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Duterte asking China to explain construction on Scarborough Shoal
President Duterte is seeking an explanation from China on it's reported construction activities on Scarborough Shoal despite an Arbitral Court ruling against China's territorial claims. Scarborough is well within the ...
- September 5, 2016
Visayan Sea meeting to tackle issues on illegal fishing
Visayas governors will be meeting on July 22 to talk about possible actions to be taken to stop illegal fishing in their waters considered as one of the country's richest fishing grounds. Iloilo Governor Arthur Defensor ...
- July 14, 2017
Seafdec Develops Organic Aquaculture Products
The Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center( Seafdec) is collaborating with the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources ( BFAR) in developing organic aquaculture products with robust market demand. According to BFAR, ...
- April 23, 2012
'Lawin' damage to agriculture, fisheries tops P10.2 B, says DA
Super-typhoon Lawin's (Haima's) damage to agriculture and fisheries has reached P 10.2 billion in northern Luzon, with rice, corn and vegetable suffering the highest losses, according to the Department of Agriculture (DA). ...
- October 24, 2016
DENR cites importance of Tubbataha Reef
Environment Secretary Horacio Ramos has claimed that the recent signing of Republic Act No. 10067, which places the 97,030-hectare Tubbataha Reef in Palawan under a permanent protection status, would improve the lives of ...
- April 20, 2010
Soldiers dig up illegal sewage pipes in Boracay
Soldiers used shovels to dig up illegal sewage lines in Boracay Island in Aklan, which has been closed to tourists while undergoing a six-month rehabilitation program. Jim Sampulna, Western Visayas regional director of ...
- May 26, 2018
Tubbataha tourism picks up 2 years after US ship runs aground
two years after a United States warship got stranded in the Tubbataha Reef, the Philippine Commission on Sports Scuba Diving (PCSSD) said the number of tourists visiting the World Heritage site have began to pick up. PSSCD ...
- February 20, 2015
Foreign ship ordered to stop dredging in Batangas river
The Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) has ordered a Filipino company that owns a foreign dredging ship to stop dredging operations in Lobo, Batangas. Dondie Sarmiento, officer-in-charge of MGB IV-A Mining Environment and ...
- April 5, 2019
Regular military patrols in Ayungin Reef assured
Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana on Thursday said that the military will continue to patrol Ayungin Reef as part of efforts to protect it from incursions. In a press briefing at Camp Aguinaldo, Quezon City, Lorenzana ...
- December 21, 2018
20 Filipino fishermen repatriated from Indonesia
At least 20 Filipino fishermen from Sarangani province have been reunited with their families over the weekend after they were repatriated to the country from three months of imprisonment in Indonesia for illegal fishing. ...
- August 24, 2015