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    • Half of Agri department's fish landing, cold storage projects due after 2016 

      Conserva, Louine Hope (BusinessWorld, October 16, 2015, on page S1/2)
      More small fish landing centers and cold storage facilities are being planned by the Department of Agriculture (DA) after the 252 lined up this year until 2016. Asis G. Perez, director of the DA’s Bureau of Fisheries and ...

    • Half of LGUs around Manila Bay violate anti-pollution laws — DILG 

      Ferreras, Vince Angelo N. (BusinessWorld, February 15, 2019, on page S1/2)
      More than half of the local government units along the Manila Bay watershed have been found non-compliant with environmental law, the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) said. The DILG said that 53% or 95 ...

    • Halt on WPS oil search seen to discourage investments 

      Atienza, Kyle Aristophere T. (BusinessWorld, April 21, 2022, on page S1/1-S1/8)
      Economic and maritime experts on Wednesday warned that the government’s decision to halt oil exploration activities in parts of the South China Sea claimed by the Philippines would push firms to rethink their investments ...

    • Harassed in our own waters 

      Abesamis, Teresa S. (BusinessWorld, June 13, 2018, on page S1/6)
      First of all, why is the China Coast Guard patrolling our own waters, the West Philippine China Sea, which by international law, the UNCLOS (United National Convention on the Law of the Sea) to which both China and the ...

    • Healthy planet needs 'ocean action' from Asian and Pacific countries 

      Alisjahbana, Armida Salsiah (BusinessWorld, June 27, 2022, on page S1/7)
      As the Second Global Ocean Conference opens today in Lisbon, governments in Asia and the Pacific must seize the opportunity to enhance cooperation and solidarity to address a host of challenges that endanger what is a ...

    • Help of Indonesia to Filipino fishing industry sought 

      Carillo, Carmencita A. (BusinessWorld, February 7, 2014, on page S1/11)
      The Philippines-Indonesia Border Committee Chairmen’s Conference, held here last Wednesday, has committed to bring to higher authorities a request to allow Philippine-flag fishing vessels to pass through the Indonesian ...

    • Herbalife Nutrition Philippines backs Manila Bay clean up 

      (BusinessWorld, March 1, 2019, on page S3/12)
      Herbalife Nutrition Philippines participated in the Manila Bay clean up. About 100 employees and distributors of the company have gathered together at the baywalk as early as 6 a.m. on Feb. 16 for another purpose driven ...

    • Here's why river overflow can lead to flood damage 

      Klippe, Andreas (BusinessWorld, December 29, 2020, on page S1/4)
      Flood can be very terrifying if you live near rivers. Though called in much literature as a source of life, rivers can actually take lives when they overflow. Rivers carry many risks, especially when there is heavy rainfall ...

    • High seas pocket fishing rules released 

      (BusinessWorld, March 4, 2014, on page S1/6)
      Implementing rules for fishing in a tuna-rich high seas pocket were released yesterday. The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) issued the regulations on group tuna purse seine operations in High Seas Pocket ...

    • Higher tuna catch expected in Q4 

      (BusinessWorld, October 16, 2012, on page S1/6)
      The Philippines should see a higher tuna catch starting next month after the country deployed 36 high-seas fishing vessels to the Pacific, a Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) official said. BFAR Director ...

    • Historically courageous people toadying up to China 

      Abesamis, Teresa S. (BusinessWorld, June 26, 2019, on page S1/7)
      If he hasn’t acquired one yet, perhaps someone should give Rodrigo Roa Duterte a Jetski so he can fulfill his campaign promise to ride one to the Spratleys where he would plant a Filipino flag. So far, our president has, ...

    • Hong Kong plans to ban sea products from Japan 

      Reuters (BusinessWorld, July 12, 2023, on page S1/11)
      Hong Kong leader John Lee on Tuesday said the city will ban seafood products from a large number of Japanese prefectures if Tokyo goes ahead with a plan to discharge treated radioactive water from the crippled Fukushima ...

    • House panel OK's bill protecting areas of 'West Philippine Sea' 

      Cruz, Beatriz Marie (BusinessWorld, January 26, 2023, on page S1/9)
      A Philippine House of Representatives committee on Wednesday approved a bill that seeks to declare parts of the Spratly Islands and Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea protected zones. The House committee on natural ...

    • House panel questions impact of Manila Bay reclamation 

      Tadalan, Charmaine A. (BusinessWorld, February 12, 2019, on page S1/5)
      The House committee on Metro Manila Development on Monday raised concerns about the Manila Bay cleanup, questioning plans for further reclamation. “There are many possibly destructive effects of the planned reclamation,” ...

    • How dams built by China starve the Mekong River Delta of vital sediment 

      Reuters (BusinessWorld, December 19, 2022, on page S1/3)
      Standing on the bank of the Mekong River, Tran Van Cung can see his rice farm wash away before his very eyes. The paddy’s edge is crumbling into the delta. Just 15 years ago, Southeast Asia’s longest river carried some 143 ...

    • How stewardship can address pressing environmental issues 

      Castillo, Lysander N. (BusinessWorld, July 27, 2018, on page S8/6)
      This is where the “face” of environmental stewardship should come out, that is, taking care of the environment because of the concern for all the living, especially our fellow human beings. This is not to say that climate ...

    • How to solve the plastic crisis 

      Bloomberg (BusinessWorld, July 27, 2018, on page S8/4)
      Just eight countries are responsible for most ocean plastic. They need help. Since Jan. 1, when China stopped accepting the rich world’s recyclable plastic waste, it’s gotten a ton of criticism for worsening the already ...

    • How we'll eat fish in the future 

      (BusinessWorld, June 1, 2017, on page 8/S1)
      Now, entrepreneurs, investors, and some environmentalists are beginning to coalesce around aquaculture as a potential long-term solution to the depletion of the oceans and the world's increasing appetite for this healthy ...

    • IBP, fisherfolk groups ask high court to order gov't to enforce laws protecting West Philippine Sea 

      Villegas, Van Marlo M. (BusinessWorld, April 17, 2019, on page S1/12)
      Members of farmers and fisherfolks groups, together with the Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP), have asked the Supreme Court (SC) to direct the government to enforce laws protecting the country’s territories in the ...

    • Iloilo City eyes Australian study grants for employees after envoy's visit 

      Santiagudo, Emme Rose (BusinessWorld, April 17, 2019, on page S1/12)
      Iloilo City Mayor Jose S. Espinosa III wants the local government’s regular employees to explore study grants in Australia following a visit last week by Australian Deputy Head of Mission to the Philippines Mat Kimberley. ...