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    • Contractor rapped for destroying mangroves 

      Cadagat, Edgar (The Daily Guardian, July 5, 2010, on page B2)
      A beach resort owner is riling against a contractor who uprooted mangrove trees along Purok Aning in Brgy. Pahanocoy here. Resort owner Aaron Sorbito accused contractor Andres "Andy" Taculod of violating environmental laws ...

    • JICA to finance fishing port rehab 

      Philippine News Agency (PNA) (The Daily Guardian, June 10, 2010, on page 1)
      The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has approved the about P1-billion soft loan by the Iloilo Fish Port Complex that will be used to finance the latter’s rehabilitation and installation of new facilities. ...

    • Households pollute Iloilo River, creeks 

      Conserva, Louine Hope (The Daily Guardian, March 4, 2014, on page 1)
      The Iloilo City Environment and National Resources Office (City ENRO) said households are to be blamed for the pollution of the Iloilo River and two creeks. Engr. Noel Hechanova, City ENRO chief, said unclean and mismanaged ...

    • Aklan town vies for largest mangrove in Asia 

      Philippine News Agency (PNA) (The Daily Guardian, July 1, 2010, on page 3)
      This bustling town in the Western part of the province is vying to have the largest mangrove in Asia. Mayor Lulu Miraflores said a group of Japanese experts has arrived in the town recently to document the mangrove in the ...

    • Support fishing boat operators 

      (The Daily Guardian, March 26, 2014, on page 6)
      The Department of Agriculture is asked to extend financial support to fishing boat operators who lost their livelihood due to the implementation of certain Fisheries Code provisions, particularly the ban on hulbot-hulbot. ...

    • Dumangas fisherfolks get aid 

      Yap, Tara (The Daily Guardian, March 31, 2014, on page 2)
      Around 30 fisherfolks of Dumangas, Iloilo are recipients of a P100,000-funding from Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano to jumpstart their own small and medium enterprise (SME) venture. Cayetano said the Punta Lucaran Fisherfolks ...

    • Small fishermen form alliance 

      Philippine News Agency (PNA) (The Daily Guardian, March 25, 2014, on page 6)
      Small fishermen in Negros Occidental have formed a provincial alliance as a response of the fishery sector and that of coastal communities to the continuing challenges of climate change. The Negros Occidental Small Fisheries ...

    • BFAR-6 sets priorities to protect marine resources 

      De Los Santos, Maricyn A. (The Daily Guardian, February 24, 2014, on page B6)
      The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR)-6 disclosed its priority interventions to protect and enhance marine resources in Western Visayas. BFAR-6 regional director Drusila Esther Bayate said that for this year, ...

    • DENR, PCG release pawikan to habitat 

      (The Daily Guardian, February 14, 2014, on page B6)
      The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR)-6 and the Philippine Coast Guard-Iloilo released a green sea turtle back to its natural habitat recently. DENR-6 regional executive director Jim Sampulna and ...

    • 'FishR' to hasten help to fisherfolks 

      De Los Santos, Maricyn A. (The Daily Guardian, February 19, 2014, on page 2)
      The Department of Agriculture-Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (DA-BFAR) eyes to register more or less 100,000 fisherfolks in Western Visayas under the National Program for Municipal Fisherfolk Registration (FishR). ...

    • 'Fish kill' causes foul odor in village 

      Conserva, Louine Hope (The Daily Guardian, February 11, 2014, on page 2)
      Chemicals spewed by a plant in Pavia, Iloilo are believed to be the cause of the "fish kill" inside a drainage which resulted in foul odor disturbing the community. The foul odor from the drainage was the subject of ...

    • The hard and soft water story 

      Mana-ay, Edgar (The Daily Guardian, October 29, 2018, on page 4)
      Water hardness is the traditional measure of the capacity of water to react with soap and describes the ability of water to bind soap to form lather (ang pagbukal sang habon), a chemical reaction detrimental to the washing ...

    • BFAR: Negros is red tide-free 

      Macahilo, Max (The Daily Guardian, November 26, 2015, on page 6)
      The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) reported that shellfishes from Negros are still safe for consumption according to its latest bulletin. This, after samples of shellfishes collected from different areas ...

    • Penro frees marine turtles 

      (The Daily Guardian, October 9, 2012, on page 3)
      The DENR and the Province of Guimaras released two marine turtles - green turtle (Chelonia mydas) and hawksbill (Eretmochelys imbricata) in Sitio Lusay, Brgy. Lawi, Jordan October 2, 2012. The release was facilitated by ...

    • Worms attack mangroves in region 

      Angelo, Francis Allan L. (The Daily Guardian, September 28, 2010, on page 1)
      Worms of a certain type of moth is feeding on mangroves in Western Visayas, according to environment officials. Bernabe Garnace, Community Environment and Natural Resources Office chief, said they noticed the larvae or ...

    • Arrest of more than 100 sea shells pickers illegal 

      (The Daily Guardian, March 16, 2010, on page 4)
      More than 100 seashell gatherers in Silay City, Negros Occidental cried harassment against a fishery official who arrested them March 2 and 13 for allegedly violating a local ordinance which bans gathering angel wings or ...

    • Fisheries sector in WV not affected by El Niño 

      Philippine News Agency (PNA) (The Daily Guardian, February 22, 2010, on page 2)
      The fisheries sector in Western Visayas is not affected by the El Niño phenomenon causing long dry spell in some parts of the country. Director Drusila Bayate of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) in ...

    • Agriculture Department expands sardine fishing ban 

      GMA News (The Daily Guardian, October 19, 2012, on page B3)
      Agriculture Secretary Proceso Alcala announced Wednesday that the government is expanding its three-month sardine fishing ban. It will now include the Visayan Sea in addition to the Zamboanga waters. Alcala said during the ...

    • Bantay Dagat nets 5 illegal fishing boats 

      Garcia, Erly C. (The Daily Guardian, October 19, 2012, on page 2)
      The Iloilo Provincial Bantay Dagat Task Force (IPBFTF) apprehended five illegal fishing vessels during its October 11-15, 2012 operations. The illegal fishing vessels were identified as FB Mika owned by Norberto Villanueva ...

    • Trailblazing travel to Tibiao, Antique 

      (The Daily Guardian, September 13, 2012, on page C4)
      Tibiao town is the province of Antique offers several exciting activities to the delight of thrill-seeking and nature loving tourist looking for heart-pounding activities in this side of Panay Island. So if you want to ...