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Guimaras tourism office to require clearance from tour operators
Inbound local travel and tour operators are required to secure a clearance and coordinate with the Provincial Tourism Office of Guimaras before they can tour around the province. The Office of the Sanguniang Panlalawigan ...
- March 8, 2016
'Agriculture, fisheries sector to recover in Q4'
Department of Agriculture (DA) secretary Manny Piñol expects the agriculture and fisheries sector to rebound and register positive growth in the last quarter of 2016, as the government provides more support to boost the ...
- August 22, 2016
Senators urge Duterte to ratify Paris climate deal
Senators called upon the government to ratify the landmark Paris climate agreement to solve the serious problem of global warming. On Friday the climate deal adopted by over 190 nations entered into forces ahead of the ...
- November 7, 2016
Revitalization of shrimp industry
Cultivated shrimp is a vital foreign exchange earner for the Philippines, making the country the 6th largest producer of the marine crustacean with an annual production of about 50,000 metric tons. Unfortunately, the ...
- March 16, 2016
It's Tatusan time again
Tatusan Festival is so named because Caluya is the only known source of tatus in the whole Philippines. This blue-streaked crab looks different from other crabs and may be considered "exotic" by world standard, hence selling ...
- June 9, 2016
Farmers, fisherfolk to get P316-M projects
Farmers and fisherfolk in Aklan, Antique, Guimaras, and Iloilo will receive today P315.7 million worth of projects from the Department of Agriculture (DA). DA secretary Proceso Alcala will lead the turnover of farm-to-market ...
- March 2, 2016
Great Barrier Reef named best place to visit worldwide
Australia's Great Barrier Reef has been named the best place in the world to visit by a key US travel site, News Corp reported on Thursday. The US News and World Report's World's Best Places to Visit for 2016-17 gave the ...
- July 2, 2016
Microalgae paste: A potential feed for hatcheries
As an alternative, a potential feed for hatcheries during the La Niña phenomenon is microalgae paste, which is concentrated microalgae cells used as feed for larval fish, shrimp, and other aquaculture species. According ...
- July 14, 2016
P30-B rehab fund proposed agriculture sector
The newly appointed Agricultural secretary is proposing to create a P30-billion recovery fund for the sector to be used in times of calamities. "I'm proposing a P30-billion additional funding for the rehabilitation of the ...
- June 10, 2016
Fish aggregating device‘efficient, sustainable’
A city councilor is pushing for the use of fish aggregating devices locally known as payao. Payao is a floating raft anchored by a weighted line with suspended materials such as palm fronds to attract pelagic and schooling ...
- September 19, 2016