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Aquaculture projects mulled
(Manila Bulletin,May 2, 2010 , on page 21)Representatives coming from the Brunei Darussalam-Indonesia-Malaysia-Philippines - East ASEAN Growth Area (BIMP-EAGA) recently identified possible joint venture investment projects on various high-value aquaculture products. ... -
Aquaculture summit set in Dagupan City
(Manila Bulletin,June 30, 2016 , on page B7)The First National Aquaculture Summit will be held on July 7-8, 2016 at the Leisure Coast Resort in Dagupan City under the auspices of the Philippine Association of Fish Producers, Inc. (PAFPI) together with the Bureau of ... -
Argentina firm plans to invest in seaweed processing in PH
(Manila Bulletin,December 19, 2017 , on page B-5)Argentinian food ingredient company Farmesa is investing around P300 million for a seaweed processing plant, making the Philippines its first production hub outside of Argentina, as the company expands its sourcing of ... -
Argentinian firm farmesa plans P300-M seaweed processing plant in PH
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,December 15, 2017 , on page B3)Argentinian food ingredient-producer Farmesa wants to put up a P300-million processing plant in the Philippines, marking its first manufacturing initiative overseas, according to the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI). ... -
At Panatag Shoal, China asserts power through control and concessions
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,April 11, 2017 , on page A6)Far out in the South China Sea, where dark blue meets bright turquoise, a kilometers-long row of fishing boats anchor near Panatag Shoal, backed by a small Coast Guard armada projecting China's power in Asia's most disputed ... -
Aussie-Phl group to drill for oil in disputed waters
(The Philippine Star,July 20, 2015 , on page 1-10)Amid an increasingly tense territorial dispute between the Philippines and China, an Australian-Filipino consortium is set to drill a new deepwater exploratory well in the resource-rich West Philippine Sea, hoping to tap ... -
Austalia failing to protect Great Barrier Reef, say activists
(Manila Standard,June 26, 2018 , on page B3)Australia is breaching commitments to protect the embattled Great Barrier Reef from the effects of land clearing, environmental groups claimed on Monday (June 25) and called on the UN to probe the alleged failures. Canberra ... -
Australia buys high-tech drones to monitor South China Sea, Pacific
(Manila Bulletin,May 27, 2018 , on page 7)Australia will invest Aus$7 billion (US$5.2 billion) to develop and buy high-tech US drones for joint military operations and to monitor waters including the South China Sea, it said Tuesday. Canberra has been embarking ... -
Ban on Benham in force: Rody lets China explorers in, bars other aliens
(Manila Standard,February 7, 2018 , on page A1-A2)President Rodrigo Duterte has banned all foreign scientific exploration on a vast undersea plateau claimed by Manila, his spokesman said Tuesday, now that China has completed its research there. Authorities announced three ... -
Ban on tuna fishing in the Pacific: Boon or bane?
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,April 4, 2010 , on page A14)Conservation measures are generally instituted to prevent the collapse of fish stocks due to overfishing. These can be in the form of closing an area for any fishing activity, limiting the amount of fish that can be caught ... -
Benham Rise is ours
(Manila Bulletin,March 26, 2017 , on page 1-14)China will not and will never dispute the Philippines’ rights over the Benham Rise continental shelf beyond 200 nautical miles from the nation’s shore. The Chinese Foreign Ministry gave this assurance in the wake of a ... -
BFAR calls for additional bangus investments
(Manila Standard,April 25, 2014 , on page B6)The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources is pushing for more investments in the bangus (milkfish) industry. “We have to develop and entice more investors to put their money in breeding and hatchery,” said BFAR Region ... -
Biz groups urge APEC economies to invest in cold-chain systems
(Panay News,October 6, 2015 , on page B1)Developing countries of the 21-member Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) should invest in cold-chain systems for food products to reduce waste and improve food security, the APEC Business Advisory Council (ABAC) said. ... -
BOI, EMB experts join Agri-Aqua Investment gab
(The Daily Guardian,November 15, 2016 , on page B1)The Panay Organic Producers Association (POPA) Agriventures, Inc. invited key resource persons from the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) to discuss investment prospects and international markets during the 1st Agri-Aqua ... -
Boracay rehabilitation to cost P25B: NEDA
(Malaya,January 8, 2019 , on page A1-A7)The Medium-Term Boracay Action Plan (BAP), which formally lays out the proposed programs for island's rehabilitation, has an estimated total investment requirement of P25.27 billion, according to the National Economic and ... -
Boracay tourism to be limited to beachfronts: DAR
(The Daily Guardian,June 6, 2018 , on page 2-14)Tourism establishments in Boracay may soon be limited to beachfront spaces as the government seeks to restore and redistribute the island's agricultural lands to farmers, Agrarian Reform Secretary John Castriciones said ... -
Boracay ‘will rise from the ashes’
(Panay News,April 22, 2018 , on page 13)Former Environment secretary Gina Lopez is positive that tourists will come back to Boracay Island once its rehabilitation is complete. “Boracay will be like a phoenix, it will rise from the ashes,” Lopez told media members ... -
Carpio: World naval powers enforcing Hague ruling
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,July 11, 2018 , on page A1-A6)President Rodrigo Duterte may have chosen to set aside an international tribunal ruling that invalidated China’s claim to nearly all of the South China Sea, but the world’s naval powers are enforcing it, according to acting ... -
Cayetano to sign framework deal with China for joint exploration
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,August 17, 2018 , on page A11)Foreign Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano intends to sign next month a framework agreement with China for joint exploration for oil and natural gas in the West Philippine Sea. West Philippine Sea is the local name of the waters ... -
'China forum participation won't affect Phl sea claim'
(The Philippine Star,May 14, 2017 , on page 1-8)The Philippines’ claim over the disputed areas in the South China Sea will not be abandoned despite President Duterte’s participation in China’s Belt and Road Summit. Ambassador Jose Santiago “Chito” Sta. Romana said the ...