Browsing Panay News by Place "Antique"

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    • The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources joins the Agri-Food Fair at the PNB Multi-Purpose Hall, General Luna Street, Iloilo City from March 7-11, 2000 

      Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) (Panay News, March 7, 2000, on page 11)
      Our Share Vision: A modernized smallholder agriculture and fisheries; a diversified rural economy that is dynamic, technologically advanced and internationally competitive. Its transformation is guided by the sound practices ...

    • Coal spill as barge runs aground 

      Silubrico, Ruby P. (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 ...

    • Crew of capsized boat rescued in Antique 

      Philippine News Agency (Panay News, March 1, 2021, on page 9)
      Four crew members of a motorboat that capsized in the waters off Sibolo Island in Caluya, Antique and Carabao Island, Romblon were rescued then sent safely home, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) in Antique said. According ...

    • DA, BFAR urged to revitalize salt industry in Antique 

      Philippine News Agency (PNA) (Panay News, September 12, 2022, on page 16-15)
      A member of the Provincial Board here has urged the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) and t he Department of Agriculture (DA) to revitalize the salt i ndustry i n the province. Board member Victor Condez ...

    • DENR-Antique to monitor, launch trash clean -up 

      Villavert, Vicente (Panay News, May 17, 2019, on page 13)
      Immediately, some local government units cleaned the mess left by the 2019 midterm elections but the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR)- Antique will ensure the clean-up to the remotest place. " Our ...

    • DENR: Desilting of Malandog River essential to ecosystem 

      Philippine Information Agency (PIA); PN (Panay News, July 15, 2020, on page 9)
      The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has started the desilting of Malandog River located in this province. Provincial Environment and Natural Resources (PENR) officer Andres Undal underscored the ...

    • Docu on Antique coral reef restoration released 

      Golez, Prince (Panay News, April 17, 2015, on page 5-19)
      Eighty percent of coral reefs in Pandan, Antique were destroyed during the onslaught of super typhoon "Yolanda" in November 2013, according to video documentary on coral restoration efforts in the province. The documentary, ...

    • 'Dugong' washes ashore in Belison 

      (Panay News, October 21, 2022, on page 6)
      A three-meter female dugong weighing around 200 kilos was washed ashore in Barangay Boroc-boroc, Belison town on Wednesday, Oct. 19. Dugongs are marine mammal. Commonly known as “sea cows”, they graze peacefully on sea ...

    • Farmers, fisherfolk to get P316-M projects 

      (Panay News, March 2, 2016, on page 4)
      Farmers and fisherfolk in Aklan, Antique, Guimaras, and Iloilo will receive today P315.7 million worth of projects from the Department of Agriculture (DA). DA secretary Proceso Alcala will lead the turnover of farm-to-market ...

    • Fisherfolk gets snack cart for additional income 

      Philippine News Agency (PNA) (Panay News, September 1, 2018, on page 13)
      A total of 30 indigent fisherfolk in the province of Antique received food supplies as a component of the fish snack cart livelihood assistance from the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR). In an interview ...

    • Green turtles rescued in Tibiao 

      Sornito, Ime (Panay News, January 24, 2023, on page 4)
      Three green sea turtles stranded in the coastal area of Barangay San Isidro, Tibiao, Antique were rescued. The green turtle is a large, weighty sea turtle with a wide, smooth carapace, or shell. It inhabits tropical and ...

    • Half-year underwater cleanup in Antique's Nogas Island begins 

      Philippine News Agency (PNA); PN (Panay News, October 13, 2018, on page 13)
      A group of divers led an underwater cleanup drive in Nogas Island, a famous diving destination located in Anini-y town. “We look forward to have a cleaner reef for Nogas Island and control the overpopulation of the crown ...

    • How's Jalaur River Basin rehabilitation doing? 

      Sornito, Ime (Panay News, September 17, 2021, on page 1-14)
      How is the 10-year Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)-funded rehabilitation project in Region 6’s Jalaur River Basin (JRB) doing? The Jalaur River Basin encompasses almost entirely the province of Iloilo, with ...

    • How’s Jalaur River Basin rehabilitation doing? 

      Sornito, Ime (Panay News, September 17, 2021, on page 1-14)
      How is the 10-year Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)-funded rehabilitation project in Region 6’s Jalaur River Basin (JRB) doing? The Jalaur River Basin encompasses almost entirely the province of Iloilo, with ...

    • Illegal fishers fall 

      Sastrado, Arnold (Panay News, March 16, 2014, on page 2)
      A police team led by PO3 Paul Magdaong conducted a seaborne patrol that resulted to the apprehension of three fishing vessels owned by Artemio Fortaleza Sr., Bella Torente and Melgar Durano.

    • 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, ...

    • Intensified tech transfer eyed to check declining fish catch 

      PN (Panay News, September 2, 1999, on page 11)
      Undersecretary for Fisheries of the Department of Agriculture Cesar Drilon called for an intensified transfer of aquaculture technologies to increase fish production. "The municipal fish declining at a very alarming rate," ...

    • Juvenile whale shark washes ashore in San Jose 

      Sornito, Ime (Panay News, January 23, 2023, on page 10)
      A juvenile whale shark, or butanding, washed ashore in Sitio Banay-banay, Barangay San Pedro, San Jose, Antique, around 6:30 a.m. yesterday, Jan. 22. Personnel from the San Jose Municipal Environment and Natural Resources ...

    • Missing the river and the rolling hills 

      Vego, Herbert (Panay News, July 18, 2019, on page 6)
      Two places in my home province of Antique bring back pleasant childhood memories. One is the “split river” where my elementary-school classmate Joe Escartin and I used to swim on weekends. The other is the upland site of ...

    • Nearly 3T ha. of mangrove plantations up for rehab 

      Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) (Panay News, July 10, 2015, on page 9)
      The Department of Environment and Natrual Resources (DENR) targets to develop and rehabilitate almost 3,000 hectares (ha.) of mangrove plantations and beach forests in Western Visayas. Through the Mangrove and Forest ...