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Slow oil spill response hit
Gov. Samuel Gumarin is fast losing his patience.Cargo ship M/V Sportivo that sank between the strait separating this island province and Iloilo City has yet to be refloated nearly a month since it went down. The oil spill ...
- February 9, 2014
Agri, fishery enterprises to benefit from P7.9M project
Over P7.9 million worth of projects from the World Bank and the Department of Agriculture’s Philippine Rural Development Project (PRDP) will benefit the agriculture and fishery enterprises in Aklan. A PRDP’s approved ...
- July 23, 2017
BFAR distributes fishing gears, boats to 15 Antique towns
The Department of Agriculture – Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (DA-BFAR6) turned over equipment to 15 coastal towns in Antique recently. BFAR-6 regional director Remia Aparri said the equipment hope to boost the ...
- August 29, 2017
More Taal fishkills seen as lake heats up
As the summer heat reaches its peak, Taal Lake fishermen should be prepared for possible fishkill due to temperature changes, the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) has warned. BFAR director Asis G. Perez on ...
- March 10, 2012
NegOcc wetlands 7th Ramsar Site
The Negros Occidental Coastal Wetlands Conservation Area has been certified the seventh Ramsar Site in the Philippines - and the first in Negros Island Region and Western Visayas. The 110-kilometer Bago-Ilog coastline ...
- October 18, 2016
Duterte earmarks P2b for Boracay under state of calamity, junks casino
President Rodrigo Duterte said he would place Boracay Island under a state of calamity to release P2 billion in calamity funds for workers and residents hurt by the six-month closure, adding he would not also allow any ...
- April 10, 2018
DENR opposes comm'l fishing in Tañon Strait
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has opposed a proposal that seeks to allow commercial fishing within the municipal waters of the Tañon Strait, the country’s biggest marine protected area. The ...
- January 29, 2017
Promote responsible fishing, Seafdec urges countries
A unit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations is pushing for concerted efforts to promote responsible fishing methods that will help ensure food security throughout the region. Following a meeting last Friday, the ...
- June 21, 2011
Mothers manage marine protected area
Patrolling marine protected areas daily is not an easy task, and doing it without daily wage is a sacrifice not many would make. However that’s exactly what the women in Cortes, Surigao del Sur, are doing as volunteers. ...
- May 31, 2016
'No direction'
"The government arbitrarily declared Boracay closed supposedly for rehabilitation but to this day it has no clear detailed action plan yet to address a lot of issues," said Zarate. Among the issues confronting the island ...
- June 11, 2018