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DA to continue fisheries interventions to boost output
The Department of Agriculture said it would continue to provide interventions for fisheries production to ensure food security. “We will exert strong efforts to ensure that quality fish and fishery products are made ...
- January 23, 2022
DA sets stricter rules for importing fish
The Department of Agriculture (DA) has intensified the requirements for importing certain fish products including pompano to prevent their sale in wet markets. The action was made after lawmakers urged the Bureau of Fisheries ...
- December 15, 2022
Stranded whale out of French river
A beluga whale that captured French hearts when it showed up in the Seine River had to be euthanized Wednesday after it was successfully removed from the French waterway, authorities said. A rescue team was preparing to ...
- August 11, 2022
China challenges AFP supply run to Ayungin
Chinese Coast Guard vessels followed and again tried to prevent the Philippine military from sending supplies to troops at Ayungin Shoal in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) last week. The Western Command (Wescom) of the Armed ...
- June 27, 2022
Can the annual floods from Marikina River be controlled?
The recent torrential floods that devastated Pakistan is reminiscent of the 2009 onslaught of Ondoy that left thousands dead and billions of damaged properties. Then after, other threats from the overflow of rivers became ...
- September 13, 2022
Rody wants to visit WPS as civilian
President Duterte yesterday expressed hope that he can go to the West Philippine Sea after stepping down from office, citing the need to assert “what is ours,” even as he reiterated that the Philippines cannot afford to ...
- June 13, 2022
Dolomite beach to reopen on June 12
The Manila Bay Dolomite Beach will be reopened to the public on June 12, in time for the celebration of the country’s 124th Independence Day, acting Environment Secretary Jim Sampulna said yesterday. The Department of ...
- June 1, 2022
Chinese Coast Guard risk collision with Phl ships
Chinese Coast Guard (CCG) ships have executed close-distance maneuvering that risked collision with Philippine vessels in Panatag Shoal four times over the last 10 months, the latest happening on March 2. In a statement ...
- March 28, 2022
Rice and fish
There was this story of a school girl whose baon every school day was a cup of rice sprinkled with patis or fish sauce. That was all her parents could afford, the story on social media said. The basic Filipino diet is rice ...
- November 16, 2022
Phl warship tests firepower in Hawaii naval exercises
The Philippine Navy’s warship, BRP Antonio Luna, has tested its main guns at the Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) naval exercises in Honolulu, Hawaii. During the Gunnery Exercise phase of the activities held from July 12 to 16, ...
- July 21, 2022