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    • Landbank extends P1-B loan to small farmers, fisherfolk 

      Simeon, Louise Maureen (The Philippine Star, September 2, 2016, on page B-9-B-10)
      State-owned Land Bank of the Philippines is extending P1 billion in loans to farmers, fisherfolk and small enterprises as it pushes for improved financial inclusion. Landbank announced a new loan facility called Empowering ...

    • Lapu lapu 

      Chanco, Boo (The Philippine Star, December 2, 1998, on page 29)
      While President Erap and his several bus and car loads of entourage had breakfast at a seaside seafood restaurant last Sunday, I joined Sen Serge Osmeña III who visited SEAFDEC, the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development ...

    • Large drop in RP seaweed output seen 

      Go, Marianne V. (The Philippine Star, March 11, 2010, on page B-10)
      Philippine seaweed production is expected to drop by 28.6 percent to 50,000 metric tons from last year’s 70,000 MT due to the prevailing El Niño weather phenomenon, driving up further the price of seaweeds and exerting ...

    • Las Piñas-Zapote River Drive to ease traffic, flooding in south of Metro Manila 

      (The Philippine Star, February 15, 2021, on page 2)
      With the completion of the 25-kilometer Las Piñas-Zapote River Drive, Sen. Cynthia Villar is expecting a significant reduction in the volume of vehicles plying Alabang-Zapote road, a major thoroughfare in the South. Metro ...

    • Last sardine cans packed in US 

      Associated Press (AP) (The Philippine Star, April 16, 2010, on page A-30)
      The intensely fishy smell of herring has been the smell of money for generations of workers in Maine who have snipped, sliced and packed the small, silvery fish into billions of cans of sardines on their way to Americans' ...

    • Law lets China gunboats fire at ships in SCS 

      Bondoc, Jarius (The Philippine Star, November 11, 2020, on page 7)
      A new law is to permit China’s coast guards to fire at vessels within its “jurisdictional waters”. This steps up Beijing’s aggression in the South China Sea. The law bolsters China’s bullying. “Jurisdictional waters” ...

    • Lawmaker calls for probe on fish crackdown in markets 

      Crisostomo, Sheila; Romero, Paolo (The Philippine Star, November 30, 2022, on page 2)
      A senior lawmaker yesterday filed a resolution seeking a House probe on the crackdown initiated by the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) on vendors in local wet markets found selling imported fish such as ...

    • Lawmaker warns Duterte of China's debt trap diplomacy 

      Porcalla, Delon; Romero, Paolo (The Philippine Star, May 9, 2018, on page 2)
      An opposition member of the House of Representatives yesterday warned of the possibility that the Philippines would be falling into China's "debt trap diplomacy," following President Duterte's friendly policy towards the ...

    • Leila wants Senate inquiry on harassment of fishermen 

      Sy, Marvin (The Philippine Star, June 24, 2018, on page 7)
      Sen. Leila de Lima wants a Senate inquiry into the harassment of Filipino fishermen by members of the Chinese coast guard at the Panatag Shoal. De Lima said there is a need for the administration to enforce mechanisms that ...

    • Leni backs DFA on non-binding fishing agreement 

      Flores, Helen (The Philippine Star, July 8, 2019, on page 9)
      Vice President Leni Robredo backed yesterday Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr.’s position that the verbal fishing agreement between President Duterte and Chinese President Xi Jinping is not legally binding. ...

    • Leni, senators call for probe on Recto Bank incident 

      Mateo, Janvic; Diaz, Jess; Felipe, Cecille Suerte (The Philippine Star, June 14, 2019, on page 9)
      Vice President Leni Robredo has expressed support for calls to investigate and seek accountability over the sinking of a Filipino fishing boat hit by a Chinese vessel in Recto Bank in Palawan on Sunday. “I fully support ...

    • Let's do something good for our oceans today 

      Reyes, Lai S. (The Philippine Star, September 28, 2021, on page C6)
      With over 7,000 islands, the Philippines is considered to be the second largest archipelago in the world. And so, whatever we do and whatever choices we make as consumers will definitely have an impact on our oceans, because ...

    • Letting the oceans breathe 

      Digay, Star (The Philippine Star, May 16, 2017, on page 6)
      Plastic pollution has been eating our waters because of our irresponsible garbage disposal and lack of waste management. Last May 12, a ‘dead whale’ visited the shores of Naic, Cavite. The giant marine creature was spilling ...

    • LGU exec rescued from damaged boat 

      Unson, John (The Philippine Star, June 1, 2020, on page 9)
      An official of the provincial government of Maguindanao and his companions were rescued after their boat was battered by strong winds and waves in the waters off Tawi-Tawi on Saturday. Mashur Biruar, a member of the ...

    • LGU exec rescued from damaged boat 

      Unson, John (The Philippine Star, June 1, 2020, on page 9)
      An official of the provincial government of Maguindanao and his companions were rescued after their boat was battered by strong winds and waves in the waters off Tawi-Tawi on Saturday. Mashur Biruar, a member of the ...

    • LGU officials, aqua specialists training on coastal management 

      (The Philippine Star, June 13, 2000, on page 17)
      A program to train local government unit (LGU) officials and aquaculture specialists on coastal resource management and sustainable aquaculture is on. Billed "Sustainable Aquaculture and Coastal Resources Management (SACRM)," ...

    • LGUs, Oceana beef up monitoring of municipal waters 

      (The Philippine Star, March 15, 2020, on page B4)
      International non-government organization Oceana and the League of Municipalities of the Philippines (LMP) have agreed to further strengthen the monitoring of municipal waters and protect them from illegal fishing. Oceana ...

    • LGUs, Oceana beef up monitoring of municipal waters 

      (The Philippine Star, March 15, 2020, on page B4)
      International non-government organization Oceana and the League of Municipalities of the Philippines (LMP) have agreed to further strengthen the monitoring of municipal waters and protect them from illegal fishing. Oceana ...

    • Life along: the mighty Mekong 

      Jarque, Edu (The Philippine Star, October 1, 2017, on page F6)
      The morning sun rose high and bright above the mighty Mekong River, a 4,350-kilometer wonder of nature which starts in Tibet and crosses through China, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam before finally emptying ...

    • Life:Fish on Solar News Channel 

      (The Philippine Star, June 17, 2019, on page E-3)
      In Tonga, a Humpback Whale gathers to breed and is caught in a heat run where male whales go to battle to secure mate with a female. The massive creatures slash tail, collide, smash and force each other to the bottom to ...