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BFAR okays fisherfolk's proposed projects
The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) headed by Carlito Delfin has approved the proposed projects of four fisherfolks' associations totalling P210,000. These proposals include the acquisition of a lift net ...
- March 12, 2013
CSR focuses on coastal cleanup
SHORE IT UP -- a project of Metro Pacific Investment Corp. (MPIC) -- is the country’s longest corporate-backed environment program. It recently marked its fifth year as it kicked off a year-long clean-up drive in Mabini, ...
- June 7, 2013
Holcim backs Davao river watershed conservation
After the successful first run of a project to help conserve the Davao River watershed, Holcim Philippines has renewed its partnership with an environment group to train an indigenous community in the Marilog uplands on ...
- February 22, 2013
All about fish and fishing
What can legally be said about the incursions of Chinese fishing and other vessels into Philippines waters/ The first thing, of course, is to look into the laws that govern the seas. The importance of the seas flows from ...
- June 3, 2013
Chinese turtles infest CL fishponds
Officials of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) in Region 3 expressed alarm on Monday over the proliferation of an invasive species of turtle that now threaten Central Luzon's local fish population ...
- February 6, 2013
Cavite's 'tinapa' stay to thrive
Despite the industrial, commercial, and residential boom on Cavite, the ancient way of curing and smoking fish and other marines species continuous to thrive in the province, particularly in the municipalities of Rosario ...
- August 4, 2013
Tubbataha Ranger Station getting upgrade
The Tubbataha ranger station has been a second home to a dozen dedicated park rangers standing vigil over the 97, 030-hectare Tubbataha reef natural park in Palawan. The crucial role the station and the park rangers play ...
- August 6, 2013
Giant clams to fight insurgency
The Armed Forces is deploying 200 giant clams to Bohol to help prevent the resurgence of New People's Army in the province which had been declared insurgency-free in 2009. A C-130 plane was due to transport to Bohol an ...
- March 1, 2013
2nd salvage ship arrives at reef today
The United States has sent salvage ship Jascon-25 to Tubataha Reef to cut to pieces and remove the USS Guardian, a minesweeper, that ran aground in the protected marine sanctuary, coast guard officials said on Friday. Coast ...
- February 16, 2013
The business of fixing Lingayen Gulf
Alaska is a remote coastal village of Aringay, La Union, where blast fishing used to be the main occupation of its residents. In this village, some fishermen used to manufacture improvised dynamite sticks that they used ...
- February 6, 2013