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    • Emerging 'tinderbox': PHL defies China's reported 'fishing ban' in disputed WPS, including Scarborough 

      Acosta, Rene (BusinessMirror, May 8, 2021, on page A1)
      Defense and military authorities are bracing for a possible escalation of tensions anew between China and the Philippines amid the raging territorial dispute in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) that could raise the specter ...

    • Energy fallback, WPS potential OK-Win 

      Fernandez, Butch (BusinessMirror, May 14, 2021, on page A1-A2)
      The chairman of the Senate Committee on Energy shared an upbeat outlook for the country’s back-up power supply to avert widespread brownouts when major supplier Malampaya gas field dries up. “We already have a contingency ...

    • Esperon hits Chinese Coast Guard's risky maneuvers vs PCG ships at Scarborough 

      Acosta, Rene (BusinessMirror, May 6, 2021, on page A3)
      A Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) vessel that took part in a maritime training exercise that went on patrol in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) challenged Chinese maritime militia (CMM) ships within the country’s exclusive ...

    • Expert urges government to plant mangroves in abandoned fish ponds in coastal areas 

      Mayuga, Jonathan L. (BusinessMirror, March 10, 2017, on page A9)
      Leganes, Iloilo—An expert in mangrove-forest conservation is urging the government to plant mangroves in abandoned and illegal-fish ponds, particularly in coastal areas. Dr. Jurgenne H. Primavera, chief mangrove scientific ...

    • Exploring Siargao's hidden island paradise of Halian 

      Mascariñas, Erwin M. (BusinessMirror, February 6, 2021, on page A9)
      While most people love to travel and visit popular tourist destinations, I prefer to explore areas that are yet to be shared on social media or watched on Instagram and YouTube channels. One such place is the small island ...

    • Families in Laguna, Batangas benefit from PCAARRD's tilapia farming proj 

      Aya, Rose Anne M. (BusinessMirror, November 1, 2020, on page A3)
      Tilapia farming is now accessible to selected beneficiaries in Laguna and Batangas. Through the initiative of an agency of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST), a total of 14 farmer cooperators are trained and ...

    • Farmers, fisherfolk earned P6B selling directly to LGUs-D.A. 

      Arcalas, Jasper Emmanuel Y. (BusinessMirror, September 1, 2020, on page A1-A2)
      Filipino farmers and fisherfolk have earned at least P6 billion by selling their produce to local government units (LGUs) that directly procured their constituents’ food requirements during the Covid-19 pandemic lockdowns. ...

    • 'Farmers, fishers must get Covid vax promptly' 

      Fernandez, Butch (BusinessMirror, December 22, 2020, on page A8)
      Sen. Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan prodded the Duterte administration on Monday to include farmers and fisherfolk in the government’s anti-Covid game plan. Pangilinan pointed out Monday that farmers and fisherfolk are “frontliners ...

    • Filipino survivor: Livestock ship with 42 crew sank off Japan coast 

      Mercene, Recto (BusinessMirror, September 4, 2020, on page A3)
      Japanese rescuers were searching Thursday for a livestock ship with 42 crew members on board that a Filipino survivor said sank during rough weather a day earlier off a southern Japanese island, the coast guard said. The ...

    • Fish be with you 

      Testa, Bernard (BusinessMirror, December 13, 2020, on page A7)
      Village Chairman Reynaldo Pereña was busy collating data from his seven kagawad (councilors) who assist the purok (village) leaders in the mass evacuation of their constituents. Just before the 5 p.m. expected landfall of ...

    • Fishermen in a mining community harvest 12,000 kilos of bangus in four months 

      (BusinessMirror, May 10, 2021, on page B6)
      Republic Act 11535, declaring the position of a Cooperatives Development Officer (CDO) mandatory in all local government units (LGUs), was signed into law last April 9. This directs the LGUs – from the municipal, city, ...

    • Fishery officials call on youth to seriously consider ‘promising’ career in aquaculture 

      Dela Cruz, Jovee Marie N. (BusinessMirror, April 1, 2021, on page A4)
      An international research center is urging more youth to engage themselves in the aquaculture business amid the threat posed by the African swine fever (ASF) to meat supplies in the country. Dan Baliao, chief of the Southeast ...

    • Going beyond business as usual in saving endangered species 

      Lim, Theresa Mundita S. (BusinessMirror, May 24, 2020, on page A7)
      The Asean Centre for Biodiversity (ACB) joined the international community in observing the Endangered Species Day last week, and urged reflections on the actions to be taken to reverse biodiversity decline across the ...

    • Greening Manila Bay: 'Nilad para sa Maynila' 

      Mayuga, Jonathan L. (BusinessMirror, September 20, 2020, on page A7)
      The Manila Bay, world-famous for its beautiful sunset, has been in the news in the past days over the so-called white-sand beach-nourishment project. However, amid the controversial project is the relatively quiet initiative, ...

    • Group blames DENR, mining firm for death of corals in Alcoy, Cebu 

      Mayuga, Jonathan L. (BusinessMirror, September 22, 2020, on page A3)
      The fisherfolk group Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (Pamalakaya) is blaming the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) and a large-scale mining firm over what the group termed as ...

    • Group cites 'gains' with creation of fishery, aquatic resources dept 

      Arcalas, Jasper Emmanuel Y. (BusinessMirror, December 8, 2020, on page A4)
      Advocacy group Tugon Kabuhayan has thrown its support behind the creation of a Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (DFAR), saying the proposed agency could streamline and integrate programs aimed at improving the ...

    • Group pushes aquaculture investments in lakes, dams 

      Arcalas, Jasper Emmanuel Y. (BusinessMirror, January 26, 2021, on page A4)
      An advocacy group is urging the government to open investments in dams, rivers and lakes for aquaculture as means to boost the country’s food security and provide alternative protein sources amid rising pork and chicken ...

    • Group seeks free distribution of 'fishponds' exempted under land-reform program 

      Mayuga, Jonathan L. (BusinessMirror, June 11, 2013, on page Retrieved from-http://www.businessmirror.com.ph)
      The Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (Pamalakaya) on Tuesday called for the immediate, free distribution of vast tracts of lands used for fishpond operation to small fishermen that were exempted from ...

    • Groups seek deeper probe into Manila Bay's beach nourishment' initiative 

      Mayuga, Jonathan L. (BusinessMirror, September 9, 2020, on page A3)
      At least 10 environmental and cause-oriented groups on Wednesday called for an investigation into the controversial “beach nourishment” project at a portion of Manila Bay’s shoreline. The call for the probe was contained ...

    • Guimaras: Sweet mangoes, sweet memories 

      (BusinessMirror, May 20, 2018, on page A7)
      The island province of Guimaras is synonymous to its sweet-tasting mango, and for good reason. This once-obscure territory across mainland Iloilo was just a vast mango orchard land, which yields export-quality harvests of ...