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Reviving aquaculture (first of two parts)
At any rate, my trips to the wet market are enriching. The rise in prices can be shocking and full of surprises. Not long agro, the bangrus was the king of aquaculture. It cost more than the tilapia or pantat that were ...
- February 27, 2001
Dumangas coastal dev't gains momentum
Bullish oil players in the country informed Mayor Rolando Distura here of their interest in putting up a depot near the port. Distura informed Panay News on this update yesterday. Three of the oil companies mentioned were ...
- July 4, 2002
Tigbauan: a passion for history
Among the famous historical towns in Iloilo is Tigbauan, a 52-barangay municipality 22.5 kilometers away from Iloilo City. Bounded in the northwest by the municipality of San Miguel, in the east by the town of Oton and ...
- October 24, 2005
Bacteria blamed for slump in aquaculture
For the aquaculture industry of Panay Island to recover and develop, it must first manage the bacteria or pathogens in marine and freshwater environment that are getting more resistant to antibiotics. Two of the common ...
- June 9, 2001
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
Seabass project reap good harvest
Five months of culture. About 200 pieces of seabass, weighing a total 83 kilograms or nearly half-kilo each fish. Suddenly, a dream project becomes reality. Early this month, on February 2, the top managers of the Southeast ...
- February 13, 2007
First week of July is national biotech week
The first week of July 2006 was proclaimed by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo as National Biotechnology Week with the theme "Securing the Philippines' Niche in the Global Bio-Enterprise”. In connection with the observance ...
- July 7, 2006
"We want our diwal back"
Diwal or the angelwing clam (Pholas orientalis) is indigenous to the coastal waters of Negros Occidental and Iloilo but particularly abundant in Capiz province (particularly in towns of Sapian, Ivisian, Panay, Pontevedra, ...
- February 27, 2002