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    • Turtle carcasses wash ashore in Sri Lanka after ship fire 

      Associated Press (AP) (Panay News, June 23, 2021, on page 7)
      Nearly a hundred carcasses of turtles with throat and shell damage, as well as a dozen dead dolphins and a blue whale, have washed ashore in Sri Lanka since a container ship burned and sank. Ecologists believe the deaths ...

    • Turtle hatchlings released back to sea in Antique 

      Philippine News Agency (PNA) (Panay News, July 1, 2021, on page 9)
      Hatchlings of the endangered green sea turtles were released to their habitat in the coastal area of Barangay San Francisco, Tibiao, Antique on June 27. Genevieve Heramis of the Community Environment and Natural Resources ...

    • Turtles find abode in Antique Village 

      Mondragon, Anthony Badoy (Panay News, May 2, 2015, on page 1-15)
      The peaceful coastal barangay of Sabang West in the third-class municipality of Bugasong, Antique, became an instant marine hotspot when a number of sea turtles began laying their eggs in the seashore. It was in the morning ...

    • TV white space connects Bohol fisherfolk to the Net 

      Rappler (Panay News, April 8, 2014, on page B5)
      On April 4, government officials and partners from the private sector formally turned over TV White Space technology to Talibon and five other seaside towns in Bohol. Other than enabling locals to use social media or search ...

    • Two international seahorse experts visit SEAFDEC AQD 

      Surtida, Augusto P. (Panay News, July 31, 2000, on page 9)
      Two international seahorse experts visited the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center Aquaculture Department (SEAFDEC AQD) headquarters recently and gave seminar titled "Coordinating seahorse conservation efforts in ...

    • Typhoon - ravaged mangroves recover 

      PN; Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR)-Region VI (Panay News, March 29, 2016, on page 3-15)
      Iloilo-Mangrove and beach forests in Iloilo's coastal towns, ravaged by super typhoon "Yolanda" in 2013, have recovered and gotten stronger thru reforestation. A third party team validated the 86 percent reforestation ...

    • Typhoon wrecks 23 fishing boats 

      Sornito, Ime (Panay News, December 20, 2021, on page 4-11)
      Though super typhoon “Odette” claimed no lives here, it destroyed 23 fishing boats, according to the municipal government. “Nagkaraguba kag naanod. Duro nga mga fishing gears ang nagkarasamad,” said Mayor Mary Jean Te. ...

    • UCN red list reveals wildlife destruction from treetop to ocean floor 

      The Guardian (Panay News, July 20, 2019, on page 9)
      Latest list shows extinction now threatens a third of all assessed species, from monkeys to rhino rays. From the tops of trees to the depths of the oceans, humanity’s destruction of wildlife is continuing to drive many ...

    • UI law students to help protect Visayan Sea 

      (Panay News, March 15, 2018, on page 3)
      Students of the University of Iloilo's (UI) College of Law volunteered to help preserve the Visayan Sea. The college’s In Solidum Student Council presented to Gov. Arthur Defensor Sr. a manifesto offering support and help ...

    • 'Ulang' culture take strides 

      Portal, Tadz (Panay News, August 6, 2003, on page 9)
      If there is one thing Ilonggos have to learn to earn profit, it would be the farming of "ulang" or the freshwater prawn, macrobrachium rosenbergii. Old folks said that ulang used to thrive at the Jaro River way before the ...

    • Ulian Watershed bags 'Prize on Blue Waters' 

      Nepomoceno, Jezza A. (Panay News, January 23, 2015, on page 3)
      For the second time, the Ulian Watershed in Lambunao town won the coveted Governor's Prize on Blue Waters, an award for the most sustainable and well-managed watershed. The Ulian Watershed proved that it has the most ...

    • Under the sea in the land of Lego 

      (Panay News, July 20, 2019, on page 10)
      A Lego-themed marine sanctuary, SEA LIFE Malaysia is a two story indoor aquarium that houses more than 13,000 marine life from 120 species and 11 different habitat zones. Among those hosed across 25 tanks are stingrays, ...

    • Undesirable practices threaten Gigantes island chain 

      Sornito, Ime (Panay News, September 17, 2019, on page 1-10)
      Prohibitive prices of seafoods. Lack of serviceable restrooms. These two concerns threaten the Gigantes group of islands, a fledgling tourism destination in the northern municipality of Carles. “Their seafoods are more ...

    • UP prof cited for book on Panay seashells 

      Garibay, Soledad S. (Panay News, October 12, 2010, on page 2-14)
      Dr. Liberto V. Laureta, faculty member of the University of the Philippines in the Visayas' Institute of Aquaculture, College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences, received the prestigious Gintong Aklat Award, Natural Sciences ...

    • UPV extends expertise in fish processing to Antique farmers 

      University of the Philippine Visayas (Panay News, June 21, 2022, on page 9-11)
      The seafood processing team of the Institute of Fish Processing Technology, College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences (CFOS-IFPT), University of the Philippines Visayas introduced fish processing technologies to Agrarian ...

    • UPV seaweed team to help Iloilo seaweed farmers 

      (Panay News, July 8, 2022, on page 6-15)
      Prof. Encarnacion Emilia Yap, dean of the College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences (CFOS) of the University of the Philippines Visayas (UPV), expressed willingness to assist the seaweed sector in the province. Yap, project ...

    • UPV students win telco tilt 

      Golez, Prince (Panay News, March 19, 2013, on page 11)
      Whou would have thought that discarded tahong shells could be used to produced hollow blocks? The group from University of the Philippines Visayas-Tacloban did. Graduating Bachelor of Science Management students Maria ...

    • Urban greenbelt 

      (Panay News, September 18, 2016, on page 4)
      Personnel of the Roxas City Jail plant mangrove propagules at Palina Ecopark in the coastal village of Cagay. The recent activity was part of the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology's effort for climate change mitigation.

    • 'Ursula' damage in Iloilo seen to exceed P104M 

      Sornito, Ime (Panay News, January 3, 2020, on page 2-14)
      Damage that this province incurred from typhoon “Ursula” is expected to exceed P104 million. The four towns were Ajuy, Batad, Concepcion, and Estancia. Here are the other losses that the four towns reported: * livestock / ...

    • US aircraft carrier patrols disputed sea amid China buildup on islands 

      Associated Press (AP) (Panay News, June 28, 2018, on page 6-14)
      The United States military deployed the third aircraft carrier this year to patrol the disputed South China Sea, where Washington has criticized China’s military buildup on new man-made islands. The 97,000-ton USS Ronald ...