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Boracay best for farming?
Which is best for Boracay Island – farming or tourism? The government should observe the “suitable land use rule” in deciding what to do with Boracay after its rehabilitation, according to Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph ...
- April 11, 2018
Coast Guard wants sunken cargo vessel removed from Boracay waters
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 ...
- November 26, 2018
BFAR turns over P33M to cebu for aqua rehabilitation
The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) Region 7 has turned over P33 million to the Cebu provincial government as financial assistance for the rehabilitation of seaweed and Aquafarms in northern Cebu towns ...
- March 23, 2014
Don't forget the Environment
We would have wanted to hear the President emphasize ecological solutions to the waste and pollution problems afflicting the country in his third State of the Nation Address (SONA) yesterday. It would have driven home his ...
- July 24, 2018
PCG 'hoping against hope' 6 missing persons alive
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) in Western Visayas is hopeful that the six remaining missing persons from Saturday’s capsizing of three boats in the Iloilo Strait survived. Yesterday, the Philippine Air Force (PAF) deployed ...
- August 6, 2019
Abundant catch
A young fisherman is happy. He has a lot of catch today from Iloilo River. He may sell some, he says, and take home the rest for his family. His catch is proof that the Iloilo River has survived years of pollution.
- October 20, 2015
Mud crab hatchery to boost livelihood oppurtunities
Local government unit of this town formally received a mud crab hatchery from a government project recently. Aside from supplying crablets for the benefit of mud crab farmers from Cebu, Negros Oriental, Leyte, it is expected ...
- December 30, 2015
Boat capsizes; passengers rescued
Seven people were rescued on Good Friday after a boat capsized in the waters off Sitio Puntales, Barangay Nipa, Concepcion, Iloilo. Motorboat MBCA Jennes Skipper Ed was carrying six passengers. They were Deeno Villaluna, ...
- April 5, 2021
Gov't seen to lose P20B due to Boracay closure
The closure of Boracay for 6 months ordered by President Rodrigo Duterte might cost the government some P20 billion in gross receipts, an official said recently. "The estimate if we will go through the full 6 months, it ...
- April 8, 2018
Fishing boat capsizes in Ilog; 1 missing
At least one fisherman was rescued, while another was still missing after their small fishing boat capsized off the coast of Barangay 1 in the town of Ilog in Negros Occidental late Tuesday night. Authorities identified ...
- July 9, 2020