Despite EO 130 The mining sector will remain under scrutiny despite President Rodrigo Duterte's recent decision to lift the moratorium on new mining operations, a top government official said. As a start, Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu said the government is considering imposing more...
On condition for a reduced tariff rate proposal, the Clark Development Corporation (CDC) has finally agreed to give Clark Water Corporation (CWC) the notice to proceed with its compliance action plan (CAP). This, after the CWC, a subsidiary of Manila Water Company, Inc., agreed to CDC’s...
Axelum Resources Corporation, the country’s leading fully-integrated manufacturer and exporter of coconut products, reported a 32 percent drop in attributable net income to P526.41 million last year from P774.81 million in 2019. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange, the firm...
The Philippine government wants to improve the genetics material of bangus to increase its long-term output, but it may take 25 years to do this. In a virtual briefing, Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) Region 3 Director Wilfredo Cruz said the government has moved to study how to...
The Office of the President (OP) was urged to cancel the ‘stay order’ issued on mining companies with pending suspension and closure orders. This as such move will not do anything for the Philippine economy. “We demand that the Office of the President immediately cancels this ‘Stay...
The Philippine government has allowed the mining companies that were suspended and ordered closed by former Environment Secretary and late Regina Paz Lopez in 2017 to continue operating. Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) Director Wilfredo Moncano said on Tuesday that the government has decided to...
China’s reported overuse of antibiotics in its fisheries products threatens food safety in the Philippines, which imports billions worth of seafood products from the world’s second-largest economy every year. In a virtual briefing on Monday, Asis Perez, convenor of food security advocacy group...
The implementation of stricter two-week quarantine measures in the Greater Manila Area has not affected supply of fish with the Fisheries Development Authority (PFDA) reported of record high weekly fish unloading from March 16 to 23 period. The National Capital Region and nearby provinces are still...
The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) and the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) apprehended three fishing vessels engaged in illegal fishing activities in Manila Bay. The apprehension, according to BFAR, took place during a joint seaborne operation by its Central Office - Fisheries...
The government was asked to ensure the free flow of food and agricultural products during the imposition of general community quarantine in Metro Manila and nearby provinces. This was to avoid the repeat of food producers' dilemma over food wastage and income loss, which was caused by the COVID-19...
Up to 40 percent of the fish caught and distributed in the Philippines in 2019 came from illegal fishing, the US Agency for International Development (USAID) report showed. (ALVIN KASIBAN/MANILA BULLETIN) On March 9, USAID, together with the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR),...
The Department of Agriculture's (DA) Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) officially lifted the 10th closed fishing season for sardines in the Zamboanga Peninsula. The closed fishing season is being implemented in accordance with Bureau Administrative Circular (BAC) No. 255 as a marine...
