MANILA, Philippines — The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) has raised a red tide alert over Dauis and Tagbilaran City in Bohol; San Pedro Bay in Western Samar; Cancabato Bay, Tacloban City, in Leyte; Balite Bay, Mati City, in Davao Oriental; and Lianga Bay in Surigao del Sur, which were all found to be positive for paralytic shellfish poison beyond the regulatory limit.
BFAR has advised people against eating shellfish from those areas for now.
—Karl R. Ocampo
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