Browsing by Place "Romblon"

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    • 84% of oil spill affected shoreline 'cleaned' 

      (SunStar Philippines, May 15, 2023, on page 7)
      Over 84 percent of the coastline affected by the oil spill in the waters off Oriental Mindoro due to a sunken oil tanker has already been cleaned up. In a report to President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., Defense Secretary ...

    • ₱ 93-M beach wall project in Romblon questioned: Project undertaken by the Department of Public Works and Highways has not been endorsed by the Mimaropa Regional Development Council or the Department of Tourism 

      Cinco, Maricar (Philippine Daily Inquirer, December 21, 2020, on page A10)
      The private sector representative to the Regional Development Council (RDC) in Mimaropa (Mindoro, Marinduque, Romblon, Palawan) has sounded the alarm over the construction of a shore protection causeway, or a concrete ...

    • Agri chief assures Metro food supplies ‘more than enough' 

      Gomez, Eireene Jairee; Valente, Catherine S. (The Manila Times, March 14, 2020, on page A1-A8)
      The Department of Agriculture (DA) on Friday assured the public that the community quarantine had not affected food supplies for Metro Manila. “We have determined that there is enough supply of all basic goods that can be ...

    • Bantay Dagat volunteers get a benefactor 

      Loyola, James (Manila Standard, August 3, 2015, on page C-4)
      For the past 11 years, First Gen Corporation has been quietly helping protect the fragile ecosystem of the Verde Island passage which has been recognized as the center of the world's marine biodiversity. Unknown to many, ...

    • Batangas waters cleared of harmful starfish species 

      Mallari, Delfin Jr (Philippine Daily Inquirer, June 6, 2022, on page A7)
      Thousands of crown-of-thorns starfish (COT) were removed from the seas off Batangas province by authorities who were responding to the outbreak of the poisonous starfish that could endanger local natural resources. The ...

    • BFAR urged to fast track fishing vessel trackers 

      Gomez, Eireene Jairee (The Manila Times, May 21, 2020, on page A7)
      The government needs to install tracking devices in commercial fishing vessels, that has been delayed for four years now. The League of Municipalities of the Philippines in Romblon (LMP-Romblon), Pangisda Natin Gawin Tama ...

    • Boat sinks off Romblon; 1 dead, 94 rescued 

      Ong, Ghio (The Philippine Star, August 6, 2023, on page 7)
      A woman died and 94 others were rescued when a passenger boat sank in the waters off Romblon yesterday. The fatality, who has yet to be identified, is said to be the treasurer of Barangay Tacasan in Corcuera.

    • Cops donate over P1.2-M cash to oil spill-affected families 

      Recuenco, Aaron (Tempo, May 4, 2023, on page 3)
      The Police Regional Office 4B has donated more than P1.2 million cash to poor families affected by the oil spill in Pola, Oriental Mindoro. PRO4B Police Brig. Gen. Joel Doria said the donation came from voluntary contributions ...

    • Crew of capsized boat rescued in Antique 

      Philippine News Agency (Panay News, March 1, 2021, on page 9)
      Four crew members of a motorboat that capsized in the waters off Sibolo Island in Caluya, Antique and Carabao Island, Romblon were rescued then sent safely home, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) in Antique said. According ...

    • DA acts to ease El Niño effects 

      De Vera, Ellalyn B. (Manila Bulletin, May 16, 2010, on page 11)
      The Department of Agriculture (DA) is about to complete the implementation of mitigation measures to address the effects of El Niño event on this year’s dry cropping season and to keep up with the coming wet cropping season. ...

    • DENR cancels ECC of reclamation project in Coron 

      Miranda, Romar (Philippine Daily Inquirer, May 23, 2022, on page A12)
      There is now very little chance that the halted 51-hectare reclamation project in the tourist town of Coron in Palawan province can still resume after the Environmental Management Bureau (EMB) of the Department of Environment ...

    • DENR chief orders Puerto Galera rehab 

      Gomez, Eireene Jairee (The Manila Times, December 4, 2019, on page A7)
      Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu has ordered the rehabilitation of Puerto Galera in Mindoro Oriental to follow in the footsteps of Boracay in Aklan and Manila Bay in a bid to protect and preserve the country’s prime tourist ...

    • FirstGen bankrolls Batangas marine ecosystem project 

      (Philippine Daily Inquirer, August 17, 2015, on page B3-3-B3-4)
      Rey Manalo is an active and vocal advocate of the Bantay Dagat (Sea Patrol) program in Mabini, Batangas. Quite a departure from his younger days when Manalo was a menace to the marine ecosystem of Batangas, being a muro-ami ...

    • In Or. Mindoro, fishing ban off in 7 areas, stays in 6 

      Virola, Madonna (Philippine Daily Inquirer, May 9, 2023, on page A5)
      Oriental Mindoro Gov. Humerlito Dolor on Monday lifted the fishing ban in at least seven towns in the province, saying the coastal waters in these areas were already “within acceptable standards” for fishing activities ...

    • Keep fishing ban in parts of Or. Mindoro - BFAR 

      Araja, Rio (Manila Standard, May 10, 2023, on page A3)
      Meanwhile, the coastal waters in Clusters 4 (Bongabong, Roxas, Mansalay, Bulalacao) and Cluster5 (Puerto Galera, Baco, San Teodoro) were found to be within acceptable standards for fishing activities. The provincial ...

    • Oil spill-affected Mindoro coastal towns to get fishing ground sharing scheme 

      Atlenza, Kyle Aristophere (BusinessWorld, May 5, 2023, on page S1/11)
      The National Government will provide a fishing ground sharing scheme for coastal towns in Oriental Mindoro that are still affected by a major oil spill from a sunken fuel tanker. The Department of Interior and Local ...

    • Rains drench Luzon as 'Henry' exits PAR 

      De Vera-Ruiz, Ellalyn (Manila Bulletin, September 4, 2022, on page 3)
      The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) has lowered the tropical cyclone wind signal in Batanes as typhoon Henry (international name Hinnamnor) continued to move away from ...

    • Romblon gov't clueless on Sibuyan Sea exploration 

      Felipe, Cecille Suerte (The Philippine Star, March 7, 2015, on page 3)
      Romblon Gov. Eduardo Firmalo welcomed the discovery of the World War II Japanese battleship Musashi by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen and his team in Sibuyan Sea, but noted that the provincial government was not informed ...

    • Saving biodiversity at Verde Island Passage 

      Cinco, Maricar (Philippine Daily Inquirer, October 21, 2018, on page A18)
      Casting a fishing line with a coral sinker and a plastic-bottle reel, children as young as 8 years old catch their next meal from the pebbled shore of Barangay San Andres here. Most of the women are at home, raising hogs ...