Browsing Panay News by Place "Aklan"

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    • 200 Antique fisherfolk to get materials to repair boats 

      (Panay News, November 12, 2022, on page 5)
      The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) in Region 6 will provide repair materials worth P10,000 each to 200 fisherfolk whose boats were badly damaged during the onslaught of Severe Tropical Storm “Paeng” in ...

    • 3 Aklan towns under state of calamity 

      Aguirre, Jun Ariolo N.; Zabal, Boy Ryan B. (Panay News, December 12, 2015, on page 6)
      The Aklan Sanguniang Panlalawigan (SP) has placed three towns in the eastern part of Aklan under state of calamity on Wednesday due to red tide infestation."Prior to the declaration, the affected towns of Batan, Altavas ...

    • Aklan agri-fishery council aims for nat'l Gawad Saka 

      Zabal, Boy Ryan (Panay News, June 6, 2017, on page 5)
      The Aklan Provincial Agriculture and Fishery Council (PAFC) is vying for honors in the national Gawad Saka search for outstanding agricultural achievers. The council was recognized as regional awardee for Outstanding ...

    • Aklan brgy has widest natural mangrove area 

      Bandiola, Odon S. (Panay News, March 18, 1999, on page 7-6)
      Despite being considered as the province's fishing sanctuary at the Sibuyan sea, barangay Bogtongbato, a coastal barangay in this town 39 kilometers west of Kalibo, still continues to remain thriving on subsistence fishing ...

    • Aklan now ready for investments 

      JCM; VGV; Philippine Information Agency (PIA)-Region VI Aklan (Panay News, March 23, 2013, on page B1)
      An Investment Conference (ICON) will be held in the province of Aklan on April 26 to send the signal that Aklan is now ready for investment. The activity, which will be spearheaded by the Department of Trade and Industry ...

    • Aklan SP seeks relief for fishpond operators 

      Bandiola, Odon (Panay News, January 26, 2014, on page 10)
      The Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) approved a resolution asking President Benigno Aquino III to grant fishpond operators in Aklan a five-year recovery period by condoning fishpond rentals. In Resolution No. 010 series of ...

    • Aklan storm-hit areas get fishing boat tools 

      Zabal, Boy Ryan B. (Panay News, March 10, 2014, on page 7)
      Brand new tools for the construction of fishing boats have been given out to the fisherfolk in coastal areas in Aklan hit by super typhoon "Yolanda." Gov. Florencio Miraflores and Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources ...

    • Aklanon lass ranks 2nd in Vet Med licensure exam 

      Reyes, Jessie L. (Panay News, September 3, 2007, on page 10)
      She only wanted to pass the Veterinary Licensure Exam but Melanie Masangkay Pelayo ranked 2nd in the roster. Pelayo graduated from Aklan State University (ASU) School of Veterinary Medicine in 2007. The eldest daughter of ...

    • Aklanons hired for agri-fishery survey 

      Villanueva, Venus (Panay News, March 4, 2013, on page 7)
      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 ...

    • Asean ministers' spouses plant mangroves in Aklan 

      Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR)-Region VI; PN (Panay News, March 12, 2017, on page 4-14)
      The spouses of Foreign Ministers of Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Vietnam and the Secretary General of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) went mangrove planting at the Sitio Lugutan mangrove site ...

    • BFAR bares El Niño action plan 

      Villanueva, Venus G. (Panay News, February 23, 2010, on page B7)
      The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) here bared measures to be undertaken soonest to mitigate the effects of El Niño on fisheries and other marine resources in Aklan. The action plan is centered on assisting ...

    • BFAR, Malay LGU stop entry of shellfish from Capiz 

      Philippine Information Agency (PIA) (Panay News, October 8, 2022, on page 5)
      The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) here and the local government unit (LGU) of Malay are implementing measures to prevent entry to Boracay Island of shellfish particularly oysters or “talaba” from the ...

    • BFAR: Aklan red-tide free 

      Zabal, Boy Ryan (Panay News, July 22, 2017, on page 5)
      BFAR’s bulletin on Aug. 15 showed that shellfishes collected from the waters of Batan, Altavas and New Washington were red-tide free. International and domestic tourists are fond of eating shrimps, oysters, squids and ...

    • Boracay informal workers uneasy but hopeful 

      (Panay News, May 8, 2018, on page 2)
      Informal workers are feeling the pinch of this island resort’s temporary shutdown for a much needed rehabilitation. Their common complaint is the dramatic drop in their daily income. According to the International Labor ...

    • Boracay Island cleanup to continue this Holy Week 

      (Panay News, March 29, 2018, on page B1-B2)
      “We have five months to go. We have to fast track already,” Cimatu said in a media interview Tuesday. He said the priority is to solve the island’s drainage and sewerage system problems, as well as to continue the crackdown ...

    • Boracay one of world’s ‘greatest places of 2022’ 

      Zabal, Boy Ryan (Panay News, July 16, 2022, on page 1-11)
      This island paradise in the northern tip of Aklan province has been named one of the “World’s Greatest Places of 2022” by TIME Magazine. TIME Magazine solicited nominations from its international network of correspondents ...

    • Boracay receives over 1-M tourists in 8 months 

      Philippine Information Agency (PIA) (Panay News, September 13, 2022, on page 9-11)
      Boracay Island in Malay town here remains to be one of the top tourist destinations in the country. From January to August 2022, a total of 1,189,481 tourists visited the world-famous Boracay Island, data from the Malay ...

    • Boracay workers can tap emergency SSS loan 

      (Panay News, May 4, 2018, on page 4)
      SSS president and chief executive officer Emmanuel Dooc said it is the pension fund’s duty to provide social protection to its members in times of contingencies like the temporary closure of Boracay Island in Aklan which ...

    • Boracay's rehab not over yet; Taskforce turns over work to LGUs 

      Tayona, Glenda (Panay News, June 17, 2022, on page 1-15)
      The responsibility to continue the rehabilitation of Boracay Island is now with the provincial government of Aklan and the local government unit of Malay. The Boracay Inter-Agency Task Force (BIATF), whose mandate will end ...

    • The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources joins the Agri-Food Fair at the PNB Multi-Purpose Hall, General Luna Street, Iloilo City from March 7-11, 2000 

      Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) (Panay News, March 7, 2000, on page 11)
      Our Share Vision: A modernized smallholder agriculture and fisheries; a diversified rural economy that is dynamic, technologically advanced and internationally competitive. Its transformation is guided by the sound practices ...