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Spill contractor told to hasten cleanup
The Iloilo provincial government told the contractor cleaning the oil spill in Estancia town to hasten its operations. Governor Arthur Defensor Sr. asked Nico Dadis, Kuan Yu Global Technologies Inc. operations manager, ...
- January 14, 2014
Bunker oil reaches Guimaras mangrove
Bunker oil believed to be leaking from a sunken cargo ship in Iloilo-Guimaras Strait were found in a mangrove area in Jordan, Guimaras. A report from Task Force Sportivo said portions of the mangrove area in Brgy. Hoskyn, ...
- January 24, 2014
BFAR-6: Fishing ban in oil spill area remains
Fisherfolks in Estancia, particularly in oil Spill-stricken Botongon village, still cannot collect, consume and sell fish and other marine products in the affected area. Remia Aparri of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic ...
- 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
Households pollute Iloilo River, creeks
The Iloilo City Environment and National Resources Office (City ENRO) said households are to be blamed for the pollution of the Iloilo River and two creeks. Engr. Noel Hechanova, City ENRO chief, said unclean and mismanaged ...
- March 4, 2014
Marine product exports still reeling from 'Yolanda'
Marine product exports from northern Iloilo remain tepid five months after Typhoon Yolanda despite assurances from the local and national governments that rehabilitation efforts are in effect. The 2014 first quarter report ...
- April 21, 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
'FishR' to hasten help to fisherfolks
The Department of Agriculture-Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (DA-BFAR) eyes to register more or less 100,000 fisherfolks in Western Visayas under the National Program for Municipal Fisherfolk Registration (FishR). ...
- February 19, 2014
Guimaras fears algal bloom
The Guimaras provincial government demanded the owner of the sunken ship which triggered another oil spill in the island-province to immediately refloat the vessel. Engr. Raymund Moderes, head of the Guimaras Task Force ...
- January 28, 2014
Losses to 'Yolanda' in agri-fishery, infra P8.8 B
Some P8.865 billion worth of infrastructure projects and agricultural and fishery products have been destroyed and damaged by super typhoon "Yolanda" that hit Capiz and Visayas region in Nov. 8 last year. Final report from ...
- January 6, 2014