Browsing Philippine Daily Inquirer by Subject "government"

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    • Ban Manila Bay reclamation projects, Marcos asked 

      Subingsubing, Krixia (Philippine Daily Inquirer, October 18, 2022, on page A5)
      Farmers and fisherfolk marked World Food Day on Monday by urging President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to address hunger by rejecting all reclamation activities on Manila Bay and to stave off inflation. Peasant groups like ...

    • BFAR readies plans to raise fish production 

      Lagare, Jordeene B. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, August 20, 2022, on page A11)
      The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) has outlined various plans for the country’s fisheries sector as a group of fishers is asking the government to immediately address the declining fisheries output. In a ...

    • Du30 counts on China's word PH fishermen won't be harmed 

      Aurelio, Julie; Salaverria, Leila (Philippine Daily Inquirer, July 3, 2019, on page A8)
      President Rodrigo Duterte wants China’s “continuing assurance” that Filipinos will not be harmed while fishing in the heavily disputed South China Sea, Malacañang said on Tuesday. Presidential spokesperson Salvador Panelo ...

    • Duterte: sea row won't hurt Sino vaccine supply 

      Salaverria, Leila B.; Gascon, Melvin; Ramos, Marlon (Philippine Daily Inquirer, April 7, 2021, on page A1-A2)
      The heated exchange between Manila and Beijing over China’s latest incursion in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) will not affect China’s provision of COVID-19 vaccines to the Philippines, according to President Rodrigo Duterte. ...

    • Farmers laud Marcos' agriculture focus; fishers hit 'silence' on WPS 

      Mallari, Delfin Jr; Aglibot, Joanna Rose (Philippine Daily Inquirer, July 2, 2022, on page A7)
      Peasant groups welcomed the declaration of President Marcos to immediately address problems besetting the agriculture sector but fishers’ groups lamented that the new Chief Executive failed to mention their right to fish ...

    • Gov't urged to allow entry of fish feed ingredients 

      Lagare, Jordeene (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 ...

    • Gov’t protests China’s fishing ban extending to PH waters 

      Santos, Tina (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 ...

    • Higher budget urged for aggie research 

      Quimpo, Margie (Philippine Daily Inquirer, September 18, 1987, on page 1)
      The government has to invest more on research activities to push economic development in the country. This was stated by Dr. Flor Lacanilao, chief of the SEAFDEC (Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center) Aquaculture ...

    • Onion supply shortage, fish importation due to crisis in governance 

      Mayuga, Ramon (Philippine Daily Inquirer, January 23, 2023, on page A7)
      This is in reaction to your editorial, “Desperation over onion,” (1/19/23). We were aghast at the magnitude of the “onion problem,” which has caused some farmers to lose their lives by committing suicide after incurring ...

    • Onward to a more progressive Iloilo 

      Fernandez-Brojan, Connie (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 ...

    • PRA forfeits Coron reclamation project 

      Miranda, Romar (Philippine Daily Inquirer, June 29, 2022, on page A11)
      After years of battling against a “destructive development project,” a civic movement in Coron, Palawan, scored a win when the Philippine Reclamation Authority (PRA) ordered the forfeiture in favor of the national government ...

    • Project backed by WB loan targets poor fisherfolk 

      Aning, Jerome (Philippine Daily Inquirer, November 25, 2022, on page A4)
      Malacañang on Thursday said the National Economic and Development Authority (Neda) had approved an P11.2-billion, seven-year project that seeks to lift 350,000 fisherfolk in 24 coastal provinces out of poverty while ensuring ...

    • Supply boats to sail anew to Ayungin-DND 

      Andredo, Jeannette; Pazzibugan, Dona (Philippine Daily Inquirer, November 22, 2021, on page A1-A4)
      The government will send another supply mission to the disputed Ayungin (Second Thomas) Shoal this week after Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana was assured by China that it would not harass vessels bound for the Philippine-held ...

    • Task force turns over Boracay Island to Aklan local gov'ts 

      Burgos, Nestor Jr. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, June 21, 2022, on page A5)
      The government body spearheading the rehabilitation of Boracay has formally turned over the management of its unfinished tasks on the island to the local governments in Aklan province. In a ceremony on the island on June ...