Browsing BusinessWorld by Author "Sarmiento, Romer S."

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    • Agusan marsh vital bird sanctuary in Asia 

      Sarmiento, Romer S. (BusinessWorld, September 23, 2005, on page S3/8)
      A scientific expedition to the Agusan marsh in Northeastern Mindanao is scheduled late this year to highlight the need to preserve the area's biodiversity, a scientist said. Dr. Jurgenne Primavera, a senior scientist of ...

    • Fisheries department pushed 

      Sarmiento, Romer S. (BusinessWorld, September 30, 2010, on page S1/6)
      Tuna industry leaders in the South Cotabato-Cotabato-Sultan Kudarat-Sarangani-General Santos City (Socsksargen) region have urged the current 15th Congress to craft a law elevating to department status the Bureau of Fisheries ...

    • GenSan eyes 'Tuna Capital of Asia' title 

      Sarmiento, Romer S. (BusinessWorld, July 15, 2010, on page S1/6)
      The newly elected mayor of this city hopes to make this city become known as the "Tuna Capital of Asia," a step up from its current moniker of "Tuna Capital of the Philippines." Mayor Darlene Antonino-Custodio, an opposition ...

    • Local tuna industry reeling from ban; jobless workers on rise 

      Sarmiento, Romer S. (BusinessWorld, January 26, 2010, on page S1/3)
      Players in the local tuna industry are now feeling the pinch of the closure of the high seas in portions of the Pacific Ocean, with one fishing company officially informing the Department of Labor and Employment (DoLE) of ...

    • RP-EU partnership for wider tuna market pushed 

      Sarmiento, Romer S. (BusinessWorld, September 10, 2010, on page S1/8)
      The forging of a Partnership and Cooperation Agreement between the European Union and the Philippines is essential to advance the chances of the country’s tuna products in the 27-member states, a European diplomat said. ...

    • Tuna Congress to highlight gains 

      Sarmiento, Romer S. (BusinessWorld, August 23, 2013, on page S1/2)
      This year’s National Tuna Congress will celebrate the partnerships and achievements gained by the industry over the last 15 years, organizers said. Rosanna Bernadette B. Contreras, Socsksargen Federation of Fishing and ...

    • Tuna fishermen get breather 

      Sarmiento, Romer S. (BusinessWorld, July 9, 2010, on page S1/2)
      With the three-month fish aggregating device ban now in effect, the government has offered an alternative measure that would allow Filipino fishers to catch tuna in the Philippines' exclusive economic zone (EEZ), a tuna ...