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    • Review adverse impact of reclamation projects - experts 

      Subingsubing, Krixia (Panay News, August 16, 2023, on page 9-15)
      The respite from reclamation activities in Manila Bay could give the country’s engineers and marine scientists time to study and design coastal engineering solutions that could mitigate its adverse impacts, according to ...

    • Revitalization of shrimp industry 

      (Panay News, March 16, 2016, on page 16)
      Cultivated shrimp is a vital foreign exchange earner for the Philippines, making the country the 6th largest producer of the marine crustacean with an annual production of about 50,000 metric tons. Unfortunately, the ...

    • Reviving aquaculture (Conclusion) 

      Treñas, Jerry (Panay News, February 28, 2001, on page 7)
      Our rivers and streams that used to give us abundant and free tilapia, pantat, kalampay, shrimps, etc. are dying. We can also draw lessons from SEAFDEC under Dr. Rolando Platon and the Iloilo Provincial Government under ...

    • Reviving aquaculture (first of two parts) 

      Treñas, Jerry (Panay News, February 27, 2001, on page 5)
      At any rate, my trips to the wet market are enriching. The rise in prices can be shocking and full of surprises. Not long agro, the bangrus was the king of aquaculture. It cost more than the tilapia or pantat that were ...

    • Rice farmer tries fish raising to fight hunger 

      PN (Panay News, August 11, 2000, on page 2-4)
      A rice farmer in Brgy. Napnapan, Tigbaun, Iloilo hoping to improve his income - tries integrating aquaculture with rice farming. Bonifacio Terrania said after farming rice for more than 50 years, his life never improved. ...

    • Rice-fish culture center in Cabatuan 

      Melliza, Pet (Panay News, February 28, 2000, on page 1-8)
      A fish hatchery will be set up by the provincial government in Cabatuan town, 20 kilometers north of Iloilo City to promote the "appropriate technology" in "rice fish culture." The Lowland Technology Development and Multiple ...

    • Rise, Philippines 

      Daquila, Sonia (Panay News, March 19, 2017, on page 7)
      Benham is the name of an American geologist who discovered the continental shelf in 1933 and such continental shelf of the Philippines was named after him. Before the United Nations, the Philippines had proven that it is ...

    • Rising fish prices hurt vendors, too 

      Abello, Carolyn Jane (Panay News, January 6, 2018, on page 2-13)
      “Fish is getting costly but consumers just have to live with it,” Toding told Panay News in Hiligaynon. She estimated the increase in prices at some 50 percent and blamed the recent tropical depression “Agaton.” Inclement ...

    • River dredging 'still a go' despite criticisms 

      Bañaga, Dominique Gabriel (Panay News, February 13, 2021, on page 1-14)
      The planned dredging of rivers in E.B. Magalona, Negros Occidental is pushing through this month despite objections from local environmentalists. Mayor Marvin Malacon repudiated the claims of the Green Alert Environmental ...

    • River fish kill puzzles Hinoba-an authorities 

      Philippine News Agency (PNA) (Panay News, February 22, 2020, on page 2-10)
      After the fish kill in a river early this week, the Hinoba-an municipal government submitted fish and water samples for analysis to the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR). Affected areas covered at least a ...

    • River fish kill puzzles Hinoba-an authorities 

      Philippine News Agency (PNA) (Panay News, February 22, 2020, on page 2-10)
      After the fish kill in a river early this week, the Hinoba-an municipal government submitted fish and water samples for analysis to the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR). Affected areas covered at least a ...

    • River rehab project displaces informal settlers 

      Philippine News Agency (PNA); PN (Panay News, March 17, 2021, on page 9)
      A total of 18 informal settlers each received P10,000 financial assistance from the provincial government for their relocation. These informal settlers were affected by the ongoing P50-million Malandog River Rehabilitation ...

    • Riverbank protection structures completed along Binalbagan River 

      Bañaga, Dominique Gabriel (Panay News, October 24, 2022, on page 7)
      The Department of Public Works and Highways ( DPWH) has completed riverbank protection structures on the left and right banks of the Binalbagan River located in Hinigaran, Negros Occidental. DPWH Region 6 director Nerie ...

    • RMU Region 6 to strictly implement Fisheries Code 

      Silubrico, Ruby (Panay News, January 16, 2014, on page 3)
      The Regional Maritime Unit 6 (RMU-6) will strictly implement the Philippine Fisheries Code of 1998 or Republic Act 8550 in Western Visayas. "One way of protecting our marine life and coral reefs is to arrest those who will ...

    • Rody 'failed' to protect PH from China - solon 

      Co, Adrian Stewart (Panay News, March 31, 2017, on page 9-20)
      Magdalo party-list representative Gary Alejano on Thursday filed a supplemental impeachment complaint against President Rodrigo Duterte for allowing the continued Chinese encroachment in the country’s territorial waters. ...

    • 'Rolly' agriculture damage hits P1.1 billion - DA 

      GMA News (Panay News, November 3, 2020, on page 13)
      The Department of Agriculture (DA) has recorded P1.1 billion worth of damage and losses in agriculture due to the effects of Super Typhoon “Rolly,” Secretary William Dar said on Monday. For affected fishers, Dar said the ...

    • The roots of water pollution 

      Señeres, Ike (Panay News, July 19, 2018, on page 14)
      It can be said that God had made a good design so that surface water would be fully filtered first before it reaches the aquifer, but man has abused that design so much, so much so that the filtering system is now overwhelmed ...

    • The roots of water pollution: (Continued from July 19, 2018) 

      Señeres, Ike (Panay News, July 21, 2018, on page 10)
      As it is supposed to be therefore, the mainland town of Malay is supposed to have its own sewerage system, aside from a separate sewerage system that should have been built in Boracay. As it happened, no sewerage systems ...

    • Roro ship hits fishing boat off Bacolod, fisherman injured 

      Singuay, Mae (Panay News, September 30, 2019, on page 2-14)
      A fisherman was injured after a roll-on, roll-off (RoRo) ship hit his fishing boat off the coast of this city. Nonito Carlos of Barangay Miranda, Pontevedra, Negros Occidental sustained injuries on the body. He already ...

    • Round scad broodstock collected at Hamtic, Antique 

      (Panay News, May 25, 2023, on page 13)
      The marine fish research team of Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center’s Aquaculture Department (SEAFDEC/AQD) continued collecting round scad (locally known as galunggong or tamudyos) at Hamtic, Antique on May 10 ...