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Agriculture output boosted by Q4 gain
A surprising fourth-quarter gain provided a slight boost to farm output, the government yesterday reported, but the full-year result still fell well below the government’s target. Despite super typhoon Yolanda’s impact, ...
- January 23, 2014
Duterte: 'Our duty' with China to use 'our seas'
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’ ...
- April 29, 2019
Cash offered for Great Barrier Reef rescue ideas
Australia is calling on the world's top scientific minds to help save the Great Barrier Reef, offering hundreds of thousands of dollars to fund research into protecting the world's largest living structure. The UNESCO World ...
- January 17, 2018
Senator wants to stop China’s island-building activities at sea
A Philippine senator on Monday filed a resolution seeking legal and diplomatic approaches to force China to stop its “destructive” reclamation activities in the South China Sea. Senator Risa N. Hontiveros-Baraquel also ...
- April 28, 2020
7 of 10 Filipinos want Duterte gov't to assert right at sea
Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro L. Locsin, Jr. this week said a 2016 decision by a United Nations tribunal rejects China’s claim to more than 80% of the South China Sea is nonnegotiable. The Department of Foreign Affairs ...
- July 15, 2020
Finance dep’t reiterates fears about fish prices, supply driving inflation
The government is “very concerned” about the rising price of fish amid declining production over the past five years, raising the risk of reduced access to and higher prices for a type of food deemed to be a key source of ...
- August 16, 2018
SM to hold quarterly Cleanup Drive in SM by the BAY
SM by the BAY, in partnership with SM Cares, the corporate social responsibility arm of SM Prime Holdings, Inc., will hold its quarterly Cleanup Drive on May 18, 6 a.m., at the Central Park of SM by the BAY, Mall of Asia ...
- May 17, 2019
Palace asserts no need for China consent in marine protected areas declaration in West Philippine Sea
The Philippine government will not need China’s consent for its plan to declare some parts of the West Philippine Sea as marine protected areas, Malacañang said on Monday. “Di ba, he already said that?” Mr. Panelo said in ...
- April 30, 2019
Malacañang appeals for unity in sea row
Malacañang on Wednesday appealed to critics of the government’s handling of the country’s maritime dispute with China to “be united on this issue.” “We appeal to the critics, we have to be united on this issue. Please do ...
- March 8, 2018
Northern Samar farmers, fishermen get insurance
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 ...
- October 8, 2012