Browsing The Manila Times by Place "Cagayan"

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    • Agencies renew effort for Cagayan River rehab 

      Domingo, Leander C. (The Manila Times, February 5, 2022, on page B5)
      Government agencies in Region 2 (Cagayan Valley) composing the Regional Build Back Better Task Force (RBBBTF) have renewed their commitment and perform their responsibilities to "bring back a better Cagayan Valley" that ...

    • BFAR program targets ‘poorest of the poor’ 

      Domingo, Leander C. (The Manila Times, March 2, 2015, on page A6)
      A total of 3,123 individuals in the Cagayan Valley region will be assisted under the poverty alleviation program of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR). According to BFAR, the figure represents 5.0 percent ...

    • BFAR seeks to boost fishery areas 

      Domingo, Leander C. (The Manila Times, February 26, 2020, on page A7)
      The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) in Region 2 rolled out a measure to establish fisheries management areas (FMAs) to provide science-based solutions, enhance stakeholder participation and increase ...

    • Cagayan River rehab kicks off 

      Domingo, Leander C. (The Manila Times, January 31, 2021, on page A7)
      The World Wetlands Day will highlight the launching of the Cagayan River Rehabilitation (CRR) project with 185 bamboo propagules to be planted in the 925-meter stretch of Cagayan riverbank along Barangay Bangag here, ...

    • Cagayan River rehabilitation begins 

      Kahulugan, Jeric; Visaya, Vince (The Manila Times, February 3, 2021, on page A7)
      The Build Back Better (BBB) Task Force has formally launched the Cagayan River Rehabilitation Project, which aims to end the flooding in the Cagayan and Isabela provinces. On Tuesday, a ceremonial dredging of sandbars along ...

    • Cagayan vows crack down on illegal fishing 

      Domingo, Leander C. (The Manila Times, September 28, 2017, on page E1)
      The local government of Claveria has allocated at least P3.1 million for its Fisheries Law Enforcement Team (FLET) and vows to maintain and strengthen its mechanism against illegal fishing activities. The coastal town that ...

    • Chico River pump irrigation inaugurated 

      Visaya, Vince Jacob (The Manila Times, June 28, 2022, on page A8)
      The National Irrigation Administration (NIA) and Chinese officials formally inaugurated the P4.373-billion Chico River Pump Irrigation Project at Barangay Katabbogan, Pinukpuk, Kalinga on Saturday, June 25. NIA Administrator ...

    • China delaying sea code – Duterte 

      Valente, Catherine S. (The Manila Times, August 9, 2019, on page A1-A8)
      President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday slammed China for delaying the passage of the Code of Conduct (COC) in the South China (West Philippine) Sea and vowed to discuss the issue with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing ...

    • DENR crafting policy to protect watershed areas 

      Lagare, Jordeene B. (The Manila Times, July 5, 2021, on page B2)
      The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) is crafting an executive order to prioritize watershed rescue to counter effects of climate-linked calamities and ensure replenishment of irrigation and hydro-electric ...

    • Eel production in Region 2 on the rise 

      Tabangin, Melissa (The Manila Times, August 17, 2015, on page A7)
      Cagayan Valley is experiencing an increase in eel production that can allow the region to ship more to the world market and increase supply to the domestic market. Meanwhile, there is an initiative in Butuan City in Agusan ...

    • Fish landing center in Cagayan town to benefit small fishermen 

      Domingo, Leander C. (The Manila Times, August 8, 2019, on page B4)
      To provide better post-harvest handling, processing and marketing of fish and marine products, the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) has inaugurated the Community Fish Landing Center (CFLC) in this pilgrimage ...

    • Fisherman found dead amid typhoon 

      Visaya, Vince Jacob (The Manila Times, October 13, 2022, on page A7)
      The body of a fisherman was retrieved from the sea after he went fishing on Tuesday despite the no fishing, no sailing advisory from authorities due to Typhoon "Maymay." Ruelie Rapsing, the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction ...

    • Oyster industry expands on Cagayan coast 

      Domingo, Leander (The Manila Times, October 7, 2016, on page B5)
      Oysters from the province are becoming bigger and bigger in size, described by Cagayan fisherfolk as too large to “fit into the mouth of a regular gin bottle,” encouraging the BFAR to work to boost the local industry. ...

    • Pygmy whale found dead in Cagayan 

      Visaya, Vince Jacob (The Manila Times, October 15, 2022, on page A8)
      A stranded adult male pygmy sperm whale (Kogia breviceps) was found dead along the coast of Magatan village in Sanchez Mira, Cagayan, at about 6:30 in the morning on Wednesday, October 12, by a fisherman, the Bureau of ...

    • Stranded dolphin rescued in Cagayan 

      Visaya, Vince Jacob (The Manila Times, September 24, 2022, on page A8)
      A stranded juvenile dolphin (Pantropical spotted dolphin) was rescued along the shoreline by a fisherman while he was on his way to fish off Buguey dawn on September 20, a Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources report ...

    • UST researchers bare potential anti-cancer properties in local seaweed 

      (The Manila Times, April 25, 2019, on page E4)
      A University of Santo Tomas (UST) research group, headed by National Research Council of the Philippines-Pharmaceutical Science Project member and UST Laboratory Equipment and Supplies Office Administrator Prof. Ross ...