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    • Iloilo Declaration presses marine pollution reduction 

      Philippine News Agency (PNA) (Panay News, November 28, 2018, on page 2)
      ILOILO City – East Asian countries will pledge to reduce marine pollution. It is one of the key items in the “Iloilo Ministerial Declaration on East Asian Region, Moving as One to Secure Healthy Oceans, People and Economies”, ...

    • Iloilo drive vs "hulbot" fishing get boost 

      Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR); Department of Agriculture (DA); PN (Panay News, July 18, 2018, on page 3)
      The provincial government’s campaign against the prohibited hulbot-hulbot fishing has gotten a big boost. The Department of Agriculture (DA) approved a proposed update to Fisheries Administrative Order (FAO) No. 246 banning ...

    • Iloilo Esplanade to become 'longest river boulevard' in PH? 

      Sombero, R.P. (Panay News, August 6, 2013, on page 3)
      Various developments are the offing for the Iloilo Esplanade through the public-private partnership with country's leading businessmen, according to Mayor Jed Patrick Mabilog. He said business tycoon Manuel V. Pangilinan ...

    • Iloilo eyes collab with SEAFDEC to maximize aquaculture production 

      Tayona, Glenda (Panay News, July 7, 2023, on page 3)
      Iloilo's Gov. Arthur Defensor Jr. is eyeing an institutional partnership with the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center-Aquaculture Department (SEAFDEC-AQD) to maximize the province’s aquaculture production. Defensor ...

    • Iloilo Fish Port on 72-hour lockdown 

      Cordero, Ian Paul (Panay News, August 3, 2020, on page 1-15)
      The Iloilo Fish Port Complex, a major center of fish trading and marine products processing in Region 6, is on a 72-hour lockdown beginning yesterday. Mayor Jerry Treñas ordered the temporary closure of the facility “to ...

    • Iloilo fishing port to undergo rehab 

      Philippine News Agency (PNA) (Panay News, June 11, 2010, on page 2)
      The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has approved the about P1-billion soft loan by the Iloilo Fish Port Complex that will be used to finance the latter’s rehabilitation and installation of new facilities. ...

    • Iloilo green programs showcased at UN gab 

      Sornito, Ime (Panay News, July 26, 2018, on page 4)
      Gov. Arthur Defensor Sr. shared the provincial government’s various eco-friendly programs and projects to participants of a three-day international environment workshop organized by the United Nations (UN) in Bangkok, ...

    • Iloilo hosts 1st nat'l mud crab confab 

      Escopel, Raymart (Panay News, November 12, 2015, on page B1)
      This city was chosen to be the venue of the first National Mud Crab Congress to be held at Diversion 21 Hotel from Nov. 16 to 18. Scientists, industry practitioners, stakeholders, and academe representatives from different ...

    • Iloilo hosts int'l training on aquatic resource enhancement 

      (Panay News, May 25, 2018, on page B11)
      Fisheries officers of Southeast Asian countries such as Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Thailand, Viet Nam, and the Philippines attended a training in Iloilo towards a move to restore the population of overexploited ...

    • Iloilo HS teachers embark on research methodology training sponsored by Japan 

      Ledesma, Rossea Hosillos (Panay News, February 15, 2020, on page 9)
      To enhance the capacity of high school science teachers in Iloilo, a training on research methodology and technical writing was organized with funding support from the Government of Japan. Twenty-two high school science ...

    • Iloilo moves to boost blue swimming crab population 

      Sornito, Ime (Panay News, May 15, 2024, on page 2-15)
      In a bid to revive the blue swimming crab population in the province and sustain local livelihoods, the Provincial Agriculture Office recently released crablets in Sitio Banban, Barangay Tambaliza, Concepcion town. Led by ...

    • Iloilo mulls crab hatchery 

      Sologastoa, Glenda (Panay News, July 30, 2017, on page 3)
      Iloilo plans to replicate a practice of the neighboring province of Negros Occidental in conserving blue crabs. During a recent meeting on the Visayan Sea, Negros Occidental governor Alfredo Marañon Jr. shared that they ...

    • Iloilo plants more trees riverbanks 

      PN; Philippine Information Agency (PIA) (Panay News, May 9, 2015, on page 4)
      The Iloilo province has embarked on reforestation of riverbanks to prevent siltation and erosion. The initiative is part of the Rainwater Harvesting and Watershed Board Strengthening Project which focuses on stabilizing ...

    • Iloilo researchers see potential for drug development; Marine bacteria in Tubbataha show anti-cancer properties 

      Subingsubing, Krixia (Panay News, November 28, 2023, on page 2)
      For the last five years, scientists from the University of San Agustin (USA) in Iloilo province have been combing the country’s oceans for microorganisms that can cure intractable diseases. This year, they finally discovered ...

    • Iloilo River can be PH model in river cleanup 

      Sologastoa, Glenda (Panay News, May 17, 2017, on page 2-16)
      The Iloilo River can be a model in river cleanup, according to newly-installed Environment secretary Roy Cimatu. He was impressed by efforts to clean the Iloilo River which is actually an estuary, said Cimatu. Over a decade ...

    • Iloilo RIver dev't project wins Galing Pook award 

      Tayona, Glenda (Panay News, October 5, 2018, on page 5-15)
      The Iloilo-Batiano River Development Project won the coveted Galing Pook Award. The city government’s entry to the 2018 Galing Pook Awards was the river rehabilitation project started in 2011. Mayor Jose Espinosa III ...

    • Iloilo river getting shallow 

      (Panay News, March 11, 2015, on page 11)
      Unlike many years ago when the Iloilo River - properly called Arm of the Sea - was a favorite spot for swimming it is now polluted. Also heavily-sited, the river is not deep enough to float a match. We hope that Senate ...

    • 'Iloilo river no longer a public toilet' 

      Sologastoa, Glenda (Panay News, March 14, 2014, on page 1-14)
      Over the years, the 15-kilometer Iloilo River had been deteriorating because of pollution, sedimentation, depletion of mangrove areas, illegal settlers and the proliferation of manmade constrictions, among others. Not ...

    • Iloilo seeks to conserve blue crab population 

      Nepomoceno, Jezza A. (Panay News, February 27, 2018, on page 3-14)
      The provincial government will put up a crab hatchery worth P5-million in Concepcion town this year to help conserve and restore the population of the kasag or blue swimming crabs. In partnership with the Bureau of Fisheries ...

    • Iloilo seeks to revive seaweed industry: Prov’l gov’t to hold first-ever seaweed summit 

      Sornito, Ime (Panay News, April 12, 2023, on page 1-15)
      In Panay Island, the province of Iloilo was a pioneer in seaweed production before it was overtaken by Antique. Due to climate change and the loss of interest among Iloilo’s seaweed farmers, production gradually decreased, ...