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12 groups buck P14-B Manila Bay reclamation project
Twelve cause-oriented groups representing fisherfolk, urban poor, church and health associations, environmental alliances and non-government organizations yesterday filed an urgent motion before the Supreme Court (SC) to ...
- September 6, 2012
DA launches large agriculture projects in Palawan
As part of the government's food self-sufficiency initiative, the Department of Agriculture (DA) has earmarked some P594 million for irrigation projects, farm machinery and fisheries inputs in Palawan. The projects include ...
- January 23, 2012
Saving people's lives is part of a fisherman's calling
Thrust into the limelight by the plane that crashed into the waters girding his hometown and took the lives of Interior secretary Jesse Robredo, pilot Captain Jessup Bahin-ting and flight student Kshitiz Chand, a Masbateño ...
- September 26, 2012
1st Mangrove Congress on Research & Development set
The 1st ASEAN Mangrove Congress on Research and Development unfold on Dec. 3-7, at the Century Park Hotel, Manila with the Department of Environment and Natural Resources-Ecosystems Research and Development Bureau (DENR-ERDB) ...
- November 25, 2012
Singapore says it takes no sides in sea disputes
The Singaporean government on Tuesday rebuffed Manila after Philippine newspapers reported that its prime minister, Lee Hsien Loong, supported the Philippines' claim to the South China Sea. Foreign Ministry spokesman K ...
- September 12, 2012
Look beyond Boracay, visit Antique
The message was loud and clear. Forget Boracay; well, it wasn’t really phrased that way but you get the gist. The province of Antique in Western Visayas was being promoted as an alternative to much-ballyhooed Boracay. ...
- September 1, 2012
Tuna output seen to rise
The government expects the country's tuna production to increase in the last quarter of 2012 to February 2013 as fishermen were recently given access to fish in the so-called high seas pocket 1 or HSP-1 of the Pacific ...
- October 25, 2012
Hope for coastal restoration
Promoting an advocacy is one thing making money for long term survival is another thing Volunteerism could power a movement for long periods of time, but after a while, it is very difficult to sustain a good project not ...
- October 4, 2012
Defining juvenile tuna-why size really matters
The use of fish aggregating devices (FADs) – man-made structures placed at sea as anchored or floating devices designed to attract schools of fish – has been a hotly debated topic because of their tendency to catch higher ...
- September 9, 2012
Agriculture Department expands sardine fishing ban
Agriculture Secretary Proceso Alcala announced Wednesday that the government is expanding its three-month sardine fishing ban. It will now include the Visayan Sea in addition to the Zamboanga waters. Alcala said during the ...
- October 19, 2012