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Govt releases P137M for Negros farmers, fisherfolk
Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Piñol has turned over a total of P137 million in projects and equipment to Negros farmers and fishermen and pledged P30 million in loans for farmers in a district that has been the hotbed of ...
- October 4, 2017
Increasing the income of farmers and fisherfolk
I listened very carefully to the State of the Nation Address of President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday, and I commend his full support to leveling up the country’s agriculture sector by investing in programs to increase the ...
- July 25, 2019
Pinoy vessel sinks after collision with Chinese boat
A Filipino fishing boat sank last Sunday after being hit by a Chinese vessel near the disputed Recto (Reed) Bank in the West Philippine (South China) Sea, Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana announced on Wednesday. No lives ...
- June 13, 2019
Red tide hits Cancabato Bay in Leyte
The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) on Tuesday warned the public from harvesting and eating shellfish from Cancabato Bay in Tacloban City that had been added to the list of areas found positive for the red ...
- January 16, 2019
WPS debate might still happen in June 2022
Palace spokesman Harry Roque Jr. said the debate between President Rodrigo Duterte and retired Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio on West Philippine Sea (WPS) issues might still push through when the Chief Executive ...
- May 9, 2021
How to defend Panatag Shoal
Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonio Carpio, who contributed immensely to our winning our arbitration suit against China’s “nine-dash line” maritime claim, wants President Rodrigo Duterte to shut up. Justice Carpio asked ...
- March 23, 2017
Leatherback turtle fished out from Ragay
A big leatherback sea turtle weighing 500 kilograms was fished out by local fisherman from the waters of Ragay Gulf in Bicol on Thursday. Nonie Enolva, regional spokesman for Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources, said ...
- November 23, 2018
Uphold 2016 West PH Sea arbitration ruling
NEARING the six-year mark on July 12 of the 2016 Permanent Court of Arbitration Ruling in favor of the Philippines against China's claim on the West Philippine Sea based on the nine-dash line, think tank Stratbase ADR ...
- July 6, 2022
'Plant bamboo, mangroves'
Environment and Natural Resources Secretary Regina Lopez has told small-scale miners and local officials of Camarines Norte that small-scale mining needs to stop for now and encouraged them instead to plant bamboo and ...
- December 14, 2016
Group bats for more PH aquaculture sites
Advocacy Group Tugon Kabuhayan is appealing to the government to ease the permitting process to develop more aquaculture areas in the Philippines. “We are producing aquaculture resources regularly. There’s no stabilizing ...
- January 26, 2021