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Governor, BFAR sign pact to protect Visayan sea
Confronted and confounded by the unending problem of illegal fishing, Visayas governors and the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) signed over the weekend a covenant for the conservation, protection, and ...
- July 24, 2017
DENR pursues clean water for Filipinos
Water is an element that plays an important role in our daily life. It is one of the primary needs of humans and the environment to survive. A lot of people around the world are dying due to polluted and contaminated water ...
- January 28, 2019
Release of seized fishing paraphernalia questioned
The head of the Roxas City Bantay Dagat Task Force (RCBDTF) is dismayed by order of the Agriculture Office to release the fishing gears of suspected illegal fishers. Punong Barangay Manuel Aninang of Olotayan and concurrent ...
- January 27, 2018
KOICA funds rehab of 3 fishing ports in Iloilo
The Kores International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) is funding the rehabilitation of three fishing ports in Estancia, Concepcion, and Carles in Iloilo worth US$8 million. Provincial Administrator Raul Banias said Seo Dongsung, ...
- April 27, 2016
Low water pressure due to heavy siltation at Maasin weir – MIWD
The entire service area of Metro Iloilo Water District (MIWD) is experiencing intermittent low water pressure in the past two days due to heavy siltation at the Maasin weir. From Feb 15-16, 2018, water production at the ...
- February 16, 2018
Man convicted for cutting mangroves
A resident of Barangay, Suay, Himamaylan City in Negros Occidental pleaded guilty of the environmental crime and was sent to prison by the Regional Trial Court Branch 56. Alfredo Cordero was the subject of a complaint filed ...
- February 1, 2019
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
Hoover Dam
A stay in Las Vegas is not complete without visiting the historic and world-famous Hoover Dam which is only about 40 kilometers from The Strip. Lessons can be learned from this mega-dam in view of the start “kuno” of the ...
- April 3, 2018
'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
Turtles released, coasts cleaned in Guimaras Padyak Kalikasan
Some 200 bikers from Iloilo, Bacolod, Capiz, and Guimaras joined the Padyak Kalikasan 2015: A Fun Ride for a Clean and Green Environment last December 6, 2015. The fun ride organized by Guimaras: Bike Paradise of the ...
- December 10, 2015