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Include oceans in post-2015 goals, UN urged
Oceans need to be part of the United Nation's (UN) development plans to save the already decaying marine life around the globe, activists urged the UN Tuesday. Stuart Beck, UN representative of Palau island nation smaller ...
- June 27, 2013
Pamunit Int'l Festival set
The first ever Pamunit International Festival will be held in the municipality of Oton. The event is expected to draw 100 international and local anglers. Anglers have until April 30, 2013 to register and join the competition.
- March 7, 2013
DA eyes big increase in shrimp production in next 6 months
The Department of Agriculture is gearing up for a shrimp production blitz to enable the Philippines to regain a firm foothold in the export market within the next six months. In an interview, Agriculture Secretary Proceso ...
- August 20, 2013
Tourism threatens Thai sea gypsies
They roamed the seas off the Andaman Coast for generations, but Thailand's sea gypsies say their traditional way of life is under threat and their homes at risk from a tourism boom. The plight of the once-nomadic ...
- June 11, 2013
Vietnam, Beijing set up fishery hotline
China and Vietnam have agreed to set up a hotline to resolve disputes in the South China Sea, where clashes between fishermen have stoked tensions between the countries, state media reported on Thursday. The agreement was ...
- June 21, 2013
Aquino wants Capiz as agri-tourism site
President Benigno Aquino III has directed Agriculture Secretary Proceso Alcala and Tourism Secretary Ramon Jimenez Jr. to ensure implementation of a project that will make Capiz an agri-tourism destination. This was conveyed ...
- February 23, 2013
Breeding Mangroves
Instead of the usual tree planting activities in celebration of the Arbor day yesterday, environmentalists and the local government personnel of Baler plant more than 5,000 mangrove propagules to enhance the existing ...
- June 29, 2013
Phl to host meet on protecting dugong
Continuing its efforts to protect the sea cow from the threat of extinction, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources ( DENR) will host a two- day conference with representatives from 21 countries next week. The ...
- February 17, 2013
Oil spill hits Ilocos shoreline
Local residents in the coastal areas of nine towns and two cities in Ilocos Sur and La Union are presently conducting a massive clean-up of their shorelines following the sudden occurrence of oil spill last Monday here. ...
- February 27, 2013
State of calamity declared in La Union over oil spill
The provincial board here has declared La Union under a state of calamity over the damage wrought on its coastline by the oil spill from "M/V Harita Bauxiote" which capsized last February 16 off Bolinao, Pangasinan. ...
- March 2, 2013