Browsing by Place "Jordan, Guimaras"

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    • Another Guimaras boat capsizes 

      Silubrico, Ruby (Panay News, August 9, 2019, on page 1-14)
      A squall hit another Guimaras boat. But this time it was a fishing boat, according to the Guimaras Police Provincial Office (GPPO). The boat’s two fishermen, a father and son, survived. They were residents of Barangay ...

    • Coast Guard to secure today’s ‘bangcarera’ 

      Sornito, Ime (Panay News, February 10, 2019, on page 2-14)
      The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) in Iloilo mobilized 40 personnel to secure the bangcarera miniature paraw race at Port San Jose in Barangay Hoskyn, Jordan, Guimaras today. The PCG deployment began on Saturday, the opening ...

    • Coastguard faces probe: Duterte may visit victims of sea tragedy 

      Co, Adrian Stewart; Silubrico, Ruby (Panay News, August 6, 2019, on page 1-10)
      Two passenger boats already capsized in the rough Iloilo Strait earlier on Saturday but why was a third one still allowed to proceed on its journey? It, too, capsized. The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) central office's ...

    • College backs Guimaras' agri-eco tourism 

      (Panay News, May 24, 2016, on page 4)
      Guimaras State College pledge to support the bid of the province to become the agri-eco tourism capital of Western Visayas.

    • DENR rescues, releases Guimaras marine turtles 

      PN (Panay News, October 14, 2012, on page 7)
      Two marine turtles kept as pets in Sition Lusay, Brgy. Lawi, Jordan town have been rescued and eventually returned back to their natural habitat. The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) identified the ...

    • Fish kill 

      Sologastoa, Glenda (Panay News, January 24, 2014, on page 18)
      Fish kill has been reported in the coastal village of Hoskyn in Jordan town as the provincial government here appealed for assistance from the owner of the sunken M/V Sportivo. Local authorities believed the oil spill from ...

    • Fish kill in Guimaras linked to new oil spill 

      Burgos, Nestor Jr.; Aning, Jerome C. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, January 23, 2014, on page A6)
      Guimaras officials and residents have reported a case of fish kill along the coast of a village contaminated by bunker fuel from a sunken vessel. Teresita Siason, coordinator of the Guimaras provincial risk reduction and ...

    • Guimaras moves to fortify local laws vs illegal fishing 

      PN (Panay News, May 21, 2013, on page 3)
      To address the rampant incidents of marine resource exploitations and illegal fishing in the coastal waters of the provine, local government units here agreed to harmonize their municipal fishery ordinances. Officials ...

    • Guimaras vows to protect NGP areas 

      PN; Philippine Information Agency (PIA) (Panay News, April 25, 2015, on page 3)
      Stakeholders in Guimaras vowed to protect National Greening Program areas in the island province. Department of Education and Natural Resources (DENR) Region 6; Jordan, Buenavista, Sibunag, and Nueva Valencia towns; seven ...

    • Guimaras, DENR-6 ink pact on Cabano river water, air quality 

      (The Daily Guardian, April 4, 2019, on page 14-15)
      The province of Guimaras and the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) in Region 6 forged a partnership for the water classification of Cabano River and Ambient air quality monitoring. Guimaras Governor ...

    • 'He vever cried': Father attributes survival to son's courage 

      Dalipe, Gerome (DailyGuardian, August 6, 2019, on page 1-14)
      Richie Bustamante lost his consciousness four times as he and 39 fellow passengers spent about an hour adrift in the turbulent Iloilo Strait. But the 34-year-old security guard from Buenavista town in Guimaras Island quickly ...

    • Oil spill 

      Antonio, Raymund F. (Manila Bulletin, January 23, 2014, on page 4)
      The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said yesterday that the oil spill believed to have come from the sunken M/V Sportivo reached Jordan town in Guimaras. Commodore Athelo Ybañez, commander of the PCG Western Visayas district, ...

    • PCG orders salvage of sunken ship 

      Sologastoa, Glenda (Panay News, January 21, 2014, on page 1-14)
      The Philippine Coast Guard- Western Visayas (PCG-WV) has ordered the company of the cargo ship that sank between the waters of Iloilo and Guimaras on Sunday to refloat it. Coast Guard divers yesterday saw patches of soil ...

    • Penro frees marine turtles 

      (The Daily Guardian, October 9, 2012, on page 3)
      The DENR and the Province of Guimaras released two marine turtles - green turtle (Chelonia mydas) and hawksbill (Eretmochelys imbricata) in Sitio Lusay, Brgy. Lawi, Jordan October 2, 2012. The release was facilitated by ...

    • Petron Foundation gives P3M for SEAFDEC/AQD's project in Guimaras 

      (The Daily Guardian, July 27, 2007, on page 7)
      Almost a year after the disaster that was Petron Solar I oil spill off Guimaras, assistance is still pouring in. In the presence of no less than President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, Petron Foundation Inc. and SEAFDEC/AQD ...

    • Prepping for disasters 

      (DailyGuardian, August 10, 2019, on page 4)
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    • Shattered dreams: questions raised as sea tragedy breaks hearts 

      Tayona, Glenda; Silubrico, Ruby (Panay News, August 5, 2019, on page 1-14)
      The squall that capsized three boats in the Iloilo Strait between this city and Guimaras Island past noon on Saturday did not only kill people. It also broke hearts and dashed dreams. The casualties included, among others, ...