Browsing The Philippine Star by Subject "legislation"

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    • 170 states to sign landmark climate deal 

      (The Philippine Star, April 23, 2016, on page 15)
      World leaders will gather at the United Nations today to sign the Paris climate deal and get the ball rolling on a quick entry into force to start beating back global warming. French President Francois Hollande and Canada's ...

    • BFAR Administrative, Circular No. 248, Series of 2013, Subject: Size regulation for sea cucumber collection and trade 

      Department of Agriculture (DA) (The Philippine Star, December 4, 2013, on page B-13)
      Whereas, the alarming rate of the sea cucumber exploitation for the meat trade, the recent discovery of their potential medical and pharmaceutical applications and the recognition of their ecological importance became ...

    • Coalition calls for crisis plan for agriculture, fisheries sector 

      Rivera, Danessa (The Philippine Star, July 5, 2022, on page B4)
      A coalition of agriculture groups are pushing for a crisis response plan in agriculture and fisheries in the first 100 days to six months of the Marcos administration. In a letter to President Marcos, the coalition offered ...

    • Compensation sought for oil spill victims 

      Porcalla, Delon (The Philippine Star, July 7, 2020, on page 9)
      The owner of a power barge that spilled oil in the waters off Iloilo City is expected to compensate communities that suffered economic losses due to the incident, a lawmaker said yesterday. “We are counting on the operator ...

    • Dagupan to implement bangus labeling 

      Visperas, Eva (The Philippine Star, February 15, 2015, on page B-4)
      No more mislabeling, goodbye to misrepresentation of Dagupan bangus (milkfish) from outside sources whose producers make the claim as a marketing strategy. This, as the Dagupan city council recently passed an ordinance to ...

    • Department of Agriculture, Administrative Circular No. 08, Series of 2019 

      Department of Agriculture (DA) (The Philippine Star, October 30, 2019, on page 15-16)
      Subject: The Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of Republic Act (RA) No. 11321 "An Act Instituting the Farmers and Fisherfolk Enterprise Development Program of the Department of Agriculture", otherwise known as "The ...

    • DOT-DA-DILG-DENR, Joint Memorandum Circular No. 01, Series of 2020 

      Department of Tourism (DOT); Department of Agriculture (DA); Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG); Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) (The Philippine Star, April 29, 2021, on page B6-B7)
      Subject: Rules and regulations governing the conduct of marine wildlife tourism interactions in the Philippines.

    • Laguna Lake Development Authority, WQMA Board Resolution No. 03, Series of 2021 

      Laguna Lake Development Authority (LLDA) (The Philippine Star, October 5, 2021, on page 4)
      A resolution approving the proposed governing rules for the operationalization of the Laguna de Bay Region Water Quality Management Area (LDBR-WQMA) and its Area Water Quality Management Fund (AWQMF).

    • LLDA to issue new fish pen permits 

      Villanueva, Rhodina (The Philippine Star, July 12, 2017, on page 16)
      Another initiative of former environment secretary Gina Lopez is being overturned. The Laguna Lake Development Authority (LLDA) will issue new permits to fish pen operators in Laguna de Bay in January. Small fishermen ...

    • The Manila Bay crisis 

      de Guzman, Sara Soliven (The Philippine Star, February 25, 2019, on page 10)
      The recent photos taken of Manila Bay showed the beautiful sunset and happy people strolling by the bay and a few even bold enough to take a dip in the seemingly clean waters. But the real clean up hasn’t even started. ...

    • Manila Bay wastewater violators flagged 

      Villanueva, Rhodina (The Philippine Star, May 25, 2021, on page 1-3)
      The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has issued cease and desist orders (CDOs) to the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) and the Philippine Navy ...

    • Office of the Secretary, Memorandum Circular No. 30, Series of 2020 

      Department of Agriculture, Office of the Secretary (The Philippine Star, September 30, 2020, on page 6)
      Implementation of the national guidelines on the issuance of certificate of conformity to agricultural and fisheries machinery and registration and issuance of permit to operate to agricultural and fisheries machinery ...

    • Reaping the gifts of the sea 

      (The Philippine Star, May 4, 1995, on page 14)
      Our meeting today deals with one of the most basic concerns of Filipino life. Fish is the main source of protein for the Filipino people, with each Filipino consuming 40 kilograms of fish every year. I have learned that ...

    • Villar: Agri law to benefit farmers, fishermen 

      Mendez, Christina (The Philippine Star, May 31, 2016, on page 2)
      The passage into law of an agricultural program extending funding to small farmers and fishermen will help legitimate beneficiaries, a lawmaker said yesterday. Sen. Cynthia Villar, chairperson of the Senate committee on ...

    • ‘We’ll insist on what is ours’ 

      Romero, Alexis; Lee-Brago, Pia (The Philippine Star, October 17, 2016, on page 1-12)
      The sovereign claims of the Philippines in the South China Sea are not up for bargain with China.Duterte noted the Constitution does not allow him to give up any of the Philippines’ territorial claims. He said the arbitral ...