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    • Total shellfish ban in Capiz town 

      Philippine Information Agency (PIA)-Capiz; PN (Panay News, October 29, 2015, on page 3)
      In Pilar town, harvesting, transporting, selling and eating of all types of shellfish are banned. Mayor Gideon Ike Patricio issued an Executive Order regarding the total ban of shellfish in their area following the Bureau ...

    • Tough task for 6 months 

      (Panay News, April 13, 2018, on page 1-14)
      Can the Department of Environment and Natural Resources return Boracay Island to its pristine state in six months? How will it do this? After assessing the island, DENR led by Secretary Roy Cimatu identified five key problem ...

    • Tourism dep't hopes to bring back tourist in WV 

      Zabal, Boy Ryan (Panay News, January 24, 2018, on page 13)
      The Department of Tourism (DOT) in Region 6 hopes that Western Visayas could regain tourist arrivals amid the ongoing closure and rehabilitation of Boracay Island. There was a steep decline in the number of tourist arrivals ...

    • Tourism dep't to retain 5.5-M WV tourist arrivals target despite Boracay closure 

      (Panay News, April 20, 2018, on page B3)
      Boracay Island has been declared closed by President Rodrigo RoaDuterte for 6 months effective April 26, 2018. Despite the scheduled closure of Boracay Island, DOT 6 regional director Atty. Helen Catalbas is confident that ...

    • Tourism department backs Manila Bay rehab 

      PN; Philippine News Agency (PNA) (Panay News, January 14, 2019, on page B11)
      The Department of Tourism (DOT) expressed full support for the government’s initiative to clean-up and revive the polluted Manila Bay by replicating the same rehabilitation strategy used in Boracay. In a statement, the ...

    • Tourism jobs seen growing despite Boracay shutdown 

      (Panay News, April 13, 2018, on page B1)
      The tourism sector will generate the most number of jobs until 2022, notwithstanding the temporary closure of Boracay Island, a social development group said Tuesday. The six-month closure of the island that will start at ...

    • Tourism opportunities through coral restoration 

      Yap, Julio Jr. (Panay News, December 9, 2016, on page 12)
      Seeing the potential, the Cabuan Community Village Coastal Tour Association (CCVCTA) collaborated with Department of Science and Technology and the Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic and Natural Resources Research ...

    • Tourism vs Environment: Esplanade extension could kill Iloilo River mangroves 

      Sologastoa, Glenda (Panay News, July 28, 2017, on page 1-13)
      The land reclamation at the Iloilo River to further extend the Iloilo Esplanade could kill mangroves growing there, warned the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Region 6. The land reclamation for an ...

    • Tourist arrivals up by 8.4 percent in August even with Boracay closure 

      ABS-CBN News (Panay News, October 15, 2018, on page B1)
      The Department of Tourism has also released a new list of Boracay establishments where tourists may stay once the island reopens. Romulo-Puyat said the island’s reopening on Oct. 26 is just the first phase of the island’s ...

    • Tourists are safe in new Boracay- police 

      Zabal, Boy Ryan (Panay News, September 5, 2018, on page 13)
      Tourists is safe when this famed island destination reopens come Oct. 26, according to Metro Boracay Police Task Force (MBPTF) head Senior Superintendent Jesus Cambay Jr. Cambay said tourists – domestic and foreign – must ...

    • Tourists invited to Seafood Fair 

      PIA; PN (Panay News, April 13, 2015, on page 6)
      Various seafood products and exotic foods will be served by participating stalls in the Seafood Fair from April 10 to 12 at the People's Park in Barangay Baybay here. The three-day fair, which is in line with the Capiztahan ...

    • Tourists urged to report erring tour operators, resort owners 

      Philippine News Agency (PNA); PN (Panay News, September 18, 2019, on page 4-14)
      Tourists visiting the famous Gigantes Island in the northern Iloilo town of Carles have been urged to report unregulated tourist operators and opportunistic resort owners. Carles Mayor Seigfredo Betita, in a phone interview ...

    • Towards sustainable lobster farming: Research making headway at SEAFDEC/AQD 

      Dela Cruz, Rex Delsar B.; Armada, Nyra (Panay News, June 7, 2022, on page 9-11)
      Craving for lobster tails but on a tight budget? Try slipper lobster – it’s sweet, tasty, and all tail. The slipper lobster, locally known as pitik-pitik, may not be as famous as their cousins, the spiny lobsters or banagan, ...

    • Toyota starts impossible with national coastal-clean, mangrove planting 

      PN (Panay News, October 12, 2019, on page 9)
      Toyota Motor Philippines (TMP) recently led 1,900 volunteers spread out across 35 locations nationwide for its first “Start Your Impossible” National Coastal Clean-up and Mangrove Planting weekend. The clean-up and mangrove ...

    • Tragedy at sea: Missing WV seafarers dead or alive? 

      Sornito, Ime (Panay News, September 7, 2020, on page 1-14)
      Families of Western Visayan seafarers working in a China-bound cargo ship that sank in the stormy waters of Japan on Sept. 2 remain hopeful they would be found alive. The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) said ...

    • Training on mud crab hatchery set 

      PN (Panay News, June 21, 2001, on page 3-11)
      The Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center Aquaculture Department (Seafdec/AQD) in Tigbauan, Iloilo is set to conduct a training on mud crab seed production on August 7 to September 6, 2001. The Training is in support ...

    • Training to boost aqua-marine industry held in Capiz 

      Guillermo, Jemin B. (Panay News, July 21, 2007, on page 6)
      The season-long training to help boost the province's aquamarine production was recently concluded. Provincial Agriculture chief Sylvia de la Cruz disclosed that the first phase of the collaborative fisheries development ...

    • Travel and beyond exhibit features Dumaguete, Negros Oriental 

      (Panay News, May 1, 2016, on page B8)
      The province of Negros Oriental and its capital, Dumaguete City, will be the pilot areas featured in the Travel and Beyond Exhibition from May 13 to 15 in Cebu City. Unlike other travel expos, Travel and Beyond focuses ...

    • Trawl fishers caught 

      Nepomoceno, Jezza (Panay News, February 21, 2015, on page 2-15)
      Twelve fishermen using trawl off the coast of Balugian Island in Conception town were arrested. The fishermen from Victorias City, Negros Occidental were onboard five motorboats. The Provincial Bantay Dagat Task Force said ...

    • Trip to Balinsasayao Twin Lake, an environmental advocacy 

      Grande, Jennie H. (Panay News, February 1, 2020, on page B2)
      Several locations in our country have been named natural parks and ecotourism sites to promote the conservation of the natural environment, economic prosperity for the majority of stakeholders and community development. ...