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    • 'Quinta' losses: Damage to WV agri, fishery reaches P132M 

      Philippine News Agency (PNA); PN (Panay News, November 5, 2020, on page 11-14)
      Typhoon “Quinta” left P132.63 million worth of damage to rice, high-value commercial crops (HVCC) and the fishery sector in the provinces of Western Visayas. Department of Agriculture (DA) regional executive director Remelyn ...

    • Quintet of DOST scholars score highest marks in Fisheries Tech board exam 

      (Panay News, October 17, 2022, on page 16)
      Five Department of Science and Technology (DOST) scholar graduates were among the 20 topnotchers in the October 2022 Fisheries Technology board examination.

    • Ramon Ang, Lucio Tan want to clean up major Metro Manila rivers - DENR 

      GMA News (Panay News, February 8, 2020, on page B8)
      Business tycoons Ramon Ang and Lucio Tan are interested in cleaning up and rehabilitating major rivers in Metro Manila to complement government efforts at restoring Manila Bay, Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu said Wednesday. ...

    • Rare shark visit Iloilo town 

      Bagarinao, Tu (Panay News, November 14, 2004, on page 1-16)
      A rare female megamouth shark got stranded on the beach of Brgy. Namocon here. The 504-centimeter long, one-ton shark was the third recorded in the Philippines and only the 24th specimen recorded from around the world, ...

    • Reactions to column on river siltation in Antique 

      (Panay News, January 3, 2020, on page 9)
      Three Antiqueños have reacted to yesterday's People Powwow column, where author Herbert Vego lauded Mayor Francisco "Bebong" Baladjay Jr. of Lauan-an for initiating a drive aimed at solving the siltation problem plaguing ...

    • Realignment of laws on Boracay sewage sought 

      Zabal, Boy Ryan (Panay News, July 24, 2018, on page 13-14)
      The local government of Malay, Aklan and the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) are working to make guidelines that will reconcile “issues” between a municipal ordinance and a recently-issued DENR order. ...

    • 'Red label' endangers Iloilo's aquaculture 

      PN (Panay News, October 15, 1999, on page 6-2)
      Iloilo has a bright future in aquaculture but that might go snafu anytime because highly toxic chemicals, including those banned, are still used here. A farmer leader said Iloilo the past five years managed to revive ...

    • Red tide affects 3,000 fisherfolk in Bacolod 

      Singuay, Mae (Panay News, January 16, 2016, on page 9)
      The presence of red tide in the city waters has affected the livelihood of about 3, 000 fisherfolk from 12 coastal barangays here. City agriculturist Goldwyn Nifras said the names of the affected fisherfolk were submitted ...

    • Red tide alert in Carles still up 

      Sologastoa, Glenda (Panay News, January 27, 2017, on page 2-13)
      There are still red tide toxins in Gigantes Island in Carles, Iloilo, according to Fish Bulletin No. 3 of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR). Based on laboratory test results, shellfishes collected from ...

    • Red tide back in Sapian Bay 

      PN; Philippine Information Agency (PIA) (Panay News, November 18, 2015, on page 7)
      Shellfishes in Sapian Bay are once again positive of paralytic shellfish poison. In its Shellfish Advisory No. 19 dated Nov. 13, 2015, the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources(BFAR) said the red tide toxin level in ...

    • Red tide calamity 

      Sologastoa, Glenda (Panay News, September 29, 2017, on page 1-18)
      Around 2,500 households in the villages depend on the sea for their food and livelihood. They have been displaced, said Mayor Sigfriedo Betita. SB members are convening in a special session today to make the declaration. ...

    • Red tide in Carles don’t eat shellfish, shrimps – BFAR 

      Sologastoa, Glenda (Panay News, August 17, 2017, on page 1, 18)
      The waters surrounding the Gigantes group of islands in Carles town tested positive for red tide, the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) announced. Other areas with red tide, according to BFAR’s bulletin dated ...

    • Red tide in north Negros Occ., too 

      Philippine News Agency (PNA) (Panay News, December 26, 2015, on page 16)
      A red tide alert has also been raised in several areas in northern Negros Occidental. Mayors Patrick Escalante of Cadiz City and David Lacson of EB Magalona town confirmed on Dec. 24 the occurrence of red tide in their ...

    • Red tide invades Capiz's Sapian Bay 

      Sologastoa, Glenda (Panay News, September 1, 2015, on page 2)
      Sapian Bay in Capiz province has red tide toxins, according to the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR). In an advisory dated Aug. 29, BFAR director Asis Perez urged the public to refrain from eating, gathering, ...

    • Red Tide still up in Aklan coasts 

      Zabal, Boy Ryan (Panay News, January 27, 2016, on page 7)
      Coastal waters in Batan, Altavas and New Washington towns and Batan Bay in Aklan are still positive for red tide toxin, according to the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR). Red tide exists, too, in Gigantes ...

    • Red tide still up in Aklan waters 

      Zabal, Boy Ryan (Panay News, December 1, 2023, on page 4)
      A red tide alert is still raised in Mambuquiao and Camanci in Batan town. In the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) shellfish bulletin on Nov. 24, samples collected in the coastal waters of Mambuquiao and ...

    • Red tide still up in Pilar- expert 

      Mijares, Ralph John (Panay News, November 12, 2015, on page 5)
      Shellfishes in Pilar, Capiz, still have toxicity beyond the regulatory limit, an indication that red tide remains in the municipality, according an aquaculturist here. The regulatory limit for shellfish toxicity is 60 ...

    • Red tide still up in WV waters 

      Cavañas, Mary Joy (Panay News, September 22, 2023, on page 5)
      All varieties of shellfish and Acetes sp., commonly known as alamang or hipon, from specific coasts in Western Visayas are still deemed unsafe for human consumption. Recent samples collected from Panay, Pilar, President ...

    • Rediscovering the wild but useful seagrass 

      Yap, Julio Jr (Panay News, May 9, 2019, on page 10)
      Locally-known as ragiwdiw and bankuan in Bicol, the seagrass (Rynchospora corymbosa) is a perennial plant species which grows abundantly in the flood-prone areas of the region. While it is considered as useless by some, ...

    • Reef buds attract more fish species to Boracay 

      Aguirre, J. N. (Panay News, February 19, 2013, on page 2)
      Various species of fish are now attracted to Boracay Island's water becuase of the reef bud technology originally developed by Austrian geoscientist Harald Kremnitz. Kremnitz entrusted the technology to his long time ...