Senator Imee Marcos today warned that the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) would have limited success in its campaign against fish smuggling if it overlooks online sellers. The BFAR had said it would start confiscating unauthorized fish imports on December 4 while a seasonal...
• It’s now officially the “closed season” for fishing in the Visayan Sea, a practice that aims to allow sardines, herrings, and mackerels within the area to reproduce. The closed season started Nov. 15 and will end on Feb. 15, 2023. • That follows the closed season to conserve Ludong in...
CEBU CITY -- Pork producers in the country assured that they are committed to supporting the initiatives and programs of the Department of Agriculture. The expression of support was made during the recent courtesy visit of officers and members of the Pork Producers Federation of the Philippines,...
Small-scale Filipino fishermen expressed their opposition to the national government’s plan to import 25,000 metric tons of fish amid the closed fishing season which will last until January 2023. A fisherman in Cavite (Manila Bulletin File Photo) Fisherfolk group Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang...
Fisherfolk group Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (KMP) on Tuesday, Nov. 8, disclosed that several Filipino fishermen are still enduring the destruction that tropical cyclone Paeng left. Paeng, the country’s 16th tropical cyclone in 2022 and the fourth in the month of...
A group of progressive fisherfolk has urged the Department of Agriculture (DA) to mobilize its calamity funds for boat distribution and livelihood rehabilitation for fishers affected by the onslaught of Typhoon Paeng. A fisherman in Cavite (Manila Bulletin File Photo) In a statement released,...
Filipino farmers with low purchasing power will be given fertilizer vouchers in a bid to bolster their rice production, Malacañang said. FARMERS in Western Visayas region are urged to adapt to climate-resilient farming. (DA-6) Under the updated guidelines of Memorandum Order 65, which the...
The agricultural damage caused by Typhoon Paeng is so far pegged at P2.24 million, per the initial assessment of the Department of Agriculture (DA). (Photo courtesy of the Facebook page of Municipality of Valladolid Negros Occidental) Based on the DA’s Bulletin No. 2 on Typhoon Paeng issued on...
SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union – The Department of Agriculture (DA)-Region 1 (Ilocos) continues to provide agricultural interventions to beneficiaries of the Balik Probinsiya, Bagong Pag-asa (BP2) program. In a two-day distribution activity, the DA turned over P3 million in agricultural...
The agricultural damage caused by Typhoons "Maymay" and "Neneng" has reached P583.45 million, the Department of Agriculture (DA) bared on Friday, Oct. 21. FLOOD caused by severe tropical storm ‘Neneng’ shuts down the Claveria Detour Bridge on the Manila North Road in Claveria, Cagayan on...
"I am still needed there." President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Photo by Noel Pabalate) This was President Marcos' statement over calls for him to appoint a full-time secretary of the Department of Agriculture (DA) amid pressing agriculture issues. Marcos said he is staying as the Agriculture...
The Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA) will start selling sugar at P70 per kilo at its Quezon City and Bacolod City offices, the Department of Agriculture (DA) announced on Monday, Oct. 17. DTI tracks prices and supply of BNPC, Sugar in Manila In a statement, the DA said sugar will be sold at...
