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Escudero: Prioritize growth of local fishing industry over importation
Sorsogon Governor Francis ‘’Chiz’’ Escudero has said helping the local fishing industry grow and making it competitive should be the priority of the government over importation to address a projected shortage, if it wants ...
- January 23, 2022
More Pinoys now fishing in Bajo de Masinloc
There is an increasing number of Filipino fishermen who are casting their nets in Bajo de Masinloc, Zambales to earn a living despite the steady presence of China Coast Guard (CCG), the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said ...
- March 26, 2022
DA starts releasing rehab funds in typhoon-hit areas
The Department of Agriculture (DA) began releasing millions worth of rehabilitation funds for agricultural areas that were hit by Tropical Storm Henry and Tropical Depression Josie. As a start, the agency will soon release ...
- August 2, 2018
China welcomes Russell's comments on South China Sea
A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson said June 23 that the South China Sea issue is not and should not be one between China and the United States. Spokesman Lu Kang made the remarks while responding to a question on ...
- June 30, 2015
Heed the world-wide call vs plastic pollution
The Philippines joined a worldwide call to end plastic pollution as it marked this April the first anniversary of its accession to the Paris Agreement on Climate Change. The country became the 138th state party to the Paris ...
- May 13, 2018
Fishing ban in Visayan Sea on
The annual ban on fishing of three different species along the Visayan sea is on. Since Nov. 15, the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) started enforcing the three-month ban on fishing for herrings mackerels ...
- November 23, 2016
DOF assures HQ's compliance with Manila Bay rehab
Ahead of the planned rehabilitation of the Manila Bay, the Department of Finance (DOF) assured that its headquarters (HQ) on Roxas Boulevard has its own sewage treatment facility (STF) that passed the waste classification ...
- January 21, 2019
HK floating restaurant sinks in S. China Sea
Jumbo floating restaurant, a once famed but financially struggling Hong Kong tourist attraction, sank in the South China Sea after being towed away from the city, its parent company said Monday. It capsized on Sunday near ...
- June 22, 2022
Iloilo SEAFDEC sponsors seahorse conservation meet
Let's save the seahorse. This was the eloquent message imparted by two internationally known experts on seahorse in a recent seminar here entitled "Coordinating seahorse conservation efforts in zoos and aquaria." The experts ...
- August 29, 2000
Man survives river croc attact
A 28-year-old man almost got himself devoured by a big crocodile while fishing in the river in Bataraza, Palawan, last weekend, the police reported Thursday. Superintendent Imelda Tolentino, spokesperson of the Police ...
- August 24, 2018