Browsing Manila Standard by Author "Campos, Othel V."

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    • Agriculture production down 2.62% in 9 months 

      Campos, Othel V. (Manila Standard, September 25, 2010, on page A1)
      Agricultural production fell 2.62 percent in the first three quarters of the year, pulled down by El Niño weather phenomenon and destructive storms in the third quarter, the Agriculture Department said Monday. Farm output ...

    • Agriculture production grew just 0.56% in 2018 

      Campos, Othel V. (Manila Standard, January 24, 2019, on page B1)
      Agriculture and fishery production, which accounts for less than a fifth of the gross domestic product, grew by 0.56 percent in 2018, slower than the 4-percent expansion in 2017, data from the Philippine Statistics Authority ...

    • Agriculture recovers slightly 

      Campos, Othel V. (Manila Standard, January 22, 2015, on page B1)
      Agriculture production expanded 1.83 percent in 2014, slightly faster than the 1.12 percent growth in 2013, with crop output recovering from typhoons, data from the Philippine Statistics Authority show. Crops, livestock ...

    • Ashfall destroys P578m in coffee, other cash crops, livestocks and infra 

      Campos, Othel V.; Araja, Rio N.; Zurbano, Joel E.; Casas, Willie (Manila Standard, January 15, 2020, on page A1-A2)
      The damage from Taal Volcano’s eruption has reached P577.59 million in crops and livestock, with coffee growers hardest hit at P74 million in damages, the Department of Agriculture estimated Tuesday. The Bureau of Fisheries ...

    • BFAR warns Bohol of shellfish poisoning 

      Campos, Othel V. (Manila Standard, April 18, 2017, on page C2)
      The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources, on Monday, warned Boholanos of possible shellfish poisoning from shellfishes gathered from Dawis and Tagbilaran City coastal waters in the province of Bohol. The Bureau issued ...

    • 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 ...

    • 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 ...

    • 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 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 ...

    • Fish canners hit DTI plan to impose SRP 

      Campos, Othel V. (Manila Standard, June 23, 2022, on page A3)
      Sardines canners have scored the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) for crafting a proposed department administrative order (DAO) on products under price monitor, citing the lack of legal foundation and enabling law ...

    • Fish kill triggers moratorium 

      Campos, Othel V. (Manila Standard, June 16, 2011, on page A3)
      The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources has imposed a moratorium on the release of fingerlings and fry in Taal Lake in a bid to prevent fish kill incidents. It also warned fish cage owners in two Pangasinan towns not ...

    • Officials struggle to make Laguna Lake cleaner 

      Campos, Othel V. (Manila Standard, February 11, 2010, on page D6)
      There was a time when Laguna de Bay was the pride and joy of residents not only for its beauty but because of the benefits people got from the lake itself. But 40 years of uncontrolled peripheral activities and man-made ...

    • Oh my GG! Fish import plan triggers protest 

      Cruz, Maricel; Campos, Othel V.; Ramos-Araneta, Macon (Manila Standard, August 23, 2018, on page A1-A2)
      A party-list lawmaker on Wednesday snapped at the Department of Agriculture for its planned importation of around 17,000 metric tons of galunggong (round scads), saying the move was not only an insult to Filipino fishers ...

    • Red tide forecast to spread 

      Campos, Othel V. (Manila Standard, February 27, 2010, on page A2)
      "Harmful algal blooms occur during heat spells," said Malcolm Sarmiento, director of the Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Bureau. "We are closely monitoring our seas, and we keep reminding the regions to keep a tight watch ...

    • Red tide still up in several areas 

      Campos, Othel V. (Manila Standard, April 6, 2019, on page A3)
      Shellfishes collected at San Pedro Bay in Western Samar, Lianga Bay in Surigao del Sur, and the coastal waters of Dauis and Tagbilaran City in Bohol are still positive for paralytic shellfish poison that is beyond the ...

    • Study: PH losing ₱62b yearly to illegal fishing 

      Campos, Othel V. (Manila Standard, March 11, 2021, on page A3)
      The Philippines has been losing approximately P62 billion annually to illegal fishing based on a study released by the US Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) ...

    • Zamboanga fishermen get green light to cast nets 

      Campos, Othel V. (Manila Standard, March 2, 2018, on page A5)
      Fishermen in the Zamboanga Peninsula can start fishing for sardines this March, as the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources officially lifted the off-season period at midnight of Thursday. The three-month fishing ban ...