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    • 6 agencies ink pact to boost dev't of seaweed industry 

      Fernandez, Rudy A. (The Philippine Star, September 14, 2007, on page C3)
      A Southeast Asian center based here and five government and private institutions and agencies have joined hands to help arrest the decline of the local seaweed industry. A memorandum of understanding (MOU) along this line ...
    • Aquaculture: The wave of the future 

      Fernandez, Rudy A. (The Philippine Star, December 1, 2002, on page B-5)
      Ranking officials of international donor agencies and institutions supporting and working on aquaculture and related fields in Asia and the Pacific began their three-day meeting in the country yesterday, confident that ...
    • Asean communiqué stalls on sea row 

      Reuters; Agence France-Presse (AFP); Associated Press (AP) (The Philippine Star, August 7, 2017, on page 1-8)
      Southeast Asian foreign ministers failed to release a customary communiqué at the end of a high-level meeting in Manila on Saturday after what diplomats said was a lack of consensus about how to refer to disputes in the ...
    • ASEAN finalizing SCS pact with China 

      Felipe, Cecille Suerte (The Philippine Star, February 5, 2023, on page 4)
      Southeast Asian foreign ministers vowed to finalize negotiations with China over a proposed pact aimed at preventing conflicts in the disputed South China Sea in their annual retreat yesterday in Indonesia’s capital. In ...
    • Asean, Seafdec join forces to address food security problem in Asia 

      Fernandez, Rudy A. (The Philippine Star, October 16, 2002, on page C-2)
      Two Southeast Asian organizations have pooled their resources to address food security and alleviate poverty in rural areas in the region. Member countries of the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC) and ...
    • East Asian states issue declaration for sustainable marine resources 

      Villanueva, Rhodina (The Philippine Star, December 6, 2018, on page B6)
      Eleven countries bordering the seas of East Asia have issued a joint declaration affirming their commitment toward the conservation and sustainable development of coastal and marine resources in the region. The Iloilo ...
    • EC allows Phi more time to curb illegal fishing 

      Lee-Brago, Pia (The Philippine Star, February 22, 2015, on page B-4)
      The European Commission has granted a six-month extension to the Philippines to finalize the adoption and implementation of measures against illegal fishing to prevent trade sanctions on Philippine fisheries imports. The ...
    • Fisheries conference set Nov. 19-24 

      (The Philippine Star, November 18, 2001, on page 26)
      Top fisheries officials in Southeast Asia will meet in Bangkok, Thailand, on Nov. 19-24 to tackle fisheries issues besetting the region. The six-day top-level conference is jointly organized by the Association of Southeast ...
    • Iloilo 

      Fernandez, Rudy A. (The Philippine Star, October 21, 2001, on page 14)
      Nine nationals of as many Southeast Asian countries completed recently and intensive training course on mangrove-shrimp culture systems conducted in Tigbauan town. The course was conducted by the Southeast Asian Fisheries ...
    • Iloilo 

      Fernandez, Rudy A. (The Philippine Star, December 29, 2002, on page 14)
      Seventeen aquaculture specialist from 10 Asian countries completed the Third Country Training Program on Responsible Aquaculture Development (TCTP-RAD) conducted recently at a Southeast Asian center in Tigbauan town. A ...
    • The importance of the arbitration ruling on the South China Sea 

      Yamagami, Shingo (The Philippine Star, December 24, 2016, on page 9-14)
      First, the significance of the arbitration ruling. Throughout my 30 some years, I have been a student of international law, you can call me a half-baked international lawyer. But from my view, it was the most, most remarkable ...
    • 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 ...
    • Manila begins legal proceedings over South China Sea claims 

      Poling, Gregory (The Philippine Star, February 2, 2013, on page 14)
      On January 22, the Philippines fired a legal shot across China’s bow with Secretary of State Albert del Rosario’s announcement that Manila had submitted a motion to the United Nations requesting that China’s South China ...
    • Obama: China must abide by ruling on sea row 

      (The Philippine Star, September 9, 2016, on page 8)
      US President Barack Obama warned yesterday an international tribunal’s ruling that China’s sweeping claims to the South China Sea had no legal basis was “binding,” after Beijing vowed to ignore the verdict. “The landmark ...
    • Pinoys fear armed conflict with China; Phl peace index down 

      Katigbak, Jose; Flores, Helen (The Philippine Star, June 19, 2015, on page 12)
      Eight in 10 Filipinos fear possible armed conflict between the Philippines and China over the disputed Panatag (Scarborough) Shoal, a latest survey by the Social Weather Stations (SWS) showed. The level of "worry about ...
    • Reigniting growth in Phl seaweed industry 

      Simeon, Louise Maureen (The Philippine Star, April 3, 2016, on page B-5)
      The Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC) has developed techniques to produce fast growing seaweeds as local production continues to dwindle. SEAFDEC associate scientist Maria Rovilla Luhan said the ...
    • SEAFDEC builds biotech lab 

      Fernandez, Rudy A. (The Philippine Star, June 1, 2002, on page B4)
      A state-of-the-art biotechnology laboratory is now being built in the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center Aquaculture Department (SEAFDEC AQD) complex in this seaside town situated 25 kilometers west of Iloilo ...
    • SEAFDEC chief reappointed 

      Fernandez, Rudy A. (The Philippine Star, July 21, 2002, on page B-10)
      On the government's endorsement through President Arroyo, the chief of the Tigbauan, Iloilo-based Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center Aquaculture Department (SEAFDEC AQD) has been reappointed for an unprecedented ...
    • Villar Lauds lifting of EU ban on Phl fish products 

      Mendez, Christina (The Philippine Star, May 1, 2015, on page 6)
      Sen. Cynthia Villar welcomed yesterday the lifting of the ban imposed by the European Union on Philippine fish products to Europe due to the proliferation of illegal fishing. “We recognize the seriousness of this warning ...