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Fish thrive in Pandacan depot's wastewater pond
Fish are good indicators of water quality since they are very sensitive to contamination that chemical tests may miss, according to a study made by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The EPA study indicates that ...
- September 6, 2009
Gov't aid sought for Zambo fishermen
A labor group appealed to the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) on Thursday to extend due assistance to some 50,000 workers, who will be affected by the latest round of government-imposed fishing ban in the Zamboanga ...
- December 1, 2017
Piñol warns coastal mayors: stop illegal fishing or else…
Department of Agriculture (DA) Secretary Manny Piñol told fisherfolk in the coastal village of Dinahican here that he will ask President Duterte to suspend local chief executives who do nothing against illegal fishing ...
- May 7, 2017
Aquino, Vietnam PM may tackle dispute with China
Territorial disputes with China may be on top of the agenda when President Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung meet in Manila this week, Malacañang said yesterday. The meeting between the two leaders comes in the wake of the ...
- May 18, 2014
Crackdown on rising prices
Meanwhile, Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Piñol said there was nothing wrong with the forthcoming importation of 17,000 metric tons (MT) of galunggong, which will be sold directly to local markets — the first time it will ...
- August 24, 2018
Legal action poised vs oil spill perpetrator, contractor
The Iloilo provincial government is a step closer to filing criminal and civil charges against those responsible for the oil spill that affected the town of Estancia town, in northern Iloilo. The Iloilo Provincial Board ...
- April 25, 2014
DENR to spend P1-B to explore Philippine Rise
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) will spend nearly P1 billion to conduct geological investigation and exploration of minerals within the Philippine Rise, a 25-million hectare shallow continental ...
- February 7, 2018
Gov't urged to measure value of wildlife trade
The Philippine government is being urged to measure the value of the country’s wildlife trade — which involves the importation and exportation of wild animals and their products — in order to properly monitor a what could ...
- November 9, 2017
Ocean advocates back Bermuda marine reserve
Officials from the Pew Charitable Trusts and one of famed underwater explorer Jacques Cousteau's grandsons were in Bermuda on Thursday calling for the creation of the Atlantic's biggest marine reserve. The ambitious "Blue ...
- August 15, 2013
Taiwan shuns 'new' sea
Taiwan does not recognize a unilateral move by the Philippines to rename the South China Sea as the West Philippine Sea, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said. Taiwan's Central News Agency (CAN) said the ministry issued a ...
- September 14, 2012