Browsing The Philippine Star by Subject "imports"

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    • Agri chief defends importation of sugar, fish 

      Talavera, Catherine (The Philippine Star, February 19, 2022, on page B5)
      Agriculture Secretary William Dar is defending the government’s move to allow the importation of fish and sugar, saying the decisions were based on data showing projected supply deficiencies in the commodities. In a Laging ...

    • DA sets stricter rules for importing fish 

      Rivera, Danessa (The Philippine Star, December 15, 2022, on page 2)
      The Department of Agriculture (DA) has intensified the requirements for importing certain fish products including pompano to prevent their sale in wet markets. The action was made after lawmakers urged the Bureau of Fisheries ...

    • Fish importation must end in 2023-group 

      Marcelo, Elizabeth (The Philippine Star, January 9, 2023, on page 1-4)
      Fisherfolk group Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (Pamalakaya) has demanded an end to fish importation this year, saying the continuous imports impact local production to the detriment of the fisheries ...

    • House probe on galunggong importation sought 

      Punay, Edu; Zoleta, Michelle (The Philippine Star, January 26, 2022, on page 10)
      Militant lawmakers yesterday sought an investigation by the House of Representatives on the move of the Department of Agriculture (DA) to allow the importation of fish reportedly due to a shortage of supply in the country. ...

    • Importation of fish, seafood products OK'd 

      Talavera, Catherine (The Philippine Star, May 25, 2022, on page B1-B4)
      The Department of Agriculture (DA) has approved the importation of 38,695 metric tons (MT) of frozen fish and aquatic products in the second quarter of the year, in a bid to stabilize supply and market prices. The DA ...

    • Imported galunggong arrives near closed fishing season end 

      Rivera, Danessa; Bayoran, Gilbert (The Philippine Star, January 27, 2023, on page 1-5)
      Over half of the approved 25,000 metric tons (MT) of imported fish – all galunggong – has arrived ahead of the lifting of the three-month closed fishing season in Palawan, the Bureau of FishSen. eries and Aquatic Resources ...

    • Imported galunggong likely from Phl waters - Pangilinan 

      Romero, Paolo (The Philippine Star, January 22, 2022, on page 5)
      Sen. Francis Pangilinan yesterday urged the Department of Agriculture (DA) to put in place programs that will inspire local fisherfolk to increase their production, as the agency is standing by its decision to import ...

    • Lawmaker calls for probe on fish crackdown in markets 

      Crisostomo, Sheila; Romero, Paolo (The Philippine Star, November 30, 2022, on page 2)
      A senior lawmaker yesterday filed a resolution seeking a House probe on the crackdown initiated by the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) on vendors in local wet markets found selling imported fish such as ...

    • Make ban on certain imported fish permanent - Pamalakaya 

      Rivera, Danessa (The Philippine Star, December 17, 2022, on page 2)
      A fisher group is asking government to make permanent the ban on certain imported fish in local wet markets. Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (Pamalakaya) said the Department of Agriculture (DA) and ...

    • Milkfish probe urged 

      Echeminada, Perseus (The Philippine Star, March 27, 1999, on page 11)
      Sen Robert Jaworski expressed alarm yesterday on the entry of "mestisong bangus" (imported milkfish) from Taiwan which is threatening its local counterpart which happens to be the country's national fish.

    • Phl to import galunggong anew 

      Simeon, Louise Maureen (The Philippine Star, December 6, 2019, on page 20)
      The Phillippines will once again import the poor man's fish Galunggong, as prices of the commodity have shot up to nearly P300 per kilo due to low supply. Agriculture Secretary Wiliam Dar has given the Buarea of Fisheries ...

    • Rice and fish 

      Chanco, Boo (The Philippine Star, November 16, 2022, on page B3)
      There was this story of a school girl whose baon every school day was a cup of rice sprinkled with patis or fish sauce. That was all her parents could afford, the story on social media said. The basic Filipino diet is rice ...

    • RP, other SEA countries hit by shrimp import ban 

      Fernandez, Rudy (The Philippine Star, August 18, 1996, on page 19)
      The Philippines is now among those affected by a ban imposed on shrimp import by the United States. The shrimp embargo, which took effect last May 1, stipulates a condition that methods used in shrimp capture in open seas ...