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Activities restricted at new marine reserve
Under Municipal Ordinance No. 004-2017, the MPA is from the village’s Sitio Casita to Sitio Balingasag spanning 24.49633 hectares. Within the core zone of the MPA, fishing of any kind or manner or collecting of shellfish ...
- August 22, 2017
P25-M Biotechnology Research Fellowship Program launched
The Department of Agriculture (DA) is launching the P25-million Biotechnology Research Fellowship Program (BRFP) to develop better crops, improve livestock and generate higher fisheries output. BRFP will complement the ...
- April 3, 2011
Aklanons hired for agri-fishery survey
Hundreds of Aklanons were employed as enumerators and team supervisors for this year's nationwide Census of Agriculture and Fisheries by the National Statistics Office (NSO). The NSO has fielded 290 census enumerators to ...
- March 4, 2013
Protect marine life, LGUs urged
Local governments play a key role in protecting marine resources, a Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) official said. They must come up with a plan to sustain marine life and have the “political will” to ...
- November 17, 2017
‘Someday PH will thank China for Spratlys’
Someday the Philippines will be thankful to China for the artificial islands it has built in the disputed Spratlys in the South China Sea, according to Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque. But when? When the Chinese would ...
- February 9, 2018
DENR chief pushes for int'l collab on wetlands conservation
Participants from various countries visited the Negros Occidental Coastal Wetlands Conservation Area (NOCWCA) – the seventh Ramsar site of the Philippines located in southern Negros – as part of the 2nd East Asian-Australasian ...
- October 13, 2019
'Water from streamflow and run-off can help in water management'
"Accurate data on streamflow and surface run-off could help regulate water use," said Dr. Lope Villenas of the Center for Environmental Studies and Management (CESM) during a recent roll-out activity for the Iloilo-Batiao ...
- October 26, 2015
Illegal fishers in 'hot water'
Seven fishermen caught using improvised dynamites off the coast of Barosbos Island in Carles are in deep trouble here. SPO1 Gilbert Piedad of the Iloilo Provincial Bantay Dagat Task force is set to file a criminal complaint ...
- August 14, 2014
Rice farmer tries fish raising to fight hunger
A rice farmer in Brgy. Napnapan, Tigbaun, Iloilo hoping to improve his income - tries integrating aquaculture with rice farming. Bonifacio Terrania said after farming rice for more than 50 years, his life never improved. ...
- August 11, 2000
Seafdec livelihood tie-ups commended
"This is the kind of project that directly benefits folks," says Department of Agriculture (DA) Undersecretary for Fisheries Cesar Drilon of the recent tie-up of the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC), ...
- May 11, 1999