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Aid for farming, fishing families in Cotabato
For the past four decades, the lives and livelihood of farmers and fisherfolks in some areas of Mindanao have been affected by recurrent displacement as a result of sporadic armed clashes. Through a $3-million grant from ...
- February 17, 2017
Duterte and Xi discuss West PH Sea issue
Malacañang said issues on the West Philippine Sea were among those discussed during a meeting between President Rodrigo Duterte and Chinese President Xi Jinping. Presidential Spokesman Salvador Panelo said Duterte raised ...
- April 27, 2019
New technology seen to boost seaweeds farming
The Aquaculture Department of the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC) based in Tigbauan, Iloilo has developed a tissue culture technology that is seen to boost seaweeds production.
This technology ...
- December 22, 2017
Concepcion fines 38 men for illegal fishing
A total of P45,000 fines were slapped against 38 fishermen caught using trawl and round haul seine within 15 kilometers from Concepcion town's coastline. The use of active gears in municipal water violates Section 95 of ...
- March 2, 2016
Guimaras to present best coastal mgt practices in East Asia forum
The best practices of the local government unit in this island province in terms of international coastal management (ICM) will be presented in a forum of the 2018 East Asian Seas Congress. The forum – dubbed as the ...
- October 29, 2018
Palau first to ban 'reef toxic' sun cream
The Pacific nation of Palau has become the first country to ban sun cream that is harmful to corals and sea life. From Wednesday, sun cream that includes common ingredients, including oxybenzone, is not allowed to be worn ...
- January 4, 2020
Is Guimaras sinking ?
Guimaras as an island is made up entirely of limestone and this type of soil or rock is a porous one, meaning it absorbs a lot of water. What significant is that the water mostly absorbed by the limestone base of Guimaras ...
- June 24, 2016
DFA chief says China should not be praised over coral restoration
Foreign Affairs secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. said China should not be praised for restoring coral reefs it previously destroyed. Beijing is "now the poster boy of environmental restoration" in its recovery work in reefs ...
- April 23, 2019
'Let the corals recover’: Ban on Boracay water sports activities mulled
Diving and other water sports activities in this famed beach destination must be regulated, according to the Environment department. A study that the DENR conducted showed that Boracay’s coral reefs have been degrading due ...
- October 6, 2018
Oil extraction
It's final. OnMarch 14, Petron Corp. will start extracting the remaining bunker fuel from MT Solar, almost seven months at the Iloilo- Guimaras Strait, causing an oil spill. Petron has tapped the Singapore-based Sonsub to ...
- February 20, 2007