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Northern Samar farmers, fishermen get insurance
Officials of the Northern Samar provincial government and the Philippine Crop Insurance Corp (PCIC) have signed an agreement providing insurance to 5,000 farmers and fishermen. Northern Samar Governor Raul R. Daza said the ...
- October 8, 2012
Seafdec's Panay Gulf Dev't Prog stretches kapis breeding project
The Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center's-Aquaculture Department (Seafdec-AQD) is aggressively pursuing a collaborative effort with the Iloilo first district's Panay Gulf Development Program (PGDP) to revive the ...
- November 18, 1999
Govt eyes roadmap for PH eel industry
The government is looking at formulating an eel commodity roadmap to take advantage of the rising global demand for eels, Agriculture Secretary Proceso Alcala said Tuesday.
“Eels, or igat as they are more known locally, ...
- February 25, 2015
DA: Imported agri-fishery commodities to undergo 'second border' inspection
Two government agencies in the country will run after violators to curtail the entry of smuggled agricultural commodities and ensure an optimum level of food safety for Filipino consumers. According to a press release, the ...
- October 12, 2021
Gov't 'weak' in implementation of fisheries law
Top officials of the multinational environment group Oceana said the Duterte administration is “weak” in terms of the implementation of Fisheries Law, with the fisheries sector still one of the most vulnerable sectors in ...
- August 1, 2019
Manila to uphold importance of freedom of navigation in West PHL Sea
The government is committed to uphold the importance of freedom of navigation and overflight in the West Philippine Sea, Malacañang said on Sunday, noting that construction of additional runways in the disputed waters will ...
- January 18, 2016
Travel and beyond exhibit features Dumaguete, Negros Oriental
The province of Negros Oriental and its capital, Dumaguete City, will be the pilot areas featured in the Travel and Beyond Exhibition from May 13 to 15 in Cebu City. Unlike other travel expos, Travel and Beyond focuses ...
- May 1, 2016
Cabinet official: War awaits any claimant to Benham Rise
If someone claims the Philippine (Benham) Rise, the government will declare war against the claimant, a Cabinet official said on Wednesday. “The Philippine Rise must be guarded. We will go to war if someone [not only China] ...
- March 8, 2018
BFAR needs at least 6 more vessels to monitor waters, marine resources — advocacy group
The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) should have more big vessels for patrolling Philippine waters, food advocacy group Tugon Kabuhayan said. Tugon Kabuhayan convener Asis G. Perez, a former BFAR national ...
- June 29, 2021
Restoration programs for damaged reefs on
The Sarangani provincial government, the Mindanao State University (MSU)-General Santos City campus, and the Los Baños-based Department of Science and Technology-Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic and Natural ...
- June 18, 2015