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Gov't urged to allow entry of fish feed ingredients
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,June 14, 2022 , on page B3)Aquafeed manufacturers have asked the Department of Agriculture (DA) to lift the ban on the importation of pork products including processed animal proteins (PAP) from Italy that are used in manufacturing fish feed, to ... -
Coast guard: Pinoy fishers back in Bajo de Masinloc
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,October 7, 2022 , on page A8)Flying over traditional Filipino fishing grounds off Zambales, Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) personnel and journalists looked over the surface of vibrant turquoise-blue waters. Nearly 40 Filipino fishing vessels were around ... -
US rebuffs China over Taiwan Strait
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,June 16, 2022 , on page B3)The United States on Tuesday backed Taiwan’s assertion that the strait separating the island from China is an international waterway, a further rebuff to Beijing’s claim to exercise sovereignty over the strategic passage. ... -
Rampant illegal fishing in Quezon waters alarms group
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,June 4, 2022 , on page A7)Rampant destructive fishing methods were again reported in the bays of Tayabas and Lamon in Quezon province, prompting an environmental group to urge the local government to curb the illegal activities. Jay Lim, project ... -
DENR starts dismantling illegal fish cages in Taal Lake
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,June 5, 2022 , on page A7)The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) in the Calabarzon (Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal, Quezon) region has started the demolition of illegal fish cages in Taal Lake. The demolition, which started on ... -
Arsenic contaminates groundwater in 9 Batangas localities
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,June 6, 2022 , on page A6)The groundwater in a city and eight towns in Batangas province have been found positive for arsenic contamination. This was disclosed by Dr. Rhodora Reyes, Batangas Medical Center Toxicology Center chief, during the ... -
Batangas waters cleared of harmful starfish species
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,June 6, 2022 , on page A7)Thousands of crown-of-thorns starfish (COT) were removed from the seas off Batangas province by authorities who were responding to the outbreak of the poisonous starfish that could endanger local natural resources. The ... -
Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources, Shellfish Bulletin No. 21, Series of 2022, 21 October 2022
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,October 23, 2022 , on page A4)Shellfishes collected and tested from coastal waters of Milagros; Sapian Bay (Ivisan and Sapian), coastal waters of Roxas City, Panay, PresidentRoxas, and Pilar in Capiz; coastal waters of Dauis and Tagbiliran City in ... -
Onward to a more progressive Iloilo
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,August 30, 2023 , on page B3-2)Imagine this: business process outsourcing (BPO) companies are operating along the beaches. Food products are sourced from local farmlands that had been converted into Instagrammable tourism destinations. These are among ... -
PH joining world's largest naval exercise
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,June 3, 2022 , on page A6)The Philippines will send one of its two guided-missile frigates to the world’s largest naval exercise involving about 25,000 personnel from 26 countries at the end of the month. BRP Antonio Luna (FF-151) will sail from ... -
A firm voice to China
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,May 31, 2022 , on page A6)After meeting with top diplomats from the United States, Japan, South Korea, and India last week, incoming President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. outlined his approach toward China’s persistent incursions in the West Philippine ... -
Groups strengthen efforts to protect ‘pawikan’ nesting site, coral reefs in Subic Bay
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,May 21, 2022 , on page A8)Carrying trash bags, local licensed scuba divers went into the waters off All Hands Beach Resort here on Friday to collect underwater garbage as part of a multisectoral initiative to protect the marine and coastal environment ... -
Eyes on WPS: Coast Guard builds command outposts on 3 islands
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,May 21, 2022 , on page A2)The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) has set up command-observation posts (COPs) on three islands in the Kalayaan Island Group in Palawan province, which are expected to improve its maritime domain awareness in the West ... -
Navy to order 6 more patrol vessels
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,May 23, 2022 , on page A2-A3)The Philippines will order six offshore patrol vessels (OPVs) for P30 billion from South Korean shipbuilder Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) to boost its capability to protect national interests, particularly in the West ... -
Newest PH Coast Guard vessel arriving next week
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,May 28, 2022 , on page A6)Philippine and Japanese officials on Friday witnessed the maiden voyage of the latest Japanese-built sea asset of the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) that will be deployed to patrol the country’s territorial waters. Adm. ... -
DENR cancels ECC of reclamation project in Coron
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,May 23, 2022 , on page A12)There is now very little chance that the halted 51-hectare reclamation project in the tourist town of Coron in Palawan province can still resume after the Environmental Management Bureau (EMB) of the Department of Environment ... -
Palawan local gov't won't yield on halted Coron reclamation project
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,May 28, 2022 , on page A8)The provincial government of Palawan is not taking the shutdown of its prime reclamation project on the island town of Coron sitting down even as the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) said it would ... -
Coast Guard finds debris of sunken boat in Palawan waters
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,May 31, 2022 , on page A5)The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) has already tracked the possible location of the sunken fishing vessel that collided with a foreign commercial vessel in the waters near Maracanao Island in Agutaya town, Palawan province, ... -
Gov’t protests China’s fishing ban extending to PH waters
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,June 1, 2022 , on page A1-A2)The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) has filed a diplomatic protest against China’s unilateral imposition of a three-and-half-month fishing ban in the South China Sea, saying the prohibition encroaches into parts of the ... -
Locsin nixes joint probe of Recto Bank hit-and-run
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,June 22, 2019 , on page A1-A2)Foreign Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. on Friday rejected a proposal by his colleagues in the Cabinet for a joint investigation with China of the June 9 sinking of a Philippine fishing boat and the abandonment of its 22-man ...
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