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    • Alien's Boracay work permits suspended 

      Jaymalin, Mayen; Rendon, Jennifer; Villanueva, Rhodina (The Philippine Star, July 4, 2018, on page 12)
      The Department of Labor and Employment has suspended the issuance of work permits for foreigners in Boracay until the six-month closure to tourism ends. In an advisory, Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello said the agency would ...
    • DENR sets dialogue with fishpen owners 

      Simeon, Louise Maureen (The Philippine Star, December 4, 2016, on page B-6)
      The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) is set to dialogue with fishpen operators in Laguna Lake ahead of the planned moratorium on the issuance and renewal of permits early next year. “The thrust is to ...
    • DENR urged: Stop granting permits for reclamation projects 

      Marcelo, Elizabeth (The Philippine Star, November 22, 2018, on page 12)
      Fisherfolk group Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamalakaya Pilipinas (Pamalakaya) yesterday called on the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) to stop granting permits for reclamation projects in coastal ...
    • DENR: no letup in Laguna Lake cleanup 

      Simeon, Louise Maureen (The Philippine Star, February 21, 2017, on page 12)
      The government will not ease up on clearing operations in Laguna de Bay despite expected revenue losses for the Laguna Lake Development Authority (LLDA), the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) said ...
    • Department of Agriculture, Fisheries administrative Order No. 198-1, Series of 2018, Amended rules and regulations on registration and licensing of commercial fishing vessels, fishing gears and fishworkers 

      Department of Agriculture (DA) (The Philippine Star, September 16, 2018, on page B7)
      In accordance with Republic Act No. 8550, as amended by Republic Act No. 10654, entitled "An Act to Prevent, Deter and Eliminate Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing, Amending Republic Act No. 8550, Otherwise Known ...
    • Foreigners barred from Phl Rise, unless with Pinoys 

      Mendez, Christina; Romero, Paolo; Simeon, Louise Maureen; Diaz, Jess (The Philippine Star, February 7, 2018, on page 6)
      Just after the Chinese had completed their “scientific research” in Benham Rise or Philippine Rise, President Duterte ordered similar foreign endeavors in the area stopped and for new ones to secure permit from the national ...
    • 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 ...
    • LLDA to lose P80 M in fish pen demolition 

      Simeon, Louise Maureen; Villanueva, Rhodina (The Philippine Star, March 18, 2017, on page 12)
      The Laguna Lake Development Authority (LLDA) expects to lose around P80 million in revenue with the dismantling of illegal fish pens in Laguna de Bay in the next three months. The LLDA is targeting the demolition of illegal ...
    • Moratorium on fish pen operations declared 

      Villanueva, Rhodina (The Philippine Star, February 18, 2017, on page 16)
      The Laguna Lake Development Authority (LLDA) has declared a moratorium for one year on fish pen operations in Laguna de Bay.In a board resolution approved recently, the LLDA noted that fish pens and other aquaculture ...
    • 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 ...
    • PCCI supports ban on fishing permits for Laguna Lake 

      Mercurio, Richmond (The Philippine Star, December 31, 2016, on page B-8)
      The Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI) is backing the government’s move to stop issuing fishing permits for Laguna Lake. In a statement, the country’s largest business group said it fully supports the ...
    • PCG, Navy shep up Tubbataha patrols 

      Macairan, Evelyn (The Philippine Star, March 20, 2015, on page 11)
      As the diving season at the Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park begins, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) and the Philippine Navy (PN) have intensified their monitoring in the area to ensure that marine resources would be free ...
    • Scanners intercept illegal transport of wildlife, corals 

      Santos, Rudy (The Philippine Star, December 13, 2018, on page B7)
      The Bureau of Customs at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (BOC-NAIA) warned illegal wildlife traders to stop their activities because the agency is in close coordination with other regulating agencies to secure ...
    • 'Stop issuing fish pen permits in Laguna de Bay' 

      Villanueva, Rhodina (The Philippine Star, December 21, 2016, on page 15)
      A fisherfolk group has asked the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) to stop issuing permits to fish pen operators in Laguna de Bay. The Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (Pamalakaya) ...