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    • First aqua business school launched in Batangas 

      Rivera, Danessa (The Philippine Star, April 23, 2023, on page B1)
      The National Fisheries Research and Development Institute (NFRDI) has launched its first aqua business school in Batangas this month to reinforce the country’s aquaculture sector. The NFRDI is targeting to establish and ...

    • Phl to import galunggong anew 

      Simeon, Louise Maureen (The Philippine Star, December 6, 2019, on page 20)
      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 ...

    • [Giant clams] 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (The Philippine Star, March 6, 2021, on page 1)
      Photo released by the Coast Guard yesterday shows personnel, troops and local conservation officials unearthing illegally harvested giant clams worth around $3.3 million on the black market near the houses of residents on ...

    • Imported galunggong likely from Phl waters - Pangilinan 

      Romero, Paolo (The Philippine Star, January 22, 2022, on page 5)
      Sen. Francis Pangilinan yesterday urged the Department of Agriculture (DA) to put in place programs that will inspire local fisherfolk to increase their production, as the agency is standing by its decision to import ...

    • P25-M giant clams seized in Cebu 

      Tupas, Emmanuel; Ramirez, Robertzon; Sapnu, Ric (The Philippine Star, December 12, 2021, on page 9)
      Up to 1,686 kilos of fossilized giant clams with an estimated market value of P25.29 million were seized in Oslob, Cebu on Friday. Jagger Vitorillo, 41, was arrested by agents of the police Criminal Investigation and ...

    • Rody to UN: Honor arbitral award on SCS 

      Flores, Helen (The Philippine Star, September 23, 2021, on page 3)
      President Duterte reminded the international community on Wednesday, Sept. 22 that the 2016 arbitral award on the South China Sea must be honored by all nations. “No amount of willful disregard by any country, however big ...

    • DA to continue fisheries interventions to boost output 

      Talavera, Catherine (The Philippine Star, January 23, 2022, on page B6)
      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 ...

    • House probe on galunggong importation sought 

      Punay, Edu; Zoleta, Michelle (The Philippine Star, January 26, 2022, on page 10)
      Militant lawmakers yesterday sought an investigation by the House of Representatives on the move of the Department of Agriculture (DA) to allow the importation of fish reportedly due to a shortage of supply in the country. ...

    • Joint patrols to benefit fishermen- senators 

      Romero, Paolo; Punongbayan, Michael; Mateo, Janvic (The Philippine Star, February 5, 2023, on page 1)
      Joint maritime patrols by the Philippines and the US in the South China Sea will greatly help in reducing encroachments by Chinese vessels as well as incidents of harassment against Filipino fishermen and other local vessels ...

    • Agri sector dips 1.7% in 2021 

      Talavera, Catherine (The Philippine Star, January 27, 2022, on page B1)
      The country’s agriculture sector fell by 1.7 percent in 2021, mainly driven by declines in the livestock sector. Data from the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) showed that the value of production in local agriculture ...

    • China to Phl: Remove ship from Ayungin 

      Lee-Brago, Pia; Felipe, Cecille S.; Villanueva, Ralph Edwin; Villanueva, Rhodina (The Philippine Star, November 26, 2021, on page 1)
      China has demand that the Philippine remove the BRP Sierra MAdre from Ayungin Shoal in the West Philippine Sea as Beijing justified anew the presence of Chinese troops near the grounded vessel. At a press conference in ...

    • Fuel discount to benefit agri producers, consumers - DA 

      Talavera, Catherine (The Philippine Star, January 25, 2022, on page B8)
      The Department of Agriculture (DA)’s fuel discount program for farmers and fishers is seen to benefit both producers and consumers, as it tempers production costs and market prices of some commodities. In a statement, the ...

    • Why can't red-tagging officials denounce Communist China? 

      Bondoc, Jarius (The Philippine Star, April 23, 2021, on page 9)
      Certain administration officials habitually red-tag. Targeted are not only political oppositionists. Artists, clerics, academics, journalists, trade unionists, environmentalists, health activists, youth leaders and rights ...

    • ASEAN finalizing SCS pact with China 

      Felipe, Cecille Suerte (The Philippine Star, February 5, 2023, on page 4)
      Southeast Asian foreign ministers vowed to finalize negotiations with China over a proposed pact aimed at preventing conflicts in the disputed South China Sea in their annual retreat yesterday in Indonesia’s capital. In ...

    • US destroyer lost in WW II found in Phl sea 

      Servallos, Neil Jayson (The Philippine Star, November 1, 2019, on page 6)
      A few days after the 75th anniversary of the Battle off Samar, ocean researchers have found on the floor of the Philippine Sea the remains of a battleship that was sunk during the engagement, according to a United States ...

    • GenSan fishport to undergo rehabilitation 

      Simeon, Louise Maureen (The Philippine Star, February 12, 2020, on page B4)
      The government is set to rehabilitate and modernize the General Santos Fish Port Complex in a bid to spur growth in the local tuna industry. Agriculture Secretary William Dar said there is strong need for the modernization ...

    • US: Chinese balloon sensor recovered from ocean 

      (The Philippine Star, February 15, 2023, on page 9)
      The US military said on Monday it had recovered critical electronics from the suspected Chinese spy balloon downed by a US fighter jet off South Carolina's coast on Feb. 4, including key sensors presumably used for ...

    • 'Setting aside SCS ruling as good as abandonment' 

      Macairan, Evelyn; Mendez, Christina (The Philippine Star, September 14, 2019, on page 7)
      "Setting aside" the 2016 arbitral court ruling on the South China Sea is a good as abandoning it, Supreme Court (SC) Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio said yesterday. Justice Antonio Carpio issued the statement in ...

    • Don't feed, ride whale sharks - BFAR 

      Palaubsanon, Mitchelle (The Philippine Star, September 15, 2019, on page 16)
      Residents have been advised against feeding whale sharks sighted in the waters off Alegria town in southern Cebu. “There should be no feeding... and no close interaction with humans. As much as possible, wild species should ...

    • 'Test rivers in Cebu City for poliovirus' 

      Malinao, Mary Ruth (The Philippine Star, February 19, 2020, on page 13)
      Cebu City Mayor Edgardo Labella has ordered the Cebu City Health Department (CHD) to conduct water testing in its rivers after Butuanon River in Mandaue City tested positive for poliovirus. “It’s good that the Department ...