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Iloilo town set to regain 'Alaska of RP' tag
Time was when the Iloilo town of Carles was dubbed the "Alaska of the Philippines". The northernmost town of Iloilo's fifth district situated 147 kilometers north of Iloilo City, Carles has the longest coastline in the ...
- September 8, 2000
Modern biotech lab in Iloilo nears completion
The construction of a modern biotechnology laboratory in this seaside town 24 kilometers west of Iloilo City is nearing completion. The Japanese government-funded, P431-million Laboratory for Advance Aquaculture Technologies ...
- December 28, 2002
'Kapis' makes comeback in Iloilo waters
First, the good news: two valuable mollusks, the "kapis" (Placuna placenta) or windowpane oysters and "bay-ad" (Placuna sp.) have made a comeback near the shores of Iloilo province. And now the bad news: they may soon ...
- October 12, 2002
Kapis shell industry revival
Agriculture Undersecretary for Fisheries Cesar Drilon pledges the support of the Department of Agriculture in the campaign to revive the kapis shell industry in western Iloilo coastal towns. The program is being undertaken ...
- September 1, 2000
Tigbauan: a passion for history
Among the famous historical towns in Iloilo is Tigbauan, a 52-barangay municipality 22.5 kilometers away from Iloilo City. Bounded in the northwest by the municipality of San Miguel, in the east by the town of Oton and ...
- October 24, 2005
Iloilo
The kapiz industry, once a thriving activity in western Iloilo's coastal towns, is now being revived. The effort is being spearheaded by the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center Aquaculture Department (SEAFDEC AQD) ...
- July 23, 2000
SEAFDEC-AQD: RP-based facility powers Asia to the forefront of world aquaculture dev't
Some 10,000 aquaculturists from across the world, mostly Southeast Asians, have been trained on scientific aquaculture over the past 25 years by a Philippine-based Southeast Asian center. The training program is being ...
- December 3, 2000
Iloilo
A Southeast Asian center based in Tigbauan town has embarked on an aquaculture textbook writing program. The government-hosted Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center Aquaculture Department (SEAFDEC AQD) ventured into ...
- October 1, 2000
SEAFDEC delivers new technology to community
Dr. Susan Siar, Ph.D., environmental sociology specialist from the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center - Aquaculture Department (SEAFDEC-AQD) in Tigbauan, Iloilo told Panay News she makes studies and recommendations ...
- May 30, 2003
"Lampirong will be back in our tables soon" - BFAR
Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) Regional Director Sonia Seville advised fishermen along shores where once there were abundant harvests of lampirong (Placuna placenta) or kapis shells to "wait a little bit ...
- June 3, 2002