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9 held for illegal fishing off coast of Bulacan
Nine fishermen were apprehended for illegally fishing in the coastal village of Pamarawan, recently. Senior Supt. Joel Orduna, officer in charge provincial police director of Bulacan province, said that the that nine ...
- March 1, 2013
BFAR buying 100 patrol boats
The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) is buying nearly 100 new patrol boats to protect the country’s fisheries, an official said on Monday. The BFAR, an agency under the Department of Agriculture, currently ...
- June 23, 2015
Petron takes responsibility for oil spill
PETRON Corp. on Monday admitted its pipeline in Cavite caused the spread of half a million liters of diesel fuel in Manila Bay which affected four towns and over 30 villages in the province. The Philippine Coast Guard said ...
- August 13, 2013
Palace takes over all reclamation projects in the country
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 ...
- January 5, 2019
PH fisheries code need amendments
In June 2014, the European Union (EU) slapped a “yellow card” warning to the Philippines because of the latter’s response to “illegal, unreported and unregulated” fishing. The EU warned that if the Philippines continue to ...
- January 27, 2015
Taiwan pledges more patrols in disputed sea
Taiwan's President Ma Ying-jeou pledged to dispatch more coastguard vessels to the disputed water in the East China Sea, a move that could fuel simmering tensions in the area. Ma told the coastguards to protect domestic ...
- September 7, 2012
Food security and agriculture R&D
And the latest GFSI report giving a low score of 6 for GDP per capita clearly shows that majority of households may not have enough purchasing power for food, including those of smallholder farmer and fishers (ironically). ...
- October 26, 2018
Duterte tells China: stop fishing in shoal
In separate remarks before typhoon victims in Cagayan and Isabela, Duterte said he couldn’t let Chinese fishermen prowl at Panatag Shoal, citing the July 12 ruling of a United Nations-backed arbitration tribunal that the ...
- October 24, 2016
Beijing : finish sea code in 3 years
A rule book to settle disputes in the hotly contested South China Sea should be finished in three years, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said on Tuesday, insisting his nation does not seek “hegemony or expansion.” Li’s comments ...
- October 14, 2018
Why invest more in R&D
From what I have observed in the country, much of the R&D efforts have not resulted in leveling up Philippine agriculture, which still remains largely unmechanized, suffering from low productivity, and has very little value ...
- January 26, 2018