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    • Illegal fishing continues amid GCQ 

      WBS (SunStar Philippines, June 11, 2020, on page 5)
      While there was substantial improvement in the ambient air quality throughout the country during the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ), the same cannot be said for other environmental spheres. This is according to ...

    • Ilocos Norte fishers warned of Chinese rocket debris 

      Philippine News Agency (PNA) (SunStar Philippines, September 15, 2022, on page 5)
      Coastal residents in Burgos, Ilocos Norte have been warned against debris from a Chinese rocket that was launched on Sept. 13 from the Wenchang Space Launch Center in Hainan Island. Bur gos Mayor Crescente Garcia said in ...

    • Impact of human activities to freshwater ecosystem: The case of the Camiling River, Tarlac 

      Abella, Albert A. (SunStar Philippines, December 10, 2022, on page 6)
      The Philippines is rich in terms of biodiversity. The Philippines are surrounded with different bodies of water, fresh, estuarine, and marine water which are very rich in terms of fishes and water plants from Luzon, Visayas, ...

    • Indonesian boat capsizes, leaves 15 dead, 19 missing 

      (SunStar Philippines, July 25, 2023, on page 14)
      An overloaded passenger boat capsized off Indonesia’s Sulawesi island, killing at least 15 people and leaving 19 others missing, rescuers said Monday. The vessel was traveling from Lanto village in Buton Central regency ...

    • Innovations for sustainable oceans 

      Philippine News Agency (PNA) (SunStar Philippines, June 11, 2020, on page 7)
      On the occasion of World Oceans Day, the role of the oceans -- which provide the oxygen we breathe, food, as well as regulate the climate -- will be celebrated online Monday with the theme “Innovation for Sustainable Ocean”. ...

    • Int'l dolphin day: Protect our Irrawaddy Dolphins 

      Mangrove Matters PH; Earth Island Institute (SunStar Philippines, September 12, 2023, on page 6)
      The International Dolphin Day is celebrated annually every September 12 and it was created a year ago by Sea Shepherd, a non-profit, marine conservation activism organization based in Washington in the United States, to ...

    • Is tobacco the next 'miracle crop'? 

      Flora, Ian Ocampo (SunStar Philippines, May 6, 2018, on page 6)
      Tobacco juice, tobacco dust juice and tobacco lime are not only for traditional organic insecticide used in domestic gardening but also for mainstream commercial agriculture. Tobacco has been proven effective against a ...

    • Jeepney drivers try fishing for 'survival' 

      Salgados, Lynde (SunStar Philippines, March 25, 2020, on page 2)
      If you come to Macajalar bay one sunny, if not cloudy morning and see a group of people in desperate attempt to catch fishes from near the shoreline -- don't be surprised anymore. It's called "survival mode" after City ...

    • Just paper, Duterte describes arbitral ruling 

      Peralta-Malonzo, Third Anne (SunStar Philippines, May 8, 2021, on page 5)
      President Rodrigo Duterte reiterated that the arbitral ruling on the South China Sea dispute lacks teeth and could not be enforced. In another televised briefing Wednesday, May 5, 2021, Duterte said China’s President Xi ...

    • 'Kadiwa' in Cebu offers cheaper fish, P25/kg rice 

      Cotejo, Honey (SunStar Philippines, December 13, 2022, on page 2)
      A total of 17 stalls are now selling affordable market commodities, including National Food Authority (NFA) rice at P25 per kilo, at the Department of Agriculture (DA) compound in Barangay Maguikay, Mandaue City. This as ...

    • Kapampangan fishers get livelihood assistance 

      De Leon, Jovi (SunStar Philippines, August 20, 2022, on page 3)
      Fishermen from Apalit, Mexico, Minalin, Porac, and Sasmuan towns recently received assistance from the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR). The aid goes in the form of equipment and gear to help the fishermen ...

    • Labor condemns Chinese 'incursions' in West PH Sea 

      Nicavera, Erwin P. (SunStar Philippines, April 19, 2021, on page 6)
      Negros Occidental-based labor group General Alliance of Workers Asociations (Gawa) has condemned the alleged Chinese incursion in the country's territorial waters. Its secretary general Wennie Sancho, in a statement, said ...

    • LandBank casts P2-B credit line for fishing boat purchase 

      PR (SunStar Philippines, February 17, 2021, on page 6)
      In line with supporting the fisheries sector, Land Bank of the Philippines (Landbank) is offering a new credit facility to assist existing and prospective commercial fishing operators in acquiring fishing vessels for ...

    • Landbank helps 2.4-M farmers, fishermen 

      Land Bank of the Philippines (SunStar Philippines, October 27, 2020, on page 9)
      In line with its special focus to serve the needs of the country’s agriculture sector, the Land Bank of the Philippines (LANDBANK) reported that it has assisted over two million small farmers and fishers (SFFs) nationwide. ...

    • Landing center to give Bataan fishers steady income 

      Philippine News Agency (PNA) (SunStar Philippines, December 20, 2022, on page 2)
      The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources in Central Luzon (BFAR-3) has put up a community fish landing center (CFLC) in Limay, Bataan to help fisherfolk earn a steady income. In partnership with the local government ...

    • ‘Little Merman’ takes 17½ hours to swim around Mactan Island 

      GCM; PJB (SunStar Philippines, April 27, 2021, on page 2)
      Lapu-Lapu City resident Cleevan Alegres completed the circumnavigation of Mactan Island in 17 hours and 37 minutes. The 25-year-old Alegres, dubbed Cebu’s “Little Merman,” left the beach at Liberty Shrine in Barangay Mactan ...

    • Livestock ship with 39 Filipinos missing in Stormy seas 

      Associated Press (AP) (SunStar Philippines, September 4, 2020, on page 6)
      Japanese rescuers were searching Thursday, September 3, for a livestock ship with 42 crew members on board that a survivor said sank during rough weather a day earlier off a southern Japanese island, the coast guard said. ...

    • Locsin: PRRD correct not to take arbitral award to UNGA 

      Philippine News Agency (PNA) (SunStar Philippines, May 20, 2021, on page 3)
      Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. said Tuesday the Duterte administration is right not to take the 2016 landmark arbitral ruling on the South China Sea before the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) because ...

    • Lorenzana: China out to occupy other WPS features 

      Philippine News Agency (PNA) (SunStar Philippines, April 5, 2021, on page 3)
       The continued presence of Chinese maritime militia ships in the West Philippine Sea shows China's intention to occupy other features in the area, Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said Sunda ...

    • Low fish production due to oil price hikes - PAMALAKAYA 

      (SunStar Philippines, October 19, 2022, on page 3)
      The Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (PAMALAKAYA) warned anew the adverse impacts of continuous oil price hikes to local fishing production. This, as significant numbers in the fishing sector are being ...