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    • DA expects 2.5% growth in farm, fishery sector in 2021 

      Campos, Othel V. (Manila Standard, December 31, 2020, on page B4)
      The Department of Agriculture expects a modest growth of 2.5 percent in agriculture next year, faster than the 1-percent increase this year amid the pandemic. Agriculture Secretary William Dar said in a year-end report ...

    • DA gives 300 boats to fisherfolk 

      Gajunera, F. Pearl (Manila Standard, July 30, 2016, on page A5)
      Davao City- The Department of Agriculture will hand over 300 motorized fishing bancas to fisherfolk in the City in time for the 31st Kadayawan festival from August 15 to August 21. DA Secretary Emmanuel Piñol said bancas ...

    • DA-BFAR to help backyard hog raisers in QC 

      (Manila Standard, February 20, 2021, on page A4)
      The Department of Agriculture-Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) has offered an alternative livelihood to backyard hog raisers in Quezon City affected by the African swine fever (ASF) outbreak. “This is to ...

    • Damage 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Manila Standard, March 15, 2017, on page C3)
      This handout from the Indonesia Marine Security Agency taken on March 13, 2017 and released on March 14 shows corals damaged by a cruise ship in Raja Ampat in eastern Indonesia. The British-owned cruise ship smashed into ...

    • Damage to agri, infra reach P25b 

      Campos, Othel V.; Flores, Alena Mae S. (Manila Standard, January 7, 2022, on page A3)
      An update from the Department of Agriculture (DA) showed massive destruction to crops, fisheries and agricultural infrastructures in the regions of Calabarzon, Mimaropa, Bicol, Western Visayas, Central Visayas, Eastern ...

    • Danish fishermen hope to keep access to British waters in Brexit deal 

      Bas-Wohlert, Camille (Manila Standard, November 10, 2020, on page B3)
      In Thyboron, a port in western Denmark, the sky is grey and overcast and fishermen look just as gloomy as soon as the word Brexit is mentioned. Almost all of the 2,000 people who live here know a fisherman whose livelihood ...

    • Dar expects agriculture to post modest growth of 2% 

      Campos, Othel V. (Manila Standard, February 1, 2020, on page B1)
      Agriculture Secretary William Dar expects the agriculture sector to post a modest growth of 2 percent in 2020. “We are confident that we can attain a two-percent growth this year, that in turn will help fuel a higher ...

    • Dar is Seafdec AQD speaker 

      (Manila Standard, July 9, 1998, on page 16)
      Acting Agriculture Secretary William Dar is the guest speaker in today's program marking the celebration of the 25th anniversary of the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center Aquaculture Department (Seafdec AQD).

    • Dar sees agriculture growth of 3% to 5% 

      Campos, Othel V. (BusinessWorld, September 25, 2019, on page B1)
      Agriculture Secretary William Dar plans to expand agriculture by as much as 3 percent to 5 percent before his three-year term ends. Dar also enjoined all local government units and provincial governments to support the ...

    • Dar: shortage of fish, pork, rice still persists 

      Cruz, Maricel (Manila Standard, June 1, 2022, on page A1-A2)
      Agriculture Secretary William Dar on Tuesday said there is still a shortage in the local production of fish, pork, and rice due in part to years of neglect of agriculture. In an interview on GMA-7, Dar said there was still ...

    • The dark side of prawn farming 

      Morella, Cecil (Manila Standard, April 11, 2008, on page A2)
      She helped turn many of world's prawn farmers into millionaires, but Jurgenne Primavera now worries that her life's work might have indirectly accelerated the destruction of fish nurseries. The Filipino zoologist, whose ...

    • Davao Gulf tuna fishing prohibited 

      Gonzales, Anna Leah (Manila Standard, June 3, 2015, on page B6)
      The government has imposed a three-month ban on fishing tuna and other species in the Davao Gulf after the regional office of Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources learned that the species actively spawn this time of ...

    • DBP strengthens CSR initiatives 

      (Manila Standard, February 12, 2018, on page D12)
      The Development Bank of the Philippines continues to be at the forefront of carrying out relevant and meaningful social responsibility programs through its flagship initiatives, the DBP Forest Program, DBP Endowment for ...

    • Dead fish east of Australia cause environmental stink 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Manila Standard, January 15, 2019, on page B3)
      As many as a million fish are believed to have died along the banks of a major river system in drought-battered eastern Australia, and the authorities warned Monday of more deaths to come. The banks of the Murray-Darling ...

    • 'Dead fish everywhere' in Germany, Poland after feared chemical dump 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Manila Standard, August 14, 2022, on page 3A)
      Thousands of fish have washed up dead on the Oder river running through Germany and Poland, sparking warnings of an environmental disaster as residents are urged to stay away from the water. The fish floating by the German ...

    • Dead rivers: The cost of Bangladesh's garment-driven growth 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Manila Standard, June 22, 2022, on page A7)
      Bangladeshi ferryman Kalu Molla began working on the Buriganga river before the patchwork of slums on its banks gave way to garment factories — and before its waters turned pitch black. The 52-year-old has constant cough, ...

    • Dead Sea marathon 

      Zozobrado, Bob (Manila Standard, May 8, 2023, on page C4)
      The Dead Sea is actually a 605-square-kilometer lake, landlocked by Israel, Jordan and Israel’s West Bank, and is the lowest point on earth, at 1400 feet below sea level. It earned its name because its 332 percent salinity, ...

    • 'Dead Whale' art installation wins in Cannes Lions 2018 

      (Manila Standard, June 26, 2018, on page C1)
      The huge dead whale art installation unveiled last year on the beach of Naic, Cavite bagged two top awards in the 2018 Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity in France. Presented by Greenpeace Philippines and ...

    • Debate heats up on Benham research 

      (Manila Standard, January 25, 2018, on page A2)
      A maritime law expert on Wednesday took exception to Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque remark that “only China qualifies” to explore the resource-rich Benham Rise, listing down “modest” research expeditions Filipinos ...

    • 'Declare Manila Bay reclamation-free zone' 

      Casas, Willie (Manila Standard, January 29, 2020, on page A6)
      As the Department of Environment and Natural Resources marks the first year of Manila Bay Rehabilitation Program with bragging about lower coliform levels in Manila city bayside, former Anakpawis Party-list Rep. Ariel ...