Browsing BusinessWorld by Place "Thailand"
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The ASEAN and South China Sea disputes
(BusinessWorld,April 28, 2015 , on page S1/4)This week began with the 26th Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit and Foreign Ministers Meeting. Malaysia is this year's ASEAN chair taking over after Myanmar. Included in the ASEAN agenda were: the ASEAN ... -
BFAR charting shrimp roadmap
(BusinessWorld,August 20, 2013 , on page S1/3)To increase local shrimp production and exports, the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) is now creating a shrimp roadmap, which will be completed this month, an official said yesterday. “Secretary Alcala has ... -
Fish tagging program starts
(BusinessWorld,January 16, 2008 , on page S1/3)Up to 2,400 species of small pelagic fishes like galunggong, tunsoy, tawiles,hasa-hasa, and matangbaka in the waters of Palawan and Manila Bay are targeted for tagging and coding under a joint research program that will ... -
Fishing, exploration impeded by China - PHL to Hague court
(BusinessWorld,November 26, 2015 , on page S1/12)The Philippines has been prevented by China from fishing and exploration activities in the South China Sea, Manila’s lead counsel told the Permanent Court of Arbitration on the first day of hearing on the merits of the ... -
Gov't pressed to lift vannamei shrimp ban
(BusinessWorld,January 19, 2006 , on page S1/3)The fisheries Aquaculture board (FAB) seeks the government’s immediate lifting of the ban on the commercial culture of the vannamei shrimps as initial experimentation showed that it can be bred locally free of disease. In ... -
How dams built by China starve the Mekong River Delta of vital sediment
(BusinessWorld,December 19, 2022 , on page S1/3)Standing on the bank of the Mekong River, Tran Van Cung can see his rice farm wash away before his very eyes. The paddy’s edge is crumbling into the delta. Just 15 years ago, Southeast Asia’s longest river carried some 143 ... -
How to solve the plastic crisis
(BusinessWorld,July 27, 2018 , on page S8/4)Just eight countries are responsible for most ocean plastic. They need help. Since Jan. 1, when China stopped accepting the rich world’s recyclable plastic waste, it’s gotten a ton of criticism for worsening the already ... -
A New Management Structure for Agriculture
(BusinessWorld,October 2, 2018 , on page S1/6)The country has one Department of Agriculture (DA) (or ministry in other places) for annual crops like rice, long-term crops (like coconut and rubber), high value crops (fruits and vegetables), livestock and fisheries. The ... -
The 'new cold war' in the US-China trade wars: application to Philippine foreign policy
(BusinessWorld,May 28, 2019 , on page S1/6)The United States government’s ban that led Google to discontinue its software dealings with Huawei and other firms as part of the US-China trade wars has led key Philippine businesses to revisit their dealings with Huawei, ... -
PHL must properly manage single-use plastics problem — WB
(BusinessWorld,April 5, 2019 , on page S1/4)The World Bank (WB) is urging Filipinos to avoid the usage of single-use plastics to help protect marine life, noting that eight million tons of plastic go into the ocean each year. “Every time we use a plastic bag, or a ... -
Thai government says seafood exports not hit by slavery reports
(BusinessWorld,December 22, 2015 , on page SI/9)Thailand has come under fire from rights groups over allegations of trafficking, abuse and exploitation on its fishing boats, following investigations by media and campaign groups. “Australia’s seafood importers told us ... -
Thailand cracks down on illegal fishing as fears grow over possible EU export ban
(BusinessWorld,July 2, 2015 , on page S1/5)A belated Thai clampdown on illegal fishing is forcing unlicensed vessels ashore, threatening to paralyze a key industry as the kingdom desperately tries to avoid a European Union ban on exports worth $1 billion a year. ... -
Thailand turtle’s plastic-filled stomach highlights ocean crisis
(BusinessWorld,June 13, 2018 , on page S2/6)Startling images of plastic shreds, rubber bands and other debris found jammed in the stomach of a green turtle in Thailand have highlighted the crisis of waste-strewn seas following the widely publicized death of a whale ... -
Whales in the wild: rare gem amid Thailand mass tourism
(BusinessWorld,December 16, 2016 , on page S3/6)Piercing the water’s surface with its almond-shaped mouth, a giant Bryde’s whale opens wide for one, two, three seconds, gulping in anchovies as a boatload of awed tourists look on in the Gulf of Thailand. It’s a rare ... -
Worst drought in 40 years has turned Bangkok tap water salty
(BusinessWorld,January 9, 2020 , on page S2/5)Some residents of Bangkok can literally taste the risk of a potentially damaging drought in Thailand. Tap water has turned saltier in parts of the city, a development blamed on the Chao Phraya river becoming too low to ...