Browsing Manila Bulletin by Subject "development projects"
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Agriculture remains our greatest hope
(Manila Bulletin,January 7, 2015 , on page 10)When the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) was set up in Los Baños, Laguna, in 1960, with the support of the Ford Foundation, the Rockefeller Foundation, and the Philippine government, it proceeded to undertake ... -
Alsons taps local EPC contractor for hydropower project
(Manila Bulletin,July 30, 2018 , on page B-7)Alsons Power of the Alcantara group has tapped Filipino firm sta. Clara International Corporation as the engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contractor of its 15-megawatt Siguil hydropower project in Sarangani ... -
Aquaculture projects mulled
(Manila Bulletin,May 2, 2010 , on page 21)Representatives coming from the Brunei Darussalam-Indonesia-Malaysia-Philippines - East ASEAN Growth Area (BIMP-EAGA) recently identified possible joint venture investment projects on various high-value aquaculture products. ... -
Boracay: The economics of non-compliance
(Manila Bulletin,April 10, 2018 , on page B-3)Malacañang announced last week the Cabinet decision to close Boracay temporarily (six months at the minimum) to allow businesses there to comply with sanitation and environmental rules, LGU rules on construction and ... -
DA secretary opposes creation of separate fishieries department
(Manila Bulletin,September 16, 2016 , on page B-5)Agriculture chief Emmanuel Piñol said he is against the creation of a separate fisheries department as this would go against President Rodrigo Duterte's call for "effective government" and will require additional expenditure ... -
DOST-ICT honors partners in rural connectivity project
(Manila Bulletin,December 15, 2015 , on page B-12)The Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Office of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) cited its public and private sector partners for the “TV White Space (TVWS) Supported Fisher folk Registration ... -
Livelihood project
(Manila Bulletin,February 5, 2015 , on page 9)The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) allotted P83.5 million to finance the cultivation of high quality seaweeds in at least eight towns in the first congressional district of Sulu province. Sulu Rep. ... -
New fishery law boosts fight vs illegal fishing
(Manila Bulletin,January 17, 2015 , on page B-2)The Department of Agriculture’s Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources ( DA- BFAR) earlier sent some of its personnel in an intensive law enforcement training program at the National Brackishwater Fisheries Technology ... -
P223 M for W. Visayas agri-fishery projects
(Manila Bulletin,August 9, 2017 , on page 12)Secretary Manny Piñol of the Department of Agriculture (DA) has launched P223 million worth of agricultural and fishery projects for Western Visayas Region. Piñol’s second official visit to the region is focused on island ... -
P38-M Leyte Gulf mangrove rehab project done
(Manila Bulletin,June 3, 2015 , on page 15)The Department of Environment and Natural Resources in Region 8 (DENR-8) reported over the weekend that the P38 million Leyte Gulf mangrove and beach forest plantation rehabilitation project has already been completed. ... -
Palawan gets ₱549M from DA
(Manila Bulletin,January 23, 2012 , on page 14)The Department of Agriculture (DA) is pouring in P549 million for irrigation, farm machinery, and fisheries projects in Palawan. Alcala stressed that among the projects crafted for Palawan are the P498-million bato-Iraan ... -
Project to push mud crabs production in PH
(Manila Bulletin,May 3, 2018 , on page B-13)To increase hatchery-reared mud crabs in the Philippines, which is the second top producer in the world, a project was funded by the Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic and Natural Resources Research and Development ... -
Samar tidal energy plan in Korea climate change forum
(Manila Bulletin,September 7, 2016 , on page 15)The city government here presented one of the major planned projects in the Seoul Mayors Forum on climate change 2016. The mayor of Samar's capital discussed future adoption of the city on an Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries ... -
Saving our seas: the world’s last ecological frontier faces the threat of commercialization
(Manila Bulletin,February 5, 2017 , on page 14)Early this year, an international media group together with a resort developer announced that it will open an underwater resort just off the coast of Palawan. The 400-hectare master-planned project will be developed in the ... -
SEAFDEC makes initial seabass harvest
(Manila Bulletin,February 16, 2007 , on page B-1-B-6)The Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC) has made the first harvest of 200 pieces of seabass in Hamtic, Antique as part of a P5.4-million capacity building "dream project" to boost the country's beaming ... -
Solons question P122-B Laguna Lake dike project
(Manila Bulletin,September 27, 2015 , on page 16)The House Committees on Public Works and Highways and Aquaculture and Fisheries Resources have been urged to look into the alleged displacement of around 80,000 urban poor households following the implementation's ... -
What to do with agriculture in 2016 and beyond
(Manila Bulletin,January 10, 2016 , on page B-2)The start of the year is always an opportune time to pause, to take stock where we are; recall the things that have turned out well; contemplate on the others where we could have done better, and resolve what to do moving ...