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LandBank casts P2-B credit line for fishing boat purchase
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 ...
- February 17, 2021
BFAR 7 Bohol farm nets high tilapia production
The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (Bfar) 7 and its Clarin Freshwater Fish Farm (CFFF) in Clarin, Bohol have exceeded their target for tilapia production for 2020. Gaymelo Lopez of CFFF said the field facility ...
- October 11, 2020
Fresh off the island
There are plenty of fish in the sea, but there are plenty more in Bantayan Island. A common practice among residents is drying fish to preserve it. This is why “buwad” (dried fish) is the island’s most popular delicacy. ...
- May 31, 2021
Agro-fishery losses further rise to P53.6M
More damage and production losses brought by the recent massive flooding in Negros Occidental to the local agro-fishery sector were recorded, now reaching at about P53.6 million. In terms of fisheries, the flash floods, ...
- January 14, 2021
Night fishing in Oslob
Summer is the peak season when schools of glistening kalamputi are drawn to the drumming of the wooden boats and the glare of the bright lights. A mix of newly spawned fish species, kalamputi are silver white fishes that ...
- March 7, 2021
'Giant tilapia' caught
A giant tilapia, weighing 5.4 kilograms, was captured in a fishpond around 2:30 p.m. on Sunday, June 27, 2021, Kidapawan City. Barangay captain of Balabag, Eduardo Umpan said they were drying up their fishpond to harvest ...
- June 29, 2021
Ship docks with memory of Cebu's past. Bridge spans hope for its future
The Spanish Navy training ship Elcano, named after Juan Sebastian Elcano who led the lone vessel (out of five in Magellan fleet that returned to Spain), docked at the Cebu City port Saturday, March 20, 2021 to commemorate ...
- March 22, 2021
26 students from Central Luzon get scholarship grants from BFAR
Twenty-six students from Central Luzon qualified for the scholarship program of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR). The beneficiaries are part of the total 2,015 students from different parts of the country ...
- January 22, 2022
PH 'agrees to disagree' with China over South China Sea
Malacañang on Tuesday, July 14, 2020, said it will “agree to disagree” with the Chinese government’s refusal to honor the country’s appeal to respect the arbitration ruling that invalidated China’s claim over the South ...
- July 15, 2020
Enrile: Ruling on West Philippine Sea not meaningless
Former Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile said the 2016 The Hague ruling favoring Philippines over China in its claim in the West Philippine Sea is not meaningless, but the United Nations (UN) has no police power to enforce ...
- May 19, 2021