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Dumangas fisherfolks get aid
Around 30 fisherfolks of Dumangas, Iloilo are recipients of a P100,000-funding from Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano to jumpstart their own small and medium enterprise (SME) venture. Cayetano said the Punta Lucaran Fisherfolks ...
- March 31, 2014
Spill alert: Oil sheen spotted in Iloilo-Guimaras Strait
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) in Western Visayas ordered the immediate refloating of a cargo vessel that sank in Iloilo Strait Sunday morning. This as Commodore Athelo Ybañez, PCG-Western Visayas commander, confirmed ...
- January 21, 2014
Fil-Brits give light of hope to Estancia fishermen
A Filipino-British group literally gave a shimmer of hope to fishermen in Estancia, Iloilo. The Berkshire Filipino-British Association (BFBA) donated 50 kerosene lamps to a fishing community that was ravaged by Super Typhoon ...
- May 15, 2014
Iloilo restores beach forest
The nearly extinct beach forests of the country, particularly in Iloilo, are getting a new lease on life. Dr. Rex Sadaba, University of the Philippines Visayas (UP Visayas) professor and mangrove expert, said the restoration ...
- April 7, 2014
Iloilo, Guimaras brace for oil spill
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) and local disaster response officials are monitoring the Iloilo-Guimaras Strait for a possible oil spill from a cargo ship that sunk Sunday morning. Lt. Commander Dominador Senador III, ...
- January 20, 2014
Fisherfolks seek ban exemption
TWO groups of small-scale fisherfolks want to be exempted from the ban on destructive fishing methods to help them recover from the effects of super typhoon Yolanda last year. In a letter dated Jan. 8, 2014, the Carlessanon ...
- January 14, 2014
'Kuan Yu used wrong spill cleanup strategy'
Private contractor Kuan Yu Global Technologies Inc. implemented an ineffective strategy in cleaning up the oil spill in Estancia, Iloilo. “Even from the start, Kuan Yu never really followed the recommended procedures,” ...
- January 17, 2014