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'Be mindful of environment protection, conservation," bizmen urge LGUs
Though they are backing road, river and creek clearing activities in Negros Occidental, businessmen have urged local government units (LGUs) in the province to be mindful of environment protection and conservation. Frank ...
- January 25, 2021
British defense secretary says warship bound for South China Sea - media
A British warship will sail through the South China Sea next month to assert freedom-of-navigation rights, British Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson said in remarks published on Tuesday.British officials first flagged the ...
- February 14, 2018
‘Not the next Boracay’: Guimaras vows to curb waste problems
With its booming tourism industry, the provincial government of Guimaras said it will do its best to avoid becoming “the next Boracay” as more foreign investors are expected to expand in the island. In his State of the ...
- December 20, 2018
Use lifejacket during entire trip - Marina
All passengers of ships or boats with open deckhouses are required to wear lifejackets at all times, according to the Maritime Industry Authority (MARINA). It issued the clarification in the wake of the capsizing of three ...
- August 9, 2019
Bay in Samar now rid tide-free
Cambatutay Bay in Samar has no more traces of the red tide toxin. An advisory issued Monday by the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) stated that shellfish samples from bay yielded negative results for red ...
- March 10, 2017
No one at SEAFDEC helm
Agriculture Secretary Proceso J. Alcala has not received the names of nominees to head the Southeast Aian Fisheries Development Center-Aquaculture Department (SEAFDEC-AQD). Alcala discloses this on Tuesday after a press ...
- January 27, 2012
Oil, gas from disputed sea crucial to PH - Marcos
The country needs to find ways to pursue energy exploration in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) as whatever resources it can obtain from the disputed sea are crucial to the nation. President Marcos stressed this on Thursday, ...
- December 2, 2022
SSS urges farmers, fisherfolks: pay contributions
The Social Security System wants farmers, fisherfolk, and other self-employed persons in the informal economy to register with SSS and pay contributions under a new and more flexible schedule. “They are among the most ...
- September 21, 2022
From foes to friends of tropical fish
Verde Island sits right in the middle of the Verde Island Passage (VIP), a strait between Luzon and Mindoro islands that biodiversity experts declared in 2005 the Earth’s “center of the center of marine shorefish biodiversity.” ...
- August 19, 2018
Palace on harassment near shoal: Not Phl's problem
The Philippines has nothing to do with the reported harassment by a Chinese naval vessel of the Liberian commercial oil tanker Green Aura near Panatag ( Scarborough) Shoal last week, Presidential spokesman Salvador Panelo said.
- November 5, 2019