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'Importing galunggong will disadvantage 1.5M fisherfolk'
The Department of Agriculture’s (DA) plan to import round scad, or galunggong every year will disadvantage some one and a half million small fisherfolk in the country, Sen. Cynthia Villar said. Villar, who chairs the Senate ...
- September 2, 2018
Galunggong prices down due to formalin scare
Galunggong prices declined in recent weeks as consumers steered clear of the fish due to formalin scare. In a report on GMA News' "24 Oras," fish vendor Arlene Carabuena said that from P180 per kilogram in the last week ...
- September 9, 2018
Incentives would improve MPA protection efforts, experts say
The safeguarding of Philippine marine protected areas (MPAs) would improve if local communities were given incentives to protect these areas, several marine experts said on Monday. Human activities such as fishing were ...
- June 29, 2019
Carpio warns of China's looming encroachment on Scarborough
Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio has warned that China may impose an air defense zone and control the whole South China Sea if the Philippines will not stop its plan to build a radar station in the disputed Scarborough ...
- March 19, 2017
Weak El Niño good for fisherfolk, says BFAR
The weak El Niño is good for fishermen even as it scorched the country’s farms, the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) said. BFAR director Eduardo Gongona said there are fewer tropical cyclones expected because ...
- April 7, 2019
PH Q2 agriculture output up 6.2% year-on-year
The Philippines' agricultural output rose 6.18 percent in the second quarter compared with a year ago, outpacing growth in the first quarter, as good weather helped boost crop harvests, including rice and corn, the statistics ...
- August 20, 2017
DOT chief Puyat on Boracay Island rehab: We’re on track
Tourism secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat disclosed Tuesday that the rehabilitation on the popular tourist destination Boracay Island has been on track. “So far it’s been successful. Of course sinasabi namin may phases ...
- February 23, 2019
'Manila Bay rehab is no prelude to reclamation'
Environment secretary Roy Cimatu on Wednesday said that the ongoing Manila Bay rehabilitation is not a prelude to any land reclamation initiative the government is preparing for dozens of infrastructure projects. The ...
- February 8, 2019
BFAR assures public: measures in place vs tilapia virus threat
The Philippine fisheries bureau on Saturday assured the public that appropriate risk management measures are ready to stop the possible entry into the country of a lake virus attacking tilapia fish in several countries. ...
- June 20, 2017
Boracay rehab may need more than 6 mos. - Cimatu
The rehabilitation works in Boracay might need more than six months, said Environment secretary Roy Cimatu as he revealed problems in the ongoing island cleanup. Cimatu said he was surprised that there were still 43 illegal ...
- May 26, 2018