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World cannot afford farming subsidies
Agricultural subsidies around the world are a waste of hundreds of billions of dollars and unaffordable in the wake of the global financial crisis, New Zealand's prime minister said Friday. Speaking at a business forum in ...
- September 8, 2012
Leyte top fish producer in Eastern Visayas
The province of Leyte is Eastern Visayas’ biggest fish producer in the fourth quarter of 2018, the Philippine Statistics Authority’s Regional Statistical Service Office (RSSO), reported here over the weekend. Wilma A. ...
- March 11, 2019
Filipinos need not seek China fish permit-palace
Malacañang yesterday said Filipino fishermen need not ask permission from Chinese regional authorities to fish in the high seas and most especially within the Philippines' Exclusive Economic Zone(EEZ). Deputy presidential ...
- January 12, 2014
China, PH discuss joint South China Sea projects
Foreign Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano was in Beijing on Wednesday for talks on possible joint development projects in the South China Sea amid signs of an easing of tensions in the disputed waterway. Cayetano was scheduled ...
- March 22, 2018
Fishers group: Thriving reefs one reason to save Manila Bay
A local fisherfolk group cited the recent discovery of thriving coral reefs as another reason to protect Manila Bay from massive reclamation projects. “It is crystal clear that Manila Bay is alive and well; it is still the ...
- May 3, 2019
B.F.A.R. upgrade
Cebu Rep. Benhur Salimbangon has filed House Bill 2313 to amend Republic Act 8550, the Philippine Fisheries Code of 1998, to promote the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) directors and his two assistant ...
- January 6, 2014
Thwart use of force in South China Sea
With regional prosperity supposedly under threat, President Aquino has called on the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to thwart China or any nation from using force or threat to assert its claim in the disputed ...
- November 22, 2015
DENR lauds Boracay folks’ support of rehab initiatives
Boracay residents and stakeholders showed overwhelming support and cooperation as the six-month rehabilitation of the famed beach destination got underway last week, according to the Department of Environment and Natural ...
- April 30, 2018
The year of maritime cooperation between China and the ASEAN launched
China hopes all-round maritime cooperation with the ASEAN will become a model for building the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road, Chinese State Councilor Yang Jiechi said here on March 28. Yang made the remark at a ceremony ...
- March 31, 2015
Baguio City after Boracay
The timely intervention of President Rodrigo Duterte in closing Boracay for rehabilitation is to be applauded, given the political, and the moral will, to save the pristine beaches and bucolic lifestyle of the world-famous ...
- January 10, 2019