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Red tide downs six in Capiz
Six persons in Ivisan town fell ill after eating green shell or “tahong” believed to be contaminated with red tide. Among the victims are couple Edwin and Elvie Teodoro, and their neighbor Vilma Vista, all of Cabugao ...
- November 13, 2015
APEC meet focuses on small farmers
ASIA Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) meetings on food security and blue economy in Iloilo City will focus on concerns of farmers who are into micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs). Agriculture Undersecretary R. ...
- September 30, 2015
'Illegal fishermen' fined
The municipal government of Concepcion, Iloilo collected some P90,000 in fine from 36 fishermen who dared to operate without permits earlier this week. Task Force operatives apprehended 24 fishermen catching squid eight ...
- June 17, 2015
New council to open markets to agriculture, fishery sectors
The creation of the Highly Urbanized City Agricultural and Fishery Council of Iloilo City (HUCAFC-IC) will help spur the agriculture and the fisheries sectors of the city. The council was created through an ordinance ...
- January 5, 2015
P18.5-M seaweed production project in Guimaras
Seaweed production in the island-province of Guimaras will get a boost from the latest partnership of the provincial Government of Guimaras, The Department of Agriculture Philippine Rural Development Project (PRDP), and ...
- February 5, 2015
WV registers 143,267 fishers
Western Visayas has a total of 143,267 municipal fisherfolks as of the second week of October 2015.
Iloilo has the highest registration with 443,011; Negros Occidental is second with 39,526; Antique, 21,648; Capiz, 1, ...
- November 29, 2015
7 LGUs to get P1-M fishery projects
Seven towns and cities in Region 6 are entitled to receive P1 million worth of projects from the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) for registering the highest number of municipal fisherfolk. The seven LGUs ...
- January 29, 2015
Open harvest for 'diwal'
Mayor Angel Alan Celino will announce Wednesday, April 22, the open harvest for angel wings, locally known as "diwal". Policarpio Altamia Jr., chairman of the City Fishery and Aquatic Resources Management Council (CFARMC), ...
- April 21, 2015
China should agree to a fair and just sharing of the South China Sea
Any claim, therefore, that overlaps the fair-and-just claims of others should be rejected as unrighteous and ungodly. This is the reason why the Philippines has raised its own claims in the South China Sea to the international ...
- April 22, 2015
Ilonggo survivor in ship sinking in Vietnam returns home
It was a bittersweet homecoming for the lone Ilonggo survivor of the cargo ship that sank in the waters of Vietnam on January 2. Angelito Rojas, chief cook of the ill-fated motor vessel Bulk Jupiter and a native of Tubungan, ...
- January 9, 2015