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Fishing village survives 'pork' scam
With open arms, fisherman Alejo Gratico and his neighbors welcomed two men from a nongovernment organization (NGO) who arrived in Surigao City in 2008. At last, help finally came to the remote fishing community in Sitio ...
- June 21, 2015
Oil-spill containment drill held
Officers of the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) - Southeastern Mindanao led Friday's oil-spill containment-simulation exercise held at the Mintebros Port in Barangay Ilang, Tibungco, this city, to test and evaluate its oil ...
- August 9, 2015
Phl, Vietnam to hold technical exchanges on crops, fisheries protection
The Philippines and Vietnam have agreed to hold technical exchanges for the protection of the crops and fisheries subsectors after the resumption of bilateral talks on agriculture, the Department of Agriculture (DA) said ...
- July 27, 2015
PH lags behind in race to grab reefs
Philippine military chief General Gregorio Catapang looks worried as he surveys the rusted cranes and eroded runway on the tiny island of Thitu, now on the front line of a rapidly intensifying construction war in the South ...
- May 14, 2015
Experimental, bountiful bangus harvest
Workers from the BFAR-NIFTDC harvest experimental milkfish (bangus) in Sual, Pangasinan. BFAR-nIFTDC chief Westly Rosario said the experiment bangus were given soybean - based feed and grew to half kilo within a five-month ...
- May 21, 2015
Australia will ignore China air defense zone
Australian military aircraft will continue to fly over disputed waters in the South China Sea (West Philippine Sea), even if Beijing imposes an air defense identification zone (ADIZ), a top defense official said on Monday. ...
- June 2, 2015
The Philippines turns to lawfare in the South China Sea
Two and a half years ago, the Philippines took an unprecedented step to shake up the territorial dispute with China in the South China Sea. That was when it brought its case into the halls of the Peace Palace, the home of ...
- September 8, 2015
Kill the dolphins, sharks, whales
Mayor Nelson Garcia has maintained that marine animals on Tañon Strait are “parasites” and their population should be controlled by killing some of them, shrugging off criticisms from environmentalists. At a summit on ...
- February 13, 2015
China 'twisting' story: DND
The Department of National Defense yesterday said China is "concocting stories" by claiming that the Philippines is doing construction work in the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea) and told the Asian giant to tear down ...
- May 7, 2015
Tilapia ice cream anyone?
Researchers at Central Luzon State University (CLSU) have produced an ice cream flavor featuring tilapia, but without any disagreeable fishy taste and smell. The flavor is the result of a study by professor Rana Vera Cruz ...
- March 9, 2015