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'Psalm Negligent': Oil-spill hit residents file P225-M lawsuit
Accusing the Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management Corp. (PSALM) of being negligent, irresponsible and inefficient, victims of the oil spill in northern Iloilo demanded that the state-owned corporation pay them ...
- April 9, 2014
Fisherfolks seek ban exemption
TWO groups of small-scale fisherfolks want to be exempted from the ban on destructive fishing methods to help them recover from the effects of super typhoon Yolanda last year. In a letter dated Jan. 8, 2014, the Carlessanon ...
- January 14, 2014
Guimaras villagers brace for oil spill
Coastal villages on Guimaras Island are bracing for an oil spill after bunker fuel coming from a sunken cargo ship reached their shores on Monday. While a possible oil spill would be much smaller compared to the massive ...
- January 21, 2014
Task force seeks more oil spill clean up workers
The power Barge 103 oil spill task force has recommended to the Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management Corp. (PSALM), owner of the typhoon-wrecked power barge 103, to add more workers for the oil spill clean up in ...
- February 25, 2014
Opportunities emerge from rehab efforts
Communities in areas ravaged by Supertyphoon “Yolanda” in Western Visayas have started to pick up the pieces, but government planners, officials and business leaders are seeing difficulty in reaching full recovery. On the ...
- January 13, 2014
What's new in soft-shell crab
Year-round production of soft-shell mud crab for the specialty high-end market is now possible, thanks to the improved hatchery and nursery techniques developed by scientists funded by the Department of Science and Technology. ...
- April 26, 2014
Fishermen Ask For Ban Exemption
Citing the ill-effects of super typhoon Yolanda, small scale fishermen in northern Iloilo province are asking Government not to implement the total banning of hulbot-hulbot for the next three years. The Carlesanon Small ...
- January 16, 2014
Workers needed to clean Iloilo oil spill
There is a need to hire additional workers to complete the cleanup operations of the typhoon-related oil spill in Estancia, Iloilo. Dr. Rex Sadaba, manager of the oil spill response team of UP Visayas and Iloilo provincial ...
- March 1, 2014
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
'Hulbot' fishers nabbed.
Twelve more fisherman Engage in Danish seine fishing have been arrested. According to the Iloilo Bantay Dagat Task Force, the fishermen on board three motorboats -Yolanda Maiza and Queen Mary- were apprehended 4.3 kilometers ...
- February 26, 2014