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    • Guimaras site closes door to tourist 

      Villa, Hazel P.; Dianala, Rex D. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, May 24, 2018, on page A10)
      Another top tourism site in Western Visayas region is taking a breather from visitors, taking a cue from Boracay Island in Aklan province which was shut down for a six-month environmental rehabilitation. The Igang Marine ...

    • Guimaras to hold 1st Bangus Fair 

      Sornito, Ime (Panay News, December 10, 2022, on page 3)
      To promote and further boost the local bangus industry, the Guimaras provincial government is set to celebrate its first ever Bangus Fair on Dec. 16 at the capitol grounds in Barangay San Miguel, Jordan town. Milk fish, ...

    • Guimaras to present best coastal mgt practices in East Asia forum 

      PN; Philippine Information Agency (PIA) (Panay News, October 29, 2018, on page 8)
      The best practices of the local government unit in this island province in terms of international coastal management (ICM) will be presented in a forum of the 2018 East Asian Seas Congress. The forum – dubbed as the ...

    • Guimaras tourism office to require clearance from tour operators 

      (Panay News, March 8, 2016, on page C4)
      Inbound local travel and tour operators are required to secure a clearance and coordinate with the Provincial Tourism Office of Guimaras before they can tour around the province. The Office of the Sanguniang Panlalawigan ...

    • Guimaras unites for marine protection 

      Yap, Tara (Manila Bulletin, April 11, 2017, on page 6)
      The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), local government units, the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR), and the academe are joining hands in the marine protection program for the island ...

    • Guimaras villagers brace for oil spill 

      Burgos, Nestor P. Jr. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, January 21, 2014, on page A11)
      Coastal villages on Guimaras Island are bracing for an oil spill after bunker fuel coming from a sunken cargo ship reached their shores on Monday. While a possible oil spill would be much smaller compared to the massive ...

    • Guimaras vows to protect NGP areas 

      PN; Philippine Information Agency (PIA) (Panay News, April 25, 2015, on page 3)
      Stakeholders in Guimaras vowed to protect National Greening Program areas in the island province. Department of Education and Natural Resources (DENR) Region 6; Jordan, Buenavista, Sibunag, and Nueva Valencia towns; seven ...

    • Guimaras vulnerable to disasters – OCD 

      PN (Panay News, July 17, 2020, on page 3)
      The island province of Guimaras is vulnerable to disasters because it is surrounded by waters, according to Director Jose Roberto Nuñez of the Office of Civil Defense (OCD) Region 6. “We have to protect and see to it that ...

    • Guimaras' Bangus Fair to promote agri-fishery industry 

      Herrera, John Noel E. (DailyGuardian, December 17, 2022, on page 1-11)
      The Guimaras Island aims to prove that it is more than just mangoes and dragon fruits as the province launched its first-ever Bangus Fair in Friday, Dec 16, 2022. Locally-grown milkfish and processed bangus (milkfish) took ...

    • Guimaras' fish production down 9.35% in Q4 2018 

      (DailyGuardian, June 27, 2019, on page 7-8)
      Fish production of Guimaras Province decreased by 9.35 percent in the 4th quarter of 2018 due to slow production in both municipal and aquaculture fisheries sub-sectors. Fish yield in the final part of 2018 totaled 1,698.87 ...

    • Guimaras' fish production slightly surges by 1.68 pct 

      (DailyGuardian, March 11, 2020, on page 7-12)
      Guimaras’ total fishery production slightly surged by 1.68 percent in the fourth quarter of 2019, from 1,698.87 metric tons (MT) in the fourth quarter of 2018, to 1,727.49 MT in Q4 2019. The movement is almost a 29-metric ...

    • Guimaras' fish yield continues to decline 

      (DailyGuardian, May 9, 2019, on page 7)
      Guimaras' fish production continued to decrease in the third quarter of the years 2016-2018 mainly due to diminishing catch in municipal fishing with 88.89 percent of the province's top fish species posting lower yield in ...

    • Guimaras' fish yield down by 29.67% in 2022 

      (DailyGuardian, May 2, 2023, on page 6)
      Fish catch in Guimaras decreased by 29.6 percent from 7,844.53 metric tons in 2021 to 5,517 metric tons in 2022, as reported by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA). According to Provincial Statistics Officer Nelida ...

    • Guimaras' fish yield down in two years 

      (DailyGuardian, March 30, 2022, on page 7)
      Fisheries production in Guimaras continuously dropped in two consecutive years – 2020-2021 – from its 2019 production of 8,355.30 metric tons (MT) to a low of 7,844.53MT in 2021, based on the data released by the Philippine ...

    • Guimaras' fish yield up 7.35% in 2019 

      (DailyGuardian, February 7, 2020, on page 7-13)
      Guimaras’ fish production gained 7.35 percent to 8,355.30 metric tons (MT) in 2019 compared to 7,783.47 MT in 2018 due to positive outputs in both municipal and aquaculture fisheries sub-sectors. Municipal fisheries (which ...

    • Guimaras, DENR-6 ink pact on Cabano river water, air quality 

      (The Daily Guardian, April 4, 2019, on page 14-15)
      The province of Guimaras and the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) in Region 6 forged a partnership for the water classification of Cabano River and Ambient air quality monitoring. Guimaras Governor ...

    • Guimaras, DENR-6 partner in forest, mangrove protection 

      (The Daily Guardian, April 17, 2015, on page B6-B7)
      The Department of Environment and Natural Resources-6 has partnered with four town, seven barangays and three people’s organizations in Guimaras for the protection of the planted trees and mangroves under the National ...

    • Guimaras: Sweet mangoes, sweet memories 

      (BusinessMirror, May 20, 2018, on page A7)
      The island province of Guimaras is synonymous to its sweet-tasting mango, and for good reason. This once-obscure territory across mainland Iloilo was just a vast mango orchard land, which yields export-quality harvests of ...

    • Guimaras: turtle sanctuary 

      Gonzales, Roma R. (Panay News, January 11, 2015, on page 7)
      Officials of Guimaras mull designating a turtle sanctuary in the island province. Rep. JC Rahman Nava committed to secure funds for the preservation and conservation of sea turtles, also called pawikan. According to the ...

    • Guimarasnons anxious 

      (Panay News, July 9, 2020, on page 7)
      The Guimarasnons' anxiety over the oil spill in Iloilo City which reached Guimaras Island is understandable. They experienced the worst oil spill in the country in August 2006 when oil tanker MT Solar 1 sank in the waters ...