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DA plans ban on catching ‘galunggong’ in Palawan
The Philippines may soon be self-sufficient in round scad or galunggong, but it must be prepared to accept a ban on catching the so-called poor man’s food this year, the Department of Agriculture (DA) said on Monday. In a ...
- March 26, 2013
DENR, PCSD begin case buildup vs 'traders' of Palawan giant clams
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) and the Philippine Council for Sustainable Development (PCSD) is now building a case against unscrupulous individuals behind the illegal trade of giant clams in ...
- May 17, 2021
Do we have a contingency plan amid WPS impasse? solon asks
The chairman of the House Committee on Strategic Intelligence on Monday urged the government to prepare a contingency plan as there is “considerable risk” that a Chinese vessel might end up accidentally running aground in ...
- March 30, 2021
Whatever it takes: Gov't claims initial victory with P1.7B spent out of P47B 7-year outlay to win ‘Battle for Manila Bay’
The Duterte administration has allotted a whopping P47-billion budget for the rehabilitation of Manila Bay that may include as well the desilting of clogged esteros and clean-up of heavily polluted river tributaries and ...
- October 3, 2020
Testing the waters
With the United States and Asean’s affirmation of support for the four-year-old ruling of the United Nations (UN) arbitral tribunal, the Philippines should seize the initiative in “implementing” the decision, at the very ...
- July 19, 2020
DENR steps up bamboo planting on select riverbanks
The government’s reforestation effort along selected rivers in the Philippines with various bamboo species is now in full swing, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has reported. Environment Secretary ...
- February 18, 2021
Duterte's SCS ruling pitch highlights speech at UNGA
President Duterte’s much-awaited debut before the 75th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) late Tuesday night (early morning Manila time) was marked with a strong affirmation of the Philippines’s rights in the South ...
- September 24, 2020
'Spark of hope'
Meanwhile, MinDA has eyed developing the coastal town of Sultan Naga Dimaporo in Lanao del Norte for bangus fish cage farming to push job generation in this sleepy rural town in northern Mindanao, and, at the same time, ...
- October 11, 2020
Group pushes aquaculture investments in lakes, dams
An advocacy group is urging the government to open investments in dams, rivers and lakes for aquaculture as means to boost the country’s food security and provide alternative protein sources amid rising pork and chicken ...
- January 26, 2021
China harassment of oil-exploring boats signal to claimants–AMTI
China’s harassment of Malaysia’s ongoing oil exploration in its coastal waters—but which Beijing deems as within the vast maritime area that it disputes in the South China Sea—has reinvented the norm and set new rules ...
- May 4, 2020