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12 fishermen missing after collision with HK boat
The Philippine Coast Guard sent search and rescue teams to look for at least 12 Filipino fishermen whose boat had collided with a Hong Kong vessel on June 28. In a statement, the Coast Guard said it had received a call ...
- June 30, 2020
Search for outstanding farmers on
Calling all farmers, farmer entrepreneurs, farming institutions, local government units, cooperatives, agriculture NGO's. TOFARM - the Search and Award for The Outstanding Farmers of the Philippines 2012 - is still accepting ...
- October 3, 2012
Galunggong imports seen threatening 1.5M fisherfolk
The importation of round scad, or galunggong, will affect the livelihoods of 1.5million fisherfolk, according to Senator Cynthia A. Villar, who chairs her chamber’s committee on agriculture and food. “There is a need to ...
- August 31, 2018
Typhoon agriculture damage estimate rises to P11.1B
Damage was reported in the Calabarzon (Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal, Quezon), Mimaropa (Mindoro, Marinduque, Romblon, Palawan), Bicol, Western Visayas, Central Visayas, Eastern Visayas, Zamboanga Peninsula, Northern ...
- January 7, 2022
Algae scourge triggers hunt for culprit
For five years now, between the months of June and August, an iridescent tangle of green algae has been showing up in the shallow waters off Macajalar Bay, 30 kilometers west of Cagayan de Oro City. At first, residents of ...
- September 20, 1999
Motorized boats open up new fishing grounds for Lupon villagers
Eighty-year old Leonardo R. Dabon has been a fisherman for the last 65 years, but this year marks the first time he will be putting out to sea in a motorized banca. "I started fishing in 1950 when I was just 15 years old," ...
- January 29, 2015
DENR to address water hyacinths proliferation in Pasig River, Laguna de Bay
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) is forming a team with fisherfolk to control the spread of invasive water hyacinths in Pasig River and Laguna de Bay, which cause major obstruction to water flow ...
- March 18, 2021
Author details how rainbow trout conquered the world
In the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex fishermen can catch their fill of rainbow trout during the relative cool of the winter months in several stocked dams and at least one stream. Rainbow trout can also be pursued in South ...
- April 23, 2010
Crablets released as Tagum boosts soft-shell crab production, aquaculture
Travelers entering Tagum City from Davao City, about 45 kilometers to the southwest, are greeted by a massive bronze-colored statue of a traditional bangka boat with fisherfolk aboard: a symbol of Tagum’s commitment to ...
- January 14, 2016
Oral argument for writ of kalikasan
The Supreme Court has moved the oral argument for the April 16 petition for writ of kalikasan filed by fisherfolk in Palawan and Zambales and the Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP) seeking to enjoin the government to ...
- June 19, 2019