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    • Dry spell damage now at P8-B 

      ABS-CBN (The Daily Guardian, March 12, 2010, on page 5)
      Damage to the farm and fisheries sectors caused by the current dry spell has reached P8 billion, a top Agriculture official said yesterday. "As of this date, the P8-billion damage is the more verified one. There are reports ...

    • Mangroves, mini-forest to surround coal plant 

      Angelo, Francis Allan L. (The Daily Guardian, March 11, 2010, on page 1-14)
      An independent power producer in Iloilo City will establish a mangrove farm and mini-forest around its 164-megawatt coal-fired power plant to promote not just environmental protection but tourism as well. The mangrove farm ...

    • No red tide in W. Visayas - BFAR 

      Philippine News Agency (PNA) (The Daily Guardian, March 9, 2010, on page 2-5)
      The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) in Western Visayas has assured the public that red tide has not reached its shores. BFAR Regional Director Drusila Bayate struck off reports that El Nino phenomenon's ...

    • Aklan's agriculture, fishery workers up for registration 

      Villanueva, Venus G. (The Daily Guardian, October 1, 2012, on page B1)
      Farmers, farm laborers, and fishermen in Aklan's 327 barangays are going to be registered in the Registry System for Basic Sectors in Agriculture (RSBSA) of the National Statistics Office (NSO). The RSBSA, NSO said, is a ...

    • Sailing to scenic 'Snail Island' in Guimaras 

      Sumaria, Pyong (The Daily Guardian, September 6, 2012, on page C4)
      The snail-shaped Taklong Island National Marine Reserve (TINMAR) is composed of Taklong, the Tandog group of islands and surrounding islets covering an area of about 1,143.43 hectares in Nueva Valencia, Guimaras. TINMAR ...

    • Illegal fishing may destroy Baybay beach 

      Billones, Jomarie A. (The Daily Guardian, August 4, 2016, on page 5)
      Local officials of Baybay village here are worried that alleged illegal fishing activities might destroy the beach line. Village chief Rey Magallanes of Barangay Baybay said the presence of some fishermen who use "pukot" ...

    • Administrator linked to illegal fishing in Olotayan 

      Celino, Felipe V. (The Daily Guardian, August 29, 2013, on page B2)
      The city administrator here clarified some issues on the illegal gathering of sea cucumber in Brgy. Olotayan here. Gilbert Guarino-Tan said the issuance of mayor’s permit in the gathering of sea cucumbers was patterned ...

    • NEDA: Visayan Sea depletion alarming 

      Yasa, Dolly (The Daily Guardian, August 8, 2013, on page 1-6)
      The depletion of marine resources in the Visayan Sea has prompted the imposition of a close season to fishing to allow fish and other marine life to spawn. Ro-Ann Bacal, National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) ...

    • Landbank lent P39.9B to farmers, fisherfolk in 2012 

      GMA News (The Daily Guardian, March 1, 2013, on page B2)
      Land Bank of the Philippines (LandBank) granted loans amounting to P39.9 billion to 772,892 small farmers and fisherfolk in 2012, the bank said in a statement. "Landbank remains aggressive in channeling assistance to the ...

    • Lapu-lapu facing extinction 

      Tacio, Henrylito (The Daily Guardian, March 8, 2013, on page 5)
      Its a common knowledge – Chinese restaurant is not complete without a bubbling tankful of grouper. Asia’s most demanded reef fish, grouper fetches up to P6.000 per piece in Hong Kong and Singapore. In the blockbuster ...

    • Iloilo River still dirty 

      Angelo, Francis Allan L. (The Daily Guardian, March 11, 2013, on page 1-7)
      June Falcis, 16, of Iloilo City Proper and his friends love to plunge into the Iloilo River to cool off the summer heat which is setting in this month. The group said they don’t mind the sometimes murky and smelly water ...

    • Here be Dugongs 

      Yan, Gregg (The Daily Guardian, June 11, 2018, on page 6-7)
      With underwater photographer Danny Ocampo and expert guides from the Tagbanua tribe, we’re finally hoping for some downtime with a dugong. Dugongs are legendary sea creatures, having inspired lonely seamen’s ‘sightings’ ...

    • ‘Not the next Boracay’: Guimaras vows to curb waste problems 

      Moblan, Gail T. (The Daily Guardian, December 20, 2018, on page 1-14)
      With its booming tourism industry, the provincial government of Guimaras said it will do its best to avoid becoming “the next Boracay” as more foreign investors are expected to expand in the island. In his State of the ...

    • Globe launches long-term conservation plan for Boracay 

      (The Daily Guardian, June 15, 2018, on page 13)
      Globe Telecom has launched its long-term conservation and sustainability plan for Boracay, starting with its initiatives to help address untreated sewage that is causing pollution into the waters of the island. Globe ...

    • PH, China 'co-control' Panatag - Cayetano 

      ABS-CBN News (The Daily Guardian, June 20, 2018, on page 12)
      Beijing and Manila "co-control" the Panatag Shoal in the West Philippine Sea, Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano said Monday night amid reports of the Chinese coast guard's harassment of Filipino fishermen there. ...

    • Boracay Water investing P1.15B in new sewerage facilities 

      GMA News (The Daily Guardian, June 25, 2018, on page 18-19)
      The company has spent around 60 percent of the budget in light of the rehabilitation works in the island. Boracay island was ordered closed for six months, starting April 26, for environmental cleanup and rehabilitation. ...

    • Aquaculture training for teachers 

      Gallos, Lenilyn B. (The Daily Guardian, June 26, 2018, on page 13)
      The Institute of Aquaculture (IA) of the College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences (CFOS) of UP Visayas (UPV) organized and conducted an Academic Aquaculture Enrichment Training for public school teachers at the UPV Miagao ...

    • PRA asked to join Iloilo River council 

      Conserva, Louine Hope (The Daily Guardian, April 17, 2018, on page 13)
      The Iloilo-Batiano River Development Council passed a resolution requesting the Philippine Reclamation Authority (PRA) to be its member during a session at the Iloilo City Hall Penthouse, August 10, 2018. According to City ...

    • Lost not ‘a single island’ but the whole of Spratlys 

      Todesillas, Ellen (The Daily Guardian, June 1, 2018, on page 5)
      Foreign Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano was being smart the other day when he challenged critics of the Duterte’s complacent attitude in the face of China aggressive moves in South China Sea. At the flag-raising ceremony at ...

    • Sea Turtle Freed 

      (The Daily Guardian, June 13, 2018, on page 2)
      Coinciding with the 120 Independence Day Celebration, a 45-kilo sea turtle was freed at Pilar Bay after the flag raising ceremony held in front of Pilar Municipal Hall in Pilar, Capiz. Pilar Mayor Gedeon "ike" Patricio, ...