Browsing Manila Standard by Author "Campos, Othel"

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    • Agri losses from storms reach P1.55b 

      Campos, Othel (Manila Standard, July 28, 2018, on page A2)
      The Philippine agriculture sector sustained lost of P1.55 billion in crops and damaged farm infrastructures following the onslaught of three storms in a span of two weeks. Losses in fisheries totaled P146.58 million in ...

    • Agriculture dips 1.7% on reduced livestock output 

      Campos, Othel (Manila Standard, January 27, 2022, on page B4)
      Agriculture and fisheries production dropped 1.7 percent in 2021 from the previous year, as the sector contended with livestock diseases and the devastation left by Typhoon Odette, data from the Philippine Statistics ...

    • BFAR warns public, lists coastal areas with red tide 

      Campos, Othel (Manila Standard, December 2, 2017, on page B1)
      The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources warned the public to refrain from consuming shellfishes collected from some coastal areas because of red tide. BFAR identified the coastal areas infected with red tide as Daram ...

    • China biggest source of imported fish for PH amid poaching-Recto 

      Cruz, Maricel; Campos, Othel (Manila Standard, September 26, 2023, on page A1-A2)
      While it imposes a fishing blockade in the West Philippine Sea, China has become the country’s biggest source of imported fish, some of which was poached from Philippine waters, Batangas Rep. Ralph Recto said Monday. In a ...

    • Karding aftermath: Veggie, fish, rice prices to go up 20% 

      Campos, Othel; Araja, Rio (Manila Standard, September 30, 2022, on page A1-A2)
      Prices for vegetables, fish and even rice could shoot up by as much as 20 percent as a result of the damage wrought by super typhoon Karding, the Department of Agriculture (DA) warned Thursday. Agriculture Undersecretary ...

    • Maynilad underscores measures to control Laguna Lake's algal bloom 

      Campos, Othel (Manila Standard, June 20, 2022, on page B4)
      West zone concessionaire Maynilad Water Services Inc. said over the weekend it took active steps to manage the impact of the algal bloom episode in Laguna Lake on water production. Laguna Lake is the primary raw water ...

    • Mighty to help fish pond owners 

      Campos, Othel (Manila Standard, January 14, 2014, on page B3)
      Local cigarette manufacturer Mighty Corp. said it will donate tobacco dust, a fish pond conditioner that protects local ponds from predators, to help millions of Filipino fish pond owners and operators as well as tobacco ...

    • No formalin in round scad, says BFAR 

      Araja, Rio; Campos, Othel (Manila Standard, August 25, 2018, on page A2)
      The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources said Friday samples of galunggong or round scad collected from the Navotas fish port, Balintawak and Farmer’s Market in Cubao had tested negative for formalin. BFAR director ...

    • PCG says oil sheen observed in Tubbataha 

      Dantes, Charles; Campos, Othel (Manila Standard, May 2, 2023, on page A4)
      The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said on Monday that an oil spill response team is ready for deployment in Tubbataha, Palawan after an oil sheen was observed in the area where a yacht recently capsized. PCG Spokesperson ...

    • Sardine fishing season reopened 

      Campos, Othel (Manila Standard, March 2, 2021, on page A3)
      The Department of Agriculture and the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources officially lifted on Monday the 10th closed fishing season for sardines in the Zamboanga Peninsula. The closed fishing season has been implemented ...

    • SEAFDEC eyes higher budget 

      Campos, Othel (Manila Standard, July 3, 2006, on page B3)
      Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, which is partly owned by the government, has asked the Department of Foreign Affairs to increase its 2007 budgetary allocation to 120 million. SEAFDEC aquaculture department ...

    • Speaker assures fishers displaced by oil spill of P200m cash aid 

      Cruz, Maricel; Campos, Othel (Manila Standard, September 21, 2023, on page A1-A2)
      The House of Representatives will help secure P200 million in direct cash assistance for some 8,000 fishermen who lost all sources of livelihood as a result of the oil spill in Oriental Mindoro, Speaker Martin Romualdez ...