Browsing Panay News by Author "Silubrico, Ruby"

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    • 105 families flee bunker oil fumes: PCG mulls raps vs barge owner for oil spill 

      Silubrico, Ruby; Co, Adrian Stewart (Panay News, July 6, 2020, on page 1-14)
      Harsh fumes from the bunker fuel that spilled from a power barge in Barangay Bo. Obrero, Lapuz district here drove 105 families or 378 persons away from their houses, according to the City Disaster Risk Reduction and ...

    • 2 nabbed for illegal fishing 

      Silubrico, Ruby (Panay News, April 19, 2015, on page 8)
      For fishing in the waters of Dumangas town using fine mesh nets and active fishing gears, two men were arrested. Their fishing boat was impounded, said Inspector Francis Albert Fortunado, Dumangas police chief. The suspects ...

    • 3 persons nabbed for 'illegal fishing' 

      Silubrico, Ruby (Panay News, October 30, 2020, on page 4)
      For alleged illegal fishing, three individuals were arrested in Baranga Odiongan, San Dionisio, Iloilo. They were Elmer Magallanes, 45; Renze Octavio, 30; and Rubin Libo-on, 62, a police report showed.

    • 4 fishermen nabbed for illegal fishing 

      Silubrico, Ruby (Panay News, October 5, 2022, on page 2)
      Four fishermen were arrested yesterday in the waters of Barangay Sua, San Dionisio town for alleged illegal fishing. Detained at the San Dionisio police station were Judith Bulacan, 47, boat captain; George Bulacan, 28; ...

    • 4 fishers arrested in Roxas 

      Silubrico, Ruby (Panay News, October 22, 2017, on page 10)
      Bantay Dagat operatives have arrested four fishers on board a motorboat in Roxas City. The fishers were allegedly using active gear without permit from the local government – in violation of City Ordinance No. 016-2007 – ...

    • 6 Negrense trawl fishers arrested 

      Silubrico, Ruby (Panay News, July 24, 2018, on page 4)
      In the nearby island province of Guimaras, six fishermen accused of illegal fishing were arrested off the waters of Unisan Island in the municipality of Nueva Valencia. The fishers used “trawl with active gear,” in violation ...

    • 6 persons nabbed for 'illegal fishing' 

      Silubrico, Ruby (Panay News, October 1, 2020, on page 4)
      Police arrested six individuals for alleged illegal fishing in Barangay Odiongan, San Dionisio, Iloilo. They were Jay Morong, 19, of Barangay Bacjawan Sur, San Dionisio; Joey Peñaflorida, 23, of Barangay Nipa, Dionisio; ...

    • Another Guimaras boat capsizes 

      Silubrico, Ruby (Panay News, August 9, 2019, on page 1-14)
      A squall hit another Guimaras boat. But this time it was a fishing boat, according to the Guimaras Police Provincial Office (GPPO). The boat’s two fishermen, a father and son, survived. They were residents of Barangay ...

    • Barge owner pressed to pay for oil spill 

      Silubrico, Ruby (Panay News, July 8, 2020, on page 1-14)
      AC Energy Corp., owner of the power barge that discharged bunker oil into this city’s waters following an explosion Friday last week, is being pressed to compensate those adversely affected. “There is no skirting the issue. ...

    • Batad man nabbed for illegal fishing 

      Silubrico, Ruby (Panay News, July 14, 2016, on page 5)
      A fisherman was arrested in the waters of barangays Botongon and Naburot, San Dionisio, Iloilo for illegal fishing. The 37-year-old Florante Biben was from Barangay Tanao, Batad town. According to the Iloilo Bantay Dagat ...

    • Boat capsizes; passengers rescued 

      Silubrico, Ruby (Panay News, April 5, 2021, on page 4)
      Seven people were rescued on Good Friday after a boat capsized in the waters off Sitio Puntales, Barangay Nipa, Concepcion, Iloilo. Motorboat MBCA Jennes Skipper Ed was carrying six passengers. They were Deeno Villaluna, ...

    • Boracay boat capsizes; Chinese tourist dies 

      Silubrico, Ruby (Panay News, January 22, 2020, on page 1-15)
      A motorboat ferrying tourists capsized in the waters of Boracay Island in Malay, Aklan yesterday morning. A Chinese national died while three others were hospitalized. The 45-year-old Hong Fang Juai was from Su Zhuo, China. ...

    • Carles police chief sacked for 'failure' to solve illegal fishing 

      Silubrico, Ruby (Panay News, July 5, 2023, on page 11)
      The chief of police of Carles town was relieved and is now under investigation for failing to stop illegal fishing activities. Police Major Robert Jayson Pancha is currently on “floating status” at the Iloilo Police ...

    • Coastguard faces probe: Duterte may visit victims of sea tragedy 

      Co, Adrian Stewart; Silubrico, Ruby (Panay News, August 6, 2019, on page 1-10)
      Two passenger boats already capsized in the rough Iloilo Strait earlier on Saturday but why was a third one still allowed to proceed on its journey? It, too, capsized. The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) central office's ...

    • Don't sleep in resorts, Albayalde tells cops 

      Silubrico, Ruby (Panay News, April 29, 2018, on page 3-14)
      Policemen maintaining peace and order in this island resort should not sleep in hotels, especially those subject for demolition, according to Director General Oscar Albayalde of the Philippine National Police. “Kasi ayaw ...

    • Du30 to meet families of sea mishap victims today 

      Co, Adrian Stewart; Silubrico, Ruby (Panay News, July NaN, 2019, on page 1-10)
      President Rodrigo Duterte will be in Guimaras today to personally condole with the families to those who died in the capsizing of three motorboats in the Iloilo Strait on Saturday. According to Presidential Spokesperson ...

    • Fisheries Code 'violator' falls 

      Silubrico, Ruby (Panay News, December 21, 2017, on page 6)
      Charged with violating the Philippine Fisheries Code, a resident of Barotac Viejo, Iloilo had been arrested. Josephine Casipe, 67, was detained at the Barotac Viejo police station custodial facility. Officers served her a ...

    • Fishermen 'floated for over an hour' before PCG rescue 

      Silubrico, Ruby (Panay News, December 22, 2018, on page 6)
      Five fishermen whose boat capsized in the waters of Nueva Valencia, Guimaras have been rescued. But they had been floating in the sea for over an hour before Philippine Coast Guard officers – luckily – found them, an agency ...

    • Maricom seeks tie-up with Bantay Dagat vs illegal fishers 

      Silubrico, Ruby (Panay News, August 6, 2019, on page 3)
      The Maritime Command (Maricom) in Region 6 has sought the help of the provincial Banta Dagat in running after illegal fishers. According to Maricom-6 director Police Colonel Policarpio Cayabyab Jr., one of their focus areas ...

    • More gov't troops in Boracay than Spratlys? 

      Silubrico, Ruby; Golez, Prince (Panay News, April 28, 2018, on page 1-15)
      Sen. Francis Pangilinan questioned the deployment of over 600 government troops to popular island resort Boracay in Malay, Aklan. “Boracay is a tourist destination with a long coastline of soft, white sand beach. It is not ...