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    • Ocean currents 

      Bulao, Magnolia D. (Panay News, March 28, 2018, on page B2)
      In this article , the lesson about the ocean currents or the properties of water density due to temperature and various concentrations of salt is being discussed through an activity where materials needed are as follows: ...

    • Oceana: 'Prioritize fisheries protection' 

      Macapagal, Jed (Panay News, April 1, 2022, on page 9)
      International organization Oceana urged local government units (LGUs) to prioritize fisheries management and ecological protection to promote food and nutritional security. The group cited the need to ensure resiliency of ...

    • Oct. 15 is 'Aklan Day in Boracay' 

      Zabal, Boy Ryan (Panay News, September 12, 2018, on page 14)
      The Boracay Inter-Agency Task Force declared Oct. 15 as the “Aklan Day in Boracay.” Oct. 15 is the start of the 11-day dry-run in view of the Oct. 26 island reopening. The task force said the declaration is to appreciate ...

    • Of mangroves, eucalyptus trees and seething personal grudges 

      (Panay News, March 7, 2020, on page 13)
      To supposedly protect the mangrove in Pulupandan, Negros Occidental, the provincial government has expressed opposition to the building of the Guimaras-Negros bridge from Pulupandad to Guimaras. It suggested that the bridge ...

    • Of mangroves, eucalyptus trees and seething personal grudges 

      (Panay News, March 7, 2020, on page 13)
      To supposedly protect the mangroves in Pulupandan, Negros Occidental, the provincial government has expressed opposition to the building of the Guimaras-Negros bridge from Pulupandan to Guimaras. It suggested that the ...

    • Oil depot could displace fisherfolk 

      Sologastoa, Glenda; Toreno, Sheila Mae H. (Panay News, September 11, 2017, on page 1-18)
      A proposed oil depot in Dumangas, Iloilo could displace fisherfolk and threaten food security, warned the Department of Agriculture (DA). Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Piñol has thrown his support to the Bureau of Fisheries ...

    • Oil extraction 

      Griño, Montesa (Panay News, February 20, 2007, on page 10)
      It's final. OnMarch 14, Petron Corp. will start extracting the remaining bunker fuel from MT Solar, almost seven months at the Iloilo- Guimaras Strait, causing an oil spill. Petron has tapped the Singapore-based Sonsub to ...

    • Oil leak-hit Banago fisherfolk need cash 

      Singuay, Mae (Panay News, March 1, 2016, on page 1)
      Barangay Banago officials will ask the management of Petron Corp. to extend financial assistance to the fisherfolk affected by the oil that leaked from one of the gas company's pipelines. About 200 villagers reportedly ...

    • Oil prices affecting fresh fish supply in markets 

      GMA News (Panay News, September 19, 2022, on page 12)
      Association of Fresh Fish Traders of the Philippines President Jonjon Santos said fuel prices were affecting supplies in the market and there was no need to import more fish. Santos said that the 60,000 metric tons of fish ...

    • Oil sheen creeps into 7 Guimaras brgys 

      Sologastoa, Glenda (Panay News, January 22, 2014, on page 14)
      The Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (PDRRMC) of Guimaras created Task Force Sportivo to look into the oil spill penetrating some coastal barangays and to seek solutions to its harmful effects. The ...

    • Oil spill a wakeup call 

      (Panay News, July 9, 2020, on page 6)
      Thousands of liters of oil spilled into the waters off Iloilo on July 3, 2020 after an explosion at a power barge owned by AC Energy. Authorities’ earlier estimate was an area of around 1,200 square meters affected. This ...

    • Oil spill cleanup contractor mum on Defensor's plaints 

      Golez, Prince (Panay News, October 10, 2014, on page 1-14)
      Oil spill clean-up contractor Kuan Yu Global Technologies, Inc. refused to comment on the issues raised by Iloilo's Gov. Arthur Defensor Sr. "No comment na kami sa mga issues nila. Thank," read a text message from Kuan Yu ...

    • Oil spill cleanup method defended 

      Golez, Prince (Panay News, January 16, 2014, on page 1-12)
      Estancia, Iloilo oil spill cleanup contractor Kuan Yu Global Technologies Inc. insists it has a work plan and that this is in accordance with the Philippine National Oil Spill Contingency Plan. "We have submitted our work ...

    • Oil spill evacuees may now go home 

      Sologastoa, Glenda (Panay News, March 4, 2014, on page 2)
      ILOILO- Estancia town may now return home. Gov. Arthur Defensor Sr. announced this development yesterday following consultations with Task Force Power Barge 103, Department of Health (DOH), Department of Environment and ...

    • Oil spill fouls 20 Guimaras coastal brgys 

      Silubrico, Ruby (Panay News, July 7, 2020, on page 1-14)
      Twenty coastal villages in the island province of Guimaras are affected by the oil spill from a power barge in Barangay Bo. Obrero, Lapuz, Iloilo City following an explosion Friday last week. Bunker fuel spilled from the ...

    • Oil spill victims seek court help 

      PN (Panay News, January 21, 2014, on page 2-14)
      Oil spill victims in Estancia town charged the government-owned Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management Corp. (PSALM) and the National Power Corp. (Napocor) demanding over P300 million in compensation and damages. ...

    • Oil spill worker dies: Defensor orders probe 

      Sologastoa, Glenda (Panay News, January 29, 2014, on page 14)
      Did foul odor kill a 26-year-old oil spill worker in Brgy. Botongon, Estancia?. Donnie Trogo was a patinet at the Jesus M. Colmenares Memorial District Hospital in Balasan, near Estancia. Former Estancia Sangguniang Bayan ...

    • Oil spill, search and rescue simulation held 

      Tianero, Resel Joy (Panay News, October 4, 2016, on page 2)
      The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) Iloilo station simulated a search and rescue operation and oil spill response at the Iloilo River on Sept. 30 as part of the National Maritime Week celebration. Some 120 students of St. ...

    • Olive ridley sea turtle rescued from fish net 

      PN; Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR)-Region VI (Panay News, May 6, 2020, on page 9-11)
      A fisherman rescued a female Olive ridley sea turtle trapped in the fishnet while fishing in the waters of Bucay, Ilog, Negros Occidental at around 7:30 a.m., recently. Federico Alilain, a resident from Sitio Mapait, Brgy. ...

    • Olive ridley turtle in Boracay returns to the sea 

      PN (Panay News, May 19, 2021, on page 9)
      A juvenile olive ridley sea turtle was released in the sandy shores of Puka Beach here recently. It was kept in captivity for more than a year since its hatchling stage, according to the Community Environment and Natural ...