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    • 2 die as fishing boat capsizes off S. Leyte 

      Punongbayan, Michael; Romero, Alexis; Pareño, Roel (The Philippine Star, December 26, 2022, on page 10)
      Two fishermen were reported dead while six others were rescued after their boat capsized in the waters off Southern Leyte yesterday. Bad weather due to the shear line and the northeast monsoon have been affecting parts of ...

    • 200,000 sign online petition vs Kaliwa Dam 

      Cariaso, Bella (The Manila Times, February 21, 2023, on page A2)
      The online petition urging President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to stop the construction of Kaliwa Dam has so far gathered 200,000 signatures. Stop Kaliwa Dam project convenor and Save Sierra Madre Network Inc. Executive Director ...

    • 84% of oil spill affected shoreline 'cleaned' 

      (SunStar Philippines, May 15, 2023, on page 7)
      Over 84 percent of the coastline affected by the oil spill in the waters off Oriental Mindoro due to a sunken oil tanker has already been cleaned up. In a report to President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., Defense Secretary ...

    • Additional DA funding sought 

      Oliquino, Edjen (Daily Tribune, October 5, 2022, on page A3)
      A neophyte lawmaker has appealed to the House of Representatives to allocate an additional P521 million for the Department of Agriculture aside from the its P163.75 billion proposed budget for next year. A known advocate ...

    • Agri output contracts anew in Q2 

      GMA Integrated News (Panay News, August 11, 2023, on page 12)
      The Philippine agriculture sector was unable to sustain the output growth in the first three months of the year as production contracted in the second quarter due to a lower fisheries yield, government data released on ...

    • Agri problems systemic, says Marcos 

      Piatos, Tiziana Celine (Daily Tribune, October 26, 2023, on page A1-A2)
      President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Wednesday underscored the need to address the systemic issues plaguing Philippine agriculture for years due to the longstanding neglect of the sector. In his speech at the 70th anniversary ...

    • Amid reclamation controversy: P1.4B allotted to sustain Manila Bay rehab 

      (DailyGuardian, August 14, 2023, on page 2)
      Amid the controversy over massive reclamation projects, the Department of Environment and National Resources (DENR) is getting another P1.4 billion in new appropriations to sustain the cleanup and rehabilitation of Manila ...

    • Assistance continues for affected Mindoro fisherfolk 

      Laurente, Ire Joe (The Manila Times, May 7, 2023, on page A8)
      After the identification of alternative fishing grounds for fishermen affected by the recent massive oil spill, the provincial government is continually formulating a recovery program, an agricultural official here said. ...

    • Ban Manila Bay reclamation projects, Marcos asked 

      Subingsubing, Krixia (Philippine Daily Inquirer, October 18, 2022, on page A5)
      Farmers and fisherfolk marked World Food Day on Monday by urging President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to address hunger by rejecting all reclamation activities on Manila Bay and to stave off inflation. Peasant groups like ...

    • Barrier removal BBM's call - PCG 

      Ayeng, Raffy; Garner, Jom; Kabagani, Lade Jean (Daily Tribune, September 26, 2023, on page A1-A6)
      Dismantling the floating barrier that China installed at Scarborough Shoal or Bajo de Masinloc is a matter for President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to decide, a Philippine Coast Guard official said yesterday. Commodore Jay ...

    • BBM eyes 'balanced' sea tack 

      Requejo, Rey (Manila Standard, June 18, 2022, on page A1-A2)
      President-elect Ferdinand Marcos Jr. will take a “very measured and balanced” approach to the country’s territorial disputes with China over the West Philippine Sea. Marcos made this commitment during a meeting with ...

    • BBM's fishing vessels monitoring measures lauded 

      Recuerdo, Elmer (Daily Tribune, June 27, 2023, on page B16)
      Fisherfolk and environmental groups have recently lauded President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. for directing the Department of Agriculture and Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources to work closely with the Office of the ...

    • BBM: China's barrier deprived Pinoys of 164 tons of fish daily 

      Piatos, Tiziana Celine (Daily Tribune, September 30, 2023, on page A2)
      President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Friday defended the removal by the Philippine Coast Guard of a floating barrier installed by China in the West Philippine Sea, saying that it was necessary to protect the country's maritime ...

    • BFAR mulls moratorium on crackdown vs imported fish 

      Cariaso, Bella (The Manila Times, December 1, 2022, on page A1-A2)
      The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) on Wednesday said it was considering imposing a moratorium on the crackdown of imported frozen fish in wet markets amid criticisms that it was anti-poor. In a radio ...

    • Bongbong Marcos open to use Indonesia-PH border deal model amid talks with China 

      (SunStar Philippines, September 7, 2022, on page 5)
      President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. said on Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2022, he is willing to explore maritime border talks with China and other countries using the strategy that resulted in the peaceful agreement with Indonesia ...

    • Boracay among TIME's 'World's Greatest Places of 2022' 

      Barcelo, Vito; Lopez, Vince (Manila Standard, July 14, 2022, on page A1-A2)
      Boracay, a tropical island surrounded by stunning white sand beaches and clear blue waters in Panay, has been named by TIME Magazine as one of the “World’s Greatest Places of 2022.” On its website, TIME, the New York-based ...

    • Boracay task force formally signs off after island's rehab works 

      Rendon, Jennifer (DailyGuardian, June 18, 2022, on page 1-11)
      Four years since it was closed for a major overhaul, Boracay Island in Malay, Aklan is deemed to have regained its old glory. Since its inception, the Boracay Inter-Agency Task Force (BIATF) has encountered lots of birth ...

    • Boracay's rehab not over yet; Taskforce turns over work to LGUs 

      Tayona, Glenda (Panay News, June 17, 2022, on page 1-15)
      The responsibility to continue the rehabilitation of Boracay Island is now with the provincial government of Aklan and the local government unit of Malay. The Boracay Inter-Agency Task Force (BIATF), whose mandate will end ...

    • Canned sardines shortage looms 

      Cariaso, Bella (The Manila Times, October 6, 2022, on page A3)
      The Philippine Chamber of Agriculture and Food Inc. on Wednesday warned of a looming shortage of canned sardines because of a three-month fishing ban starting in November. The group's president Danilo Fausto said that the ...

    • Carpio: Marcos stand a 'welcome sea change' 

      Cabalza, Dexter (Philippine Daily Inquirer, May 29, 2022, on page A1-A2)
      Retired Supreme Court Justice Antonio Carpio lauded the recent pronouncement by President-elect Ferdinand Marcos Jr. that he would assert the 2016 decision by the Permanent Court of Arbitration favoring Manila against ...