Browsing Panay News by Subject "public health"
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Capiz seawaters still positive for red tide
(Panay News,February 23, 2023 , on page 4)The seawaters of three towns in Capiz province were still positive for red tide toxins, based on Shellfish Bulletin No. 05 of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) dated Feb. 21, 2023. Shellfish collected ... -
Capiz waters now red tide-free
(Panay News,February 24, 2023 , on page 6)Good news for fisherfolks in this province. After several months, the coastal waters in Panay, President Roxas, and Pilar towns are finally free from paralytic shellfish poison (PSP) or toxic red tide, according to Bureau ... -
Capiz waters still positive for red tide
(Panay News,November 11, 2022 , on page 4)The seawater around Capiz province is still positive for red tide toxins. In Shellfish Bulletin No. 22 on Nov. 4, the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) announced that shellfish collected and tested from the ... -
Capiz's 5 coastal areas still positive for red tide
(Panay News,October 26, 2022 , on page 4)All types of shellfish and Acetes sp. or alamang gathered from Sapian Bay and the waters of Roxas City, Panay, President Roxas, and Pilar towns in this province are still not safe for human consumption. Shellfish collected ... -
City not in a hurry to lift shellfish ban
(Panay News,January 4, 2016 , on page 16)The Provincial Martina Bio-Toxin Testing Center of the Office of the Provincial Agriculturist conducted the laboratory analysis. The results showed progressive increases of the algal population in the city's coastal waters, ... -
Coal spill as barge runs aground
(Panay News,January 5, 2015 , on page 1-12)A cargo vessel carrying 6,705 metric tons of coal ran aground in the waters off Barangay Balud, Tobias Fornier, Antique, spilling coal slurry. The grounding happened on Dec. 30, 2014, according to Philippine Coast Guard ... -
Coastal cleanup not enough-CENRO
(Panay News,September 23, 2010 , on page 2)Cleanups alone cannot solve the problem on marine debris; we need to stop it at the source, stressed Engr. Noel Hechanova, the city environment and natural resources officer (CENRO). Hechanova said public awareness regarding ... -
Conscious efforts vs. plastics
(Panay News,September 9, 2018 , on page 8)Can we end plastic pollution? Plastics have been polluting land and bodies of water and threaten marine life and human health. Plastics are ubiquitous components of the world’s consumer culture. They symbolize the throwaway ... -
DOLE Region 6 office probes oil spill, too: Focus on occupational safety and health
(Panay News,July 10, 2020 , on page 2)Apart from investigations of environmental agencies, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Region 6, too, started its own investigation of the oil spill here following an explosion at a power barge. The probe focuses ... -
Don't eat dead fish from oil spill-hit areas, BFAR warns
(Panay News,July 9, 2020 , on page 1-14)The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) in Western Visayas has issued a warning against eating dead fish in coastal areas contaminated by bunker fuel from a barge damaged by an explosion last week. Remia Aparri, ... -
'Don't eat seashells from Bacolod City's waters'
(Panay News,January 5, 2016 , on page 16)The public has been advised not to eat seashells gathered from the coastal waters here until the red tide alert status is lifted. Results of the laboratory analysis conducted by the Provincial Maritime Bio-Toxin Testing ... -
Don't forget the Environment
(Panay News,July 24, 2018 , on page 8)We would have wanted to hear the President emphasize ecological solutions to the waste and pollution problems afflicting the country in his third State of the Nation Address (SONA) yesterday. It would have driven home his ... -
Don’t eat Gigantes shellfish – BFAR
(Panay News,January 3, 2017 , on page 5)Shellfish from the coastal waters of Gigantes Islands in Carles town are not safe for human consumption. according to the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR). They are “positive for paralytic shellfish poison ... -
Duterte: Nothng wrong with Manila Bay project
(Panay News,September 23, 2020 , on page 9)President Rodrigo Duterte sees nothing wrong with the crushed dolomite project in Manila Bay as the artificial white sand beach is now being enjoyed by the public. In his address to the nation on Monday, President Duterte ... -
Facts about oysters
(Panay News,October 23, 2015 , on page B6)Oyster - people either love them or hate them, but rarely do oysters garner a simple "meh." Yet surprisingly, there is a lot we don't know about this tasty and slimy bivalve, save for the idea that you eat them raw, ... -
Fast virus transmission: 64 people at fish port infected
(Panay News,August 7, 2020 , on page 1-14)The number of persons infected with the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) at the Iloilo Fish Port Complex in Barangay Tanza here ballooned to 64. Laboratory tests confirmed 36 new cases on Thursday, announced Mayor Jerry ... -
Fish kill 'starting' in Taal Lake - agri chief
(Panay News,January 21, 2020 , on page B1)A fish kill is “starting” in the lake that holds the restive Taal Volcano, Agriculture secretary William Dar said Monday, as authorities accounted damage from a week of volcanic activity. The fish kill for bangus or milk ... -
'Fish kill in Iloilo possible if...'
(Panay News,June 8, 2011 , on page 1-14)Unlike the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) Region 6 office, the Provincial Agriculture Office believes that the province may suffer from a fish kill similar to Batangas and Pangasinan, but for a different ... -
Fish kills slay demand even for safe fish in public markets
(Panay News,June 5, 2011 , on page 9)The spate of fish kills now plaguing Batangas and Pangasinan is also killing consumer demand for "bangus" and tilapia that come from unaffected places where the fish are alive and well. Fish retailers have tried baiting ... -
Fish port lockdown extended: COVID hits 26 more persons
(Panay News,August 6, 2020 , on page 1-14)Health authorities detected 26 more coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infections at the Iloilo Fishing Port Complex in Barangay Tanza here. This prompted Mayor Jerry Treñas to extend the facility’s 72-hour lockdown for ...