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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 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 production rose by 3.95% in 2017 

      dela Cruz, Roderick (Manila Standard, January 20, 2018, on page B1)
      Agriculture production rose 2.2 percent in the fourth quarter, bringing the full-year growth to 3.95 percent on record rice production, data from the Philippine Statistics Authority show. The 2017 growth of 3.95 percent ...
    • 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 ...
    • Agriculture sector barely expanded in second quarter 

      Rada, Julito G. (Manila Standard, August 9, 2018, on page B2)
      The agriculture sector barely grew 0.07 percent in the second quarter, as the strong poultry and livestock production offset the lower rice and corn harvests, data from the Philippine Statistics Authority show. “Improvements ...
    • Agriculture sector grew 1.2% in 2013 

      Estrada, Anna Leah G. (Manila Standard, January 23, 2014, on page B3)
      Agriculture and fishery production grew 1.15 percent year-on-year in 2013, slower than the 2.9-percent expansion in 2012, as the country suffered from several natural calamities that damaged billions of peso worth of crops ...
    • Alcala assures PH climate adaptation 

      See, Dexter A. (Manila Standard, January 27, 2015, on page B6)
      Agriculture Secretary Proceso Alcala said the country is on the right track toward food security and climate change. “I think we are laying down a good foundation,” Alcala told the media here, citing the Benguet Agri-Pinoy ...
    • Asean ministers decry Chinese reclamation 

      Ramos-Araneta, Macon (Manila Standard, February 7, 2018, on page A2)
      China’s continued reclamation in the South China Sea has eroded trust among claimants and could raise regional tensions, Southeast Asian foreign ministers said Tuesday. The ministers from the 10-nation Association of ...
    • Australian agency boosts PH agri-fisheries research 

      (Manila Standard, February 26, 2017, on page D2)
      The Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research or ACIAR recently held its Country Partnership discussions in Makati City aimed at mapping out the development of a 10-year strategy for the country’s agriculture ...
    • Balanga wetland to boost economic growth, tourism 

      Ramos-Araneta, Macon (Manila Standard, August 21, 2019, on page B4)
      The people of Balanga City in Bataan can look forward to a boost in their tourism industry with the signing into law of a bill declaring their coastal sanctuary as a responsible, community-based ecotourism site. “The ...
    • Benham on the rise 

      Robles, Jojo (Manila Standard, March 15, 2017, on page A4-A5)
      Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio explained that the Philippines enjoys sovereign rights but does not have sovereignty over the plateau, which is believed to hold huge amounts of minerals and oil, apart ...
    • China accosts US plane flying over disputed sea 

      Barcelo, Vito (Manila Standard, May 22, 2015, on page A2)
      A US surveillance plane was warned eight times by the Chinese Navy against flying over the contested West Philippine Sea on Wednesday, CNN Philippines said in an exclusive report. A CNN team led by senior correspondent Jim ...
    • China destroyed $100m in reclamation, DFA says 

      Barcelo, Vito; Cruz, Maricel V. (Manila Standard, April 15, 2015, on page A4)
      The Philippines on Monday slammed China’s massive reclamation activities which are causing irreversible and widespread damage to the biodiversity and ecological balance of the South China Sea and West Philippine Sea. The ...
    • China sets war games in disputed sea 

      (Manila Standard, March 24, 2018, on page A2-A1)
      A joint statement of the Asean-Australia Special Summit signed by member heads of state aired the strongest position against aggressive acts in the South China Sea. The group reaffirmed “the importance of maintaining and ...
    • China ships free to enter Panatag if... 

      Bencito, John Paolo; Araneta, Sandy (Manila Standard, March 24, 2017, on page A1-A2)
      To avoid further escalating tensions in the region, President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday said Manila would allow Beijing to conduct innocent passage within the disputed Scarborough Shoal after the Chinese assured him that ...
    • China to stage sea exercises ahead of ruling 

      Araneta, Sandy (Manila Standard, July 4, 2016, on page A1-A2)
      China will hold military drills in the disputed South China Sea, Chinese officials said Sunday, ahead of an international tribunal ruling over Beijing’s maritime claims in the resource-rich area. The drills will be held ...
    • Climate change to hurt PH fisheries 

      (Manila Standard, December 31, 2020, on page A3)
      The impact of climate change on the fisheries sector is a key contributor to the Philippines’ economy, it being an archipelago. According to a study, the impact of climate change on fish harvests is projected to cause a ...
    • 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 ...
    • 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 ...