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Illegal fishers caught
Authorities arrested 27 crew members of a fishing boat for encroachment in the coastal municipality of Cauayan yesterday. The crew members were onboard FB Aquaking Dos, which was caught within the municipal waters 5.7 ...
- March 28, 2014
P2.5-M shells seized in Batad
About P2.5 million worth of endangered seashells were confiscated by police in the coastal town of Batad after they intercepted a six-wheeler truck containing the said shells. Insp. Joven Arevalo, Batad police chief, said ...
- August 2, 2014
TV white space connects Bohol fisherfolk to the Net
On April 4, government officials and partners from the private sector formally turned over TV White Space technology to Talibon and five other seaside towns in Bohol. Other than enabling locals to use social media or search ...
- April 8, 2014
Guimaras oil spill victims demand P1.8M
Fisherfolk here affected by the oil spill were demanding a total of P1.8 million from Seen Sam Shipping, Inc., owner of the sunken M/V Sportivo. The claimants were from barangays Sawang, Dagsaan, Zaldivar, Magsaysay, Santo ...
- April 1, 2014
'Yolanda' damage could have been less extensive - DA
The damage left by super typhoon "Yolanda" could have been less extensive had there been more effort to make the country better prepared to cope with climate change, said Regional Director Larry Nacionales of the Department ...
- April 4, 2014
Fish kill
Fish kill has been reported in the coastal village of Hoskyn in Jordan town as the provincial government here appealed for assistance from the owner of the sunken M/V Sportivo. Local authorities believed the oil spill from ...
- January 24, 2014
Bantay Dagat arrests 13 illegal fishermen
Thirteen fishers engaged in the prohibited Danish seine fishing or hulbot-hulbot were caught in the municipal waters of Concepcion, Iloilo. Over the weekend, the illegal fishers were on board "F/B Raymond Joy 25" when the ...
- October 6, 2014
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
Mayor seeks PNoy help over 8-year-old spill
It was eight years ago when the oil tanker “M/T Solar I” sank off Nueva Valencia town on August 11, 2006, spilling one-fourth of its two million liters of bunker oil cargo, but some of the residents adversely affected have ...
- August 7, 2014
Toilsome recovery for Culasi seaweed farmers
Residents of the island barangay of Maniguin in this northern municipality have not yet recovered two months after super typhoon "Yolanda" struck and devastated Antique. The typhoon washed away the tambalang (seaweed) ...
- January 6, 2014