Browsing Aquatic News Index by Place "Malay, Aklan"

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    • Boracay underwater cleanup: 350 kilos of trash collected 

      Rendon, Jennifer P. (The Philippine Star, July 10, 2021, on page 9)
      Around 350 kilos of assorted garbage and marine debris have been collected during an underwater cleanup drive in Malay, Aklan. The cleanup was conducted over the weekend to mark the celebration of the 38th anniversary of ...

    • Boracay wetlands being threatened 

      Yap, Tara; Aguirre, Jun N. (Manila Bulletin, February 24, 2017, on page 13)
      The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) wants to preserve the wetlands in the country’s premier beach destination, Boracay Island in Malay, Aklan. DENR Director for Western Visayas Jim Sampulna said the ...

    • Boracay's Atis get agri-fishery livelihood 

      Yap, Tara (Manila Bulletin, October 29, 2018, on page 12)
      With the reopening of world-famous Boracay Island, its native settlers are seen to have an alternative livelihood in small-scale farming and fishing. This is after the Department of Agriculture (DA) launched simultaneous ...

    • Boracay's groundwater still contaminated- DENR, DOH 

      Yap, Tara (Manila Bulletin, August 14, 2018, on page 10)
      Despite the government’s ongoing rehabilitation program, the groundwater of several barangays in world-famous Boracay Island remains contaminated, based on initial findings of the Environmental Management Bureau (EMB), an ...

    • Chinese top Boracay foreign visitor in 1st quarter of 2019 

      PN; Akean Forum (Panay News, March 12, 2019, on page 9)
      Chinese topped the list of foreign tourists who visited the world-famous island for this year’s first quarter, according to the Department of Tourism (DOT) in Malay, Aklan. The DOT recorded a total of 107,164 Chinese tourist ...

    • Cimatu notes improvement in Boracay water quality 

      Co, Adrian Stewart (Panay News, June 13, 2020, on page 5)
      The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) said that the water quality in the well-famed Boracay Island in Malay, Aklan has improved. DENR secretary Roy Cimatu said in a virtual press conference on Thursday ...

    • Coast Guard wants sunken cargo vessel removed from Boracay waters 

      Zabal, Boy Ryan (Panay News, November 26, 2018, on page 11)
      The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) – Caticlan office has urged the owner of LCT Bato Twin to immediately salvage the ill-fated cargo vessel. It sank on Nov. 4 near Boracay Island and remains a potential threat to traversing ...

    • Consolidated plan for Boracay closure bared 

      Yap, Tara (Manila Bulletin, April 18, 2018, on page 7)
      More than a week before the April 26 closure, the Department of Tourism (DOT) initiated a Tuesday working conference for local stakeholders and presented the consolidated plan on how to rehabilitate world-famous Boracay ...

    • Cordoned portion of Boracay reopened 

      Rendon, Jennifer P. (DailyGuardian, August 16, 2019, on page 2-6)
      Authorities have reopened a portion of Boracay Island late afternoon of Aug 15, 2019 after it was tested safe for swimming and other related activities. On Wednesday morning, an area of around 100 meters Boracay’s Station ...

    • DENR mulls clean-up drive in Boracay 

      Zabal, Boy Ryan (Panay News, March 16, 2019, on page 13)
      The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) is planning to conduct a clean-up activity to preserve the government’s efforts in rehabilitating the world-famous Boracay Island in Malay, Aklan. The Boracay ...

    • DENR mulls strategies for coral reef rehabilitation 

      Yap, Tara (Manila Bulletin, March 8, 2016, on page 15)
      The Department of Environment and Natural Resources in Western Visayas ( DENR- 6) is eyeing sustainable strategies by which degraded coral reefs off the coast of Boracay Island in Malay town, this province, may be effectively ...

    • DENR signs MOA, firm turns over surf rake beach cleaner 

      Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR)-Region VI (The Daily Guardian, April 9, 2019, on page 13)
      Secretary Roy A. Cimatu of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) led the signing of the Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) and the ceremonial turn over of a Surf Rake beach cleaner to members of the Boracay ...

    • DENR to ban single-use plastic in Boracay 

      De Vera-Ruiz, Ellalyn (Manila Bulletin, June 14, 2018, on page 6)
      The government could soon ban the single use of plastic items in Boracay Island. Environment and Natural Resources Secretary Roy Cimatu is “seriously considering” this to address the growing garbage problem in the island. ...

    • DENR to reclaim Boracay wetlands, forests 

      Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR)-Region VI (The Daily Guardian, January 30, 2019, on page 3)
      After the successful rehabilitation of Boracay Island in Malay, Aklan the Department of Natural Resources (DENR) 6 will strengthen its campaign to reclaim the wetlands as well as forestlands in the island of Boracay. ...

    • DOST to help rid Boracay of green algae 

      Aguirre, Jun (Manila Bulletin, March 10, 2017, on page 13)
      The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) is helping the Malay town government in Aklan rid Boracay Island of the green algae bloom. DOST-Aklan Chief Jairus Lachica said Dr. Melinda Palencia, a professor and ...

    • Dry run for Boracay entry set at Malay port 

      Zabal, Boy Ryan (Panay News, April 23, 2018, on page 13)
      Personnel from different state agencies will man a one-stop shop that will be set up today at the Caticlan jetty port – the main jump-off point to the world-famous Boracay Island. The one-stop shop aims to address issues ...

    • DTI to aid Boracay MSMEs during island's closure 

      (Panay News, May 17, 2018, on page B1)
      The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) assured that programs are already in place to mitigate the economic displacement to micro, small, and medium entrepreneurs (MSMEs) that may come as a result of Boracay island's ...

    • Endangered turtle finds new home 

      PN (Panay News, April 4, 2005, on page 12-22)
      Manang Leonor Daquila-Gelito was misty-eyed when "Uriel" was taken out of his one and a half square meter pond in Brgy. Manoc-Manoc, Boracay Island, Malay, Aklan. Uriel, a nine year old endangered hawksbill turtle, was to ...

    • Guidelines on Boracay closure out 

      Rendon, Jennifer; Romero, Alexis; Ronda, Rainier Allan; Villanueva, Rhodina; Porcalla, Delon; Diaz, Jess (The Philippine Star, April 13, 2018, on page 1-8)
      Except in emergency situations, not even guests of Boracay residents will be allowed to visit the island during its closure, according to general guidelines issued by authorities. The guidelines will form part of the ...

    • Hard lessons from Boracay mess 

      (Philippine Daily Inquirer, November 6, 2018, on page A8)
      Six months after Boracay Island was closed for rehabilitation, the National Bureau of Investigation on Tuesday filed before the Ombudsman graft and malversation charges against several local officials in Malay, Aklan, for ...