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Agri, fishery enterprises to benefit from P7.9M project
Over P7.9 million worth of projects from the World Bank and the Department of Agriculture’s Philippine Rural Development Project (PRDP) will benefit the agriculture and fishery enterprises in Aklan. A PRDP’s approved ...
- July 23, 2017
Dry run for Boracay entry set at Malay port
Personnel from different state agencies will man a one-stop shop that will be set up today at the Caticlan jetty port – the main jump-off point to the world-famous Boracay Island.
The one-stop shop aims to address issues ...
- April 23, 2018
Aklan storm-hit areas get fishing boat tools
Brand new tools for the construction of fishing boats have been given out to the fisherfolk in coastal areas in Aklan hit by super typhoon "Yolanda." Gov. Florencio Miraflores and Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources ...
- March 10, 2014
Boracay informal workers uneasy but hopeful
Informal workers are feeling the pinch of this island resort’s temporary shutdown for a much needed rehabilitation. Their common complaint is the dramatic drop in their daily income.
According to the International Labor ...
- May 8, 2018
NegOcc wetlands 7th Ramsar Site
The Negros Occidental Coastal Wetlands Conservation Area has been certified the seventh Ramsar Site in the Philippines - and the first in Negros Island Region and Western Visayas. The 110-kilometer Bago-Ilog coastline ...
- October 18, 2016
Endangered turtle finds new home
Manang Leonor Daquila-Gelito was misty-eyed when "Uriel" was taken out of his one and a half square meter pond in Brgy. Manoc-Manoc, Boracay Island, Malay, Aklan. Uriel, a nine year old endangered hawksbill turtle, was to ...
- April 4, 2005
Heat waves 'cook' corals at Great Barrier Reef
Prolonged ocean warming events, known as marine heatwaves, take a significant toll on the complex ecosystem of the Great Barrier Reef. This is according to a new study on the impacts of the 2016 marine heatwave, published ...
- April 20, 2018
Farmed prawn can be a foreign exchange earner
Locally farmed prawn could be a vital foreign exchange earner for the country. It is a variety of prawn of the eastern Pacific Ocean that is commonly caught or farmed for food. Despite the problems confronting the sector, ...
- June 14, 2017
Blessings from a tree
From the water we drink to the food that sustains us and the wood we use to build our homes - these are but a few of the many blessings God has given to man from a tree. The DENR 6 through the Provincial ENR Office in ...
- June 25, 2020
Solar irrigation facility clears scrutiny
The newly constructed Candaba Solar Irrigation Project is now ready for turnover to its beneficiaries following the strict testing and scrutiny made by the Agricultural Machinery Testing and Evaluation (AMTEC) – the country’s ...
- June 22, 2020