Browsing The Manila Times by Place "National Capital Region"

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    • Cordillera farmers get P700-M agri aid 

      Gomez, Eireene Jairee (, September 24, 2019, on page )
      The Department of Agriculture (DA) has provided P700.44 million- worth of project assistance to 42 farmers' associations and cooperatives in the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) as part of its effort to increase ...

    • Fisheries sector hit by fry shortage 

      Gomez, Eireene Jairee (, August 30, 2022, on page )
      Nationwide fish farm productivity remains subpar due to the lack of quality feed and fingerlings, industry stakeholders claimed. Speaking at a bi-monthly media briefing on August 22 organized by the food security advocacy ...

    • Fishes from 5 Cavite areas still not safe 

      Abrina, Dennis (, August 25, 2024, on page )
      The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) clarified that five coastal areas in Cavite are still reeling from the effects of the oil spill from a sunken tanker in Bataan three weeks ago. According to BFAR's Bataan ...

    • The looming water crisis of 2020 

      Goseco, Ronald (, October 18, 2019, on page )
      This September, Manila Water Co. Inc. announced that despite the low supply allocation, it has been able to restore 24-hour water availability to 100 percent of its customers in the Manila East Zone with at least 7 pounds ...

    • Pangasinan to open salt farms for tourists 

      Cardinoza, Gabriel (, September 21, 2023, on page )
      This town's tourism office is now preparing a tour package, including a visit to a salt farm. Guendolin Bustamante, head of this town's tourism and cultural office, said her office is now drafting a memorandum of agreement ...

    • Passage of Chinese ships no threat to PH- China 

      Reyes, Dempsey; Jalea, Glee (, September 5, 2019, on page )
      Chinese President Xi Jinping assured President Rodrigo Duterte that Chinese vessels passing through Philippine waters do not pose a threat to Manila and therefore need not secure permits to sail across the South China (West ...

    • Reclamation protection vs tsunamis - PRA exec 

      Baroña, Franco Jose (, August 28, 2023, on page )
      Land reclamations in coastal areas can act as protection against storm surges and tsunamis and will likely prevent flooding, a Philippine Reclamation Authority (PRA) official said. PRA Assistant General Manager Joseph ...

    • SMC cleanup of Bulacan rivers nearly done 

      (, August 24, 2024, on page )
      San Miguel Corp. (SMC) is nearing completion of its massive river cleanup in Bulacan, having removed over 4.2 million tons of silt and waste. This effort, spanning 74 kilometers of waterways, is the largest volume extracted ...