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Fisheries output slightly up in Q1
Fish production in the country continued to improve in the first quarter amid better output in commercial and municipal fisheries. Latest data from the Philippine Statistics Authority showed that total volume of fish ...
- May 18, 2019
Pushing Manila Bay to its final sunset
Iconic Manila Bay is being smothered and pushed away to its final sunset, another victim not only of pollution but also of inordinate commercial reclamation masked as progress. With numerous reclamation projects being ...
- February 7, 2019
Phl to import galunggong anew
The Phillippines will once again import the poor man's fish Galunggong, as prices of the commodity have shot up to nearly P300 per kilo due to low supply. Agriculture Secretary Wiliam Dar has given the Buarea of Fisheries ...
- December 6, 2019
Palace: Phl not dropping claims, arbitral victory
Setting aside or ignoring the 2016 arbitral court ruling on the South China Sea is not the same as abandoning it and relinquishing the country’s sovereign rights over its exclusive economic zone (EEZ), Malacañang clarified ...
- September 13, 2019
Phl mulls tourist for Pagasa Island
The Philippines is considering inviting tourists to its biggest and most strategically important outpost in the South China Sea, part of efforts to assert its claim to sovereignty over some of the world’s most contested ...
- July 24, 2019
Manila Bay rehab gets support from CALABARZON
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources’ (DENR) massive plan to rehabilitate the Manila Bay found thousands of supporters in different places sharing the same goal—to clean up the polluted Manila Bay. In full ...
- February 12, 2019
Carpio to Senate: Act now on fish deal
Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio is calling on the Senate to review the agreement forged by President Duterte with Chinese President Xi Jinping that allows Chinese fishermen to trawl inside the country’s exclusive ...
- July 24, 2019
Phl bans foreign marine survey ships
As reports of alleged presence of Chinese survey ships in Philippine waters sparked security concerns among the public and the military, Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. said he will ”universalize” the ban on ...
- August 13, 2019
DOT holds Philippines' first int'l dive expo
Department of Tourism (DOT) Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat and Senate committee on tourism chair Senator Nancy Binay headline the opening of the Philippine International Dive Expo (PHIDEX), the country’s first and only ...
- September 20, 2019
Coastal cleanup
As the country marked the 47th anniversary of the declaration of martial law last Saturday, about 20,000 people gathered around Manila Bay for a different type of observance: International Coastal Cleanup or ICC Day. The ...
- September 16, 2019