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The South China Sea and the CoC
There's no doubt that the biggest issue discussed during the 33rd ASEAN Summit was the ASEAN-PRC draft for the Code of Conduct (CoC) over the South China Sea. The draft is still a little vague but it does make several ...
- November 25, 2018
Wanted: ‘Boracay czar’: Who’s on top of everything?
Malacañang has been urged to appoint a “Boracay czar” to oversee the world-famous island’s rehabilitation. The recent June 20 Senate hearing on Boracay’s six-month closure uncovered “misunderstandings” between government ...
- June 25, 2018
Fisherfolk vs ouster from city project
Two fisherfolk associations here staged a rally in front of the People's House yesterday to protest their disqualification from the city government's agri-fishery project. The disqualified groups were the Banago Group ...
- January 14, 2015
Sustained effort to attain food sufficiency
While we cannot compete with other better-endowed lands in Southeast Asia like Thailand and Vietnam, we should at least aim to drop the reputation of being the top rice importer. We should involve the farmers in buffer ...
- December 15, 2018
Gov’t lauds advances to lower cost of fish farming
A Philippine government committee commended developments in aquaculture research that lowered the cost of aqua feeds for milkfish and tilapia by 30 percent. In a recent meeting, the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development ...
- November 6, 2019
Gov't wants to help market Guimaras seaweed industry
Guimaras seaweed growers are getting more and more support from the government this 2018. Seaweed production is considered to be Guimaras' second most important industry, and any improvements in this sector are of tremendous ...
- May 23, 2018
PH to brandish Hague ruling in 'proper time'
The government will use the international tribunal ruling invalidating China’s claim over the entire South China Sea “at the proper time,” National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon Jr. said. Esperon assured that the ...
- May 31, 2018
PH shrimp industry banks on gov’t support to sustain growth
Filipino shrimp producers are banking on government support to sustain the industry’s growth in recent years. Industry players have gathered for the three-day 12th Philippine National Shrimp Congress at the SMX Convention ...
- November 22, 2019
World's fish consumption unsustainable, warns UN
A third of the world’s oceans are overfished and fish consumption is at an all-time high, raising fears over the sustainability of a key source of protein for millions around the world, the United Nations warned in a report ...
- July 27, 2018
Mud crab congress this Oct.
The Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC) based in Tigbauan, Iloilo will hold a "mud crab congress" from Oct. 16 to 18. The three-day gathering in this city will focus primarily on mud crabs' biology, ...
- October 10, 2015