Browsing Philippine Daily Inquirer by Subject "livelihoods"
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104 whale sharks seen for first time in Donsol
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,September 2, 2019 , on page A8)Over a hundred new whale sharks were spotted in the waters off this town in Sorsogon province in the first half of 2019, marking the highest number of the endangered species spotted in the area in the past few years, ... -
2,000 sq m of coral reef destroyed
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,June 19, 2015 , on page A14)Port and city authorities are preventing the departure of a Vietnamese cargo vessel that ran aground at the Albay Gulf on Monday and damaged about 2,000 square meters of coral reef within the city’s waters. Benigno Redito, ... -
Activists bike, jog vs Manila 'white sand' project
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,September 12, 2020 , on page A3)The militant group Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (Pamalakaya) on Friday held a “jogging and biking vs dolomite dumping” protest along the Manila baywalk in Roxas Boulevard, in protest against the ... -
Agriculture before the 2016 elections
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,January 10, 2015 , on page B3)At the start of 2015, we should focus on agricultural development instead of being unduly distracted by the 2016 elections. This especially applies to the possible misuse of the Department of Agriculture's (DA) proposed ... -
Agriculture can save the Philippines from COVID-19 havoc
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,June 3, 2020 , on page A9)A resounding yes to “Hope in agriculture” (Editorial, 5/24/20). As a country with vast untapped agricultural lands and abundant bodies of water, we need to revive the agriculture sector. And this global pandemic made us ... -
An amazing walk in a Mangrove park
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,July 24, 2010 , on page A11)Researchers of the Iloilo based Southeast Asian Fisheries Development CenterAquaculture Department (Seafdec-AQD), including Primavera, first took notice of the pristine mangroves of Ibajay in 1996 while conducting field ... -
Apo Island: Diver's haven
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,September 4, 2022 , on page A8)Jack Baller, a tourist and diving instructor from Miami, Florida, was in awe of what he saw during a recent dive off Apo Island. “You won’t see any of these in Miami. [What you have here is] very clean. No trash at all ... -
Bayer adopts, develops mangrove in Gensan
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,May 22, 2021 , on page A13)Degraded mangrove coastal area adopted by Bayer as Rhizophora farm to help sustain biodiversity, generate livelihood and income. A degraded mangrove coastal area in Barangay Buayan, General Santos City has been adopted as ... -
Beguiling Basilan
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,February 27, 2000 , on page D6)On board SuperFerry 6 en route to Zamboanga City last December, I discovered that one of my cabin mates was a Marine corporal bound for Jolo. When he learned that I was going to Basilan, where he had been previously stationed ... -
'Bobo' traps: A smart way to fish
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,August 9, 2015 , on page A8)Sa lawud itagak, sa bukid pangitaon. (Drop it into the deep sea, but look for it in the mountains.) This is how 65-year-old fisherman Mamelito Quisada describes the traditional deep-sea fishing method practiced by his ... -
Boracay rehab all about following law
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,May 1, 2019 , on page A8)The government is bent on sustaining the gains of the six-month environmental rehabilitation of Boracay as more tourists are returning to the resort island in Malay, Aklan province, according to Tourism Secretary Bernadette ... -
The business of fixing Lingayen Gulf
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,February 6, 2013 , on page A17)Alaska is a remote coastal village of Aringay, La Union, where blast fishing used to be the main occupation of its residents. In this village, some fishermen used to manufacture improvised dynamite sticks that they used ... -
Caring for fishing communities
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,October 16, 2021 , on page A6)It was my first time almost two years ago to go to Barangay Concepcion, Kabasalan, Zamboanga Sibugay, which is a four-hour commute by bus from Zamboanga City. The purpose of the visit was to gather data for a policy ... -
Cavite gov downplays diesel spill destruction
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,August 10, 2013 , on page A1-A2)A diesel oil spill on Manila Bay that raises potential environmental and health hazards and threatens to ruin the capital’s vital fishing industry has “95-percent” evaporated, leaving only “a thin film” of fuel on the ... -
China assures PH of Panatag access
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,November 21, 2016 , on page A1-A24)Meeting on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Leader's Summit here, Chinese President Xi Jinping has assured President Duterte that Filipinos would continue to enjoy free access to traditional fishing ... -
China offers aquaculture, but fishers won’t bite
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,November 14, 2016 , on page A20)The head of a fisherman’s group here likened to a “lollipop” being offered to appease a crying child a Chinese government offer to bring fish-growing technology to local fishermen displaced by a territorial row over ... -
Chinese ships still at reef near Palawan-AFP chief
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,March 23, 2021 , on page A4)The chief of the Philippine military on Monday confirmed that there were still Chinese ships at Julian Felipe Reef near Palawan province, two weeks since more than 200 vessels were seen there by a Philippine Coast Guard ... -
Chinese ships still guarding Panatag
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,October 31, 2016 , on page A19)Aerial surveillance shows Chinese Coast Guard ships are still guarding the disputed Scarborough Shoal, but Filipinos are seen fishing there “unmolested” for the first time in years, according to Defense Secretary Delfin ... -
Coast Guard confirms Sino water attack on PH fishermen
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,April 21, 2015 , on page A7)The Philippine Coast Guard has "verified and confirmed" that a Chinese vessel fired a water cannon to drive away Filipino fishermen from Panatag Shoal (Scarborough Shoal) off Zambales province on April 9, Malacañang said ... -
Conserving Southeast Asia's seas
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,September 15, 2017 , on page A17)The United Nations’ call to conserve and sustainably develop the oceans perhaps resonates most with Southeast Asia than in any other part of the world. With a maritime territory thrice the size of its landmass, the region ...