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No hitches on first day of new ferry terminal dry run
The modern Iloilo Ferry Terminal in Barangay Concepcion, City Proper started its two-day dry run without a hitch yesterday. Motorboats transporting passengers to Guimaras and vice versa finally used the facility that what ...
- April 6, 2017
Info campaign on amended fisheries code stepped up
The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) Region 6 is stepping up its information and education campaign on Republic Act (RA) 10654, a new law which amended the Philippine Fisheries Code. RA 10654, an act to ...
- November 27, 2015
SEAFDEC reaches out technology verification
Realizing the urgent need to package technologies generated through the years of research and development, the Technology Verification and Extension was launched in 1996. It is a technology transfer and commercialization ...
- October 18, 1999
Fish condos' dropped into Carles' waters
Fisherfolks in the coastal barangay of Barosbos, Carles town welcomed the deployment of around 13 fish condominiums on the sea bottom. The deployment of the "fish condos" was spearheaded by Gov. Arthur Defensor Sr. and ...
- October 22, 2012
'Bantay Dagat needs help': paging BFAR, coastguard, PNP!
The Provincial Bantay Dagat Task Force could not totally stop illegal fishing activities in Iloilo’s vast territorial waters all by itself, according to Gov. Arthur Defensor Sr. Defensor urged other concerned agencies to ...
- July 7, 2017
Duterte and Xi discuss West PH Sea issue
Malacañang said issues on the West Philippine Sea were among those discussed during a meeting between President Rodrigo Duterte and Chinese President Xi Jinping. Presidential Spokesman Salvador Panelo said Duterte raised ...
- April 27, 2019
Guimaras to present best coastal mgt practices in East Asia forum
The best practices of the local government unit in this island province in terms of international coastal management (ICM) will be presented in a forum of the 2018 East Asian Seas Congress. The forum – dubbed as the ...
- October 29, 2018
'Let the corals recover’: Ban on Boracay water sports activities mulled
Diving and other water sports activities in this famed beach destination must be regulated, according to the Environment department. A study that the DENR conducted showed that Boracay’s coral reefs have been degrading due ...
- October 6, 2018
Oil extraction
It's final. OnMarch 14, Petron Corp. will start extracting the remaining bunker fuel from MT Solar, almost seven months at the Iloilo- Guimaras Strait, causing an oil spill. Petron has tapped the Singapore-based Sonsub to ...
- February 20, 2007
Palace: PH will not set aside arbitral win
Malacañang said it has no plans of setting aside the arbitral victory for the planned joint oil and gas exploration with China in the West Philippine Sea. Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said the arbitral ruling ...
- September 14, 2019