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    • Only e-trikes allowed when Boracay reopens 

      Tayona, Glenda (Panay News, August 2, 2018, on page 1-14)
      When Boracay reopens on Oct. 26 after six months of rehabilitation, the mode of transport in the world-famous resort island would no longer be the noisy, smoke-belching tricycles. It’s going to be the eco-friendly electronic ...

    • 'Only Filipino can explore Benham Rise' 

      Golez, Prince (Panay News, February 7, 2018, on page 7-14)
      President Rodrigo Duterte said only Filipinos can explore and conduct research at the 13-million hectare Benham Rise, Cabinet official said on Tuesday. Duterte ordered the Philippine Navy to "chase out" any foreign fishing ...

    • 'Only small fishing boats allowed in Panatag' 

      Visperas, Eva (The Philippine Star, November 15, 2016, on page 9)
      A group of Filipino fisherman has been allowed by the Chinese Coast Goard to fish in Panatag (Scarborough) Shoal, but only in small fishing boats. "Small vessels can sail and fish in the shoal but the big ones are not ...

    • Onward to a more progressive Iloilo 

      Fernandez-Brojan, Connie (Philippine Daily Inquirer, August 30, 2023, on page B3-2)
      Imagine this: business process outsourcing (BPO) companies are operating along the beaches. Food products are sourced from local farmlands that had been converted into Instagrammable tourism destinations. These are among ...

    • OPA counter-checks 'red tide' in Capiz 

      Mijares, Ralph John (Panay News, November 21, 2015, on page 6)
      The Office of the Provincial Agriculturist (OPA) counter-checks suspected paralytic shellfish poisoning or red tide victims in Capiz, a senior aquaculturist said. The Provincial Health Office advised families of suspected ...

    • OPA: Initial P76M crop, fishery damage surpasses NegOcc's agri losses last year 

      Nicavera, Erwin P. (SunStar Philippines, January 20, 2021, on page 6)
      The initial worth of damage brought by the massive flooding earlier this month to crop and fishery sector of Negros Occidental has already surpassed the amount of agro-fishery losses incurred by the province for the whole ...

    • Open fishing season 

      Philippine News Agency (PNA) (SunStar Philippines, June 8, 2020, on page 4)
      The Department of Agriculture’s (DA) Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) has urged fisherfolk to take advantage of the open fishing season in most parts of the country amid the coronavirus pandemic. Open fishing ...

    • Open harvest for 'diwal' 

      Billones, Jomarie (The Daily Guardian, April 21, 2015, on page 2-7)
      Mayor Angel Alan Celino will announce Wednesday, April 22, the open harvest for angel wings, locally known as "diwal". Policarpio Altamia Jr., chairman of the City Fishery and Aquatic Resources Management Council (CFARMC), ...

    • An open letter to the President 

      (Manila Bulletin, September 3, 1996, on page 15)
      House Bill No. 7366 "An Act to Codify all laws of Fisheries all laws on Fisheries and Aquatic Resources" is about to be presented by the Special Fisheries Committee headed by Congressman Jose T. Villarosa to the plenary ...

    • Opening Ceremony 32nd Seafdec Anniversary 

      Platon, Rolando (The Examiner, July 24, 2005, on page 5-6)
      In behalf of the SEAFDEC/AQD family, I would like to welcome all of you to our 32nd Anniversary. Everyone must have already known that due to financial problems of the Philippines the host country, AQD's budgetary allocation ...

    • Opening of floating kubo, fishing competition in Muntinlupa 

      (The Manila Times, October 28, 2019, on page B7)
      Mayor Jaime Fresnedi scores a fish during the launching of Floating Kubo and the 10th JRF Fishing Competition on October 19 at Bayanan Baywalk, Muntinlupa City. The activities aim to promote the area as an eco-tourism hub ...

    • Operations start to remove ship from coral area 

      Padayhag, Michelle (Philippine Daily Inquirer, June 19, 2016, on page A12)
      Three tugboats were used to pull a Panamanian-registered cargo vessel out of a shoal where it ran aground and destroyed at least 3 hectares of coral reefs.

    • Oplan balik sugpo: New AQD chief bares plan for SEAFDEC activities 

      (The Daily Guardian, October 19, 2017, on page B1, B6)
      Other than streamlining its Research and Development programs, the new chief of the Aquaculture Department (AQD) of the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC) in Tigbauan, Iloilo is eyeing to revive the ...

    • Oplan ERAP can ensure food security 

      PN (Panay News, November 26, 1999, on page 8-7)
      Oplan ERAP can significantly raise the living standards and provide more food access to the poor, not only in the Philippines but also in Southeast Asia. This was revealed by two international aquaculture scientists in a ...

    • An Oplan Erap can ensure food security for the world's poor 

      DI (Daily Informer, November 22, 1999, on page 2-8)
      Oplan Erap can significantly raise the living standards of and provide more access to food by not only in the Philippines but also in Southeast Asia. This was revealed by two international aquaculture scientists in a keynote ...

    • 'Oplan Isda' yields seafood produce 

      Reyes, Jonas (Daily Tribune, April 1, 2022, on page B16)
      The Provincial Fisheries Office (PFO) here announced that at least half a ton of seafood was bought by the fisherfolk cooperatives of Tarlac from another fisherfolk group — Bulacan’s Nagkakaisang Samahan ng Mangingisda ...

    • Oplan SWIM hopes to make Iloilo River swimmable 

      Philippine News Agency (PNA); PN (Panay News, March 31, 2014, on page 7)
      The Oplan SWIM or "Sustainable Work plan for Iloilo River Management" aims to make the body of water clean on the short-term and swimmable on the long-term. According to Raul Lorilla of the Provincial Environment and Natural ...

    • Opportunities aquaculture at agrilink expo 

      Sarian, Zac (Manila Bulletin, August 11, 2018, on page B-6)
      Farmers and investors in fisheries should find time to visit the Agrilink trade show that will be staged at the World Trade Center in Pasay City on October 4 to 6. The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) will ...

    • Opportunities emerge from rehab efforts 

      Burgos, Nestor Jr. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, January 13, 2014, on page A14)
      Communities in areas ravaged by Supertyphoon “Yolanda” in Western Visayas have started to pick up the pieces, but government planners, officials and business leaders are seeing difficulty in reaching full recovery. On the ...

    • Opposition slams stand on SCS, death penalty 

      Flores, Helen; Romero, Paolo; Porcalla, Delon; Punay, Edu; Simeon, Louise Maureen (The Philippine Star, July 28, 2020, on page 5)
      Members of the opposition slammed yesterday President Duterte’s call to revive the death penalty and his statement that he was “inutile” and “cannot do anything” in the face of China’s aggression in the South China Sea, ...