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Illegal fishers caught
Authorities arrested 27 crew members of a fishing boat for encroachment in the coastal municipality of Cauayan yesterday. The crew members were onboard FB Aquaking Dos, which was caught within the municipal waters 5.7 ...
- March 28, 2014
Oil spill evacuees may now go home
ILOILO- Estancia town may now return home. Gov. Arthur Defensor Sr. announced this development yesterday following consultations with Task Force Power Barge 103, Department of Health (DOH), Department of Environment and ...
- March 4, 2014
Oil spill cleanup method defended
Estancia, Iloilo oil spill cleanup contractor Kuan Yu Global Technologies Inc. insists it has a work plan and that this is in accordance with the Philippine National Oil Spill Contingency Plan. "We have submitted our work ...
- January 16, 2014
More mangroves at eco-park seen to allay climate change
Aklan provincial government employees will plant some 8,000 bakhawan propagules at the Bakhawan Eco-park in Brgy, New Buswang here next week. The employees, who will be led by the Economic Enterprise Development Department ...
- January 17, 2014
SPUI-SEAFDEC-AQD renew partnership
The past five years have been a mutual partnership between St. Paul University Iloilo (SPUI) and the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center - Aquaculture Department (SEAFDEC-AQD). And for another five years, the two ...
- August 6, 2014
China not ceding an inch of territory-general
China "will not give an inch" with regards to its territorial dispute with several Southeast Asian Countries, including the Philippines, over the South China Sea and with Japan over islands in East China Sea. To those who ...
- May 19, 2014
P2.5-M shells seized in Batad
About P2.5 million worth of endangered seashells were confiscated by police in the coastal town of Batad after they intercepted a six-wheeler truck containing the said shells. Insp. Joven Arevalo, Batad police chief, said ...
- August 2, 2014
Defensor loses patience
Gov. Arthur Defensor Sr. has had enough of the "poor, ineffective and long-delayed" oil spill cleanup in Estancia and neighboring municipalities. Cleanup contractor Kuan Yu Global Technologies Inc. will be slapped with a ...
- May 16, 2014
'Iloilo river no longer a public toilet'
Over the years, the 15-kilometer Iloilo River had been deteriorating because of pollution, sedimentation, depletion of mangrove areas, illegal settlers and the proliferation of manmade constrictions, among others. Not ...
- March 14, 2014
Oil spill victims seek court help
Oil spill victims in Estancia town charged the government-owned Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management Corp. (PSALM) and the National Power Corp. (Napocor) demanding over P300 million in compensation and damages. ...
- January 21, 2014