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Asian Terminal supports Manila Bay rehabilitation efforts
Listed Asian Terminals Inc. (ATI), operator of international gateway port Manila South Harbor, expressed readiness to support multi-sectoral efforts, led by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), to ...
- February 13, 2019
Gov't may fund ₱2.7- B Navotas fish port modernization
The ₱2.7-billion upgrading and rehabilitation of the Navotas Fish Port Complex (NFPC) is being pushed for funding by the government instead of putting it under the private public partnership (PPP) scheme. An official said ...
- March 11, 2013
DENR wants to declare Boracay island as critical habitat
If President Rodrigo Duterte wants to declare Boracay Island as a land reform area, Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu has another thing in mind. For him, Boracay Island is better off as a critical habitat area for endemic ...
- April 15, 2018
'People of the world against China's nine-dash line'
What can Filipinos do to help government and boost the morale of our leaders to continually and aggressively defend our country’s rights in the West Philippine Sea? This was the question I asked retired Supreme Court Justice ...
- April 13, 2021
Eastern Visayas police intensifies drive vs illegal logging and fishing
The Philippine National Police (PNP) in Eastern Visayas has included in its list of priorities the intensified drive against illegal logging and illegal fishing. Eastern Visayas regional police director Chief Supt. Gilbert ...
- September 10, 2017
Endangered listing eyed for US loggerhead turtles
The federal government on Wednesday recommended an endangered-species listing for the loggerhead turtles in U.S. waters, a decision that could lead to tighter restrictions on fishing and other maritime trades. The massive, ...
- March 16, 2010
Policy changes proposed in DA to improve ease of doing in agri sector
The Department of Agriculture (DA) was told to change certain policies as the unnecessary regulatory burden, just like in other sectors, affects the ease of doing business in the agriculture and fishery sector. This was ...
- June 16, 2018
Gov't sees tripling of shrimp production
The government estimates that shrimp production in the Philippines will triple by next year once the study on Peneus vannamei (P. vannamei), also known as Pacific White shrimp, becomes successful. The Department of Agriculture ...
- October 16, 2005
DOST, UP develop system for more accurate fish monitoring
With more than 3,000 different species of fish, the Philippine seas are the most biodiversity region in the entire world. However, this abundance of marine life is currently in danger as human carelessness, overfishing, ...
- September 11, 2018
Leyte provincial gov’t, fishermen venture into wing oyster farming.
Wing blister oyster pearl farming/production is emerging as another source of income for many Leyte fishermen, according to the provincial government. Leyte Governor Leopoldo Dominico Petilla said that his office is ...
- June 12, 2017