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Philippines recognized at the World Travel Awards Asia
The 27th World Travel Awards recognized the Philippines as Asia's leading beach destination and Asia’s leading dive destination in 2020. The award-giving body also declared Intramuros as Asia’s Leading Tourist Attraction ...
- November 6, 2020
Passage of DFAR urged
Agricultural stakeholders are urging Congress for the early passage of the creation of Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources ( DFAR). At present, there are 19 proposed measures pending at the House of Representatives ...
- December 11, 2020
Mayor urges 2 mining firms to heed Prov'l order
Alcoy Mayor Michael Sestoso will meet with representatives of the Dolomite Mining Corp. (DMC) and the Philippine Mining Service Corp. (PMSC) to shed light on the dolomite controversy. Sestoso said the Provincial Government ...
- September 13, 2020
Missing fisherman found dead in Ilog
The body of the missing fisherman in Ilog had finally been recovered two days after he and his brother figured in a sea mishap. Philippine Coast Guard Negros Occidental Chief Lieutenant Commander Jansen Benjamin said the ...
- July 11, 2020
PH eyes diplomatic means to resolve sea disputes
Malacañang on Wednesday maintained that the Philippines will pursue a “peaceful and diplomatic” approach to resolve its long-standing dispute with China in the hotly-contested South China Sea (West Philippine Sea). “We are ...
- July 16, 2020
BFAR 7 urges LGUs to help fishermen, traders affected by Covid-19 pandemic
Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) 7 Director Allan Poquita urged local chief executives on Tuesday, March 31, 2020, to support fishermen and fish traders whose livelihood were affected by the economic slowdown ...
- April 1, 2020
Metrobank Foundation delivers 6 boats for northern Cebu
The Metrobank Foundation Inc. (MBFI) recently turned over six motorized boats to beneficiary-communities of Yellow Boat of Hope Foundation (YBHF) in northern Cebu. The wooden sea vessels are called Yellow School Boats. ...
- November 4, 2020
Fishery inputs delivered to CTU San Francisco
The personnel from of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) 7’s Carmen Brackishwater Fish Farm (CBFF) and the Cebu Provincial Fishery Office travelled to Camotes Islands on Friday, Sept. 18, 2020, to transport ...
- September 21, 2020
Fights vs. sargassum debris
Seen as a blight on shorelines and considered a nuisance by fishermen, the sargassum seaweed is now being used to fertilize the mined-out lands of nickel miner Cagdianao Mining Corporation (CMC) here. Locally known as ...
- August 13, 2020
Small-time ‘mananagat’ learns how to survive
As the saying goes, "if you can't beat them, join them." This, in a sense, is the travail of small-time fisherfolk circling off the Macajalar Bay in Cagayan de Oro. In the so-called "tamban (sardine fish) season," which ...
- June 8, 2020