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 ...

The town of Tigbauan has been chosen as pilot area of the provincial government's beach forest program. The project aims to restore mangrove areas to migrate the adverse effects of climate change. The project covers 10 ...

In ceremonies held at the historic Stockholm City Hall where the prestigious Nobel Prizes are awarded, Dr. Jurgenne H. Primavera, senior researcher of the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center-Aquaculture Department ...

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 ...

The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) yesterday said the red tide plague that hit coastal areas in Bataan last year has remained. In an updated advisory, the BFAR urged the public to refrain from gathering ...

Hundreds of Aklanons were employed as enumerators and team supervisors for this year's nationwide Census of Agriculture and Fisheries by the National Statistics Office (NSO). The NSO has fielded 290 census enumerators to ...

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 ...

Seven fishermen caught using improvised dynamites off the coast of Barosbos Island in Carles are in deep trouble here. SPO1 Gilbert Piedad of the Iloilo Provincial Bantay Dagat Task force is set to file a criminal complaint ...

Five fishermen in Sagay City were caught for encroaching the marine sanctuary there. They were identified as Boy Mark Seronda, 27; Emelito Seronda, 24; Lito Sanita, 50; Bernardo Estelita, 44; and Leopoldo Leponario, 57, ...

The photos of rows upon rows of the sea turtles on the deck of a Chinses fishing vessel captured earlier by Philippine maritime patrol authorities near the disputed Hasa-Hasa Shoal (Half Moon Shoal) in the disputed West ...