The Philippine Star: Recent submissions

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    • Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources, Shellfish Bulletin No. 21, Series of 2022, 21 October 2022 

      Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) (The Philippine Star, October 23, 2022, on page B3)
      Shellfishes collected and tested from coastal waters of Milagros; Sapian Bay (Ivisan and Sapian), coastal waters of Roxas City, Panay, PresidentRoxas, and Pilar in Capiz; coastal waters of Dauis and Tagbiliran City in ...

    • San Miguel completes Tullahan River cleanup 

      Rivera, Danessa (The Philippine Star, August 27, 2022, on page B4)
      Diversified conglomerate San Miguel Corp. (SMC) has completed its P1-billion Tullahan River cleanup project, with 1.12 million tons of wastes removed during the over two-year duration of the project. SMC president and CEO ...

    • BFAR, CSAP work to ensure sardines supply 

      Rivera, Danessa (The Philippine Star, October 26, 2022, on page B8)
      The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) has forged a partnership with the Canned Sardines Association of the Philippines (CSAP) to meet the supply of sardines for canneries during the closed fishing season. ...

    • 8 rescued as boat sinks off Mindoro 

      Servallos, Neil Jayson (The Philippine Star, October 10, 2022, on page 11)
      Eight crewmembers of a tugboat that capsized in the waters off Occidental Mindoro on Saturday have been rescued, according to the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG). The T/B Betheva 2 was sailing near Golo Island at around 2:30 ...

    • Marikina River water level back to normal 

      Tupas, Emmanuel (The Philippine Star, August 25, 2022, on page 8)
      The 92 families or 301 people who were evacuated in Marikina on Tuesday due to Severe Tropical Storm Florita returned to their homes as the Marikina River water level subsided yesterday. The city public information office ...

    • Manila cleans up debris left by Florita 

      Cayabyab, Marc Jayson (The Philippine Star, August 25, 2022, on page 8)
      The Manila city government’s Department of Public Services (DPS) cleaned up the debris left by Severe Tropical Storm Florita on Tuesday. Personnel of the DPS collected garbage scattered along Quirino Avenue in Barangay ...

    • BFAR puts up Bulacan fish sanctuary 

      Lazaro, Ramon Efren (The Philippine Star, August 17, 2022, on page 11)
      The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) has established a fish sanctuary in Bulacan. The fish sanctuary, which measures 1,000 square meters, was put up in the Angat River system in the area of Calumpit.

    • Boat capsizes off Masbate; 16 rescued 

      Dematera, Cet (The Philippine Star, August 17, 2022, on page 11)
      Sixteen passengers of a motorized boat were rescued after it capsized around five kilometers from the shore in San Pascual, Masbate on Monday. Petty Officer 2nd Class Donald Canoy of the Philippine Coast Guard said the ...

    • BFAR rolls out first fiberglass fishing boat 

      Rivera, Danessa (The Philippine Star, September 22, 2022, on page B4)
      The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) launched yesterday the first 62-footer fiberglass reinforced plastic (FRP) tuna handline fishing boat aimed at capacitating small-scale fisherfolk by providing upgraded ...

    • Senators set probe on Rizal boat tragedy 

      Felipe, Cecille; Macairan, Evelyn (The Philippine Star, July 31, 2023, on page 1)
      The Senate is preparing to investigate the deaths of 27 passengers who drowned on July 27 after their boat capsized in Laguna de Bay in Binangonan, Rizal at the tail end of Typhoon Egay. Egay battered Central and Northern ...

    • PCG leads oil spill cleanup in S. Leyte 

      Macairan, Evelyn; Crisostomo, Sheila (The Philippine Star, July 11, 2023, on page 8)
      The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) has collected five sacks of oily debris from the shores of San Ricardo town in Southern Leyte , where an oil spill reportedly occurred on Friday. In a statement issued yesterday, the PCG ...

    • Priority status sought for Cebu regional fish port 

      Rivera, Danessa (The Philippine Star, July 12, 2023, on page B5)
      The Philippine Fisheries Development Authority (PFDA) will push for the construction of a regional fish port in Cebu as the second in the Visayas region. Last week, the PFDA’s top management discussed with Cebu Governor ...

    • Fish unloading volume down in August 

      Rivera, Danessa (The Philippine Star, September 15, 2022, on page B5)
      Fish unloading volumes declined in the country’s eight regional fish port complexes in August due to several storms that hit the country, the Philippine Fisheries Development Authority (PFDA) said. According to the PFDA, ...

    • Fisher group rejects amendment of fisheries code 

      Rivera, Danessa; Tupas, Emmanuel; Servallos, Neil Jayson (The Philippine Star, July 26, 2023, on page 2)
      Fishers are rejecting the call of President Marcos to amend the Fisheries Code, saying this will only favor commercial fishers. In his second State of the Nation Address (SONA), Marcos asked Congress to amend the Fisheries ...

    • Fisherman rescued in Negros Occidental 

      Ramirez, Robertzon (The Philippine Star, September 19, 2022, on page 10)
      A fisherman reported missing for three days was rescued by personnel of the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) in the waters off Hinoba-an, Negros Occidental over the weekend. Feb Cayao, 48, was last seen heading for a fishing ...

    • Fisherfolk group recognized as champion in protecting marine biodiversity 

      Marcelo, Elizabeth (The Philippine Star, September 12, 2022, on page 5)
      Fisherfolk group Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (Pamalakaya), together with several other local environmental organizations, has been recognized by England-based Lewis Pugh Foundation as among the ...

    • Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources, Shellfish Bulletin No. 19, Series of 2022, 05 October 2022 

      Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) (The Philippine Star, October 7, 2022, on page B6)
      Shellfishes collected and tested from coastal waters of Roxas City, Panay, and Pillar in Capiz; coastal waters of Dauis and Tagbilaran City in Bohol; Matarinao Bay in Eastern Samar, Dumanquillas Bay in Zamboanga del Sur; ...

    • US awards 4 Palawan marine protected areas 

      Punongbayan, Michael (The Philippine Star, October 6, 2022, on page 8)
      The United States government, through the US Agency for International Development (USAID), has recognized and granted awards to four of Palawan’s best marine protected areas (MPA). At the second annual Palawan MPA summit ...

    • BFAR: No sardine supply shortage 

      Pareño, Roel (The Philippine Star, October 1, 2022, on page 8)
      The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) has dismissed claims of a shortage in the supply of sardines in Western Mindanao. “We have sufficient supply as far as our region is concerned. We have nothing to be ...

    • Hundreds visit dolomite beach 

      Cayabyab, Marc Jayson; Villanueva, Rhodina (The Philippine Star, June 14, 2022, on page 5)
      At least 300 people visited the Manila Bay dolomite beach as it reopened on Sunday, coinciding with the Independence Day celebration. The visitors lined up as early as 3:30 p.m. to be on the beach for the afternoon opening, ...