Browsing The Manila Times by Author "Alcober, Neil A."

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    • Agriculture growth picks up to 6% in Q2 

      Alcober, Neil A. (The Manila Times, August 14, 2017, on page B1, B2)
      Agriculture sector growth accelerated in the second quarter as favorable weather boosted harvests, the government reported on Tuesday. The 6.18 percent expansion for April-June is an improvement from the 4.9 percent recorded ...

    • BFAR hit for fish kill in Surigao 

      Alcober, Neil A. (The Manila Times, December 17, 2015, on page A7)
      Fisherfolk belonging to Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (Pamalakaya) slammed the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) for failing to address the cause of the fish kill in Lake Mainit in ...

    • Bicol farmers, fishermen get P31-M in survival aid 

      Alcober, Neil A. (The Manila Times, September 12, 2017, on page B2)
      The Agricultural Credit Policy Council (ACPC) has turned over P31 million worth of credit funds to six Camarines Sur and Catanduanes cooperatives that will serve as lending conduits for the Survival and Recovery (SURE) ...

    • Fish kill looms anew over Taal Lake 

      Alcober, Neil A. (The Manila Times, May 30, 2012, on page A7)
      Rep. Angelo Palmones of the Agham Party-list on Tuesday has called on the attention of concerned institutions and individuals for appropriate action to avoid another incidence of fish kill in Taal Lake, saying that fishes ...

    • Fisherfolk want businessmen out of Laguna lake rehabilitation 

      Alcober, Neil A. (The Manila Times, January 6, 2017, on page A8)
      The militant fisherfolk group Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (Pamalakaya) told the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI) on Thursday to stop meddling in the Laguna de Bay master plan ...