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5 provinces agree to protect Visayan Sea
Governors of the provinces of Iloilo (Arthur Defensor Sr.), Capiz (Antonio del Rosario) and Negros Occidental (Alfredo Marañon Jr.) agreed to protect the Visayan Sea, a rich fishing ground being threatened by illegal fishing ...
- October 15, 2018
Gem-Ver fishers finally getting P6M compensation
Almost three years after what President Duterte played down as a “little maritime accident,” the 22 fishermen left for dead by a Chinese trawler that rammed their small fishing boat in the West Philippine Sea will finally ...
- April 30, 2022
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
Help Guimaras fishers, Seafdec, BFAR urged
Mayor Felipe Nava urged the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center / Aquaculture Department (Seafdec/AQD) and the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) to focus development assistance to poor fishers. Nava ...
- August 31, 2001
One- stop shop to open for Boracay businesses
A one-stop shop will be opened in this island resort to cater to business establishments that have to secure for permits in compliance with the existing environmental laws. Establishing the shop will help the businesses ...
- July 30, 2018
Freedom of navigation in the West Philippine Sea: (Statement of the Departmeny of Affairs)
We note, with guarded optimism, China's recent statement "that the freedom and safety of navigation in the South China Sea is assured." The freedom of navigation is a customary right under international law, specifically ...
- September 10, 2012
NegOcc farmers, fishers bear P124- M losses due to dry spell
Farmers and fisherfolk in Negros Occidental suffered production losses worth P124.264 million for the first five months this year due to dry spell, pests and plant diseases. The Office of Provincial Agriculturist (OPA) ...
- June 2, 2019
Foreign investors eyeing Philippine aquaculture
Aquaculture is gaining interest from foreign investors according to a delegate of the British Chamber of Commerce Philippines (BCCP) trade mission during their tour of SEAFDEC/AQD’s FishWorld Museum and Integrated Fish ...
- March 15, 2018
Seafdec Fishworld
SEAFDEC Fishworld is really a world to see! Located at Seafdec (Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center) in Tigbauan, Iloilo, it is the only one of its kind in the country. It is a museum-aquarium-ecopark built last ...
- July 28, 2002
Palace stops demolition of Boracay West Cove
The Office of the President has ordered to stop the demolitions of the main bulding of the controversial Boracay West Cove resort. The Department of Environment and Natural Resources has cancelled the resort's Forest Land ...
- May 14, 2018