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BFAR launces R-10 FishR Project
The national program for Municipal Fisherfolk Registration (FishR) has been launched in Northern Mindanao or Region-10 at a hotel and a convention center here Wednesday, kicking off activities for the extensive implementation ...
- August 23, 2013
Solons ask BFAR to protect Panguil Bay in Lanaodel Norte
Mindanaoan lawmakers are calling on the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) to interven and stop overfishing and the depletion of marine resources in Panguil Bay in Lanao del Norte. Lanao del Norte Reps. Imelda ...
- December 1, 2015
We won't give up claim in West PH Sea - Malacañang
Malacañang reiterated that the government will not give up even a single inch of the country’s territory, including its claims in the disputed portions of the South China Sea. Presidential spokesman Harry Roque made the ...
- August 25, 2020
Int’l body accused of economic sabotage for listing Tawilis as endangered species
Switzerland-based International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has been accused of economic sabotage for listing Sardinella Tawilis, the only freshwater sardine in the world, as an endangered species, stakeholders ...
- February 6, 2019
UN tribunal sets second deliberation on PH claim
A five-man international tribunal has decided to conduct next week a second round of hearing on the arguments raised by the Philippines in its territorial claims in the West Philippine Sea before deciding if it has ...
- July 11, 2015
Fish kill scare
Fisherfolk have observed not just hundreds, but thousands of dead fish floating along rivers, here, spawning fears of a fish kill. Alfredo Dawana, president of the Fishpond Owners, Operators, Fisherfolk Association of ...
- September 4, 2015
12 fishermen killed in lake clashes
At least 12 fishermen have died and a dozen more are missing after deadly clashes on Lake Edward, which is shared by Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo, a Congolese official said Monday. "The 12 bodies of our ...
- July 11, 2018
Shellfish ban
The shellfish ban in the Bataan coastal waters is now nearing its seventh month - affecting the livelihood of local fisherman in the province. This was disclosed by provincial agriculturist Imelda Nieto, saying that the ...
- May 14, 2014
On stout-hearted men (and women)
Before DENR Secretary Roy Cimatu, there was Gina Lopez – the ex-future environment secretary of PDu30. She didn’t clear the Advise & Consent of Congress because of the strong lobby of miners’ vested interests. But, as the ...
- March 12, 2018
DENR Rescues Seacow Off Infanta, Quezon
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has rescued a critically endangered seacow, locally called dugong, which got stranded in the waters off Barangay Binulusan in Infanta, Quezon, last Thursday. Local ...
- January 12, 2014