SEA cucumber, a high-value food considered as among “the emperor’s food”, was the focus of a three-day forum aimed at saving this endangered marine product and boosting its production. Dr. Westly Rosario, interim executive director of the National Fisheries Research and Development Institute and center chief of the Bureau of…
SEA CUCUMBER—Dr. Westly Rosario, executive director of the National Fisheries Research Development Institute, shows a chart showing different species of sea cucumber during the National Forum on Sea Cucumber Field Management at the National Fisheries Technology Development Center in Dagupan City.
THE Japanese government, through the Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA), is funding a project that will improve the Philippine’s bangus (milkfish) harvest, the country’s number one aquatic product. ROSARIO Dr. Westly Rosario, director of the National Fisheries Research and Development Institute of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources and…
DAGUPAN City is set to further strengthen its position as the bangus capital with the opening in July of the Asian Fisheries Academy (AFA) within the 24-hectare National Integrated Fisheries Technology Development Center (NIFTDC) in Bonuan Binloc. Asian Fisheries Academy Dr. Westly Rosario, chief of the National Fisheries Research Development…
THE Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) provincial office and the Philippine Stock Exchange will hold a free seminar on “How to Invest in the Stock Market” on June 5 from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. at the Star Social Hall, located at the third floor of the DTI Building…
GOLDEN SEEDS–A rice farmer from Dagupan City receives his sacks of certified palay seeds from Rudy Fernandez (right) and lawyer Teofilo Gallang of the City Mayor’s Office on May 25 at the city agriculture office. Twenty farmers from barangays Mangin, Tebeng and Salisay availed of the certified seeds, which were…
SAN FABIAN—Food production is not entirely taking a back seat in this mid-term election season. In the midst of the campaign frenzy, the coastal village of Rabon here has been chosen by the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) as pilot area for the Ilocos Region on the use…
FISHING PROJECT—San Fabian Mayor Mojamito Libunao signs a memorandum of agreement on the “Use of Modified Fyke Net in the Lingayen Gulf” with the National Fisheries Research and Development Institute headed by Dr. Westly Rosario (left) and the Rabon Fishermen’s Association while House Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr. looks on.
ILOCOS region will join the nationwide celebration of Labor Day on May 1 with the holding of a “Jobs, Livelihood and Housing Fair” at the La Union National High School from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Regional Director Chita Cilindro, speaking at a news…
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) provincial office has called on practicing and aspiring real estate brokers to legalize their profession by taking the government’s Real Estate Licensure Examinations. This year’s examinations being administered by the DTI’s Bureau of Trade Regulation and Consumer Protection have been scheduled for May…
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