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Defensor loses patience
Gov. Arthur Defensor Sr. has had enough of the "poor, ineffective and long-delayed" oil spill cleanup in Estancia and neighboring municipalities. Cleanup contractor Kuan Yu Global Technologies Inc. will be slapped with a ...
- May 16, 2014
Oil spill victims seek court help
Oil spill victims in Estancia town charged the government-owned Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management Corp. (PSALM) and the National Power Corp. (Napocor) demanding over P300 million in compensation and damages. ...
- January 21, 2014
RMU Region 6 to strictly implement Fisheries Code
The Regional Maritime Unit 6 (RMU-6) will strictly implement the Philippine Fisheries Code of 1998 or Republic Act 8550 in Western Visayas. "One way of protecting our marine life and coral reefs is to arrest those who will ...
- January 16, 2014
'Coast Guard didn't act fast enough'
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) failed to control the spread of bunker fuel in Estancia, Iloilo during the first two weeks of the oil spill, according to Karl Ignatius Young, president of Kuan Yu Global Technologies, Inc., ...
- February 22, 2014
Fishermen in 2 island brgys receive over 700 boats
Around 700 fishermen from the island barangays of Macatunao and Tambaliza in Concepcion town received brand new, motorized fishing boats donated by civic group. Gov. Arthur Defensor Sr. personally graced the two separate ...
- April 2, 2014
Oton deploys artificial reefs
The municipality of Oton has installed another batch of artificial reefs on its municipal waters in a bid to regain its marine and aquatic resources on Monday. A ceremonial installation was held at Poblacion South, a coastal ...
- February 26, 2014