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                    [ArticleID] => 1268167
                    [Title] => Phl gets continued access to high seas tuna fishing ground
                    [Summary] => 

The Philippines has been granted extended fishing access to tuna-rich high seas pocket 1 of the Pacific Ocean until 2017 by the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC), the Bureau of Fisheries and aquatic Resources announced recently.

[DatePublished] => 2013-12-15 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Agriculture [SectionUrl] => agriculture [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 341921 [Title] => BFAR: Cebu still safe from red tide [Summary] => The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources has assured that Cebu is still free from red tide but had advised the public to be vigilant of possible smuggled shellfish from affected areas.

Benjamin Tabios, officer-in-charge of the BFAR regional office, said they have already issued a shellfish ban in the coastal waters of Siaton, Negros Oriental after shellfish samples that were collected from the area showed positive results of red tide toxin.
[DatePublished] => 2006-06-14 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Cebu News [SectionUrl] => cebu-news [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 265194 [Title] => Ombudsman clears DA chief on fertilizer imports [Summary] => Agriculture Secretary Arthur Yap was excluded by the Office of the Ombudsman in its initial investigation of Department of Agriculture (DA) officials allegedly involved in the procurement of P432 million worth of fertilizers.

But Director Mary Susan Guillermo of the Ombudsman’s preliminary investigation and administrative adjudication bureau directed Yap’s co-respondents to rebut the graft and administrative charges filed by Marlene Esperat last July.
[DatePublished] => 2004-09-19 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096652 [AuthorName] => Delon Porcalla [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 262471 [Title] => Agri official welcomes probe on chicken imports [Summary] => Agriculture Undersecretary Cesar Drilon welcomed yesterday the graft charges filed against him and several other officials, saying the questioned importation of chicken from the United States worth P23 million could stand scrutiny by the Ombudsman.

"Everything was legal and aboveboard and we will all be vindicated by the probe conducted by the Ombudsman. In fact, this is already a cleared and closed case as far as the Department of Agriculture (DA) is concerned," he stressed.
[DatePublished] => 2004-08-24 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096652 [AuthorName] => Delon Porcalla [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 259389 [Title] => NFA’s Yap welcomes probe [Summary] => Incoming Agriculture Secretary Arthur Yap welcomed yesterday an investigation into accusations that he "juggled and realigned" P432 million in government funds when he was National Food Authority (NFA) administrator.

In a statement, Yap described as "baseless and malicious" the charges filed against him by Department of Agriculture (DA) resident Ombudsman Marlene Garcia Esperat.

"I cannot understand why she has to file charges barely two weeks after the announcement of my appointment as secretary of the Department of Agriculture," he said. [DatePublished] => 2004-07-30 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 259258 [Title] => NFA chief, 9 others face graft charges [Summary] => National Food Authority (NFA) Administrator Arthur Yap, seven officials of the Department of Agriculture (DA) and two other people were charged with graft before the Ombudsman yesterday over the alleged illegal purchase of P432 million worth of fertilizers.

In a four-page complaint, DA resident Ombudsman Marlene Garcia Esperat alleged that Yap and the other respondents, along with two other private individuals, should be held accountable for graft, technical malversation and gross neglect of duty in conspiring to overprice the purchase of fertilizers.
[DatePublished] => 2004-07-29 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096652 [AuthorName] => Delon Porcalla [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 252797 [Title] => Hog raisers plan mass action versus rampant smuggling [Summary] => Albert R.T. Lim Jr., president of the National Federation of Hog Farmers Inc.(NFHFI), announced recently that their 29 member organizations are mapping out plans for a mass action against the delay in the release of the report of the fact-finding committee headed by NFA Administrator Arthur C. Yap.
[DatePublished] => 2004-06-06 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Agriculture [SectionUrl] => agriculture [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 245236 [Title] => DA officials hiling siyasatin ng Ombudsman [Summary] => Hiniling kahapon ng mga hog raisers ng Central Luzon sa Office of the Ombudsman na imbestigahan ang akusasyon ng isang Benjie Angeles, hepe ng Anti-Smuggling Task Force ng Department of Agriculture (DA) na nagdawit sa dalawang mataas na opisyal nito tungkol sa maanomalyang importasyon ng manok.
[DatePublished] => 2004-04-04 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Bansa [SectionUrl] => bansa [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 225477 [Title] => Top brass sa Agriculture inireklamo ng pangongotng [Summary] => NASA Ombudsman ang kasong graft na isinampa kina Agriculture Secretary Luis Lorenzo Jr. at apat na alipores nito.

Ang kaso ay kaugnay umano sa pangongotong sa mga negosyante na may transaksyon sa Department of Agriculture. Hindi raw kumilos si Lorenzo kahit na may reklamo ang mga negosyante sa kanya sa ginawang pangongotong ng big 4. Kaya napilitan ang mga negosyante na magsampa ng kaso sa Office of the Ombudsman.
[DatePublished] => 2003-10-25 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135127 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096558 [AuthorName] => Butch M. Quejada [SectionName] => PSN Opinyon [SectionUrl] => opinyon [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 225290 [Title] => Graft raps filed vs DA secretary [Summary] => Graft charges were filed yesterday before the Office of the Ombudsman against Agriculture Secretary Luis Lorenzo Jr. and four of his close aides for allegedly extorting money from a businessman.

Businessman Henry O, along with Consumer Union of the Philippines president Chino Marquinez, had accused the officials of being "involved in shady deals including harassing legitimate businessmen."
[DatePublished] => 2003-10-24 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096652 [AuthorName] => Delon Porcalla [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )
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