Visayas governors will be meeting on July 22 to talk about possible actions to be taken to stop illegal fishing in their waters considered as one of the country's richest fishing grounds. Iloilo Governor Arthur Defensor ...

The Department of Agriculture (DA) urged farmers and fisherfolk in Negros Island Region (NIR) to utilize various credit assistance programs like loans from the agency to achieve agricultural productivity. Joyce Wendam, ...

The Laguna Lake Development Authority(LLDA) will prioritize small fisherfolk for fisheries in Laguna de Bay, the Philippines’ biggest lake. Allocation of the lake’s fishing areas will prioritize such fisherfolk there, noted ...

Talks between the Philippines and China to thresh out the dispute over the South China Sea have been scheduled in May. Both the Philippine and Chinese governments confirmed the scheduled discussions as part of the efforts ...

The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) will help the local government unit of Malay in cleaning the excessive algae that grew on the white-sand shores of this island resort. “Dr. Palencia invented the vigormin, a ...

This town is planning a temporary fishing ban to stop over fishing and poaching in the municipal waters. Cabucgayan Mayor Edwin Masbang, chairman of Biliran Coastal Eco-system Fishery Management Council, said the ban will ...

The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) will spend around P10 million for its free fingerling dispersal project in Western Visayas this year. In an interview Tuesday, BFAR-6 director Remia A. Apari said the ...

Senior officials from China and member-states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) have finalized a draft framework for the Code of Conduct (COC) in the South China Sea. The draft framework was completed ...

The 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations is optimistic that it can complete a working framework for a Code of Conduct of Parties in the South China Sea with Beijing by August, the Foreign Affairs Department ...

China has expressed grave concern over the visit of Philippine Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana and military officials to the disputed Pagasa Island As this developed, Lu said China will also look into reports that ...