioration program (SAP) cash aide from the government during the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ), on top of the one-time COVID-19 cash assistance being distributed ...
- April 25, 2020
Creation of fisheries dep't pushed
A group of agricultural stakeholders has resurrected the call for the creation of a separate Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (DFAR), saying that Filipinos’ high protein requirement is already enough reason ...
- December 8, 2020
Oslob's whale watching industry incurs ₱30-M loss
The tourism industry in Oslob town, southern Cebu, incurred at least P30 million in losses due to the community quarantine that the government imposed to prevent the spread of coronavirus disease (2019). Whale watching ...
- July 20, 2020
PN Chief: US Theodore Roosevelt Strike Group at S. China Sea a 'welcome development'
The entry of the United States Navy’s Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group (TRCSG) in the South China Sea came as a ‘welcome development’ in the exercise of freedom of navigation operations (FONOPS) in the tension-filled ...
- April 8, 2021