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Boracay: The economics of non-compliance
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 ...
- April 10, 2018
DTI proposes gradual shutdown of Boracay
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has proposed to the Office of the President (OP) to shut down Boracay island in phases to avoid disrupting businesses and livelihood in the island. The proposal of the trade ...
- April 3, 2018
SC awaits report on Manila Bay pollution
Chief Justice Diosdado Peralta led a group that inspected the dolomite sand beach in Manila Bay last Wednesday, along with Associate Justices Rodil Zalameda, Mario Lopez, Edardo delos Santos, and Ricardo Rosario. There had ...
- October 18, 2020
DA pushes Tawi-Tawi, S'gani fishery projects
The Department of Agriculture (DA) has alloted P15 million for two major fishery projects here and in Sarangani province. Both projects are aimed at boosting the country's food security program of the country, Tawi-Tawi ...
- September 12, 2005
Filipinos need not seek China fish permit-palace
Malacañang yesterday said Filipino fishermen need not ask permission from Chinese regional authorities to fish in the high seas and most especially within the Philippines' Exclusive Economic Zone(EEZ). Deputy presidential ...
- January 12, 2014
Government allots ₱for beach forests, mangrove development
The government has allotted ₱1 billion for mangrove and beach forests development in disaster-risk areas in the country covering areas hit by typhoon Yolanda including Bohol and Cebu. DENR Sec. Ramon Paje said the fund ...
- February 25, 2014
Loren defends Duterte against claims of sub-servience to China
Senator Loren Legarda on Sunday defended the government from criticisms of subservience to China, saying it is only natural for the Duterte administration to exhaust all diplomatic means to resolve the tension in the West ...
- June 4, 2018
'Hulbot' fishers nabbed
The provincial government sought to prosecute six fishermen who were arrested for Danish seine fishing in Concepcion earlier this week. Criminal complaint for violation of Section 86 and Section 95 of Republic Act 10654 ...
- November 21, 2015
Filipinos can freely fish in ‘Panatag’ – Chinese envoy
Filipinos are still allowed to freely fish in Panatag Shoal based on a friendly arrangement between the Philippines and China, a Chinese diplomat said Tuesday. Chinese Ambassador to the Philippines Zhao Jianhua made the ...
- June 13, 2018
PH to declare Panatag Shoal a protected marine sanctuary
The Philippines will unilaterally declare the fish spawning grounds of Panatag Shoal (Scarborough Shoal) a protected marine sanctuary where fishing is banned inside the triangular lagoon. National Security Adviser Hermogenes ...
- November 22, 2016