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Oil sludge removal starts in Ilocos
Using shovels, rakes and dust pans, and even spoons, government employees, residents, fishermen and volunteers from different towns of La Union tediously scooped and gathered the coagulated oil that had reached coastal ...
- March 1, 2013
'Butanding' lifts town's tourism industry
Next to the Hundred Islands National Park in Alaminos City, this coastal town is emerging as Pangasinan province’s new ecotourism destination due to the presence of whale sharks near its shorelines. The whale sharks, locally ...
- August 9, 2013
Bolinao asks vessel owners to stop spill
The town government of Bolinao, Pangasinan, has asked the owners of the sunken ship, MV Harita Bauxite, to immediately stop the vessel's oil from spilling into the West Philippine Sea to prevent further damaging coastal ...
- March 14, 2013
‘Butanding’ bring revenue to Pangasinan town
Resorts and boat owners in this coastal town have been cashing in on the presence of “butanding” (whale sharks) here. Lina Paculan, a chambermaid at Sierra Vista Resort in Barangay (village) Nibaliw here, said more tourists ...
- June 3, 2013
Oyster shells, slippers form giant maps of the Philippines
The easiest—and maybe the cheapest—way of displaying a giant Philippine map may be to cut it out from a Styrofoam board, mount it on plywood, and paint it. But the marketing group of a shopping mall in Rosales, Pangasinan, ...
- June 12, 2013
Fish pens not needed, say execs
Even without fish pens, the bangus (milkfish) industry in this bustling city will continue to thrive. City Agriculturist Emma Molina made this assurance on Thursday to allay fears that the milkfish industry here will ...
- June 2, 2013