Browsing by Author "Angelo, Francis Allan L."

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    • Almost half of PHL fish catch in 2019 was illegally caught 

      Angelo, Francis Allan L. (DailyGuardian, March 11, 2021, on page 1-11)
      The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) released on March 9 the results of a study which quantified illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing ...

    • Boracay's ecology on the brink of ruin 

      Angelo, Francis Allan L. (The Daily Guardian, May 5, 2018, on page 1-4)
      Scientific proofs exist that Boracay Island’s ecological balance is in a precarious situation. This was the outcome of a policy forum hosted by the National Academy of Science and Technology, Philippines (NAST PHL) of the ...

    • China will reclaim Scarborough in three years, SC justice says 

      Angelo, Francis Allan L. (DailyGuardian, September 26, 2019, on page 1-14)
      Expect China to reclaim the disputed Scarborough Shoal before President Rodrigo Duterte steps down in 2022. This is the belief of Supreme Court (SC) Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio in his lecture during the U.S. ...

    • 'Congested Boracay': Island can only carry 55,000 people at a time 

      Angelo, Francis Allan L. (The Daily Guardian, September 5, 2018, on page 2-14)
      A study on the carrying capacity of Boracay Island indicates that the famed tourist destination can only host a maximum of 19,000 tourists at a time. The study conducted by a multidisciplinary team of researchers from the ...

    • Containment and retrieval are a must - oil spill expert 

      Angelo, Francis Allan L. (DailyGuardian, July 6, 2020, on page 1-10)
      The images of the oil spill caused by an explosion in a power barge stationed in Lapuz, Iloilo City on July 3, 2020 brought back images of similar incidents in Guimaras, Estancia, Iloilo and Semirara, Antique. For UP-Visayas ...

    • Duterte mulls land reform in Boracay 

      Angelo, Francis Allan L. (The Daily Guardian, April 10, 2018, on page 1-14)
      President Rodrigo Duterte said he will place Boracay Island in Aklan province under land reform after the six-month rehabilitation works are finished. In a press conference on April 9, 2018, in Davao City before flying to ...

    • EMB awaits barge owner's reply to violation notice 

      Angelo, Francis Allan L. (DailyGuardian, July 15, 2020, on page 1-11)
      The owner of the power barge which triggered an oil spill in lloilo Strait last July 3, 2020 has until tomorrow, July 16, 2020, to file its position paper on the notice of violation issued by the Department of Environment ...

    • Firm assures no oil debris will be left in Guimaras 

      Angelo, Francis Allan L. (DailyGuardian, July 21, 2020, on page 1-11)
      The owner of the power barge stationed in Iloilo City that triggered an oil spill earlier this month assured local officials of Guimaras that it will never leave the island until it has cleaned up the spill. In a meeting ...

    • 'Floating disaster': Iloilo City, Guimaras officials take Ayala firm to task on oil spill 

      Angelo, Francis Allan L. (DailyGuardian, July 8, 2020, on page 1-11)
      The local governments of Iloilo City and Guimaras urged the owner of Power Barge 102 which caused an oil spill last week to take responsibility for the latest environmental crisis that hit the island. The call was directed ...

    • Iloilo River is now the anglers' haven 

      Angelo, Francis Allan L. (DailyGuardian, February 13, 2021, on page 1-11)
      Fishing buddies Erwin and Gilbert of Arroyo St., City Proper, Iloilo City find angling enjoyable and a good escape from the stresses living in a pandemic. This is why the fish dispersal program of the Iloilo City government ...

    • Iloilo River still dirty 

      Angelo, Francis Allan L. (The Daily Guardian, March 11, 2013, on page 1-7)
      June Falcis, 16, of Iloilo City Proper and his friends love to plunge into the Iloilo River to cool off the summer heat which is setting in this month. The group said they don’t mind the sometimes murky and smelly water ...

    • It’s oil spill déjà vu for Guimaras 

      Angelo, Francis Allan L. (DailyGuardian, July 7, 2020, on page 1-10)
      It’s déjà vu for the island province of Guimaras as 20 villages claimed to have been affected by the oil spill triggered by an explosion in Power Barge 102 of Ayala-owned AC Energy Philippines last July 3, 2020. The term ...

    • Mangroves, mini-forest planned at Iloilo coal plant 

      Angelo, Francis Allan L. (BusinessWorld, March 19, 2010, on page S3/8)
      An independent power producer here will establish a mangrove farm and mini-forest around its 164-megawatt (MW) coal-fired power plant to promote not just environmental protection but tourism as well. The move to create a ...

    • Mangroves, mini-forest to surround coal plant 

      Angelo, Francis Allan L. (The Daily Guardian, March 11, 2010, on page 1-14)
      An independent power producer in Iloilo City will establish a mangrove farm and mini-forest around its 164-megawatt coal-fired power plant to promote not just environmental protection but tourism as well. The mangrove farm ...

    • Measures lined up to save dying Iloilo River 

      Angelo, Francis Allan L. (BusinessWorld, September 24, 2010, on page S1/1)
      An estimate one million cubic meters of wastewater is dumped in the Iloilo River daily, environment officials said this week. Noel Z. Hechanova, Iloilo City environment and natural resources office (CENRO) chief, said 200 ...

    • Negligence, recklessness led to blast 

      Rendon, Jennifer P.; Angelo, Francis Allan L.; Marzan, Joseph B. A. (DailyGuardian, July 6, 2020, on page 1-11)
      Negligence and recklessness may have caused the explosion in a power barge afternoon of July 3, 2020, which resulted in an oil spill that affected Iloilo City, Guimaras Island, and the town of Dumangas, Iloilo so far. “It’s ...

    • Phase-out starts: Marina stops registration of wooden hulled boats 

      Angelo, Francis Allan L. (DailyGuardian, August 31, 2019, on page 1-19)
      The Maritime Industry Authority (Marina) has stopped accepting registrations for new wooden-hulled passenger vessels that are the most common modes of transportation in the Philippines, particularly in island towns and ...

    • Worms attack mangroves in region 

      Angelo, Francis Allan L. (The Daily Guardian, September 28, 2010, on page 1-5)
      Worms of a certain type of moth is feeding on mangroves in Western Visayas, according to environment officials. Bernabe Garnace, Community Environment and Natural Resources Office chief, said they noticed the larvae or ...