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Duterte: PH may soon gain fishing rights in Scarborough Shoal
The Philippines may soon gain fishing rights in the highly disputed Scarborough Shoal, President Rodrigo Duterte announced Oct. 23, 2016. During his visit to typhoon "Lawin" victims in Cagayan, Duterte told local fishermen ...
- October 24, 2016
Crocodiles: Caught in the jaws of extinction
Two decades later I found myself beside the world's largest captive crocodile, venerable Lolong, in Bunawan, Agusan del Sur. As a team from the DOST measured him, I realized that crocodiles actually lived way before many ...
- February 15, 2013
'Manipulators' control the prices of bangrus
Manipulators are controlling prices of bangrus or bangus (milkfish) in the market, according to a fisheries group leader. According to Philippine Alliance of Fisheries Producers Inc President Joseph Martin Borromeo, they ...
- October 3, 2018
PH readies protest vs China
The Philippines is preparing another protest against China over the latter’s plan to install a radar station in the Panatag or Scarborough Shoal, a Cabinet official said Tuesday. Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II said ...
- March 22, 2017
Clams and garlic, softshell crab risotto–not your usual seafood fare for Holy Week
During Lent, we are challenged to become more creative in how we prepare seafood. I asked Chingling Tanco and Enrique Valles of Mida Food Corp. (MFC) to share their recipes. For 16 years, MFC has been the distributor of ...
- April 17, 2014
Villar hails bird haven mangrove
Senator Cynthia Villar has stressed the importance of the Las Piñas-Parañaque Critical Habitat and Eco-Tourism Area as a bird sanctuary and mangrove site as the country marked the 4th anniversary of the habitat’s designation ...
- March 20, 2017
WV LGUs urged to be PH's best managed coasts
The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) called on coastal communities in Western Visayas to join the Malinis at Masaganang Karagatan (MMK). MMK is a BFAR program that recognizes outstanding initiatives and ...
- August 16, 2017
China should agree to a fair and just sharing of the South China Sea
Any claim, therefore, that overlaps the fair-and-just claims of others should be rejected as unrighteous and ungodly. This is the reason why the Philippines has raised its own claims in the South China Sea to the international ...
- April 22, 2015
SEAFDEC/AQD addresses constraints in aquaculture production
Three major constraints in aquaculture are lack of sufficient fry supply, high cost of feed and skilled manpower to keep aquaculture ventures running. SEAFDEC has been conducting research using indigenous materials that ...
- January 4, 2019
'Hulbot-hulbot' more destructive than dynamite
An environmentalist urged owners and operators of “hulbot-hulbot” or Danish seine fishing to stop their illegal activities to preserve one of the richest fishing grounds in the world. Renowned environmentalist and lawyer ...
- August 3, 2018