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    • Dar seeks tripled fisheries budget 

      Talavera, Catherine (The Philippine Star, June 4, 2022, on page B4)
      In an interview with ANC, Agriculture Secretary William Dar underscored the need to increase the fisheries sector’s budget to P12 billion from the current P4 billion. Dar stressed the lack of budget for fisheries, despite ...

    • Dolomite beach reopening moved to June 3 

      Villanueva, Rhodina (The Philippine Star, May 23, 2022, on page 10)
      The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has moved the reopening of the Manila Baywalk dolomite beach from May 20 to June 3. Environment Undersecretary for policy, planning and international affairs Jonas ...

    • PCG's P300-B vessel arrives in Manila on June 1 

      Macairan, Evelyn (The Philippine Star, May 23, 2022, on page 10)
      The Philippine Coast Guard’s second biggest vessel is expected to arrive in Manila on June 1, the PCG announced yesterday. The PCG said the P300-billion BRP Melchora Aquino, a 97-meter multirole response vessel, is still ...

    • Dolomite beach to reopen on June 12 

      Villanueva, Rhodina (The Philippine Star, June 1, 2022, on page 9)
      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 ...

    • Search continues for missing fishermen 

      Macairan, Evelyn (The Philippine Star, June 1, 2022, on page 12)
      Search and rescue operations continued yesterday, but authorities said there was no sign of the seven fishermen reported missing after their boat collided with a foreign cargo vessel in the waters off Palawan last Saturday. ...

    • AFP helps in search for 7 fishermen 

      Macairan, Evelyn (The Philippine Star, May 31, 2022, on page 9)
      The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) has joined a search and rescue operation being conducted by the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) for seven fishermen who were reported missing following a collision between a fishing ...

    • Phl to boost fishery exports to South Korea 

      Talavera, Catherine (The Philippine Star, May 31, 2022, on page B7)
      The Philippines is expected to raise its exports of seafood and fisheries products to South Korea. In a statement, the Department of Agriculture (DA) said Agriculture Secretary William Dar recently met with Korea Ministry ...

    • Rising seas putting far more people at risk - study 

      Reuters (The Philippine Star, October 31, 2019, on page B6)
      Climate change will put three times more people at risk of coastal flooding by 2050 than previously thought, according to a study published on Tuesday, with swathes of Asia and cities in North America and Europe all ...

    • House probe on delayed Manila Bay project sought 

      Porcalla, Delon (The Philippine Star, June 3, 2022, on page 8)
      An administration lawmaker has filed a resolution in the House of Representatives, urging the committee on good government and public accountability to conduct an investigation over a developer’s delay to finish its contract ...

    • Explorer's ship found after a century 

      (The Philippine Star, March 11, 2022, on page 15)
      Researchers have discovered the remarkably well-preserved wreck of polar explorer Ernest Shackleton's ship, Endurance, in 10,000 feet of icy water, a century after it was swallowed up by Antarctic ice during what proved ...

    • Manila Boat Club offers rowing experience along Pasig River 

      Cayabyab, Marc Jayson (The Philippine Star, December 5, 2022, on page 4)
      Bea Dolores, a heritage advocate, had always found herself too clumsy to even sit on a sculling boat without falling into the Pasig river. On a quiet Sunday morning, however, she was surprised that while sitting in a small ...

    • Beijing denies fresh construction activities in SCS 

      Lee-Brago, Pia; Villanueva, Ralph Edwin (The Philippine Star, December 23, 2022, on page 2)
      Reports on China’s new construction activities in unoccupied features in the South China Sea were “completely untrue,” according to Beijing’s foreign ministry. “The Bloomberg report is completely untrue,” Chinese Foreign ...

    • Make ban on certain imported fish permanent - Pamalakaya 

      Rivera, Danessa (The Philippine Star, December 17, 2022, on page 2)
      A fisher group is asking government to make permanent the ban on certain imported fish in local wet markets. Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (Pamalakaya) said the Department of Agriculture (DA) and ...

    • 2 die as fishing boat capsizes off S. Leyte 

      Punongbayan, Michael; Romero, Alexis; Pareño, Roel (The Philippine Star, December 26, 2022, on page 10)
      Two fishermen were reported dead while six others were rescued after their boat capsized in the waters off Southern Leyte yesterday. Bad weather due to the shear line and the northeast monsoon have been affecting parts of ...

    • Lawmaker calls for probe on fish crackdown in markets 

      Crisostomo, Sheila; Romero, Paolo (The Philippine Star, November 30, 2022, on page 2)
      A senior lawmaker yesterday filed a resolution seeking a House probe on the crackdown initiated by the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) on vendors in local wet markets found selling imported fish such as ...

    • 'US to support code of conduct for SCS claimants' 

      Romero, Alexis; Porcalla, Delon (The Philippine Star, October 28, 2022, on page 6)
      The United States will oppose moves to exclude it from the disputed South China Sea and will support a code of conduct for claimants that promotes stability and a rules-based order in the region, a State Department official ...

    • Phl wants disputed waters included in WTO fisheries subsidies 

      Talavera, Catherine (The Philippine Star, July 20, 2021, on page B1)
      Food security advocacy group Tugon Kabuhayan emphasized the need to include disputed waters in the agreement currently being negotiated by the World Trade Organization (WTO) on the prohibition of harmful fishery subsidies, ...

    • Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources, Shellfish Bulletin No. 18, Series of 2022, 29 September 2022 

      Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) (The Philippine Star, September 30, 2022, on page B9)
      Shellfishes collected and tested from coastal water of Dauis and Tagbilaran City in Bohol; Matarinao bay in Eastern Samar; Dumanquillas Bay in Zamboanga del Sur; and Surigao del Sur are still positive for Paralytic Shellfish ...

    • Vietnamese fishermen caught poaching off Cagayan 

      Macairan, Evelyn; Catindig, Raymund (The Philippine Star, June 4, 2019, on page 8)
      The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) and the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) recently apprehended 10 Vietnamese fishermen on board two boats allegedly caught illegally fishing in Northern Luzon. PCG spokesman ...

    • DILG, DENR lead fun run for Manila Bay 

      Galupo, Rey (The Philippine Star, April 29, 2019, on page 14)
      The Departments of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) and Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) yesterday led a fun run to raise awareness to protect the environment. DILG Undersecretary Epimaco Densing said the ...