Browsing Aquatic News Index by Author "Zabal, Boy Ryan"

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    • DSWD: Aid distribution for displaced Boracay workers never stopped 

      Zabal, Boy Ryan (Panay News, May 8, 2018, on page 13)
      The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) did not stop releasing transportation and meal assistance to displaced workers in this island resort. DSWD regional director Rebecca Geamala said this as she denied ...

    • Fish landing centers in 11 coastal towns 

      Zabal, Boy Ryan (Panay News, September 15, 2016, on page 6)
      Community fish landing centers will be built in 11 coastal municipalities in the next two years. Buruanga, Malay, Nabas, Tangalan, Ibajay, Makato, Numancia, Kalibo, New Washington, Batan, and Altavas have been identified ...

    • 'Help displaced Boracay residents' 

      Zabal, Boy Ryan (Panay News, April 16, 2018, on page 10)
      Vice Mayor Abram Sualog appeals to the inter-agency group tasked to restore Boracay to find a relocation site for displaced island residents. Sualog was referring to locals whose houses were built on Boracay’s wetlands and ...

    • 'Love Boracay' to promote responsible, sustainable tourism 

      Zabal, Boy Ryan (Panay News, April 1, 2019, on page 13-14)
      The Boracay Inter-Agency Rehabilitation Management Group (BIARMG) will conduct an initiative to celebrate the rehabilitation efforts in the world-famous island. The weeklong celebration dubbed as "Love Boracay: Celebrate, ...

    • Malay council members divided over env't fee hike 

      Zabal, Boy Ryan (Panay News, July 15, 2018, on page 14-15)
      Members of the Sangguniang Bayan (SB) have differing takes on the proposed increase of the environmental fee for tourists in the world-famous Boracay Island. SB member Maylynn Aguirre-Graf is proposing to increase the fee ...

    • New community fish landing centers in Aklan 

      Zabal, Boy Ryan (Panay News, June 26, 2018, on page 13)
      Two community fish landing centers (CFLCs) were turned over in the towns of Tangalan and Numancia in Aklan. The CFLCs are under the Targeted Action to Reduce Poverty and Generate Economic Transformation program of the ...

    • 'New war' looms in Boracay-task force 

      Zabal, Boy Ryan (Panay News, February 20, 2019, on page 13)
      The government task forces in Boracay Island are waging a new war in the beachfront – sans bullets and guns – to protect the island. The so-called “Battle of the Front Beach” on Feb. 21 of the Boracay Inter-Agency Task ...

    • New water treatment system eyed for Boracay 

      Zabal, Boy Ryan (Panay News, May 27, 2018, on page 13)
      A German private research association introduced a sustainable way of treating wastewater in Boracay Island. The Bremen Overseas Research and Development Association (BORDA) proposed to the Malay municipal government the ...

    • No fare adjustment for Boracay transport boat coop 

      Zabal, Boy Ryan (Panay News, March 9, 2022, on page 5)
      The boat fare for the Caticlan-Boracay route of Caticlan Boracay Transport Multi-purpose Cooperative (CBTMPC) will remain unchanged in these challenging times. Public transport numbers in Malay and Boracay Island plunged ...

    • Oct. 15 is 'Aklan Day in Boracay' 

      Zabal, Boy Ryan (Panay News, September 12, 2018, on page 14)
      The Boracay Inter-Agency Task Force declared Oct. 15 as the “Aklan Day in Boracay.” Oct. 15 is the start of the 11-day dry-run in view of the Oct. 26 island reopening. The task force said the declaration is to appreciate ...

    • P490M for Boracay road rehab 

      Zabal, Boy Ryan (Panay News, April 29, 2018, on page 13)
      The road widening project in this island resort will receive P490 million from the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH). Aklan District Engineer Noel Fuentebella said the rehabilitation of the Boracay main road, ...

    • PH coasts red-tide free except Samar bay-BFAR 

      Zabal, Boy Ryan (Panay News, April 11, 2016, on page 6)
      Coastal waters in the country were safe from red tide toxins except for Cambatutay Bay in Western Samar, according to the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR). In its latest shellfish bulletin on April 4, 2016, ...

    • Pollution board to probe Boracay water facility 

      Zabal, Boy Ryan (Panay News, September 23, 2019, on page 13)
      Environment Undersecretary Benny Antiporda said the Pollution Adjudication Board (PAB) has opened an investigation on a water concessionaire in this famed-island resort. This came about after the viral video of sea turtle ...

    • Realignment of laws on Boracay sewage sought 

      Zabal, Boy Ryan (Panay News, July 24, 2018, on page 13-14)
      The local government of Malay, Aklan and the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) are working to make guidelines that will reconcile “issues” between a municipal ordinance and a recently-issued DENR order. ...

    • Red Tide still up in Aklan coasts 

      Zabal, Boy Ryan (Panay News, January 27, 2016, on page 7)
      Coastal waters in Batan, Altavas and New Washington towns and Batan Bay in Aklan are still positive for red tide toxin, according to the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR). Red tide exists, too, in Gigantes ...

    • Red tide still up in Aklan waters 

      Zabal, Boy Ryan (Panay News, December 1, 2023, on page 4)
      A red tide alert is still raised in Mambuquiao and Camanci in Batan town. In the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) shellfish bulletin on Nov. 24, samples collected in the coastal waters of Mambuquiao and ...

    • Say bye to Boracay's wooden-hulled boats 

      Zabal, Boy Ryan (Panay News, January 15, 2021, on page 15-14)
      Wooden-hulled passenger boats are no longer allowed to operate the Caticlan-Boracay Island route beginning Jan. 19. With its Certificate of Public Convenience (CPC) terminated or cancelled upon its expiration next week, ...

    • Sea turtle found in Boracay dies with spear wounds 

      Zabal, Boy Ryan (Panay News, June 25, 2019, on page 9)
      A female green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) was found with a spear pierced through its left flipper in this world-famous island last week and eventually died from the wounds. The turtle was rescued last week near Sitio ...

    • Senate OKs bill creating Aklan fisheries center 

      Zabal, Boy Ryan (Panay News, June 25, 2019, on page 9)
      The Senate in third and final reading unanimously approved the measure seeking to establish a fisheries and aquatic resources training, development and product center in the province. The chamber approved on June 3, 2019 ...

    • Six rescued from distressed fishing boat off Aklan waters 

      Zabal, Boy Ryan (Panay News, April 12, 2019, on page 13)
      Six residents of Caluya, Antique were rescued from a distressed fishing boat while they were traveling home off Aklan waters. The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) identified the rescued passengers as 22-year-old Victor Domingo, ...