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    • Boracay workers can tap emergency SSS loan 

      (Panay News, May 4, 2018, on page 4)
      SSS president and chief executive officer Emmanuel Dooc said it is the pension fund’s duty to provide social protection to its members in times of contingencies like the temporary closure of Boracay Island in Aklan which ...

    • Boracay – Part 2 

      Villar, Manny B. Jr (Panay News, November 28, 2018, on page 13-18)
      Tourism is one major contributor to the gross domestic product but if we do not take care of our environment, we will lose to rival destinations in Asia the many foreign tourists flocking to the Philippines. President ...

    • Boracay ‘will rise from the ashes’ 

      (Panay News, April 22, 2018, on page 13)
      Former Environment secretary Gina Lopez is positive that tourists will come back to Boracay Island once its rehabilitation is complete. “Boracay will be like a phoenix, it will rise from the ashes,” Lopez told media members ...

    • Boracay's coral-eating starfish a dead issue 

      Badiola, Odon S. (Panay News, September 7, 1999, on page 2-6)
      Like the reported coliform contamination of Boracay waters, the reported presence of coral eating starfishes in the island's seas is a phenomenon which shortly existed last year and already long gone. This Aklan governor ...

    • Boracay's rehab not over yet; Taskforce turns over work to LGUs 

      Tayona, Glenda (Panay News, June 17, 2022, on page 1-15)
      The responsibility to continue the rehabilitation of Boracay Island is now with the provincial government of Aklan and the local government unit of Malay. The Boracay Inter-Agency Task Force (BIATF), whose mandate will end ...

    • Boracay's White Beach set as temporary entry point 

      Zabal, Boy Ryan B. (Panay News, September 25, 2018, on page 13)
      The White Beach will welcome local tourists to this famed island destination come Oct. 15 – the beginning of the 11-day dry run for the resumption of Boracay’s tourist operations. Boat Stations 1 and 2 will be used as ...

    • Boracay's White Beach still among Asia's best 

      Zabal, Boy Ryan (Panay News, March 3, 2019, on page 13)
      Despite the ongoing rehabilitation, Boracay’s White Beach still secured a spot in TripAdvisor’s Top 25 list of best beaches in Asia. Boracay ranked number 9 in the list. It is the only Philippine beach that made it in ...

    • Boracay, a turtle’s paradise, says DENR 

      PN (Panay News, February 16, 2019, on page 9-10)
      Slowly but surely, all the rehabilitation efforts being done by the government in the island of Boracay is paying off. Turtles are heading back to their nesting grounds here. Recently, a total of 142 Olive ridley (Lepidochelys ...

    • Boracay, the new turtle haven 

      PN (Panay News, January 18, 2020, on page 1)
      66 Olive Ridley hatchlings were released back to their home on early morning of Jan. 10, 2020. This was after the 65 days of their incubation period. The eggs were found last Nov. 5, 2019 in front of Movenpick Resort & Spa ...

    • Both sides Boracay (part 2) 

      Albay, Rhick Lars Vladimer (Panay News, August 25, 2019, on page 13)
      The Boracay I’ve grown to idealize is culled from my memories of the island some 15 years ago – when I first set foot on White Sand beach with my family for a week-long vacation. I was an elementary student at that time, ...

    • Bracelets mulled as 'tourist ID' in Boracay 

      Co, Adrian Stewart (Panay News, October 5, 2018, on page 13)
      Should the government require tourists to have “access bracelets” before visiting Boracay Island? There is such proposal, according to the Department of the Interior and Local Government. If it pushes through, it will be ...

    • Brgy execs in ‘hot water’ over Punta Taytay shore garbage 

      Singuay, Mae (Panay News, November 23, 2018, on page 2-14)
      Photos on Facebook showing a swarm of garbage gathering along the shoreline of Purok Katilingban, Barangay Punta Taytay caught the attention of Vice Mayor El Cid Familiaran. This is the responsibility of the barangay, the ...

    • British Columbia trade mission in Iloilo, Negros 

      PN (Panay News, July 9, 1998, on page B1)
      The British Columbia Technology Trade Mission, composed of chief executive officers of companies based in British Columbia, Canada is here in Iloilo. The mission is a result of the Memorandum of Understanding between the ...

    • Bullfrog raising gains better profit 

      Portal, Tadz (Panay News, December 3, 2003, on page 10)
      The Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Council - Aquaculture Department (SEAFDEC-AQD) here recently discovered that bullfrog - raising could profitable. This was uncovered after SEAFDEC officials have monitored from its ...

    • 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 ...

    • Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Second Visayas Forum, April 20-22, 1999 

      PN (Panay News, May 25, 1999, on page 12)
      Thirteen Regional Directors from all over the country of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR), a newly-reconstituted line bureau of the Department of Agriculture (DA), gathered, April 20-22, 1999, for the ...

    • Bureau of Fisheries on fish holiday 

      (Panay News, September 5, 2015, on page 8)
      The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources of the Depart of Agriculture (DA-BFAR) recognizes the sentiments of the fisheries sector - particularly, the fisherfolk. The agency shares the fisherfolk's interest to make ...

    • 'Buriring', a delicacy in Cadiz City 

      Garde, Cyrus M. (Panay News, September 2, 2012, on page D6)
      Despite of its potent nerve poison in its ovAry and liver, small pufferfish, locally known here as "buriring", is one of the delicacies on the table in Cadiz, a seashore city in Northern Negros Occidental, about 65 kilometers ...

    • Buy food assistance from farmers, fisherfolk, gov't urged 

      GMA News (Panay News, March 30, 2021, on page 13)
      Sen. Francis Pangilinan on Monday proposed that the national government should buy the food assistance it will provide to those affected by stricter coronavirus disease 2019 protocols from local farmers and fisherfolk at ...

    • Byahe Iloilo-Guimaras 

      Jamolo, Runji Rocio (Panay News, August 6, 2019, on page 8)
      Kasubong sang paghanut sang pugada sa mga pump boat sang nagligad nga Sabado, liwat naman natay-og ang aton balatyagon sa kaangtanan sang Guimaras kag Iloilo. Depende seguro sa mga laragway nga nakita sa social media, may ...