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Protesters ask DENR to revoke Laguna Lake dredging project
Fisherfolk and urban poor residents along Laguna Lake appealed yesterday to the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) to revoke the contract of a Belgian dredging firm for the conduct of the controversial ...
- September 24, 2010
EU bans uncertified RP tuna
The Philippine is losing millions of dollars in potential revenue because its marine products are off limits to European consumers. Since January 1, the European Union (EU) imposed a mandatory scheme that allows only seafood ...
- January 26, 2010
Fish be with you
What’s so good about fish? A much-anticipated US government report recently concluded that eating fish may reduce the risk of heart disease. A Harvard report was even more optimistic, stating that eating fish lowers the ...
- March 16, 2010
Iloilo fish port complex rehab secures P1-B loan
The Japan International Cooperation Agency has approved a P1-billion soft loan for the rehabilitation of the Iloilo Fish Port Complex in Iloilo City, a port official told local journalists over the weekend. Elmer B. ...
- June 14, 2010
Rural bankers pledge to continue funding support to farmers, fisherfolk
Amid continuous adverse effects the prolonged dry spell is inflicting on thousands of hectares of farmlands and fishponds in different parts of the country, the Rural Bankers Association of the Philippines (RBAP) has stepped ...
- March 22, 2010
Turtle Islands: Hundreds of nautical miles away from justice
They came in the dead of night and pulled off the first heist on Baguan Island this year. The thieves, possibly armed, quietly left onboard a boat taking about 600 pieces of green turtle eggs from this protected wildlife ...
- August 22, 2010
Fisheries department pushed
Tuna industry leaders in the South Cotabato-Cotabato-Sultan Kudarat-Sarangani-General Santos City (Socsksargen) region have urged the current 15th Congress to craft a law elevating to department status the Bureau of Fisheries ...
- September 30, 2010
Grains and milling tech at AgriLink
Muyang's extruders have automatic control systems that regulate the materials' flow rate, proportion, steam and water adding rate. Its flexible barrel, screw and cutting technologies optimize the combination process and ...
- August 7, 2010
Predators now protectors of Tubbataha marine park
It's been a challenge every step of the way, but the efforts of Tubbataha's warriors have not been for naught. The WWF reports that the hard coral cover of Tubbataha increased from 40 percent in 2004 to 46 percent in 2005, ...
- December 24, 2010
Endangered turtle rescued off South Harbor
A juvenile Hawksbill turtle was found off the wharf of the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) headquarters at the South Harbor yesterday morning. PCG dental assistant Seaman Second Caesar Ryan Alvarez said he was smoking at the ...
- March 20, 2010