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'Waste-to-energy plant answer to garbage woes'
A waste-to-energy plant is planned to be built in mainland Malay, Aklan to help solve the garbage problem not only in this famed island resort but also the entire province.
- May 11, 2018
Seahorses seized from 8 fishermen in Manapla
Eight fishermen were arrested after police recovered from them seahorses in the municipal waters of Manapla, Negros Occidental. A total of 41 seahorses were confiscated from the fishermen, who were on board two unmarked ...
- July 28, 2018
Security tightened as closure draws near
Some 200 personnel from the Philippine Army (12th Infantry Battalion) and Philippine Navy are helping the police ensure peace and order in Boracay Island which will be closed to tourists starting April 26. However, Brigadier ...
- April 23, 2018
US Navy presence meant to stop China
China has asked the United States to withdraw out of the South China Sea even as the warship USS Lassen, a guided-missile destroyer, plows the sea near the disputed Spratly archipelago. The ship is on a mission to cruise ...
- October 29, 2015
Fisherfolk gets snack cart for additional income
A total of 30 indigent fisherfolk in the province of Antique received food supplies as a component of the fish snack cart livelihood assistance from the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR). In an interview ...
- September 1, 2018
New AFP chief mum on West PH Sea Dispute
The newly installed Armed Forces chief, Lieutenant General Hernando Iriberri, refused to speak up on the territorial dispute over the West Philippine Sea. Iriberri said he prefers not to talk about the issue since the ...
- July 13, 2015
Tubungan beneficiary of SEAFDEC technology
This town is the new addition to the list of the beneficiaries of SEAFDEC (Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center) technologies particularly tilapia culture in small freshwater reservoir (SFR). The town, although ...
- February 3, 2000
Climate change and sustainable development
First things first, we should get our act together to be able to respond to the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDG17) and the 21st Conference of Parties (COP21) agreement as soon as possible. It has been months after ...
- January 17, 2016
How whale sharks saved a Philippine fishing town
Fishermen-turned-entrepreneurs who have been financing the protection of endangered whale sharks in the Philippines have hit on a successful scheme to help lift their coastal community out of poverty, new research has ...
- January 5, 2019
Boracay's coral-eating starfish a dead issue
Like the reported coliform contamination of Boracay waters, the reported presence of coral eating starfishes in the island's seas is a phenomenon which shortly existed last year and already long gone. This Aklan governor ...
- September 7, 1999