Agriculture

Yamang Bukid ventures into dairy production

February 25, 2020

NIA constructs P30-M irrigation facility in Lucbuan

February 11, 2020

DA regional director optimistic to attain major reforms in Palawan’s agriculture

February 11, 2020

NIA constructs P32-M Taytay irrigation project

January 24, 2020

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Mga bangkang nakadaong sa pantalan ng Green Island na sakop ng bayan ng Roxas, Palawan. Larawang kuha ni Diana Ross Cetenta

Local fisher narrates bad effects of hulbot-hulbot, dynamite fishing

by Diana Ross Medrina Cetenta

January 6, 2020

A fisherman in the Municipality of Roxas shares his insights why hulbot-hulbot fishing and other illegal methods be totally banned....

Seaweed farmers in Barangay Babuyan, Puerto Princesa City were among the recipient of the LBP loan as assistance for the seaweed production expansion in Luzviminda, Babuyan and Manalo. Photo courtesy of Joven Delgado, Aquaculturist, City Agriculture Office

Puerto Princesa seaweed farmers avail P3.4-million loan

January 4, 2020

Seaweed farmers in Puerto Princesa City received PhP3.4 million-worth of loan from the Land Bank of the Philippines (LBP) to...

A fish vendor prepares to sell a variety of seafood. (PDN file photo).

Puerto Princesa Bay remains positive of red tide; BFAR warns public not to consume shellfishes in affected areas

December 28, 2019

Few days before the end of 2019, the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) has issued its latest Shellfish...

Aerial View of Puerto Princesa Bay (Baywalk) Photo from lsgardenvilla.com

Puerto Princesa Bay shellfish still unsafe for consumption

by Gillian Faye Ibañez

The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) said Puerto Princesa Bay remains positive for the paralytic shellfish poison that...

DA-PRDP set to implement 6.5-kilometer road from Maruyugon to Buenavista

The Department of Agriculture (DA) through the Philippine Rural Development Project (PRDP) is set to implement the P117 Million farm...

Vet office: Puerto Princesa remains ASF-free

by Gillian Faye Ibañez

The City Veterinary Office (CVO) declared Thursday that all 66 barangays in Puerto Princesa remain to be free from African...

DA urges cashew farmers to form cooperatives

The Department of Agriculture (DA) urged cashew farmers to organize themselves into a cooperative in a bid to increase their...

Participants of the 11th East HAB and 4th Philippine HAB (Harmful Algal Bloom) Symposium. Photo by Diana Ross Cetenta/Palawan Daily News

Legislator seeks more research on harmful algal blooms

by Diana Ross Medrina Cetenta

December 14, 2019

Board Member Ryan Maminta enjoined the academe and concerned government agencies to venture into more research on the harmful algal...

The mechanical tie-line straw inserter (above) and seaweed harvester (below) developed by PSU led by Prof. Floredel Galon through the assistance of DOST. Photo from DOST-PCAARRD)

PSU marine biologist creates innovations to help Palawan’s seaweeds industry

November 30, 2019

Prof. Floredel D. Galon, a marine biologist of Palawan State University (PSU) and her team, through the assistance of the...

City government mulls aquaculture project for relocated families