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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Tañon Strait, a 161-kilometer strip which separates the islands of Cebu and Negros, is celebrating nearly two decades as a protected area. It is host to 62 percent of the country's coral species, plus 14 species of whales ...

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 ...

China has lodged representations with the Philippine side following a visit by the Filipino defense and military officials in Pagasa Island, according to the spokesman of the Chinese Foreign Ministry. ”This move runs counter ...

A top security official on Wednesday recommended the procurement and use of satellites to better monitor marine activity in Benham Rise, an undersea region 250 kilometers east of the northern coastline of Dinapigue, Isabela. ...

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 ...

Fisherfolk in Guimaras will receive with more than P10 million in assistance from the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) office for Western Visayas in May. BFAR Regional Director Remia A. Aparri said the ...