Power up with these superfoods

Rhobie Alburo Ruaya 03/29/2020

Do you want to lose weight, but don’t know which food can help? The healthiest way to lose weight is by adding superfoods to your everyday diet. What makes them so super is their ability to provide…

BFAR-7: Damage caused by Ursula in fishery sector reaches P14.98M

Futch Anthony Inso 12/28/2019

CEBU CITY,  Philippines — The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources in Central Visayas (BFAR-7) has initially recorded P14.98 million worth of damage in the fishery sector due to Typhoon Ursula. BFAR-7 Public Information Officer Alma Saavedra…

Healthy alternatives to excite you for the holidays

Immae Lachica 12/26/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines— The holidays are synonymous with food and festivities. Because once you come and think about it Christmas is indeed a celebration, and what better way to celebrate Christ’s birth than through food. This Christmas…

Cebuano to showcase bioplastic made out of mango peelings and seaweed

Immae Lachica 07/29/2019

Cebu City, Philippines— A Cebuano research intern in the Institute of Biological Chemistry at the Academia Sinica in Taiwan is taking bioplastic a notch higher. Denxybel Montinola, 23, a graduate of Bachelor in Science in Applied Physics…

Fisherfolk to make money of brown algae again if . . .

Victor Anthony V. Silva 12/14/2016

Seaweed group’s plea: Lift ban on brown algae, regulate harvesting instead Local fisherfolk and seaweed exporters can make money again out of brown algae if the government will lift its total ban on activities related to the…

Carrageenan makers in PH gear up for tough battle ahead

Victor Anthony V. Silva 11/21/2016

Stakeholders in the Philippine seaweed industry will appeal the decision of the US-based National Organic Standards Board (NOSB) to ban the use of carrageenan as an additive in organic food. Maximo Ricohermoso, chairman of the Seaweed Industry…

Seaweed farmers to get P5M boost

Aileen Garcia-Yap 10/31/2014

To address the shortage of the Eucheuma spinosum in the country, the Benson Dakay Foundation allocated P5 million to help Bohol’s seaweed farmers to increase their harvest. The farms in Bohol were damaged by supertyphoon Yolanda last…

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