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    • ₱1-B mangrove rehab project to benefit E. Visayas 

      Cayubit, Restituto A. (Manila Bulletin, March 14, 2014, on page 17)
      The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) is undertaking a massive mangrove rehabilitation project estimated at a cost P1 billion that will benefit Eastern Visayas and other super-typhoon Yolanda hit areas ...
    • 3 Eastern Visayas bays have red tide 

      Cayubit, Restituto A. (Manila Bulletin, August 24, 2017, on page 13)
      Three bays in Eastern Visayas are contaminated with the red tide toxin, a report from the Department of Agriculture Regional Field Office 8 (DA-RFO) said Wednesday. Francisco C. Rosaroso, chief of the Regional Agriculture ...
    • 3 Eastern Visayas watersheds checked 

      Cayubit, Restituto A. (Manila Bulletin, October 15, 2016, on page 11)
      The Department of Environment and Natural Resources Region office for Eastern Visayas (DENR-8) has done for a study on three watersheds to assess their condition. Assessed were the 3,44-hectare Almeria watershed in Biliran, ...
    • 4Ps beneficiaries help protect mangrove areas 

      Cayubit, Restituto A. (Manila Bulletin, February 20, 2017, on page 8)
      The beneficiaries of the Department of Social Welfare and Development’s (DSWD) Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) are helping protect the mangrove areas in this barangay and at the same time earning income for their ...
    • Bamboo, mangrove plantations seen to enhance Eastern Visayas environment 

      Cayubit, Restituto A. (Manila Bulletin, January 19, 2017, on page B-8)
      The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) under the leadership of Secretary Regina Paz L. Lopez is undertaking the “massive planting of bamboo and mangrove all over the country, especially in the super-typhoon ...
    • BFAR-8 issues red tide warning 

      Cayubit, Restituto A. (Manila Bulletin, April 7, 2020, on page 5)
      The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources in Region 8 (BFAR-8) has issued a warning to the public about the presence of red ride toxins in some areas of Eastern Visayas, a report from BFAR-8, based in this city, said ...
    • Biliran mangrove garden blends environment protection, livelihood 

      Cayubit, Restituto A. (Manila Bulletin, May 16, 2017, on page 4)
      Barangay Looc, Cabucgayan, Biliran – This town’s mangrove gardening project is the perfect blend of environmental protection, ecotourism, livelihood and poverty alleviation. The project in sitio Naga, Rawis Villa Corro ...
    • DENR returns two turtles to sea in Northern Samar 

      Cayubit, Restituto A. (Manila Bulletin, May 6, 2017, on page 7)
      Two turtles where released back to the sea in a town in Northern Samar, according to a report released Friday by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) regional office. Sibbaluca said that based in the ...
    • DENR-8 pushes awareness on value of wetlands 

      Cayubit, Restituto A. (Manila Bulletin, February 4, 2018, on page 13)
      The Department of Environment and Natural Resources regional office 8 (DENR-8) has joined the global effort to raise the awareness about the value of wetlands for the community and the environment by celebrating World ...
    • Eastern Samar promotes seaweeds farming 

      Cayubit, Restituto A. (Manila Bulletin, September 7, 2013, on page 7)
      The mayor of this town is pushing seaweeds culture as an alternative livelihood for fishermen in his municipality. Guiuan Mayor Christopher Sheen Gonzales told to reporters in a press conference at his office here that he ...
    • Fishing boats 

      Cayubit, Restituto A. (Manila Bulletin, March 3, 2014, on page 14)
      Forty fishermen from Barangay 90 Payapay, this city are now back with their fishing livelihood after they received their respective motorized fishing boats, the Urban Poor Asscociates (UPA), reported. Alicia Murphy, UPA ...
    • Larger mangrove plantation in Eastern Visayas 

      Cayubit, Restituto A. (Manila Bulletin, January 31, 2018, on page 7)
      The Department of Environment and Natural Resources regional office 8 (DENR-8) said that it has surpassed its 2017 mangrove plantation target in Eastern Visayas. According to the report released by the department in this ...
    • Leyte biggest fish producer in E. Visayas 

      Cayubit, Restituto A. (Manila Bulletin, January 24, 2019, on page 10)
      The province of Leyte produced the biggest volume of fish in the third quarter of 2018, according to the Philippine Statistics Authority’s (PSA) Regional Statistical Service Office. Wilma A. Perante, PSA regional director, ...
    • Leyte extends aid to seaweed, organic vegetable farmers 

      Cayubit, Restituto A. (Manila Bulletin, January 8, 2017, on page 7)
      The office of Leyte Governor Leopoldo Dominico Petilla has extended financial assistance to 27 farmers in this barangay who are into organic vegetable and seaweeds farming projects. The governor also extended financial ...
    • Leyte provincial gov’t, fishermen venture into wing oyster farming. 

      Cayubit, Restituto A. (Manila Bulletin, June 12, 2017, on page 13)
      Wing blister oyster pearl farming/production is emerging as another source of income for many Leyte fishermen, according to the provincial government. Leyte Governor Leopoldo Dominico Petilla said that his office is ...
    • Leyte top fish producer in Eastern Visayas 

      Cayubit, Restituto A. (Manila Bulletin, March 11, 2019, on page 11)
      The province of Leyte is Eastern Visayas’ biggest fish producer in the fourth quarter of 2018, the Philippine Statistics Authority’s Regional Statistical Service Office (RSSO), reported here over the weekend. Wilma A. ...
    • Mangrove nursery now supplies seeds 

      Cayubit, Restituto A. (Manila Bulletin, December 10, 2016, on page 10)
      The mangrove seedling nursery in a barangay in this city now supplies planting materials to areas devoted to mangrove and beach forest species. Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Eastern Visayas Regional ...
    • Massive mangrove planting seen to strengthen E. Visayas coastal areas 

      Cayubit, Restituto A. (Manila Bulletin, January 12, 2017, on page B-8)
      The massive mangrove plantation initiated by the government will strengthen the protection of the coastal areas in Eastern Visayas against the rise of sea water or storm surge due to strong typhoons. DENR-8 Regional Director ...
    • More mangrove sites identified 

      Cayubit, Restituto A. (Manila Bulletin, November 21, 2016, on page 15)
      More areas in Eastern Visayas will be planted with mangroves, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources regional office said. DENR Regional Director for Eastern Visayas Leonardo Sibbaluca told reporters that ...
    • More mangroves for Tacloban 

      Cayubit, Restituto A. (Manila Bulletin, February 6, 2018, on page 8)
      Almost 383,000 mangrove seedlings will be planted on 46 hectares of mangrove areas in the city’s Cancabato Bay.