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DILG supports LGUs in protecting municipal waters in WPS: Año
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) urged local government units (LGUs) to improve their management of municipal waters and even assured them of its support in protecting municipal waters and local ...
- September 6, 2021
DA WV celebrates farmers, fishers month through KADIWA community pantry
Celebrating the month of our agri heroes, the Department of Agriculture (DA) Western Visayas recently put up the KADIWA Mobile Community Pantry at Barangay Tanza Baybay in Iloilo City’s City Proper district. Nearly 400 ...
- May 15, 2021
Volume of fish caught in Davao Gulf increases
Since implementing the three-month closed fishing season in 2012, the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources in Davao Region (BFAR-Davao) noted an improvement in the catch trend and fish spawns in Davao Gulf. In the ...
- September 6, 2022
Fishers urged not to venture into Manila Bay, told it's 'dead'
Local officials have been telling Edlyn Rosales that Manila Bay is already a dead body of water. Friends who otherwise meant well have told her the same, she said. But as for barangay officials who compared the 58-kilometer-wide ...
- January 31, 2023
Senators seek dev't of 'diminishing' PH salt industry
Although it has a shoreline of 36,000 kilometers, the Philippines imports 93 percent or 550,000 metric tons of salt for its requirement. “We should look at the salt industry as an added income source to fishermen during ...
- January 19, 2023
Salt industry dev’t bill hurdles House committee
A house committee has approved a substitute bill outlining plans to revive the salt industry. The House Agriculture and Food committee approved on Thursday the proposed Philippine Salt Industry Development Act, which seeks ...
- May 12, 2023
Aquaculture output seen normalizing with import ban lifted on fish feed raw material
The admission of a pork-based raw material used in the manufacture of fish feed is expected to lead to a normalization of aquaculture production, after the raw material was subject to a temporary import ban following an ...
- May 8, 2023
Maymay, Neneng leave P594-M agri damage
The amount of damage to agriculture left by Tropical Depression Maymay and Typhoon Neneng has reached P594.02 million, the Department of Agriculture (DA) reported yesterday. Both calamities displaced 22,437 farmers and ...
- October 25, 2022
Care for the oceans requires more than a 'month'
The month of May here in the Philippines is designated as the “Month of the Ocean” and is intended to “highlight the conservation, protection and sustainable management of Philippine coastal and ocean resources,” according ...
- May 5, 2021
Organization of fishermen seeks gov’t help for members
The Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (PAMALAKAYA), an organization of small fishermen, said the government needs to provide aid to small fisherfolk during the three-month closed fishing season in the ...
- November 19, 2021