Browsing Manila Bulletin by Subject "salts"

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    • PH imports 93% of salt supply - DA 

      Santos, Jel (Manila Bulletin, August 31, 2022, on page 3)
      Despite being surrounded by seawater, the Department of Agriculture (DA) said the Philippines has been importing 93 percent of its salt supply. “[It is] an unfortunate circumstance to a country with 36,000 kilometers of ...

    • Salt congress 

      Inigo, Liezel (Manila Bulletin, November 21, 2022, on page 2)
      The Pangasinan State University will host the first Philippine Salt Congress from Nov. 26 to 27 at the Sison Auditorium Capitol Complex here. Paulo Cenas, PSU Vice President for Research, Extension, Innovation, Gender, and ...

    • Salt industry modernization eyed 

      Unite, Betheena; Casayuran, Mario (Manila Bulletin, August 30, 2022, on page 1-6)
      Malacañang disclosed that “initial plans” are in place to improve salt production in the country, an industry it tagged as “long neglected.” “Tutulong ang ating pamahalaan para sa modernisasyon ng ating industriya ng ...

    • Salt shortage leads to importation 

      Dejaresco III, Zoilo (Manila Bulletin, January 10, 2023, on page B-4)
      The irony has not been lost on us, that in spite of the Philippines being of agricultural terrain, we import many of our basic agricultural needs, betraying perhaps decades of benign neglect mainly by government and private ...

    • Senators seek dev't of 'diminishing' PH salt industry 

      Casayuran, Mario (Manila Bulletin, January 19, 2023, on page 6)
      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 ...

    • What happened to Occ. Mindoro’s salt industry? 

      Sadongdong, Martin (Manila Bulletin, May 30, 2017, on page 4)
      Once known for its vibrant salt industry, Occidental Mindoro and its salt farmers are getting an ounce of help and a little push from the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) through innovative technologies in a bid ...