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    • P1-B Tullahan River project seen solving flooding in Bulacan 

      Silverio, Frederick (The Manila Times, February 26, 2020, on page A7)
      The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) and San Miguel Corp. (SMC) launched the P1-billion dredging and expansion of the Tullahan River project at the Navotas Centennial Park in Navotas City on Monday. ...

    • P1.2-B illegally harvested giant PH clam shells seized 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (The Manila Times, April 18, 2021, on page A1-A2)
      Philippine authorities said on Saturday they have seized some 200 tons of illegally harvested giant clam shells worth nearly $25 million (P1.2 billion) in one of the biggest known operations of its kind in the country. ...

    • P10 billion eyed for fisheries program 

      (The Manila Times, October 28, 2021, on page B5)
      The Department of Agriculture (DA) on Wednesday said it is in the final stage of getting the approval to implement the Fisheries and Coastal Resiliency (FishCoRe) Project worth $200 million (P10 billion) funded by the World ...

    • P10-M ‘bangus,’ ‘tilapia’ lost in fishkill 

      Ganzon, Tina (The Manila Times, January 22, 2014, on page A6)
      Around 120 tons or P10.5-million worth of tilapia and bangus were lost as a fish kill hit parts of Taal Lake in Batangas province over the weekend, the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) said. BFAR (Region ...

    • P2.5-M worth of smuggled 'Bangus' fry 

      Vergara, Benjie (The Manila Times, March 11, 2013, on page A3)
      Airport authorities seized some P2.5 million worth of smuggled live bangus (milk fish) fry that came in separate flights from Indonesia, Malaysia Singapore and Hong Kon. Col. Marlon Alameda, Bureau of Customs Enforcement ...

    • P3-B fish-cage program exclusive, risky - group 

      Gomez, Eireene Jairee (The Manila Times, June 10, 2019, on page B2)
      The P3-billion fish-cage installment program of the Department of Agriculture (DA) may benefit only the big-fish corporations and endanger the marine and aquatic environment, the Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ...

    • P334 billion needed for biodiversity conservation 

      (The Manila Times, December 22, 2015, on page B8)
      The Philippines is one of 17 mega diverse countries, harboring more diversity of life per hectare than any other country in the world. Yet encroachment in forested areas, pollution, over fishing and poor land management ...

    • P400-M loan fund to boost fisheries 

      Gomez, Eireen Jairee (The Manila Times, December 10, 2018, on page B2)
      The Department of Agriculture (DA) said a total of P400 million can be loaned out for fishermen nationwide so they can buy machinery and equipment needed to boost their output and income and eventually improve the fisheries ...

    • ‘Pag-asa Island is ours’ 

      Pilapil, Jaime R. (The Manila Times, May 3, 2017, on page A1-A2)
      The Department of Foreign Affairs on Tuesday issued a strong statement dismissing the claim of Chinese Ambassador Zhao Jianhua that the Philippines’ planned improvement works at Pag-asa Island would be illegal. “Pag-asa ...

    • Pag-asa Island? Oops, arbitration award ruled it’s just a rock 

      Tiglao, Rigoberto D. (The Manila Times, April 8, 2019, on page A1-A5)
      Our Pag-Asa Island in the Kalayaan Island Group (KIG), as well as three other features that Marcos had called islands when he annexed the area in 1978 through his Presidential Decree 1596, are all in the Spratly Islands, ...

    • Pag-asa Island’s beaching ramp opens 

      Reyes, Dempsey (The Manila Times, June 10, 2020, on page A3)
      The government has finally finished the construction of the beaching ramp in Pag-asa (Thitu) Island, which security officials deemed vital for the repair of the island’s Rancudo Airfield. The government has finally finished ...

    • Pag-asa Pawikan Conservation and Protection Center receives support from BPI 

      (The Manila Times, April 6, 2022, on page B13)
      Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI) adopted 280 pawikan (sea turtle) nests in Bataan on March 27, 2022 to support the Pag-Asa Pawikan Conservation and Protection Center ...

    • Pagbilao Bay and Tayabas Bay 

      (The Manila Times, October 13, 2014, on page A2)
      Pagbilao Bay and nearby Quezon National Park are a few kilometers to the east of Lucena City and about 100km southeast of Metro Manila. The bay lies at the northwest end of the large, sweeping Tayabas Bay, which has extensive ...

    • Pakistan's seafood industry 

      (The Manila Times, March 23, 2018, on page D4)
      Pakistan’s Fishery and Fishing Industry plays a significant part in the national economy. With a coastline of about 814 km and inland water bodies’ cumulative area of 8 million hectares, Pakistani seafood has a promising ...

    • Palace belies Xi-Duterte verbal fishing agreement 

      Calayag, Keith (The Manila Times, April 24, 2021, on page A2)
      Malacañang on Friday denied there was a verbal deal between President Rodrigo Duterte and Chinese President Xi Jinping, allowing China to fish in the West Philippine Sea. “There is no truth to the speculation of a purported ...

    • Palace bucks permanent closure of Boracay 

      Villanueva, Ralph (The Manila Times, March 20, 2018, on page 1)
      Malacañang on Monday said there would be no permanent closure of Boracay Island, only "remedial" measures to clean up the world-famous beach destination. "The permanent closure of Boracay is unacceptable, . If there will ...

    • Palace DFA, DND differ over benham 

      Valente, Catherine S.; Pilapil, Jaime R. (The Manila Times, March 17, 2017, on page A1-A7)
      Malacañang on Thursday struggled to answer lingering questions on whether Beijing really sought President Rodrigo Duterte’s permission to conduct research over the Benham Rise region east of Luzon, with two key Cabinet ...

    • Palace firm despite new China regulation 'Filipinos can fish in Panatag' 

      Valente, Catherine S.; Delizo, Michael Joe T.; Panti, Llanesca T. (The Manila Times, August 4, 2016, on page A1-A8)
      Amid China's threat to penalize foreign fishermen in what it claims is its territory, Malacañang said that Filipino fishermen can go to Panatag (Scarborough) Shoal, but with “caution.” Speaking to reporters, presidential ...

    • Palace open to china, asean war games 

      Valente, Catherine S. (The Manila Times, August 7, 2018, on page A3)
      Malacañang is open to the holding of military drills between China and members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) as proposed by Beijing. China was reported to have proposed the holding of military ...

    • Palace takes over all reclamation projects in the country 

      Enano, Jhesset O.; Aurelio, Julie M. (The Manila Times, January 5, 2019, on page A4)
      The Office of the President (OP) now has direct control and supervision over the Philippine Reclamation Authority (PRA), which has jurisdiction over 43 reclamation projects in Manila Bay alone. One reclamation project has ...