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DA seeks higher budget for 2015
The Department of Agriculture (DA) is looking for a bigger budget allocation next year to boost the country's agriculture and fishery sectors. The DA said yesterday that the National Agriculture and Fisheries Council (NAF) ...
- April 1, 2014
After warding off mass tourism: Hong Kong's last fishing village faces climate threats
Located about two hours from downtown Hong Kong, rural Tai O is the last fishing village in the territory and is home to over 2,000 people. Fishing, the area’s traditional industry, is dying out after a 2012 government ban ...
- October 26, 2018
Asean defense chiefs to issue unified stand on sea dispute
Southeast Asian defense chiefs are due to come up with a unified stance on the dragging South China Sea dispute during next month's Association of Southeast Asian Defense Ministers Meeting, Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana ...
- September 29, 2017
Pioneer Adhesives launches community, environmental efforts in Palawan
Republic Chemical Industries Inc. (RCI), maker of Pioneer Epoxy, and its affiliate Pioneer Adhesive Foundation Inc. (PAFI), have recently conducted community relations and environmental efforts last July 15-17, 2016 in ...
- July 20, 2016
Tilapia holds promise of the future
Reconciling population growth and food productivity has stumped the government for ages. Projections from the National Census and Statistics Office (NSO) show that there will be 75.2 million Filipino consumers by the year ...
- July 27, 1996
Mussels R&D is going high tech
Not new but high tech just the same, geospatial technologies is now being applied for mussel culture management. Geospatial technologies in the Philippines include geographic mapping and analysis of the Earth surface and ...
- April 4, 2018
Agri growth slows as El Niño strikes
Agriculture output grew by 0.67 percent in the first quarter of the year due to positive contributions from fisheries, livestock and poultry subsectors. This, is however, slower than the 1.47 percent growth registered in ...
- May 9, 2019
Time for the Philippines to adjust to the South China Sea problem
Growing territorial tensions in the South China Sea are taking a toll on the sizeable Filipino-Chinese community in the Philippines. Recently, one of the most celebrated Filipino writers went so far as to implicitly question ...
- July 7, 2015
Hatchery complex assures fry supply
A multi-purpose aqua laboratory which complements the fish hatchery complex of the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC-AQD) in Igang, Guimaras island, was inaugurated recently by MP Narciso D. Monfort, ...
- November 13, 1985
'1,000 barangays ignored Manila Bay cleanup drive'
Nearly 18 percent of the 5,714 barangays surrounding Manila Bay have complied with a directive from the interior department to participate in a drive to clean the polluted bay. The interior department is preparing show-cause ...
- May 3, 2019