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Red tide calamity
Around 2,500 households in the villages depend on the sea for their food and livelihood. They have been displaced, said Mayor Sigfriedo Betita. SB members are convening in a special session today to make the declaration. ...
- September 29, 2017
Oil spill worker dies: Defensor orders probe
Did foul odor kill a 26-year-old oil spill worker in Brgy. Botongon, Estancia?. Donnie Trogo was a patinet at the Jesus M. Colmenares Memorial District Hospital in Balasan, near Estancia. Former Estancia Sangguniang Bayan ...
- January 29, 2014
Tourism vs Environment: Esplanade extension could kill Iloilo River mangroves
The land reclamation at the Iloilo River to further extend the Iloilo Esplanade could kill mangroves growing there, warned the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Region 6. The land reclamation for an ...
- July 28, 2017
'PH needs more marine reserves'
No-take marine reserves (NTMRs) are areas of the sea, usually with coral reefs -- but could include other coastal ecosystems such as mangroves and seagrasses -- that are fully protected from fishing. The area around MPAs ...
- June 21, 2015
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
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
State of calamity mulled for red tide-hit villages
The local government of Carles plans to place four island barangays under a state of calamity due to red tide. The coastal waters of the Gigantes group of islands remain positive for paralytic shellfish poison beyond the ...
- September 5, 2017
No more red tide in Carles' Gigantes group of islands
Recent laboratory analysis on shellfish samples from the islands showed these did not anymore have paralytic shellfish poison, according to the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR). The gathering of samples and ...
- October 14, 2017
Why destroy mangroves for a jogging area?
Just how serious is the damage that the expansion of the Iloilo Esplanade has wrought on mangroves at the Iloilo River? During a visit here on Aug. 8 and 9, Piñol said he was “bothered to see the construction of a pathway ...
- August 16, 2017
Oil depot could displace fisherfolk
A proposed oil depot in Dumangas, Iloilo could displace fisherfolk and threaten food security, warned the Department of Agriculture (DA). Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Piñol has thrown his support to the Bureau of Fisheries ...
- September 11, 2017