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Yangtze fishermen embrace new life
(Daily Tribune,January 7, 2021 , on page B13)Located along the Yangtze River, ex-fisherman Song Bin’s fish restaurant touts the finest view of the Liziba station, a landmark of southwest China metropolis Chongqing where sky trains running through a residential building ... -
San Pedro Bay gets red tide anew
(Daily Tribune,January 30, 2021 , on page B16)The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) in Eastern Visayas announced on Friday that the San Pedro Bay in Basey, Samar has been included in the shellfish ban following the detection of “red tide” in the bay. ... -
Prawn: A vital export commodity
(Daily Tribune,January 1, 2021 , on page B15)Farmed prawn has become a vital export commodity for the Philippines, among the known variety that has a high demand is vannamei, a prawn of the eastern Pacific Ocean which is caught or farmed for food. While production ... -
No retreat in phaseout of wooden-hulled boats
(Daily Tribune,January 6, 2021 , on page B16)The Maritime Industry Authority (Marina) is firm on the phaseout of wooden-hulled motorboats, despite the complaints of irate passengers of the Guimaras-Iloilo route that the available fiberglass types were not enough to ... -
Guimaras banca woes end
(Daily Tribune,January 7, 2021 , on page B16)The Maritime Industry Authority (Marina) said transportation woes due to the pullout of wooden-hulled boats in Guimaras have ended. Marina administrator Vice Admiral Robert Empedrad said that based on the reports from ... -
State of ocean will 'ultimately determine human survival'
(Daily Tribune,January 16, 2021 , on page B16)The health of the ocean will ultimately determine the survival of humankind on Earth, according to the UN Special Envoy for the Ocean, Peter Thomson. Marking the opening of the International Decade for Ocean Science, the ... -
Welfare of fishing, seafood migrant workers promoted
(Daily Tribune,January 21, 2021 , on page B16)Migrant workers in South-East Asia’s fishing and seafood processing sectors are expected to benefit from a new program which will continue efforts to promote regular and safe labor migration throughout the industry. With ... -
No end in sight for EV red tide
(Daily Tribune,December 4, 2020 , on page B15)Another bay was added to Eastern Visayas’ list of red tide-infected coastal areas this year, Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) said in its latest advisory. BFAR confirmed red tide toxins were found in the ... -
River dredging smells — Teodoro
(Daily Tribune,February 17, 2021 , on page A1)The local government of Marikina City has warned the Department of the Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) that its project to dredge the Marikina River with the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) may ... -
Quezon sea mishap: One dead, 22 rescued
(Daily Tribune,December 1, 2020 , on page B15)One person died and 22 others were rescued after a passenger boat capsized and sank off Atimonan, Quezon, on Monday morning. The Quezon provincial police said all 17 passengers and five crew members of M/B Gesu Bambino ... -
3 new Marikina River spans finalized
(Daily Tribune,February 3, 2021 , on page A7)Mobility within and around Marikina City is expected to be smoother in the coming years after the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Asian Development Bank ... -
'Make peace with nature'
(Daily Tribune,February 7, 2021 , on page B16)January marked the beginning of what many within the United Nations and beyond view as “the most critical decade of our lives,” the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) said, launching a major ... -
Del Carmen named Caraga's best coastal town
(Daily Tribune,November 15, 2020 , on page B14)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), ... -
Sea dispute: No way for power play
(Daily Tribune,November 16, 2020 , on page A1)President Rodrigo Duterte has warned East and Southeast Asian nations against turning the South China Sea row into a “locus of power play” as he underscored the need for peaceful resolution of maritime disputes. Speaking ... -
Guimaras fishermen now using motor boats
(Daily Tribune,November 13, 2020 , on page B15)Guimaras fishermen, all 150 of them, are now using motor boats purchased through the P3-million livelihood assistance from the Department of Labor and Employment (DoLE). From paddle-powered boats to modern ones, DoLE ... -
Crews collect trash from Manila Bay
(Daily Tribune,November 14, 2020 , on page A7)Workers from Manila’s Department of Public Services (DPS) worked nonstop on Thursday and Friday to rid Manila Bay of garbage that was washed ashore as typhoon “Ulysses” affected huge portions of Luzon on 12 November. The ... -
WPS exploration sole Phl decision
(Daily Tribune,November 5, 2020 , on page A1)The Department of Energy (DoE) on Wednesday clarified that the government’s decision to resume oil exploration activities in the disputed West Philippine Sea (WPS) was a “unilateral decision.” This means that local companies ... -
Massive dredging to solve flooding-problem
(Daily Tribune,October 31, 2020 , on page B16)Amid the impending construction of the P734 billion Manila International Airport in Bulakan town — seen as the biggest airport development in the Philippines — San Miguel Corporation (SMC) has committed to help solve the ... -
'Quinta' aftermath: Deaths, fishkill
(Daily Tribune,October 29, 2020 , on page B16)Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) Region 5, meanwhile, reported an initial 20 metric tons of tilapia valued at P2.1 million were lost. BFAR-5’s Regional Fisheries Laboratory conducted water sampling in six ...