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    • Lighted paraws illuminate Villa Beach 

      PN (Panay News, March 20, 2023, on page 4)
      The Lighted Paraw Contest capped the Paraw Regatta Festival 2023. Modern luminous sails met the oldest traditional craft event and illuminated the Villa Beach coastline in Arevalo district on Sunday night, March 19.

    • De Lima seeks probe on suspicious activity in Benham Rise. 

      Golez, Prince (Panay News, March 23, 2017, on page 7)
      Sen. Leila de Lima wants a Senate investigation into the “suspicious” Chinese incursions in Benham Rise. In filing Senate Resolution No. 334, de Lima said the probe seeks to find out why Chinese vessels sailed into Philippine ...

    • Livelihood for 45 farmers, fishers in Oton 

      Caoyonan, Montesa G. (Panay News, April 28, 2017, on page 6-18)
      Forty-five farmers and fishers who are members of the Movement for Agrarian and Rural Advancement (MARA) in Barangay Trapiche were given P500,000 worth of livelihood project. The seed capital was taken from the Department ...

    • Livestock ship with 42 crew sinks off Japan coast 

      Associated Press (AP) (Panay News, September 4, 2020, on page 9)
      Japanese rescuers were searching Thursday for a livestock ship that a survivor said sank with 42 crew members aboard during rough weather off a southern Japanese island, the coast guard said.

    • Living without destructive plastic (Continued from July 8, 2021) 

      Cullen, Shay (Panay News, July 9, 2021, on page 10)
      Birds are dying by the thousands from eating plastic items. Penguins, albatrosses and many sea gulls have died as a result of eating floating or submerged plastics. Thousands of dolphins, sharks, whales and turtles are ...

    • Local groups unite vs Boracay closure: Boracay Fundation, Inc. denies involvement in planned protests 

      (Panay News, April 13, 2018, on page 13-14)
      The Boracay Foundation, Inc. (BFI) denied that it is involved in the planned protests of some civic organizations against the imminent closure of this famed island resort. The local group of Boracay business owners and ...

    • Locsin recommends ending contracts with Chinese firms involved in South China Sea 

      Co, Adrian Stewart (Panay News, August 29, 2020, on page 15)
      Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Secretary Teodoro “Teddy Boy” Locsin, Jr. will recommend the cancellation of local contracts with Chinese firms found to be behind incursions in the South China Sea. Locsin said in an ...

    • Loren mulls new fisheries agency 

      Golez, Prince (Panay News, August 25, 2016, on page 7-15)
      A bill filed in the Senate seeks to create a Department of Fisheries aimed at conserving the country's fisheries and aquatic resources. In enhancing fish production, Sen. Loren Legarda's Senate Bill No. (SBN) 242 mandates ...

    • Losing title in the West Philippine Sea 

      Fajardo, Ade S. (Panay News, April 28, 2020, on page 6-8)
      Last week, the Philippines filed diplomatic against China over a couple of the latter's action in the South China Sea. Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. branded those actions as violations of international law ...

    • 'Love Boracay' to promote responsible, sustainable tourism 

      Zabal, Boy Ryan (Panay News, April 1, 2019, on page 13-14)
      The Boracay Inter-Agency Rehabilitation Management Group (BIARMG) will conduct an initiative to celebrate the rehabilitation efforts in the world-famous island. The weeklong celebration dubbed as "Love Boracay: Celebrate, ...

    • Lute turtle rescued in Culasi, hawksbill in Guimaras Island 

      Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR); PN (Panay News, September 19, 2020, on page 15)
      FOR hundreds of years, marine turtles lived in the vast oceans but they coexist with humans in many countries and shores each time they visit land. The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) had reported ...

    • Maasin watershed's vulnerability to climate change being assessed 

      Philippine News Agency (PNA) (Panay News, August 27, 2010, on page B7)
      The Department of Environment and Natural Resources 6 and other stakeholders are now conducting an assessment on the vulnerability of the Maasin Watershed to climate change. The assessment is part of the five-day on going ...

    • Major challenge: boat operators: no money for modern hulls. 

      PN (Panay News, August 30, 2019, on page 1-14)
      The lack of financial resources to secure technologically-improved hull materials is a major challenge to boat operators and associations of Iloilo and Guimaras that have been told to change their wooden-hulled boats to ...

    • Majority of Filipinos back Boracay closure - survey 

      Golez, Prince (Panay News, July 4, 2018, on page 9)
      Malacañang on Monday welcomed the results of a survey showing majority of Filipinos support the closure of Boracay Island. This means President Rodrigo Duterte was right to decide to shut down the island for six months, ...

    • ‘Make city waters swimmable again’ 

      Sornito, Ime (Panay News, March 31, 2019, on page 1-14)
      The goal is to make the coastal waters “swimmable again.” The local government unit here conducted yesterday a massive cleanup drive dubbed as “One Time, Big Time,” which covered 26 coastal villages in the city. The ...

    • Making our seas sustainable 

      (Panay News, September 28, 2018, on page 8)
      It is hoped that today’s meeting of governors of the provinces sharing the bounties of the Visayan Sea would be able to come up with doable plans to curb exploitative commercial fishing and destructive fishing practices ...

    • Malay council members divided over env't fee hike 

      Zabal, Boy Ryan (Panay News, July 15, 2018, on page 14-15)
      Members of the Sangguniang Bayan (SB) have differing takes on the proposed increase of the environmental fee for tourists in the world-famous Boracay Island. SB member Maylynn Aguirre-Graf is proposing to increase the fee ...

    • Malay LGU pushes 'tropical design' in Boracay Island 

      PN; Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) (Panay News, May 20, 2019, on page 8)
      The local government of Malay, Aklan has created a committee to review plans and designs for structures on this famed island resort in a bid to ensure compliance with a standard “tropical design” and environmental regulations. ...

    • Malay LGU spurns 'big events' 

      Tayona, Glenda (Panay News, April 2, 2018, on page 1-14)
      According to the Malay local government, its decision to prohibit big “LaBoracay” events this year is in line with “the rehabilitation of Boracay Island since big events for Labor Day generates a significant increase in ...

    • 'Malay must ensure proper Boracay Island Waste Mgt' 

      Aguirre, Jun (Panay News, June 29, 2018, on page 8)
      The local government unit (LGU) of Malay, Aklan may face more charges for failing to address the garbage problem in this island resort, warned the National Solid Waste Management Commission (NSWMC) of the Department of ...