Browsing by Place "Aklan"

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    • ₱10M aid for Guimaras fisherfolk 

      Philippine News Agency (PNA) (Manila Bulletin, March 24, 2017, on page 8)
      Fisherfolk in Guimaras will receive with more than P10 million in assistance from the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) office for Western Visayas in May. BFAR Regional Director Remia A. Aparri said the ...

    • 17 officials sued over Boracay woes 

      Conserva, Louine Hope; Rendon, Jennifer P. (The Daily Guardian, June 28, 2018, on page 1-14)
      Seventeen officials of Aklan province are accused of allegedly neglecting their duties that led to Boracay Island’s environmental crisis. Punong Barangays Hector Casidsid of Barangay Gabay of Manoc-Manoc and Lilibeth ...

    • 18 Aklanons caught for 'illegal fishing' in Capiz 

      Celino, Felipe V. (Manila Bulletin, August 1, 2022, on page 2-18)
      Some 50 kilos of assorted fishes were seized after 18 persons from Aklan province were caught for alleged illegal fishing in the waters of Roxas City Saturday morning. The Capiz Maritime Police were conducting seaborne ...

    • 200 Aklan employees to plant 8,000 mangroves 

      Villanueva, Venus (The Daily Guardian, January 17, 2014, on page B6)
      About 200 employees of the Provincial Capitol of Aklan will plant 8,000 mangrove propagules on January 22 at the Bakhawan Eco-Park in New Buswang here. Activity organizer Economic Enterprise Development Department (EEDD) ...

    • 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 coastal areas red tide-free 

      Philippine News Agency (PNA) (Manila Bulletin, September 21, 2023, on page 9)
      The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) reported that three coastal areas in Aklan have been cleared from red tide. In Shellfish Bulletin No. 22, Series of 2023, issued on Wednesday, September 20, BFAR said ...

    • 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 ...

    • 3 fish landing centers established in Region 6 

      Conserva, Louine Hope (The Daily Guardian, September 21, 2016, on page 2)
      The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR-6) inaugurated three Community Fish Landing Centers (CFLCs) in strategic coastal communities n the provinces of Aklan, Capiz, and Iloilo. Each center costs an estimated ...

    • 51 fish landing centers for Region 6 

      Conserva, Louine Hope (Panay News, October 28, 2015, on page 2)
      Western Visayas received 51 community fish landing centers (CFLCs) from the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR). Of the 51 CFLCs, 17 will be established within the year and the remaining 34 will be operational ...

    • Aboitiz turns over Boracay wetland park to DENR, LGU 

      (The Philippine Star, June 22, 2022, on page 12)
      The Aboitiz Group has turned over the newly rehabilitated Wetland No. 4 or the Balabag Wetland Park in Boracay to the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) as well as to the local government of Malay, ...

    • After the birds, here come the sea turtles 

      Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR)-Region VI (DailyGuardian, May 19, 2020, on page 8)
      Three critically endangered species of turtle were rescued in Western Visayas amid the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. The turtle rescues followed the rescue of owls and Brahminy kites spotted in urban areas ...

    • Agri-fishery survey provides employment to Aklanons 

      Villanueva, Venus G. (The Daily Guardian, March 4, 2013, on page 2)
      Hundreds of Aklanons found this year’s nationwide Census of Agriculture and Fisheries (CAF) by the National Statistics Office beneficial since they were hired as enumerators and team supervisors. The census, which started ...

    • Agriculture damaged in Western Visayas estimated at P265M 

      Santiagudo, Emme Rose (BusinessWorld, January 6, 2020, on page S2/7)
      Damage to the agriculture sector of Western Visayas due to typhoon Ursula (international name: Phanfone) has exceeded P265 million as of Jan. 3 with more than half accounted for by rice crops and facilities, according to ...

    • 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 estimates ‘Paeng’ damages at P100 million 

      Marzan, Joseph (DailyGuardian, October 31, 2022, on page 1-11)
      The Aklan provincial government as of 2 p.m, on Sunday Oct 30, 2022 estimated that the damage caused by Severe Tropical Storm ‘Paeng’ (International name: ‘Nalgae’) amounted to P109.67 million over the three days that it ...

    • Aklan gov, 16 others face graft, admin raps over Boracay neglect 

      Ong, Czarina Nicole O.; Chavez, Chito A. (Manila Bulletin, June 28, 2018, on page 1-4)
      Graft and administrative charges were filed by the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) on Wednesday before the Office of the Ombudsman against Aklan Governor Florencio Miraflores, Malay Mayor Ciceron ...

    • Aklan LGUs take over Boracay rehab 

      Yap, Tara (Manila Bulletin, June 18, 2022, on page 4)
      The provincial government of Aklan and the local government of Malay are now responsible for continuing the rehabilitation of worldfamous Boracay Island. The national government’s Boracay Inter-Agency Task Force (BIATF), ...

    • Aklan mayor ready to face probe over Boracay issues 

      Rendon, Jennifer P. (The Daily Guardian, April 6, 2018, on page 1-14)
      Mayor Ceciron Cawaling of Malay, Aklan won’t back down from any investigation that would be conducted relative to issues hounding tourist haven Boracay Island. Rowen Aguirre, an executive assistant to Mayor Cawaling, said ...

    • 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 ...