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    • Aboitiz to develop Boracay’s Wetland #4 into urban park 

      Mogato, Anna Gabriela A. (BusinessWorld, August 14, 2018, on page S1/10)
      The Aboitiz Group, through its social development arm Aboitiz Foundation, has adopted and will rehabilitate Boracay Island’s Wetland #4 into a “linear urban park”. The company announced yesterday that it recently signed a ...
    • DA studying fish, pork imports for holidays 

      Mogato, Anna Gabriela A. (BusinessWorld, August 7, 2018, on page S1/5)
      The Department of Agriculture (DA) is moving to facilitate imports of fish and pork and chicken ahead of the year-end holidays to avert supply problems and their possible impact on prices. Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel ...
    • DA to allow imports of galunggong for direct sale to market 

      Mogato, Anna Gabriela A. (BusinessWorld, August 13, 2018, on page S2/6)
      The Department of Agriculture (DA) and the fisheries industry agreed on Friday to allow the importation of round scad, or galunggong, as the closed fishing season nears. Agriculture secretary Emmanuel F. Piñol told reporters ...
    • DENR says Boracay stakeholders cooperating with demolitions 

      Mogato, Anna Gabriela A. (BusinessWorld, April 30, 2018, on page S1/4)
      The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) said the initial days of the Boracay rehabilitation have been marked by cooperation between the government and the stakeholders. In a statement issued over the ...
    • 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 ...
    • 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 ...
    • Fisheries output declines in Q3; aquaculture rises 

      Mogato, Anna Gabriela A. (BusinessWorld, November 24, 2017, on page S1/2)
      The fisheries sector’s output by volume declined 3.89% in the third quarter, led by the commercial and municipal fisheries, due to unfavorable weather in the southern Philippines. In a special report released by the ...
    • Fisheries output rises 2.64% in second quarter, aquaculture leads 

      Mogato, Anna Gabriela A. (BusinessWorld, August 17, 2018, on page S1/3)
      Fisheries output rose 2.64% year-on-year to 1.13 million metric tons (MT) in the second quarter, the Philippine Statistics Authority said. In its Fisheries Quarterly Performance Report for the three months to June, the PSA ...
    • Galunggong imports to arrive ahead of closed fishing season 

      Mogato, Anna Gabriela A. (BusinessWorld, August 16, 2018, on page S1/4)
      The Department of Agriculture (DA) has allowed the entry of up to 17,000 metric tons (MT) of round scad, commonly known as galunggong, which will reach markets ahead of the closed fishing season when supply of the fish is ...
    • Palawan held up as model for fishing in Negros-Cebu strait 

      Mogato, Anna Gabriela A. (BusinessWorld, January 15, 2018, on page S1/5)
      Non-governmental organization Oceana Philippines is pushing for the monitoring of all commercial fishing vessels in the provinces along the Tañon Strait Protected Seascape (TSPS), covering the body of water between Negros ...
    • PCIC targets P65-billion crop insurance coverage for 2 million farmers, fisherfolk 

      Mogato, Anna Gabriela A. (BusinessWorld, January 17, 2018, on page S1/4)
      The Philippine Crop Insurance Corp. (PCIC), an agency of the Department of Agriculture (DA), said it set a target of P65 billion worth of insurance coverage for two million farmers and fisherfolk this year, with the policies ...