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    • Carles forms country's biggest task force vs IUU fishing 

      Sornito, Ime (Panay News, February 21, 2023, on page 4-11)
      To curb illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing, the local government unit (LGU) of Carles organized the largest Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) in the country. A kick off ceremony for the IATF was held on Feb. ...

    • Carles illegal fishers nabbed 

      Sologastoa, Glenda (Panay News, April 1, 2015, on page 2)
      Six fishermen engaged in dynamite fishing off the island barangay of Balbagon in Carles town were apprehended by the Provincial Bantay Dagat Task Force on March 31. Recovered from them were 30 kilos of dynamited fishes, a ...

    • Carles police chief sacked for 'failure' to solve illegal fishing 

      Silubrico, Ruby (Panay News, July 5, 2023, on page 11)
      The chief of police of Carles town was relieved and is now under investigation for failing to stop illegal fishing activities. Police Major Robert Jayson Pancha is currently on “floating status” at the Iloilo Police ...

    • Carles waters positive for red tide 

      Tayona, Glenda (Panay News, November 18, 2022, on page 1-27)
      The seawaters of Gigantes Island in Carles, Iloilo tested positive for red tide toxins. In a local red tide warning, the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) Western Visayas disclosed that shellfish samples ...

    • Carpio hits Duterte: China 'not in possession' of West PH Sea 

      Co, Adrian Stewart (Panay News, July 24, 2019, on page 7)
      Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio slammed President Rodrigo Duterte's claim that China is in possession of the contested West Philippine Sea. In a statement a day after Duterte's 4th State of the Nation ...

    • Carpio warns of China's looming encroachment on Scarborough 

      GMA News (Panay News, March 19, 2017, on page 9-14)
      Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio has warned that China may impose an air defense zone and control the whole South China Sea if the Philippines will not stop its plan to build a radar station in the disputed Scarborough ...

    • Carpio: Chinese ships in PH's reef could be a 'prelude' to occupation 

      Co, Adrian Stewart (Panay News, March 25, 2021, on page 5)
      Former Supreme Court associate justice Antonio Carpio warned that the presence of Chinese vessels at Julian Felipe Reef should be a cause of concern as it may prelude to occupation and building of a naval base. The Chinese ...

    • Carrageenan from seaweeds: A breakthrough that boosts rice productivity 

      Department of Science and Technology (DOST) (Panay News, December 28, 2015, on page C5-C7)
      Carrageenan plant growth regulator (CPGR) has recently been found to increase rice yield by more than 65 percent. Carrageenan is an indigestible polysaccharide (carbohydrate) extracted from edible seaweeds. It is mainly ...

    • Cash for Work 

      Tayona, Glenda (Panay News, May 19, 2018, on page 1-14)
      The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Region 6 needs 8,000 workers for its cash-for-work emergency employment program in Boracay Island. Each worker will receive a daily wage of P323.50 or a total of ...

    • Cauayan man nabbed for 'illegal fishing' 

      Singuay, Mae (Panay News, September 26, 2020, on page 5)
      For alleged illegal fishing, a resident of Barangay Guiljungan, Cauayan, Negros Occidental was nabbed. The 30-year-old Elvis Arroz was caught around 1 p.m. on Sept. 24, a police report showed.

    • Cauayan resident missing after boat capsizes 

      Singuay, Mae (Panay News, October 31, 2022, on page 5)
      A 32-year-old man from Barangay Guiljungan, Cauayan, Negros Occidental is missing. Peter Neil Perarin had not been seen since the evening of Oct. 28 when the boat he was in capsized at the Guiljungan River, police said.

    • Cebu capitol distributes marine sanctuary tools 

      Philippine News Agency (PNA); PN (Panay News, December 3, 2017, on page 5)
      The provincial government of Cebu turned over marine sanctuary cordon ropes and marker buoys worth P2.2 million to 39 local government units in the province. Provincial Administrator Mark Tolentino and Provincial Environment ...

    • Cebu Pacific launches 'Juan Effect Boracay' 

      PN (Panay News, October 25, 2018, on page B8)
      Cebu Pacific continues to push for sustainable tourism as it rolls out the second module for Juan Effect in Boracay, in time for the impending reopening of one of the most beautiful islands in the Philippines. The airline ...

    • Cebuanos charged with illegal fishing 

      Nepomoceno, Jezza (Panay News, March 12, 2015, on page 2-15)
      Eight fishermen from Bantayan Island in Cebu were charged with illegal fishing here. They were caught using super hulbot-hulbot 12.46 kilometers off the coast of Baliguian Island in Concepcion town. Iloilo Provincial Bantay ...

    • CENRO assessment: No major damage from July oil spill 

      Tayona, Glenda (Panay News, September 10, 2020, on page 1-14)
      The City Environment and Natural Resources Office (CENRO) found no adverse environmental damage caused by the July oil spill in the Iloilo Straight. Noel Hechanova, CENRO chief, cited the result of his team’s months-long ...

    • CENRO Bago City supports LGU, PNP coastal cleanup drives 

      Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR)-Region VI (Panay News, August 8, 2020, on page 13)
      Bago City’s Community Environment and Natural Resources Office (CENRO) joined the simultaneous coastal clean-up conducted by the local government unit (LGU) and Philippine National Police (PNP) in Valladolid, Negros ...

    • China expanding South China Sea reclamation 

      (Panay News, January 23, 2015, on page 11)
      Philippine officials accused China of expanding reclamation work in disputed waters of the South China Sea, as the United States again called for restraint in the territorial conflict. Philippine and US officials spoke as ...

    • China harasses Philippine Coast Guard vessel with laser 

      Mangosing, Frances (Panay News, February 14, 2023, on page 5-11)
      The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) has accused a Chinese coast guard ship of directing a “military-grade” laser at one of its vessels, putting the Filipino crew in danger. The PCG vessel was supporting a rotation and resupply ...

    • China installs launchers on disputed South China Sea isle 

      Reuters (Panay News, May 18, 2017, on page 11)
      China has installed rocket launchers on a disputed reef in the South China Sea to ward off Vietnamese military combat divers, according to a state-run newspaper, offering new details on China’s ongoing military build-up. ...

    • China intimidating neighbors — US 

      (Panay News, June 3, 2018, on page 15)
      China is deploying missiles in the disputed South China Sea to intimidate and coerce its neighbors, United States Defense Secretary James Mattis has said. Speaking in Singapore, General Mattis said Beijing’s actions called ...