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PH to hold naval drills with allies
The Philippines is to hold simultaneous naval drills next week with key allies the United Staes and Japan, the military said Thursday, as Chinese building continues on the disputed South China Sea reefs. The annual joint ...
- June 19, 2015
DFA seeks public support in bid to protect West PH Sea
The support of Filipinos in the government's efforts to protect Philippine entitlements in the West Philippine Sea from Chinese encroachments is vital, said Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) assistant secretary Charles ...
- August 14, 2015
Bloggers tapped for into campaign on West PH Sea
The information campaign on the West Philippine Sea is now tapping bloggers to penetrate netizens. for the first time, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) launched a modern means to make the public, local and international, ...
- May 4, 2015
Fish council backs stricter fishing policy
BFAR has already insisted that the same rules apply -- that no commercial fishing vessels should be in municipal waters to give way to other fishers and violators will be penalized. The new measures that were passed by ...
- July 28, 2015
'PH needs more marine reserves'
No-take marine reserves (NTMRs) are areas of the sea, usually with coral reefs -- but could include other coastal ecosystems such as mangroves and seagrasses -- that are fully protected from fishing. The area around MPAs ...
- June 21, 2015
DA to beef up extension support, education, training services to rice farmers
Focused on achieving increased food security and higher rural income, the Department of Agriculture said that it intends to further empower Filipino rice farmers through wider and better extension support, education and ...
- January 6, 2015
Australia plans Chinese naval exercise in disputed seas
Australia said it would continue scheduled live-fire naval exercises with China, even after close ally the United States sent a warship into disputed South China Sea waters this week. On Tuesday, Washington sent its USS ...
- October 30, 2015
Extension of agri enhancement fund pushed
HB 6162 also expands the beneficiaries to include local government units, state universities and colleges, other government institutions, accredited non-government organizations, people's organizations, cooperatives, ...
- October 18, 2015
'Strict enforcement of fisheries laws key to food, economic security'
the Philippine chapter of the world's largest marine conservation group stresses on Tuesday that strict enforcement of the country's fisheries law is the key to ensuring a sustainable fisheries sector that would lead to ...
- December 11, 2015
Rescue saves turtles from 'brink of extinction'
More than 4,000 live freshwater turtles and 90 dead ones were found in a pond inside a remote warehouse on the western island of Palawan four weeks ago in one of the country's biggest wildlife rescues, they said. They ...
- July 17, 2015