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Major challenge: boat operators: no money for modern hulls.
The lack of financial resources to secure technologically-improved hull materials is a major challenge to boat operators and associations of Iloilo and Guimaras that have been told to change their wooden-hulled boats to ...
- August 30, 2019
Slow oil spill response hit
Gov. Samuel Gumarin is fast losing his patience.Cargo ship M/V Sportivo that sank between the strait separating this island province and Iloilo City has yet to be refloated nearly a month since it went down. The oil spill ...
- February 9, 2014
Nat'l fisheries output down slightly in 2017
Total fisheries production went down by 1.04 percent in 2017 compared to the previous year's level, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported. PSA noted output reductions in commercial by 6.89 percent and municipal ...
- February 11, 2018
How are whale sharks in Oslob?
A team to be led by the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) Region 7 has been created to check on the condition of the whale sharks in Oslob, Cebu amid allegations their welfare have been compromised due to ...
- April 10, 2015
'Chinese ships entering PH waters an issue for Duterte'
Presidential Spokesman Salvador Panelo said the unannounced passage of Chinese warships in the Philippine waters was an “issue” for President Rodrigo Duterte. He added that foreign vessels passing through Manila’s waters ...
- August 21, 2019
Agri, fishery enterprises to benefit from P7.9M project
Over P7.9 million worth of projects from the World Bank and the Department of Agriculture’s Philippine Rural Development Project (PRDP) will benefit the agriculture and fishery enterprises in Aklan. A PRDP’s approved ...
- July 23, 2017
Dry run for Boracay entry set at Malay port
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 ...
- April 23, 2018
Aklan storm-hit areas get fishing boat tools
Brand new tools for the construction of fishing boats have been given out to the fisherfolk in coastal areas in Aklan hit by super typhoon "Yolanda." Gov. Florencio Miraflores and Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources ...
- March 10, 2014
Boracay informal workers uneasy but hopeful
Informal workers are feeling the pinch of this island resort’s temporary shutdown for a much needed rehabilitation. Their common complaint is the dramatic drop in their daily income.
According to the International Labor ...
- May 8, 2018
NegOcc wetlands 7th Ramsar Site
The Negros Occidental Coastal Wetlands Conservation Area has been certified the seventh Ramsar Site in the Philippines - and the first in Negros Island Region and Western Visayas. The 110-kilometer Bago-Ilog coastline ...
- October 18, 2016