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    • DOST touts new areas for mussel-farming expansion 

      Mogato, Anna Gabriela A. (BusinessWorld, January 11, 2018, on page S1/8)
      The Government has identified 12 areas, mostly in the Visayas and Mindanao, deemed suitable for the development of a mussel farming industry. The Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic and Natural Resources Research ...

    • DOST urges gov’t collaboration to save Laguna Lake 

      (BusinessWorld, June 7, 2017, on page 4/S3)
      The Department of Science and Technology-National Research Council of the Philippines (DOST-NRCP) recommended possible courses of action that government agencies can collaborate on to help improve the conditions of Laguna ...

    • Dracula fish, lipstick gecko among new Mekong finds 

      (BusinessWorld, October 8, 2010, on page S3/9)
      A fish with curving vampire fangs, a gecko that looks as if it’s wearing lipstick and a carnivorous plant more than seven metres (23 feet) high may sound like creatures from a nightmare but they are real. They are just ...

    • Dry spell delays stocking of shrimp, prawn fry 

      NLG (BusinessWorld, March 19, 2010, on page S1/2)
      The prolonged dry spell is delaying the stocking of pawn and shrimp fries, but this is not expected to dampen business prospects, an industry leader said during a recent forum here. Stocking may take place in May and the ...

    • DTI recommends closure of Boracay 'in phases' 

      Balinbin, Arjay L. (BusinessWorld, April 3, 2018, on page S1/10)
      The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has formally recommended to the Office of the President that the closure of Boracay “can be done in phases,” Senior Deputy Executive Secretary Menardo I. Guevarra said. In his ...

    • DTI to push for more agri exports to Hungary as joint committee convenes 

      Mogato, Anna Gabriela A. (BusinessWorld, February 12, 2018, on page S1/4)
      The Philippines is set to hold an inaugural Joint Committee on Economic and Trade Cooperation meeting with Hungary in September, the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) said. In a statement Sunday, Trade Secretary Ramon ...

    • Dumacaa River Irrigation rehab completed 

      Ochave, Revin Mickhael D. (BusinessWorld, December 14, 2020, on page S1/12)
      The National Irrigation Administration (NIA) has finished rehabilitating the P115.69-million Dumacaa River irrigation system in Quezon Province, it said in a statement at the weekend. The repairs included mechanical works ...

    • Duterte can't be forced to sue China, court says 

      Atienza, Kyle Aristophere T. (BusinessWorld, November 25, 2021, on page S1/12)
      The Philippine Supreme Court has rejected for lack of merit a lawsuit seeking to compel President Rodrigo Duterte to sue China over its island-building activities in the South China Sea. In a nine-page resolution, the ...

    • Duterte issues gag order on his Cabinet over sea dispute 

      Atienza, Kyle Aristophere T. (BusinessWorld, May 19, 2021, on page S1/10)
      Philippine President Rodrigo R. Duterte on Monday night barred his Cabinet from talking in public about the country’s sea dispute with China, which some of his ministers had rebuked for its actions in the disputed waterway. ...

    • Duterte says Philippines won't end sea patrols 

      Atienza, Kyle Aristophere T.; Villegas, Vann Marlo M. (BusinessWorld, April 30, 2021, on page S1/12)
      The Philippines won’t end patrols in the South China Sea, President Rodrigo R. Duterte said on Wednesday night, adding that the country’s sovereignty is nonnegotiable. Tensions over the sea, which China claims almost ...

    • Duterte sends off patrol ship to South China Sea 

      Atienza, Kyle Aristophere (BusinessWorld, June 13, 2022, on page S1/12)
      President Rodrigo R. Duterte on Sunday led the commissioning of a Coast Guard ship that is set to patrol Philippine-claimed territories in the South China Sea, years after foreign policy experts started criticizing him for ...

    • Duterte slams China's aggression vs PHL vessels 

      Atienza, Kyle Aristophere T. (BusinessWorld, November 23, 2021, on page S1/12)
      President Rodrigo R. Duterte denounced last week’s aggression by Chinese Coast Guard vessels against two Philippine-flagged boats during a leaders’ summit on Monday of China and members of the Association of Southeast Asian ...

    • Duterte softens tone on United States before South China Sea talks 

      Bloomberg (BusinessWorld, April 11, 2017, on page S1/5)
      The Philippines appears to be softening its tone toward the U.S. before holding talks with Beijing on the South China Sea. President Rodrigo Duterte let the insults fly last year, telling former leader Barack Obama to “go ...

    • Duterte spokesman talks tough vs China 

      Balinbin, Arjay L. (BusinessWorld, August 14, 2018, on page S1/10)
      The Philippine government said on Monday that the Philippines will continue to assert its sovereign rights over the disputed territories in the South China Sea despite the latest incident where a Filipino pilot was threatened ...

    • Duterte tells troops to stake a claim in PHL sea 

      Cigaral, Ian Nicolas P. (BusinessWorld, April 7, 2017, on page S1/11)
      PRESIDENT RODRIGO R. Duterte has ordered the military to occupy and build facilities on maritime features in the South China Sea that is within the Philippine territory. His remarks also came on the heels of a US think ...

    • Duterte told to seize China assets for reef damage in waterway 

      Tadalan, Charmaine A. (BusinessWorld, June 9, 2020, on page S1/10)
      The Philippines should seize China-owned assets in the country as payment for reef damage caused by its island-building activities in the South China Sea, a former top diplomat said on Monday. “Philippine authorities have ...

    • Duterte urged to allow navy to join drills in South China Sea 

      Atienza, Kyle Aristophere T.; Tadalan, Charmaine A. (BusinessWorld, February 1, 2021, on page S1/8)
      President Rodrigo R. Duterte should let the Philippine Navy join war games in the South China Sea after China passed a law allowing its coast guard to fire at foreign vessels in the disputed waterway, political analysts ...

    • Duterte wrong on fish data — political analysts 

      Atienza, Kyle Aristophere T. (BusinessWorld, April 26, 2021, on page S1/10)
      The South China Sea is a major fish source for the Philippines that is crucial to its food security, political analysts said on Sunday, belying President Rodrigo R. Duterte’s claim that it couldn’t quarrel with China over ...

    • Duterte, Xi favor bilateral deal on sea dispute 

      Balinbin, Arjay (BusinessWorld, September 16, 2019, on page S1/10)
      President Rodrigo R. Duterte frowns upon a “multilateral approach” to resolve the South China Sea dispute and will push for a deal with another claimant country, his spokesman said last week. Both Mr. Duterte and Chinese ...

    • Duterte: 'Our duty' with China to use 'our seas' 

      Balinbin, Arjay (BusinessWorld, April 29, 2019, on page S1/10)
      President Rodrigo R. Duterte returned to the Philippines on Sunday after a “highly successful” official visit to China for the Second Belt and Road Forum, Malacañang said. Mr. Duterte also said at Session III of the Leaders’ ...