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BFP-6 exec, personnel dedicate day for community service
Coastal clean-up, community pantry and mangrove planting. It was a jam-packed day of community service for around 60 personnel of the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) in Region 6 yesterday. They served their penalty for ...
- July 9, 2021
EMB to resume issuing permits to Boracay establishments
The Environmental Management Bureau (EMB) in Region 6 has recommended the lifting of the moratorium on the issuance of Environmental Compliance Certificate (ECC), discharge permit, permit to operate and other environmental ...
- July 19, 2018
Roxas City to boost ‘talaba’ production
Talaba or oyster farmers here can look forward to ample assistance to boost production and improve marketing. With the city government, they are in talks with the Gerry Roxas Foundation and concerned government agencies. ...
- February 5, 2021
Iloilo RIver dev't project wins Galing Pook award
The Iloilo-Batiano River Development Project won the coveted Galing Pook Award. The city government’s entry to the 2018 Galing Pook Awards was the river rehabilitation project started in 2011. Mayor Jose Espinosa III ...
- October 5, 2018
Shattered dreams: questions raised as sea tragedy breaks hearts
The squall that capsized three boats in the Iloilo Strait between this city and Guimaras Island past noon on Saturday did not only kill people. It also broke hearts and dashed dreams. The casualties included, among others, ...
- August 5, 2019
Corals in danger: BFAR struggling to cope with starfish 'invasion'
The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) has appealed for more technical experts and scuba divers to help remove destructive crown of thorns (COT) starfish that is infesting the waters of Culasi, Antique. One ...
- July 20, 2019
Search, rescue and retrieval ops end: All passengers, crew accounted
The search, rescue and retrieval operations for survivors and casualties of Saturday's capsizing of three motorboats in the Iloilo Strait have ended. All the 83 passengers and 13 boat crewmen have been accounted. The crew ...
- August 8, 2019
'Bad for Guimaras': Grounding of motorboats hurts economy - Gumarin
The grounding of motorboats plying the Iloilo-Guimaras route has made it difficult for people here to go to Iloilo City to work, study or do business. It has also become harder to transport goods from this island province ...
- August 8, 2019
Only e-trikes allowed when Boracay reopens
When Boracay reopens on Oct. 26 after six months of rehabilitation, the mode of transport in the world-famous resort island would no longer be the noisy, smoke-belching tricycles. It’s going to be the eco-friendly electronic ...
- August 2, 2018
'N. Iloilo illegal fishing hotspot'
Northern Iloilo is an illegal fishing hotspot in Western Visayas, according to the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR). Most of the violations were the use of active gears and encroachment of municipal waters ...
- August 2, 2019