Browsing by Subject "fishing communities"

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    • DA to help farmers, fisherfolk tap low-cost loans 

      Mogato, Anna Gabriela (The Daily Guardian, April 26, 2018, on page S1/5)
      The Department of Agriculture (DA) is planning to move away from a subsidy system as more easy-access financing becomes available, with the department planning to help farmers and fisherfolk tap low-cost loan facilities. ...

    • DA to revive Laguna de Bay, other waterways 

      Ruiz, Ellalyn de Vera (Manila Bulletin, May 7, 2017, on page 7)
      The Department of Agriculture (DA) will be re-stocking the Laguna de Bay and other lakes, rivers and creeks with indigenous fish species and non-invasive, commercially viable species to revive the declining fish stocks. ...

    • DA, DOTr, DOE partner to provide farmers, fishers reefer vans 

      GB; Department of Agriculture- Agriculture and Information Division (DA-AFID) (Panay News, March 16, 2021, on page 13)
      The departments of agriculture (DA), transportation (DOTr), and energy (DOE) are joining forces to provide farming and fishing communities access to refrigerated container vans or reefer vans that will benefit both producers ...

    • Davao plans for stronger fishery law enforcement 

      Padillo, Maya M. (BusinessWorld, December 1, 2015, on page S1/4)
      The City Agriculturist Office (CAO) is seeking a P3-million budget to strengthen the implementation of national and local fishery laws intended to protect marine and coastal resources. The project will involve closer ...

    • Department of Agriculture, Administrative Circular No. 08, Series of 2019 

      Department of Agriculture (DA) (The Philippine Star, October 30, 2019, on page 15-16)
      Subject: The Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of Republic Act (RA) No. 11321 "An Act Instituting the Farmers and Fisherfolk Enterprise Development Program of the Department of Agriculture", otherwise known as "The ...

    • Drought-stricken Cotabato towns get FAO, NZ grant 

      (The Philippine Star, February 5, 2017, on page B6)
      Farming and fishing families in Mindanao are no stranger to both natural and human-induced disasters. For over four decades now, their lives and livelihoods have been disrupted by recurrent displacement as a result of ...

    • Favorite Pinoy breakfast at risk 

      Thomson Reuters Foundation (Philippine Daily Inquirer, November 30, 2018, on page A10)
      Dried fish for breakfast, fried to a crisp with a splash of spiced vinegar, garlic fried rice and a runny egg yolk, is the kind of breakfast that Filipinos crave. The dish, often made with sardines, anchovies, round scad ...

    • Fil-Brits give light of hope to Estancia fishermen 

      Yap, Tara (The Daily Guardian, May 15, 2014, on page B6-B7)
      A Filipino-British group literally gave a shimmer of hope to fishermen in Estancia, Iloilo. The Berkshire Filipino-British Association (BFBA) donated 50 kerosene lamps to a fishing community that was ravaged by Super Typhoon ...

    • Fish and sea creatures 

      Jimenez-David, Rina (Philippine Daily Inquirer, May 30, 2014, on page A17)
      If you’re walking or driving down Manila’s streets this morning and find yourself in the midst of sea creatures—turtles, fish, crabs, squids, dolphins and maybe even a mermaid or merman (what we call siokoy)—don’t be ...

    • Fish landing center soon in Kalibo 

      Zabal, Boy Ryan B. (Panay News, October 22, 2015, on page 6)
      A community fish landing center (CFLC) will be established here to promote inclusive growth in the fishery sector. Mayor William Lachica said the municipal government and the barangay council of Mabilo identified the site ...

    • Fish production in Visayas boosted 

      Tamayo, Bernadette E. (Philippines Journal, October 27, 1990, on page 11)
      The Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC), an attached agency of the Department of Agriculture (DA), will establish a pilot sea farming and sea ranching center in Barangay Malalison, Culasi, Antique aimed ...

    • Fisherfolk get ₱718M aid 

      (Malaya, February 10, 2015, on page A3)
      The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) has set aside ₱718 million for the construction of 252 Community Fish Landing Centers (CFLCs) which will benefit around a third of the fisherfolk population in the ...

    • Fisheries project to boost Western Samar 

      (Manila Bulletin, May 24, 1999, on page 23)
      A government-hosted Southeast Asian center and a European Union-assisted program have agreed to undertake a fisheries project to boost the development of this province's coastal communities. A memorandum of agreement was ...

    • Fisheries reform law needed—Pamalakaya 

      Araneta, Sandy (Manila Standard, September 18, 2016, on page C2)
      The fisherfolk group Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (Pamalakaya) on Friday said that Senator Francis Pangilinan was out of touch with reality for stating that the fisheries sector could be an ...

    • Fisheries sector recovery to depend on adapting to new markets — think tank 

      Ochave, Revin Mikhael D. (BusinessWorld, July 16, 2020, on page S1/6)
      The fisheries sector should be alert to changing consumer preferences and pursue more value-adding activities to work around the potential weak links exposed by the pandemic, such as the breakdown in logistics arrangements ...

    • Fishers doubt her stance on coastal ecotourism 

      (Philippine Daily Inquirer, June 28, 2016, on page A8)
      While praising her for her standing steadfastly against mining, a militant group has urged incoming Environment Secretary Regina Lopez to also oppose ecotourism projects that displace fisherfolk from their communities.

    • Fishers not opposed to new airport 

      Reyes-Estrope, Carmel (Philippine Daily Inquirer, April 8, 2018, on page A11)
      Fishermen here expressed no opposition to the proposed P700-billion Aerotropolis project being pushed by beverage giant San Miguel Corp., saying they could learn new livelihood skills should they be displaced. Polluted ...

    • Fishers urged not to venture into Manila Bay, told it's 'dead' 

      Ramos, Mariejo; Subingsubing, Krixia (Philippine Daily Inquirer, January 31, 2023, on page A3-A5)
      Local officials have been telling Edlyn Rosales that Manila Bay is already a dead body of water. Friends who otherwise meant well have told her the same, she said. But as for barangay officials who compared the 58-kilometer-wide ...

    • Fishery scientists want to help pluck coastal families from sea of poverty 

      (The Visayas Examiner, February 6, 2004, on page 12-11)
      Felix Ayson and Susana Siar, scientists at the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC), in Tigbauan, won by competing with groups that came up with more than 1,000 entries in the recently concluded First ...

    • Fishing communities bear brunt of lockdown 

      Ocampo, Karl R. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, April 15, 2020, on page B1)
      A sinking feeling has enveloped fishing communities across the country as the uncertainty of an extended lockdown continues to bite. As the government scrambles to control the spread of the new coronavirus disease (COVID-19), ...