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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 ...
    • Alliance Select finalizes purchase of NZ fish company 

      de la Fuente, F. J. G. (BusinessWorld, October 3, 2012, on page S1/7)
      Listed Canner Alliance Select Foods International, Inc. finalized last Monday its earlier-announced purchase of an 80% stake in New Zealand-based Akaroa Salmon NZ Ltd. For about P97 million, the local firm said in a ...
    • China fishing deal seen as preliminary to more talks 

      Balinbin, Arjay L. (BusinessWorld, July 4, 2019, on page S1/4)
      Cabinet Secretary Karlo Alexei B. Nograles called a 2016 verbal agreement on fishing rights at Reed Bank between President Rodrigo R. Duterte and China’s Xi Jinping a preliminary step to a more formalized deal, as members ...
    • DBP in aquaculture tie-up with Charoen Pokphand Foods 

      Sy, Aaron Michael (BusinessWorld, April 14, 2023, on page S1/4)
      The Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP) said on Thursday that it signed an aquaculture financing agreement with Charoen Pokphand Foods Philippines Corp. (CP Foods). The DBP’s Aquaculture Value Chain Financing Program ...
    • EDC to rehabilitate Boracay wetland 

      Saulon, Victor V. (BusinessWorld, January 28, 2019, on page S1/2)
      Lopez-LED Energy Development Corp. (EDC) has allocated P10 million to rehabilitate a 7.79-hectare wetland in Boracay that it “adopted” in a three-year plan that is expected to turn the area into a money-earning venture for ...
    • Fishing firm formed 

      (BusinessWorld, February 1, 2013, on page S1/7)
      Alliance Select Foods International, Inc. and CHL Construction & Development Enterprises, Inc. to form a fishing company to boost Alliance Select's tuna supply, the company said in a disclosure yesterday. " We are pleased ...
    • Landbank signs agreement with BFAR 

      (BusinessWorld, March 19, 2010, on page S2/8)
      The Land Bank of the Philippines (Landbank) recently signed a memorandum of agreement with the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) for the promotion of mariculture parks in the country. This tie-up is congruent ...
    • Memo on Philippine crab signed 

      Galang, Vincent Mariel (BusinessWorld, September 30, 2019, on page S1/11)
      The Philippines and the United States have partnered with the private sector to promote sustainable management of the local alimasag or blue swimming crab in the Visayan Sea.The partnership will engage local governments, ...
    • Northern Samar farmers, fishermen get insurance 

      Meniano, Sarwell Q. (BusinessWorld, October 8, 2012, on page S1/4)
      Officials of the Northern Samar provincial government and the Philippine Crop Insurance Corp (PCIC) have signed an agreement providing insurance to 5,000 farmers and fishermen. Northern Samar Governor Raul R. Daza said the ...
    • Prequalification delayed for Laguna Lakeshore project 

      Dela Paz, Chrisee Jalyssa (BusinessWorld, January 12, 2015, on page S1/5)
      The deadline to submit prequalification documents for the government’s biggest public-private partnership (PPP) project has been moved to Feb. 27, at the request of prospective bidders, an official said. Ariel C. Angeles, ...
    • 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. ...
    • Sharks, manta rays win global trade protection 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (BusinessWorld, March 16, 2013, on page S3/9)
      Several shark species and the manta ray won international trade protection on Monday in a move hailed by conservationists as a breakthrough in efforts to save them from being wiped out by over fishing. The deal at a major ...