Browsing The Manila Times by Place "Aklan"

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    • Aklan town bans fishing due to oil spill 

      Castor, Rjay (The Manila Times, May 31, 2024, on page A7)
      The local government of New Washington in Aklan has ordered the suspension of fishing activities in several areas following an oil spill in Barangay Polo on Sunday. The spill, traced to a vessel owned by Metallica Shipyard, ...

    • Arroyo moved to save Boracay; Aquino made it a cesspool 

      Tiglao, Rigoberto (The Manila Times, April 4, 2018, on page A1)
      After more than two years of study and on-the-ground investigation by various Cabinet members, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo made a bold move to prevent Boracay from further environmental degradation even if it would ...

    • BFAR urged to lead fight vs HB 7853 

      Gomez, Eireene Jairee (The Manila Times, April 30, 2021, on page B2)
      Environmental group Oceana, along with more than 1,100 fisherfolk groups across the country, urged Department of Agriculture (DA) and Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) to lead the opposition to House Bill ...

    • DENR chief orders Puerto Galera rehab 

      Gomez, Eireene Jairee (The Manila Times, December 4, 2019, on page A7)
      Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu has ordered the rehabilitation of Puerto Galera in Mindoro Oriental to follow in the footsteps of Boracay in Aklan and Manila Bay in a bid to protect and preserve the country’s prime tourist ...

    • Dry run set ahead of Boracay reopening 

      Gomez, Eireene Jairee; Cueto, Francis Earl A. (The Manila Times, August 24, 2018, on page A2)
      The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) will hold a dry run on October 15 to 25 to find out what else needs to be done before Boracay Island opens its doors anew to tourists on October 26. Environment ...

    • Red tide escalating in Capiz, Aklan 

      Pendon, Lydia (The Manila Times, December 22, 2015, on page A7)
      Toxic red tide cases in the provinces of Capiz and Aklan continue to escalate despite expectations by the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) that paralytic shellfish poisoning (PSP) was on the wane due to the ...

    • US to name warship after Filipino sailor hero 

      Ismael, Javier Joe; Cueto, Francis Earl (The Manila Times, May 21, 2022, on page A1)
      The United States Navy will name one of its future destroyers after a Filipino sailor who rescued two fellow crewmen when their ship caught fire more than a century ago. In a tweet Thursday, US Secretary of the Navy Carlos ...

    • UST researchers bare potential anti-cancer properties in local seaweed 

      (The Manila Times, April 25, 2019, on page E4)
      A University of Santo Tomas (UST) research group, headed by National Research Council of the Philippines-Pharmaceutical Science Project member and UST Laboratory Equipment and Supplies Office Administrator Prof. Ross ...