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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
Bfar 7 projects help Bohol fisherfolk
The projects aided by the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR)-Central Visayas in the towns of Maribojoc and Calape in Bohol have yielded favorable results. The Looc Fishermen Association in Barangay Looc, ...
- April 15, 2020
Endangered sea cow rescued
The Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC) currently serves as temporary home to a rescued baby dugong (sea cow), an endangered and only herbivorous sea mammal in the world. The baby dugong was captured in ...
- October 3, 2003
Code of Conduct in SEA taking too long
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) met this week in Singapore for its 33rd ASEAN Summit and related meetings with dialogue partners, including the United States, Japan, China, and Russia. They discussed a ...
- November 17, 2018
Garbage crisis hits, cleanup no use, Cimatu says
The country, particularly Metro Manila, is facing a "garbage crisis," according to the Department of Environment and Natural Resources. Secretary Roy Cimatu said clean-up operations were not enough to fix the garbage woes ...
- December 6, 2019
Chinese ship fires flares at PAF plane over Kalayaan
A Chinese frigate fired illumination rounds or flares at a Philippine Air Force (PAF) plane on reconnaissance patrol over the country’s Kalayaan Island Group (KIG) in the disputed Spratlys last Sunday. Top defense and ...
- April 24, 2015
Duhol matapang,' another Taal Lake resident, threatened by extinction
A sea snake seen only in Taal Lake may find itself treading the path to extinction, like the “tawilis,” unless actions are taken to address its dwindling population, conservationists said. Since 2009, the “duhol matapang” ...
- May 4, 2019
'Bangus, like GG, in short supply too'
Fishermen, fish traders, fishpen and fishpond operators in Laguna Lake are asking President Rodrigo Duterte to step in to address the shortage of locally produced bangus or milkfish and the resulting high prices. “Although ...
- September 3, 2018
DENR uses scientific tool to monitor biodiversity areas
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources is now using a scientific tool that will effectively assess biodiversity in Batangas, Cavite, Palawan and Cebu, Director Mundita Lim of the DENR Biodiversity MAnagement ...
- May 24, 2015
Fish importer faces raps for diverting funds
The Department of Agriculture’s Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (DA-BFAR) has filed an administrative case against a Manila-based fish importer for misdeclaration and diversion of some P1.9 million worth of ...
- February 14, 2021