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Illegal fishing activities in Carles, Iloilo still rampant
(Panay News,September 21, 2019 , on page 7)Is there no end to illegal fishing in Carles, Iloilo? No less than Mayor Siegfredo Betita confirmed that illegal fishing remain rampant in his municipality. The local police unit appears ineffective and helpless. -
Illegal fishing cases surge
(Panay News,June 10, 2015 , on page 2-15)In just five months, the criminal charges filed against illegal fishers here nearly doubled compared to last year's accomplishment of the Bantay Bata Task Force. The task force reported that the number of cases filed in ... -
Illegal fishing is stealing - guv
(Panay News,February 10, 2015 , on page 8)Gov. Alfredo Marañon Jr. reiterated his call against illegal fishing activities in the Visayan Sea. Marañon, during his visit in Molocabocc Island, Sagay City, urged the fisherfolk to "continue the drive in protecting the ... -
Illegal fishing still a problem: Bantay Dagat in cahoots with poachers?
(Panay News,May 23, 2017 , on page 1-14)Illegal fishing remains a problem in northern Iloilo. Are the personnel of the Iloilo Provincial Bantay Dagat Task Force colluding with illegal fishers? He [Raul Banias] did not discount the possibility that some task ... -
Illegal fishing still rampant
(Panay News,March 20, 2010 , on page 1-8)Illegal fishing in northern Iloilo and Negros Occidental remain rampant despite the aggressive campaign of the Bantay Dagat created by the local government units (LGUs), revealed by the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) in ... -
Illegal fishing still rampant in Iloilo
(Panay News,October 10, 2022 , on page 7)How is the Iloilo Provincial Bantay Dagat doing? Illegal fishing remains rampant in the province’s territorial waters. Some culprits are also Ilonggos; others are outsiders such as from Negros and Masbate, even as far as ... -
Illegal fishing threatens food security
(Panay News,September 14, 2010 , on page 6)Marine resources in Cebu are dwindling due to illegal fishing, threatening the province's food security, according to the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources 7 (BFAR-7). Aquaculturist II Nathaniel Lucero of the BFAR-7 ... -
Illegally caught starfish seized
(Panay News,July 22, 2015 , on page 7)The Cebu Anti-Illegal Fishing Task Force (CAIFTF) seized some 300 kilos of illegally caught starfish in Carmen, Cebu on Monday, amid an intensified campaign against illegal fishing in the province. The dried starfish were ... -
Iloilo artists paint Ajuy mangroves
(Panay News,June 2, 2010 , on page B9)Some 30 Ilonggo artists brought canvases, paints, brushes and other paraphernalia to Ajuy, Iloilo to paint the mangroves of Pedada Bay recently. The Bay has 90 hectares of mangroves dominated by the species pagatpat ... -
Iloilo board member urges action against sea tragedies
(Panay News,August 25, 2019 , on page 9)An Iloilo board member passed a resolution urging municipal mayors to take appropriate actions to prevent sea tragedies. “We don’t want what happened in Iloilo Strait to happen in our coastal jurisdictions,” 2nd District ... -
Iloilo cited for drive vs illegal fishing
(Panay News,April 25, 2018 , on page 4)The provincial government was commended for efforts to protect the Visayan Sea most especially from illegal fishing. It noted that the Visayan Sea was “the heart of marine wealth on Earth” and northern Iloilo “among the ... -
Iloilo City gov't gives cash aid to sea mishap survivors
(Panay News,August 7, 2019 , on page 1-10)The city government gave financial assistance yesterday to survivors and families of casualties of three capsized motorboats in the Iloilo Strait on Aug. 3. Three families of passengers who died received P10,000 each. Five ... -
Iloilo City Oil Spill: Families return home safely | Relief ops, cleanup full speed ahead
(Panay News,July 21, 2020 , on page 1-14)All 308 families that were displaced by the recent oil spill have returned home safely, with AC Energy Philippines keeping its promise to do everything it could to mitigate the societal and environmental impacts of the ... -
Iloilo City to host int’l workshop on environment-friendly aquaculture
(Panay News,June 22, 2019 , on page B8)To address various environmental and social issues of aquaculture in Southeast Asia, an international workshop on healthy and environment-friendly aquaculture will be conducted on June 25 to 27, 2019 at Richmonde Hotel ... -
Iloilo Declaration presses marine pollution reduction
(Panay News,November 28, 2018 , on page 2)ILOILO City – East Asian countries will pledge to reduce marine pollution. It is one of the key items in the “Iloilo Ministerial Declaration on East Asian Region, Moving as One to Secure Healthy Oceans, People and Economies”, ... -
Iloilo drive vs "hulbot" fishing get boost
(Panay News,July 18, 2018 , on page 3)The provincial government’s campaign against the prohibited hulbot-hulbot fishing has gotten a big boost. The Department of Agriculture (DA) approved a proposed update to Fisheries Administrative Order (FAO) No. 246 banning ... -
Iloilo Esplanade to become 'longest river boulevard' in PH?
(Panay News,August 6, 2013 , on page 3)Various developments are the offing for the Iloilo Esplanade through the public-private partnership with country's leading businessmen, according to Mayor Jed Patrick Mabilog. He said business tycoon Manuel V. Pangilinan ... -
Iloilo eyes collab with SEAFDEC to maximize aquaculture production
(Panay News,July 7, 2023 , on page 3)Iloilo's Gov. Arthur Defensor Jr. is eyeing an institutional partnership with the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center-Aquaculture Department (SEAFDEC-AQD) to maximize the province’s aquaculture production. Defensor ... -
Iloilo Fish Port on 72-hour lockdown
(Panay News,August 3, 2020 , on page 1-15)The Iloilo Fish Port Complex, a major center of fish trading and marine products processing in Region 6, is on a 72-hour lockdown beginning yesterday. Mayor Jerry Treñas ordered the temporary closure of the facility “to ... -
Iloilo fishing port to undergo rehab
(Panay News,June 11, 2010 , on page 2)The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has approved the about P1-billion soft loan by the Iloilo Fish Port Complex that will be used to finance the latter’s rehabilitation and installation of new facilities. ...