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Fish, veggie prices in Cebu double
Prices of fish and vegetables in the city’s biggest public market have more than doubled as a result of declining supply because of the cold weather. Fidel Orongan, fish and seafood vendor at the Carbon public market, said ...
- January 25, 2014
Amend Fisheries Code, Capitol Urged
A group of commercial fishing operators in Cebu is asking the provincial government to amend the existing Cebu Provincial Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Code for being biased against commercial fishing. Patrick Topalla, ...
- January 28, 2014
Farmers, fishermen required to register with BIR
The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) has required marginal income earners (MIE) to register with the bureau even though they are still exempted from paying income and business taxes. The payment of ₱500 registration fee ...
- February 13, 2014
Overharvesting perils seaweeds
Passing through the highway traversing Alacan village in San Fabian town in Pangasinan province, one cannot ignore the peculiar smell of seaweeds being dried by fishermen by the roadside. Seaweeds harvesting has spurred ...
- March 12, 2014
Resort owned by labor leader fences off bay
Residents of a town in Cebu are questioning what appeared to be the grant of ownership of a bay to a resort owned by the head of one of the country’s biggest labor unions which had fenced off portions of the bay, keeping ...
- February 5, 2014
BFAR turns over P33M to cebu for aqua rehabilitation
The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) Region 7 has turned over P33 million to the Cebu provincial government as financial assistance for the rehabilitation of seaweed and Aquafarms in northern Cebu towns ...
- March 23, 2014
Seaweed sector in Davao Sur gets funding
The Department of Agriculture (DA), through the Mindanao Rural Development Program (MRDP), assisted a group of seaweed farming and a processing project. The DA said the Bato Seaweeds Association, INc. (Baseas) is the ...
- April 3, 2014
China insist on fishery rules
In its bid to deflect criticisms from foreign countries, including the United States, following a recent ruling that requires foreign fishermen to seek permission before fishing in the South China Sea, Beijing said it was ...
- January 12, 2014
Iloilo hosts FishR regional launch
To improve the livelihood of fishermen in the Western Visayas region they must be included in the National Program for Municipal Fisherfolk Registration (FishR). This was emphasized by Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic ...
- February 21, 2014
Rising in trafficked fishermen alarms Tawi-Tawi authorities
Tawi-Tawi authorities are alarmed at the growing number of fishermen from the Visayas who end up here after being recruited by human trafficking syndicates to engage in dangerous compressor diving. The latest case involves ...
- April 21, 2014