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Government

DA: PH, DENMARK SIGN OFFSHORE FISHING AGREEMENT

The Philippines and Denmark have launched a pilot project aimed at modernizing the country’s offshore fishing industry, introducing advanced Danish midwater trawl technology to improve fish production, strengthen scientific fisheries management, and promote sustainable harvesting practices. The Partnership Agreement, signed by the Department of Agriculture’s Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) and the Danish […]

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Government

PH, DENMARK TO EXPLORE AGRI-FISHERY COOPERATION

Senior Undersecretary Domingo Panganiban of the Philippine Department of Agriculture (DA) welcomed Franz-Michael Mellbin, Ambassador of Denmark to the Philippines and Palau, to discuss areas of cooperation towards increasing productivity and sustainability of the agri-fishery sector, most especially the fisheries and swine industries. Mellbin offered insights on the potential of semen importation from Denmark, which […]

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Politics

SENATE TO PROBE MISERABLE WORK CONDITIONS OF OFW TRUCK DRIVERS IN DENMARK – VILLANUEVA

Senator Joel Villanueva filed a resolution that seeks to investigate the reported miserable work conditions suffered by rescued Filipino truck drivers in Padborg, Denmark last October. Under Senate Resolution No. 946, the senator called for an inquiry on “social dumping” or a practice wherein multinational countries from “high-wage” countries seek to lower down their operational […]

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Travel & Tours

THE TOP 10 HAPPIEST COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD

What, for you, is happiness? Let us look back at The World Happiness Report 2017 before the 2018 version comes up. This Report is a landmark survey of the state of global happiness. The World Happiness Report 2017, which ranked 155 countries by their happiness levels, was released at the United Nations at an event […]