Browsing Daily Tribune by Subject "fishing"
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BFAR, USAID partner vs illegal fishing
(,October 26, 2022 , on page )The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Central Luzon and the United States Agency for International Development recently conducted a Training of Trainers on the Philippine Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing ... -
Bohol farmers, fishers get agri inputs
(,March 25, 2024 , on page )The Japanese embassy has donated agriculture and aquaculture inputs for farmers and fisherfolks of three Bohol towns affected by typhoon "Odette" in 2021. Tachikawa Jumpei, First Secretary and Agriculture Attaché of the ... -
Davao fisherfolk receive needed aid
(,September 22, 2023 , on page )More than 2,000 fisherfolks received rice and cash support from Davao City First District Representative Paolo Duterte during the ongoing distribution which will end today. The lawmaker’s son Rodrigo “Rigo” Duterte II led ... -
Del Carmen named Caraga's best coastal town
(,November 15, 2020 , on page )The Municipality of Del Carmen was recently named Caraga Region’s grand winner in the Malinis and Masaganang Karagatan (MMK) program of the Department of Agriculture-Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (DA-BFAR), ... -
DFA cites UNCLOS vs ban
(,May 20, 2021 , on page )The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Wednesday returned to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) in asserting its exclusive economic zone (EEZ) where China had unitarily imposed a fishing ban ... -
DND denies downplaying China's new coast guard law
(,February 13, 2021 , on page )The Department of Defense (DND) on Friday denied speculations that it downplayed the effect of China's new coast guard law on Filipino fishermen. In a statement, Lorenzana took exemption to the statement of Sen. Risa ... -
Fishers back despite restive Taal Volcano
(,February 20, 2021 , on page )Fisherfolk are being allowed back into Taal Lake even if the volcano in it continues to show signs of restiveness. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) reported on Friday that nine tremors were ... -
Food security
(,October 13, 2022 , on page )Hardy Filipino fishermen are doing more against rising inflation than those swathed in banker’s barong. Droves of Filipino fishermen fishing in Bajo de Masinloc’s fish-rich waters, while being mindfully shadowed by the ... -
GenSan fishermen seek fuel subsidies
(,September 10, 2023 , on page )The last Tuna Congress here has urged the city government to hear the plea of local fisherfolks to grant them fuel subsidies amid rising petrol prices. City administrator, Atty. Franklin Gacal, said that Mayor Loemrelie ... -
Go to WPS, AFP tells Pinoy fishers
(,September 29, 2023 , on page )The Western Command of the Armed Forces of the Philippines is eyeing an increase in Filipino fishermen going to the country's exclusive economic zone in the West Philippine Sea. AFP WesCom chief, Vice Adm. Alberto Carlos, ... -
High fuel prices spark fishing halt
(,September 13, 2022 , on page )About 50 percent of commercial fishing companies here have stopped fishing tamban — the variety of fish used in the production of canned sardines — due to the high cost of fuel and the implemented ban to fish inside municipal ... -
Importation of 60-K scad fishes not needed
(,January 24, 2022 , on page )A former representative in the agriculture sector has slammed the planned importation of 60,000 metric tons (MT) of scad fish (galunggong) and mackerel of the Department of Agriculture (DA) despite an ample supply of fish ... -
Loren pushes reef protection
(,April 4, 2022 , on page )Returning senatorial candidate Loren Legarda on Sunday stressed the importance of conserving and preserving the country’s coral reefs to sustain the basic needs of Filipinos and to promote livelihood. “Beyond aesthetics, ... -
Major fishing firms oppose trackers before SC
(,October 13, 2023 , on page )The Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Thursday in a consolidated case challenging a lower court's decision that declared unlawful a government order requiring commercial fishing vessels to install tracking devices. ... -
More Pinoy fishermen seen in Pag-asa
(,May 20, 2022 , on page )The increasing number of fisherfolks in the contested Pag-asa Island, internationally known as Thitu Island that lies 480 kilometers west of Puerto Princesa City, Palawan, proves that Filipino fishermen are now confident ... -
No need for China fishing deal
(,April 28, 2021 , on page )In yet another effort to convince the public that President Rodrigo Duterte and Chinese leader Xi Jinping have not forged a five-year-old fishing deal, Malacañang on Tuesday said the Philippines does not need an agreement ... -
Nueva Ecija fishing sector gets boost
(,March 30, 2022 , on page )The Department of Agriculture (DA) and the Central Luzon State University (CLSU) are set to construct the National Fisheries Research and Development Institute (NFRDI) Biotechnology Center at the Bureau of Fisheries and ... -
Palawan gov't distributes 'payao' to 138 fishermen
(,February 4, 2024 , on page )A total of 138 members from various fisherfolk associations in Palawan are benefitting from the fish aggregating device project distributed in the last quarter of the previous year, the provincial government reported. ... -
PHl Coast Guard accosts Chinese ships off Palawan
(,May 6, 2021 , on page )Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) personnel confronted members of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) militia trawling at a shoal off Palawan within the West Philippine Sea (WPS) last week. The foreign boats left, the ... -
Sulu offers fishing solutions
(,September 27, 2023 , on page )The provincial government here on Tuesday is offering a solution to the ongoing woes of fishing companies following the ban imposed on commercial fishing boats inside the Sulu Sea. Governor Abdusakur Tan disclosed that the ...