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    • Navy to increase visibility in disputed West Philippine Sea 

      SunStar Philippines (SunStar Philippines, February 11, 2021, on page 3)
      Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Chief of Staff Cirilito Sobejana said they will increase visibility of naval assets in the disputed West Philippine Sea (South China Sea) to ensure the safety and security of Filipino ...

    • AFP plans to build structures on WPS islands 

      SunStar Philippines (SunStar Philippines, April 24, 2021, on page 3)
      Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Chief of Staff Cirilito Sobejana said they have proposed the construction of various structures on islands in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) to better protect the disputed territory. ...

    • Swimmer circumnavigates Olango in 12 hours 

      REV; NRC (SunStar Philippines, April 6, 2021, on page 5)
      Ferdinand Magellan, the Portuguese explorer who sailed under the banner of Spanish Empire, failed to finish the first ever recorded circumnavigation in 1522 as he had been killed by the warriors of local chieftain Lapulapu ...

    • AFP plans to construct structures on WPS isles 

      TPM; SunStar Philippines (SunStar Philippines, April 25, 2021, on page 13)
      Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Chief of Staff Cirilito Sobejana said they have proposed the construction of various structures on islands in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) to better protect the disputed territory. ...

    • 2 from Cebu among 4 dead in Surigao maritime mishap 

      JKV; ANV (SunStar Philippines, April 22, 2021, on page 2)
      Four seafarers, including two Cebuanos, died and nine others went missing after their cargo ship LCT Cebu Great Ocean ran aground near the shoreline of Brgy. Cantapoy in Malimono, Surigao del Norte Monday afternoon, April ...

    • Bantayan town gets P35.5-M aid to boost food security 

      MVG (SunStar Philippines, March 17, 2021, on page 10)
      The Municipality of Bantayan in Cebu has reaped a total of P35.7 million worth of agri-fishery projects that will leapfrog the town’s food security program to boost the Province of Cebu’s tourism campaign for the island. ...

    • 240 Chinese vessels spotted lingering in West Philippine Sea 

      PR (SunStar Philippines, April 15, 2021, on page 5)
      The National Task Force for the West Philippine Sea (NTF-WPS) on Tuesday, April 13, denounced the continued swarming of Chinese Coast Guard (CCG) and Maritime Militia vessels, which Chinese authorities have claimed to be ...

    • Drilon speaks on "Women in Fisheries' 

      UPV-IPO (SunStar Philippines, March 14, 2000, on page 2)
      The University of Philippines in the Visayas has invited Undersecretary for Fisheries and Legislative Relations Cesar Drilon to be the keynote speaker in a conference-workshop on March 15-16, 2000 at the Four Seasons Hotel ...

    • Freshwater Fish Culture a 'feather on ASCA's cap' 

      Beup, Glenn (SunStar Philippines, July 5, 2000, on page 4)
      Aklan State College of Agriculture President Helmar Aguilar should be congratulated for entering into a Memorandum of Agreement with the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources - Regional Office 6, pertaining to the ...

    • 91IB gives out 2.5K tilapia fingerlings in Aurora town 

      Philippine Information Agency (PIA)-3 (SunStar Philippines, February 14, 2021, on page 6)
      The Army 91st Infantry Battalion (91IB) distributed a total 0f 2,500 tilapia fingerlings to residents of barangays Bazal, Diaat, and Cadayacan in Maria Aurora town. This is in line with its Adopt-a-Barangay Kapwa Ko, Sagot ...

    • 600 turtle hatchlings return to sea in Bataan 

      Flora, Ian Ocampo (SunStar Philippines, February 16, 2021, on page 1)
      More than 600 hatchlings of olive ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea) successfully made their way back to sea through the conservation efforts of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) and their ...

    • Agri-fisheries modernization plan pilot tested in Masantol 

      Flora, Ian Ocampo (SunStar Philippines, February 23, 2021, on page 2)
      The Department of Agriculture (DA)-Central Luzon, together with the Philippine Statistical Research and Training Institute (PSRTI), conducted a pilot testing of questionnaires for the National Agriculture and Fisheries ...

    • 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 ...

    • Candaba exec clarifies red water in Candaba irrigation 

      Arcellaz, Princess Clea (SunStar Philippines, February 26, 2021, on page 1)
      Candaba Councilor Narciso "Siso" Maglanque on Wednesday, February 24, 2021, shed light on the sudden change of color flowing in an irrigation canal in Barangay Barit in Candaba town, Pampanga. Over the weekend, residents ...

    • China denies incursion as 200 ships dock at Phil reef 

      Associated Press (AP) (SunStar Philippines, March 23, 2021, on page 14)
      Bad weather prompted more than 200 Chinese fishing vessels to anchor at a reef claimed by the Philippines, Beijing said on Monday (Mar 22), sidestepping accusations from Manila of a move by China's vast South China Sea ...

    • Ship docks with memory of Cebu's past. Bridge spans hope for its future 

      (SunStar Philippines, March 22, 2021, on page 5)
      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 ...

    • 220 Chinese vessels with militia sighted in WPS 

      (SunStar Philippines, March 22, 2021, on page 4)
      Over 200 fishing vessels believed to be manned by Chinese maritime militia were sighted in line formation at the Julian Felipe Reef (Whitsun Reef) on March 7, 2021, the National Task Force for the West Philippine Sea ...

    • Agro-fishery losses further rise to P53.6M 

      Nicavera, Erwin P. (SunStar Philippines, January 14, 2021, on page 1)
      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, ...

    • Hijo Resources Corp grows Tagum's new gen of seagrass meadows 

      PR (SunStar Philippines, January 25, 2021, on page 6)
      The Hijo coastline, which sits in the heart of the Davao Gulf, was home to a rich marine ecosystem, with seagrass meadows in the coastal seabed that serves as a sanctuary for many marine animals. However, when the boom in ...

    • Hijo Estate coastline now a Marine Protected Area 

      Perez, Ace June Rell S. (SunStar Philippines, November 21, 2020, on page 10)
      To protect and preserve the rich marine biodiversity within its coastline, the Hijo Resources Corporation (HRC) and the local government unit (LGU) of Tagum City, through its City Environment and Natural Resources Office ...