Browsing Manila Bulletin by Place "Thailand"

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    • Gov't implements quality seal for agri and fish products 

      Lopez, Edu (Manila Bulletin, March 19, 2010, on page B-11)
      Ten government will start adopting this year the national quality seal (NQS) for agricultural and fishery products to boost market access of quality and safe products produced in the country. The Bureau of Agriculture and ...

    • 'Hito' production to increase with new techniques: breakthrough achieved to save moribund industry 

      (Manila Bulletin, February 2, 2001, on page D-4)
      A Southeast Asian center based in this seaside town has refined nursery techniques for producing fry of the native "hito" (catfish). The research headway was achieved by the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center ...

    • Indonesia okayed as 9th SEAFDEC member 

      (Manila Bulletin, October 30, 2000, on page 28)
      Indonesia has been admitted as member of the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC). Panu Tavarutmaneegul, secretary general of the Bangkok, Thailand-based SEAFDEC secretariat, announced Indonesia's admission ...

    • Joint exploration with China in WPS is the better approach — JPE 

      Casayuran, Mario B. (Manila Bulletin, March 17, 2018, on page 1-7)
      The United Nations arbitral court had issued a decision rejecting China’s historical claim over most parts of the SCS and favoring the Philippine claim over parts of the Spratly island chain and the Scarborough (Panatag) ...

    • Lorenzana says China should respect freedom of navigation in WPS 

      Sadongdong, Martin A. (Manila Bulletin, November 4, 2019, on page 7)
      Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana on Sunday called the Chinese government and other countries to respect the freedom of navigation and principle of innocent passage in the West Philippine Sea (WPS). Lorenzana made the ...

    • Mangrove-friendly shrimp project 

      (Manila Bulletin, December 7, 2000, on page B-7)
      A government-hosted Southeast Asian center based here is now implementing a mangrove-friendly shrimp culture project. The project forms part of the Mangrove-Friendly Aquaculture Program of the Southeast Asian Fisheries ...

    • Market matching at TESDA food festival this weekend 

      Sarian, Zac (Manila Bulletin, July 18, 2002, on page B-9)
      One of the strategies arrived at during the recent shrimp congress in Bacolod City is for growers to produce antibiotic-free prawns, using environment-friendly culture systems. It was observed that in 1993 to 1996, the ...

    • New technology detects early mortality sysndrome in shrimp 

      (Manila Bulletin, December 22, 2018, on page B-5)
      The University of Santo Tomas (UST) has developed a technology to detect acute hepatopancreatic necrosis disease (AHPND) or early mortality syndrome in shrimp. The technology is an output of a project funded by the Philippine ...

    • PH eyes more rice fish imports 

      Miraflor, Madelaine B. (Manila Bulletin, August 28, 2018, on page 1-4)
      Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Piñol said on Monday he has proposed the importation of an additional 132,000 tons (T) of rice by the private sector to address “very limited” supplies of the staple food in the country’s ...

    • 'PH shrimp farming needs boost' 

      Garcia, Mark L. (Manila Bulletin, November 18, 2017, on page 7)
      Thailand and Philippines are working closely on boosting local shrimp farming to help meet growing global demand, Thai Ambassador Thanatip Upatising said here during the opening of the 11th National Shrimp Congress at the ...

    • Pilot scale seedstock production of delicacy soft-shell crabs now in Iloilo 

      Aguiba, Melody M. (Manila Bulletin, January 1, 2015, on page B-2)
      A pilot scale seedstock production of the delicacy softshell crabs in Tigbauan, Iloilo looks forward to improved Philippine crab revenue which has been depressed in many decades. The pilot site is located at the Southeast ...

    • Research helps bangus industry grow 

      (Manila Bulletin, September 2, 2010, on page B-5)
      In technology development, the Iloilo-based research center SEAFDEC or the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center pioneered the artificial propagation of milkfish as far back as 1976, and collaborated with BFAR in ...

    • Reviving seahorse industry brightening 

      (Manila Bulletin, September 10, 2002, on page B-14)
      A research breakthrough holds great promise of reviving the country's moribund seahorse industry. The scientific feat of breeding seahorse in captivity was achieved by researches of Southeast Asian Fisheries Development ...

    • Scientists, fish farmers set plan to save shrimp industry 

      (Manila Bulletin, August 17, 2002, on page F-3)
      A good number of aquaculture scientists and researchers and fish farmers from various parts of the country met in this city recently and adopted measures to facilitate the recovery of the moribund shrimp industry. The ...

    • SEAFDEC, ASEAN bond to guarantee food security 

      Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center-Aquaculture Department (SEAFDEC/AQD) (Manila Bulletin, October 29, 2002, on page E-3)
      The Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC) and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) have joined hands to address food security and alleviate poverty in rural areas in the region. Member-countries ...

    • Self-restraint over disputed sea urged 

      Philippine News Agency (PNA); Kyodo; Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Manila Bulletin, November 11, 2015, on page 1-6)
      Southeast Asian leaders are to call for self restraint to avoid escalation of tensions in the South China Sea, according to a draft obtained Monday of a document expected to be released at the end of a regional summit ...

    • Shrimp business 

      Mercene, Floro (Manila Bulletin, September 13, 2013, on page 11-12)
      Ten years ago, the Philippines used to be the one of the biggest shrimp producers- No. 3- in the world and ten years before that, the shrimp production had emerged as the country's "sunshine industry". Local shrimp production ...

    • Singapore backs PH stand in South China Sea dispute 

      Sabater, Madel R. (Manila Bulletin, September 9, 2012, on page 1-8)
      Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on Saturday expressed support to the Philippines' efforts for a peaceful resolution of the dispute in the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea). President Benigno S. Aquino III ...

    • South China Sea arms race (1) 

      Mercene, Floro (Manila Bulletin, September 25, 2015, on page 11)
      If there's anybody to blame for a militarily aggressive Japan, it is nobody else but China. For the last 70 years, Japan had remained focused on protecting itself. When China unilaterally claimed the entire South China ...

    • South China Sea cinema opens 

      Reuters (Manila Bulletin, July 26, 2017, on page 1-4)
      China has opened its southernmost cinema on a disputed island in the South China Sea, state media said, part of an ongoing effort to build up civilian infrastructure and assert Beijing’s sovereignty. The cinema is on Woody ...