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In third quarter: Agriculture ekes out 0.7% growth
The agriculture sector grew at a slower pace during the third quarter of the year, as increases in crop and fisheries production were not enough to offset the losses recorded in livestock and poultry. Data from the Philippine ...
- November 10, 2020
PH eyes more rice fish imports
Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Piñol said on Monday he has proposed the importation of an additional 132,000 tons (T) of rice by the private sector to address “very limited” supplies of the staple food in the country’s ...
- August 28, 2018
Gov't orders 2 water concessionaires in Boracay to team up
Environment Secretary Roy A. Cimatu has ordered the two water concessionaires in Boracay to work together in fixing and developing the sewerage system of the island. This, while he ordered an investigation on what caused ...
- April 27, 2018
Aklan gov, 16 others face graft, admin raps over Boracay neglect
Graft and administrative charges were filed by the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) on Wednesday before the Office of the Ombudsman against Aklan Governor Florencio Miraflores, Malay Mayor Ciceron ...
- June 28, 2018
Mangrove planting
To protect villages from the onslaught of any weather disturbance while mitigating global warming and climate change, the government remains on-track to hit its target to plant 5,706,452 mangrove propagules by yearend. ...
- October 5, 2015
Watershed delineation
The Interface Development Interventions (IDIS) lauded the local government for earmarking P17 million for the ground delineation of the critical watershed areas here. Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio announced in Thursday's ...
- July 5, 2018
Gov’t mulls diplomatic protest against China
The government is mulling to take diplomatic action against China for alleged breach of international obligation following the reported presence of two warplanes on an artificial island in South China Sea. “The Secretary ...
- April 20, 2018
From sea of conflict to sea of cooperation, friendship
In a bid to turn the South China Sea into a “sea of cooperation and friendship,” Chinese President Xi Jinping has proposed a joint exploration of the waterway between the China and the Philippines “at an appropriate time.” ...
- April 12, 2018
Manila Bay clean-up: Gargantuan and historic endeavor
In a word, Manila Bay stinks. Decades-long inflow of waste and untreated discharges into the Bay has resulted in one of the most polluted waters in the world. (Manila is also unlucky in having lazy mayors who have done ...
- January 30, 2019
PH to purchase research vessels to explore territorial waters
The government is planning to acquire new maritime research vessels to be used in exploring territorial waters in the Philippine Rise. President Duterte gave the green light during a Cabinet meeting last Monday for the ...
- March 7, 2018