TACLOBAN CITY, (PNA) –Eight municipalities situated in the fifth district of the province of Leyte are recipients of some P5.5 million worth of projects identified through the Bottom-up-Budgeting (Bub) program. The Bureau…
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Taiwanese poacher pays 50k USD fine
TUGUEGARAO CITY, (PNA) –A Taiwanese fisher who was recently apprehended for poaching in Batanes province has paid an administrative penalty amounting to US$ 50,000 to settle his administrative case filed before the…
Red tide afflicts Matarinao Bay
TACLOBAN CITY, (PNA) –Matarinao Bay, which covers the municipalities of Salcedo, Quinapondan, Gen. MacArthur and Hernani in Eastern Samar, remains positive of Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning (PSP) or red tide organisms. The latest…
BFAR bans shellfish from Masbate’s Asid Gulf for red tide toxin
By Danny O. Calleja PILI, Camarines Sur, (PNA) – The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) Bicol regional office has forbidden the harvesting, selling, buying and eating of shellfish species from…