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CYNTHIA VILLAR BATS FOR PH BLUE ECONOMY

The “blue” must stay blue, stressed Senate committee on environment and natural resources chairperson Senator Cynthia Villar. During the celebration of the International Coastal Clean-Up (ICC) 2024 at the Las Piñas – Parañaque Wetland Park (LPPWP) recently, Villar related the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) had chosen the theme “Clean Seas for a […]

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LEE BACKS SUSTAINABLE USE OF PH MARINE RESOURCES

AGRI Party-list Rep. Wilbert T. Lee is pushing for the adoption of a “blue economy” as a framework for safe use and sustainable development of Philippine maritime resources. In his message on Thursday during the Multi-Stakeholders Consultation-Workshop on Mainstreaming Blue Economy organized by the Mariners Polytechnic Colleges Foundation of Legazpi City held in Legazpi, Albay, […]

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‘BLUE ECONOMY’ PROJECT TO START EARLY 2022 – DAR

The Department of Agriculture (DA) is in the final stage of getting the approval to implement the Fisheries and Coastal Resiliency (FishCoRe) Project worth $200 million (P10 billion) funded by the World Bank (WB). Seen to benefit 500,000 fisherfolk and stakeholders in the fisheries and aquaculture sector, the seven-year project is the first WB project […]