Philippine company Alliance Select Food International Inc. sealed a deal to acquire 100 percent of US company Spence & Co. Ltd., a Massachusetts-based salmon smoking and curing company who specializes in the production of smoked salmon and seafood, prepared in the Scottish tradition of its founder Alan Spence. The company caters to the high-end market [...]

The country temporarily bans chocolate milk products from Japan after the March 11 earthquake, although it was just a verbal order issued by Bureau of Animal Industry (BAI) Director Efren Nuestro. Philippines joins other countries like Russia, Canada, Australia and Singapore, among the list of countries which banned Japanese food imports as radioactive steam wafted [...]

Nido Petroleum Ltd. sold its first oil from the Tindalo oil field off Palawan. The Australian firm has sold to a buyer in South Korea some 230,000 barrels for crude oil cargo. Joanne Williams, Nido deputy managing director, said the sale was confirmed by the joint venture’s marketing agent, Trafigura Pte Ltd., with the lifting [...]

The RD Corporation, a Filipino owned company, is planning to expand its investment in the tuna cannery business and is earmarking about $15 million for its prospect. This was disclosed by RD Group chairman Rodrigo Rivera, who said that they will be starting the new cannery by the first quarter of 2010 and will be [...]

Prices of milkfish (bangus) dropped to P30 a kilo from a previous P90 per kilo when floods triggered by Pepeng’s strong rains washed out Pangasinan’s fishponds and cages.
Fishpond owners, who were trapped on the roofs of their houses because of the 20-foot-high floodwaters, can only watched helplessly while their neighbors swam and scooped up the [...]

The Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) has given the Subic Bay Integrated Fisheries and Aquatic Resource Management Council (SB-IFARMC) a P4 million fund for its various activities which are meant to balance the industrial thrust of Subic Bay port. SB-IFARMC is a group formed to promote the sustainable development of the bay of Subic.

A new method of drying fresh fish has been developed with the help of the new cabinet solar dryer created by Macondray Plastics, Inc. (Macplas), a local firm in Davao City who has been supplying the plastic bag requirements of banana plantations in Davao since the 1990s.
The cabinet solar dryer known as Helichaus was developed [...]

The Saudi Arabia’s government will send delegates to the Philippines, along with some from the private sector, on May 5 to 10 to scout for prospective investments in the Philippine agriculture sector. According to the Department of Agriculture, 25 to 28 representatives will visit the country next week.

A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on fisheries, which pledged to strengthen two-way trade and investment, has been signed between the government of Philippines and Papua New Guinea. The two countries entered into the understanding when Papua New Guinea Prime Minister Michael Somare visited the Philippines.
Somare met with our president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo during his visit country [...]

Internet giant and search engine-industry leader Google has released the new version of Google Earth. The new version, Google Earth 5.0 has an added feature that makes it more exciting, because now it has views of the oceans, and not just the surface of the ocean but the deep sea too.
Another new and exciting feature [...]

Pangasinan is the bangus capital of the Philippines, because the province has an abundant supply of milkfish, that is why it is their main product. And being their main product, every year they hold a bangus festival where they honor their main source of livelihood.
Part of this celebration is the parading of different ways [...]

The Filipino resiliency can only be equaled by his resourcefulness and industry. Once problem gets in, he will find means to solve it or at least find alternative ways to go around it. For many Filipinos who have lost their jobs for various reasons, sulking in the corner is the last option. Many of [...]