Browsing Manila Bulletin by Place "La Union"
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Bataan fishermen cry harassment in West PH Sea
(Manila Bulletin,April 21, 2017 , on page 2)The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) is verifying claims by fishermen from Mariveles, Bataan, that they were harassed by the Chinese Coast Guard while fishing in the West Philippine Sea. A group of fishermen from Mariveles ... -
BFAR warns vs poisonous crabs
(Manila Bulletin,May 20, 2014 , on page 14)BFAR Region 1 Director Nestor Domenden has already sent out posters identifying these poisonous crabs as the Tergatis floridus and Zozymus aenues. Domenden reiterated the warning yesterday and asked the local BFAR in ... -
DENR designates 3 river systems as WQMAs
(Manila Bulletin,February 15, 2018 , on page B-8)The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has designated three river systems in Luzon and Visayas as water quality management areas (WQMAs) to keep the quality of water within the guidelines set for ... -
Dynamite fishing kills Fraser’s dolphin
(Manila Bulletin,February 24, 2015 , on page 9)Despite receiving the best care possible during the 3 week rehabilitation due to injuries suffered because of dynamite fishing, “Julius”, the surviving Fraser’s dolphin who was transported from Pangasinan to the Ocean ... -
Establishment of seaweeds gene bank here proposed
(Manila Bulletin,April 29, 2007 , on page B-4)A seaweed gene bank will be put up by the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC) to complement its biotechnology facility that will aid in boosting the country's production of seaweeds which earns $70 million ... -
Fishery technology transfer demo set
(Manila Bulletin,April 16, 2001 , on page B-7)The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) is holding technology transfer demonstration that will allow fisherfolks to learn new technologies in fisheries helpful producing higher value-added fish products and ... -
Fishfolk receive free fingerlings
(Manila Bulletin,June 30, 2015 , on page 14)More than 15,000 milkfish fingerlings were given free yesterday to 53 fishpond operators as livelihood assistance after being hit by the dry season last March in Barangays Biday, Bangcusay, and Dalumpinas. Dolores Gurtiza, ... -
Fishponds in La Union brace for dry months
(Manila Bulletin,February 27, 2015 , on page 18)Fishpond operators and workers here have expressed apprehension of how the summer months ahead will adversely affect their livelihood as some ponds have already been dried up this early. Dionisio F. Camarao, a fishpond ... -
Free fingerlings
(Manila Bulletin,October 10, 2014 , on page 14)About 117 hectares of fishponds in six barangays here that have been devastated by last summer's drought were given free bangus fingerlings by the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources. -
Illegal fishing charges field vs 17 Vietnamese nationals
(Manila Bulletin,September 15, 2016 , on page 7)Vigan City, Ilocos Sur - The police filed poaching charges poaching against 17 Vietnamese fishermen arrested at the West Philippine Sea last week. It was reported that the Vietnamese vessels equipped with "superlights' ... -
‘Inday’ to bring more rains, flood: 24 Luzon, Visayas provinces placed under general flood advisory
(Manila Bulletin,July 19, 2018 , on page 1-4)With the forecast, a general flood advisory has been issued over several areas in Luzon and in the Visayas as threats of flooding remain high. Meanwhile, a fisherman in Batangas went missing as several parts of the country ... -
Mayor orders probe into marine damage caused by grounded ship
(Manila Bulletin,January 26, 2014 , on page 15)A month after a cargo vessel ran aground in a coral reef in the coast of Barangay Lingsat, this city, authorities will begin an investigation into the likely environmental damage caused by the ship. San Fernando City Mayor ... -
New fiberglass boats for La Union fishermen
(Manila Bulletin,December 13, 2018 , on page 8)The Department of Agriculture-Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (DA-BFAR) has distributed 36 fiberglass – reinforced, plastic fishing boats to boost the livelihood of marginal fishermen in six coastal towns. BFAR ... -
Oil spill hits Ilocos shoreline
(Manila Bulletin,February 27, 2013 , on page 13)Local residents in the coastal areas of nine towns and two cities in Ilocos Sur and La Union are presently conducting a massive clean-up of their shorelines following the sudden occurrence of oil spill last Monday here. ... -
PH, China in best level of friendship
(Manila Bulletin,March 31, 2017 , on page 1-10)The Philippines has reached “the best of friendship” with China but would still not surrender its territorial claim in the disputed South China Sea, President Duterte declared the other day. The President has pledged to ... -
Salt industry modernization eyed
(Manila Bulletin,August 30, 2022 , on page 1-6)Malacañang disclosed that “initial plans” are in place to improve salt production in the country, an industry it tagged as “long neglected.” “Tutulong ang ating pamahalaan para sa modernisasyon ng ating industriya ng ... -
Spinner dolphin
(Manila Bulletin,March 6, 2013 , on page 13)Personnel of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR), City Fisheries, and coastal residents try to perk up a very week spinner dolphin stranded in Sitio Tawi-Tawi, Poro Point, La Union on Monday, March 4, 2013. ... -
State of calamity declared in La Union over oil spill
(Manila Bulletin,March 2, 2013 , on page 12)The provincial board here has declared La Union under a state of calamity over the damage wrought on its coastline by the oil spill from "M/V Harita Bauxiote" which capsized last February 16 off Bolinao, Pangasinan. ... -
Tobacco dust as an organic molluscicide
(The Philippine Star,January 22, 2012 , on page B-2)Tobacco is not an only major ingredient in the manufacture of cigarettes, but also could be used for sustainable aquaculture that could increase farmers and fisherfolks income. NTA administration Edgardo D. Zaragoza led a ...