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    • DFA protests China's WPS 'harassment' 

      Villegas, Gab H. (Daily Tribune, June 1, 2022, on page A1)
      The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) disclosed Tuesday that it has protested the alleged harassment by China's Coast Guard. The 'harassment' was one of the three incidents involving CCG at WPS that the United States-based ...

    • Coral reefs' survival hangs 

      (Daily Tribune, April 24, 2022, on page B16)
      The world’s best-known coral reefs could be extinct by the end of the century unless we do more to make them resilient to our warming oceans. That's the stark messages from United Nations Educational, Scientific and Culture ...

    • Bangus Festival street party to kick off anew 

      (Daily Tribune, April 24, 2022, on page B14)
      After a two-year hiatus, the local government here announced that the Bangus Festival 2022 will once again take the streets of the city as the "Kalutan ed Dalan" street party draws near. The Bangus Festival, which is ...

    • China envoy pays PCG visit 

      Ayeng, Raffy (Daily Tribune, June 3, 2022, on page A1)
      Amid the latest diplomatic protest lobbed by the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) against China over its imposition of a fishing ban extending to the West Philippine Sea (WPS), its envoy to Manila paid the Philippine ...

    • Navotas fisherfolks get fishing nets 

      Balagtas, Cherk (Daily Tribune, June 3, 2022, on page A7)
      The City Government of Navotas, through the Kadiwa Program of the Department of Agriculture (DA), distributed fishing nets to 92 registered fisherfolks. Of t his number, 75 received 500 to 700-meter nets used to catch ...

    • [Sea creatures] 

      (Daily Tribune, April 8, 2021, on page B13)
      One of 585 preserved sea creatures are on display at the fish museum in Istanbul, Turkey.

    • Roque push: Reclaim Phl waters 

      TDT (Daily Tribune, April 27, 2022, on page 3)
      Senatorial aspirant Harry Roque vowed to amend the 2009 Philippine Baselines Law, saying it took out a "large portion" of the country's territory. He said the measure, also known as Republic Act 9522, contradicted the ...

    • Supreme Court junks Navotas fisher' petition 

      Murcia, Alvin (Daily Tribune, June 9, 2022, on page A8)
      The Supreme Court (SC) on Wednesday disclosed it has dismissed the petition by Navotas fisherman and internal non-government organization for the issuance of a writ of continuing mandamus to compel concerned government ...

    • Fish vendor association gets boost 

      Reyes, Jonas (Daily Tribune, December 24, 2022, on page B20)
      The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources in Central Luzon recently provided assistance to a fish vendor association here. According to BFAR3, the Sampaguita Fisherfolk Association was given a complete smokehouse to ...

    • Marilao River gets 8K mangrove shoots 

      Reyes, Jonas (Daily Tribune, May 28, 2022, on page B15)
      Around 60 local fisherfolk along with the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources-Central Luzon (BFAR3) and the local government unit here planted 8,000 mangrove shoots at the Marilao River. BFAR3 regional director ...

    • 'Manila talking firmly over WPS' 

      Agence France-Pressse (Daily Tribune, May 27, 2022, on page A1)
      Manila would not let Beijing run roughshod over its maritime rights in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) as affirmed by a 2016 decision by The Hague-based Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA). President-elect Ferdinand “Bongbong” ...

    • Subic pawikan nesting site seen 

      Reyes, Jonas (Daily Tribune, May 21, 2022, on page B16)
      The Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) is pushing for the construction of a nesting site for marine turtles and a coral garden nursery as the agency and other stakeholders signed a memorandum of agreement (MoA) at the ...

    • Aboitiz, Iloilo LGU join hands for coastal cleanup 

      (Daily Tribune, May 21, 2022, on page B16)
      At least 50 volunteers from Aboitiz Construction, local government units (LGU) of Iloilo City and other volunteers from the private sector teamed up with the Iloilo City Environment and Natural Resources Office (CENRO) for ...

    • Fish stalk 

      World Journal of Gastroenterology (Daily Tribune, May 12, 2022, on page A1)
      Mermaids exist in lore, literature and the movies. They also can be real in fertile imagination. When JJ Tayco, 26, visited the seaside town of Tingloy in Maricaban Island, Batangas during her company’s team-building ...

    • Farmers, fisherfolk get huge boost 

      Reyes, Jonas (Daily Tribune, May 20, 2022, on page B15)
      The Department of Agriculture-Regional Field Office 3 (DA-RFO3) recently distributed hybrid rice seeds and fertilizers to farmers of Central Luzon in celebration of the Month of Farmers and Fisherfolk this May. Regional ...

    • China backs Phl's UNCLOS body bid 

      Villegas, Gab (Daily Tribune, June 17, 2022, on page A1)
      The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Thursday announced that the Philippines won a seat in the Asia-Pacific Group (APG) of the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf (CLCS). A social media post by the ...

    • More Pinoy fishermen seen in Pag-asa 

      Ayeng, Raffy (Daily Tribune, May 20, 2022, on page 3)
      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 ...

    • NoLCom lead flag-raising aboard Navy warship 

      Supnad, Mar (Daily Tribune, June 13, 2022, on page B15)
      The Northern Luzon Command (NolCom ) through the Naval Forces Northern Luzon led the flag-raising ceremony Sunday aboard a Philippine Navy warship at is patrolled along the coastal waters of Philippine Rise, formerly known ...

    • U.S backs us in China fishing ban 

      Agence France-Pressse (Daily Tribune, June 4, 2022, on page A6)
      The United States (US) on Thursday backed the Philippines in criticizing a unilateral seasonal ban on fishing declared by Beijing in the dispute-rife South China Sea. The State Department pointed to a 2016 ruling by a court ...

    • Gov't says no sardine shortage 

      Romero, Maria (Daily Tribune, September 8, 2022, on page B11)
      Despite shortages in basic commodities like salt, rice, and garlic, the Department of Agriculture vowed the shortfall will not affect sardines as supply remains sufficient. Citing consolidated data from the Philippine ...