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    • New 'racket' in Boracay 

      Golez, Prince (Panay News, April 25, 2018, on page 1-15)
      Are there unscrupulous barangay officials in Boracay raising funds for their election campaign using the island’s rehabilitation as a convenient cover? A businessman in Boracay was asked by certain barangay officials to ...

    • New AFP chief mum on West PH Sea Dispute 

      Co, Adrian Stewart (Panay News, July 13, 2015, on page 12)
      The newly installed Armed Forces chief, Lieutenant General Hernando Iriberri, refused to speak up on the territorial dispute over the West Philippine Sea. Iriberri said he prefers not to talk about the issue since the ...

    • New aquaculture how-to manuals off the shelves 

      PN (Panay News, September 19, 2000, on page 2-12)
      For aquaculturists in dire need of reference materials for their ventures, here's some good news. The Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center Aquaculture Department (Seafdec AQD) recently launched four aquaculture ...

    • New Bantay Dagat patrol boats for Manapla, Cauayan 

      PN (Panay News, August 20, 2013, on page 7)
      Gov. Alfredo Marañon Jr. renewed his call for coastal communities to band together and police their territorial waters to, alongside the Provincial Bantay Dagat, fight illegal fishing. Marañon was in the coastal village ...

    • New community fish landing centers in Aklan 

      Zabal, Boy Ryan (Panay News, June 26, 2018, on page 13)
      Two community fish landing centers (CFLCs) were turned over in the towns of Tangalan and Numancia in Aklan. The CFLCs are under the Targeted Action to Reduce Poverty and Generate Economic Transformation program of the ...

    • New culture technology to improve mussel production 

      Yap, Julio Jr (Panay News, July 14, 2017, on page 14)
      Majority of the mussel farmers in the country have been using the conventional stake method for their mussel production. It is said that from this method, which have been practiced locally for many years, could produce up ...

    • New feed ingredient database aims to help lower cost of aquafeeds 

      (Panay News, June 30, 2018, on page B11-B3)
      Three decades’ worth of research on fish feed ingredients in Southeast Asia will be hosted in an online database that aims to help reduce the aquaculture industry’s reliance on fish-derived meals and oils, as well as ...

    • New law establishes Iloilo marine hatchery 

      Philippine News Agency (PNA) (Panay News, May 20, 2022, on page 13)
      President Rodrigo Duterte has signed a law establishing, under the supervision of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources of the Department of Agriculture (BFAR-DA), a multispecies marine hatchery in the province of ...

    • New law to protect 97 PH 'critical areas' 

      PN (Panay News, July 5, 2018, on page 13)
      A new law will strengthen the conservation of 97 ecologically “critical areas” in the country. Republic Act 11038, or the Expanded National Integrated Protected Areas System Act of 2018, was approved on June 22. “The ...

    • New port rules drafted for Boracay reopening 

      Aguirre, Jun (Panay News, May 4, 2018, on page 13)
      The management of the Caticlan jetty port is readying a proposal for new port guidelines when this island resort reopens after its up-to-six-month closure and rehabilitation. Jetty port administrator Niven Maquirang said ...

    • New SEAFDEC facilities in Iloilo to boost aquaculture 

      Tayona, Glenda (Panay News, December 13, 2021, on page 2-19)
      The Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC) Aquaculture Department (AQD) in Barangay Buyuan, Tigbauan town recently inaugurated new multi-species hatcheries and broodstock tanks. These tanks are large ...

    • New seagrass species thrive in Boracay Island 

      PN (Panay News, August 15, 2020, on page 15)
      Additional seagrass species in the island of Boracay was recently recorded. A team of professionals from the Dagatnon Environmental Consulting Services who were tapped by Conservation Development Division (CDD) of the DENR ...

    • New species of ancient 4-legged whale found 

      BBC (Panay News, August 28, 2021, on page 9)
      Scientists in Egypt identified a new species of four-legged whale that lived around 43 million years ago. The fossil of the amphibious Phiomicetus anubis was originally discovered in Egypt’s Western Desert.

    • New species of soil-cleaning worm named after Iloilo 

      Ledesma, Rossea Hosillos (Panay News, January 25, 2020, on page B2-B6)
      A new species of mudworm, known to clean the soil in fishponds, was recently identified and named after Iloilo, the province where its eggs were collected and hatched. Now called Marphysa iloiloensis, eggs of this mudworm, ...

    • New technology seen to boost seaweeds farming 

      Subong, Elsa S. (Panay News, December 22, 2017, on page 4)
      The Aquaculture Department of the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC) based in Tigbauan, Iloilo has developed a tissue culture technology that is seen to boost seaweeds production. This technology ...

    • A new technology to boost mussel production 

      Yap, Julio Jr. (Panay News, June 12, 2017, on page 14)
      Majority of the mussel farmers in the country have been using the conventional stake method for their mussel production. It is said that from this method, which have been practiced locally for many years, could produce up ...

    • 'New war' looms in Boracay-task force 

      Zabal, Boy Ryan (Panay News, February 20, 2019, on page 13)
      The government task forces in Boracay Island are waging a new war in the beachfront – sans bullets and guns – to protect the island. The so-called “Battle of the Front Beach” on Feb. 21 of the Boracay Inter-Agency Task ...

    • New water treatment system eyed for Boracay 

      Zabal, Boy Ryan (Panay News, May 27, 2018, on page 13)
      A German private research association introduced a sustainable way of treating wastewater in Boracay Island. The Bremen Overseas Research and Development Association (BORDA) proposed to the Malay municipal government the ...

    • New WorldFish director for int'l partnerships visits PCAARRD 

      PN (Panay News, June 20, 2017, on page B10)
      Dr. David Shearer, director of International Partnerships and Program Delivery and Interim Research Lead of WorldFish based in Indonesia, paid a courtesy visit recently to Dr. Reynaldo Ebora, Acting Executive Director of ...

    • Newly discovered fish species was first spotted in a Bohol public market 

      Sambile, Kristel (Panay News, September 9, 2023, on page 4-15)
      In the bustling fish markets of the Philippines, a vibrant and peculiar sight caught the attention of scientists — an orange-eyed sea creature with an air of mystery. This chance encounter marked the beginning of an exciting ...