Browsing Panay News by Author "Sologastoa, Glenda"

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    • 16 boats seized for illegal fishing 

      Sologastoa, Glenda (Panay News, June 7, 2013, on page 1-14)
      Operatives of the provincial Task Force Bantay Dagat have recently apprehended 16 fishing vessels engaged in illegal fishing in the 5th District. Five vessels were seized off the coast of Concepcion town on May 30, Task ...

    • 20 illegal fishing vessels seized 

      Sologastoa, Glenda (Panay News, March 19, 2015, on page 2-15)
      More illegal fishers were caught in the waters of northern Iloilo. Before dawn yesterday, the Iloilo Bantay Dagat Force and Dumangas Police Station apprehended six motorboats and 17 illegal fishers. The Philippine Fisheries ...

    • Bantay Dagat arrests 13 illegal fishermen 

      Sologastoa, Glenda (Panay News, October 6, 2014, on page 2)
      Thirteen fishers engaged in the prohibited Danish seine fishing or hulbot-hulbot were caught in the municipal waters of Concepcion, Iloilo. Over the weekend, the illegal fishers were on board "F/B Raymond Joy 25" when the ...

    • 'Bantay Dagat needs help': paging BFAR, coastguard, PNP! 

      Sologastoa, Glenda (Panay News, July 7, 2017, on page 1-17)
      The Provincial Bantay Dagat Task Force could not totally stop illegal fishing activities in Iloilo’s vast territorial waters all by itself, according to Gov. Arthur Defensor Sr. Defensor urged other concerned agencies to ...

    • Beach forest launched 

      Sologastoa, Glenda (Panay News, April 7, 2014, on page 2-32)
      The town of Tigbauan has been chosen as pilot area of the provincial government's beach forest program. The project aims to restore mangrove areas to migrate the adverse effects of climate change. The project covers 10 ...

    • Carles illegal fishers nabbed 

      Sologastoa, Glenda (Panay News, April 1, 2015, on page 2)
      Six fishermen engaged in dynamite fishing off the island barangay of Balbagon in Carles town were apprehended by the Provincial Bantay Dagat Task Force on March 31. Recovered from them were 30 kilos of dynamited fishes, a ...

    • Crabmeat canning factory opens 

      Sologastoa, Glenda (Panay News, March 4, 2015, on page 2)
      Today, Gov. Arthur Defensor Sr. will lead the inauguration of the first-ever crabmeat canning factory in the province. The Saravia Crabmeat Canning Factory is located in Barangay Poblacion, Concepcion town. According to ...

    • Dead sea cow found in Tibiao 

      Sologastoa, Glenda (Panay News, November 1, 2015, on page 2-15)
      A dead sea cow was found a few meters off the shore of Barangay Malabor here. Also known as dugong, it was eight-foot long and weighed 350 kilograms. It had about 4-inch cuts in its belly and flippers. The dugong is a ...

    • DENR, volunteers to clean Iloilo City shoreline today 

      Sologastoa, Glenda (Panay News, September 16, 2017, on page 2-14)
      The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Region 6 and volunteers will clean this city’s shoreline to mark the 2017 International Coastal Cleanup (ICC) today. ICC is the world’s largest volunteer effort ...

    • DFA seeks public support in bid to protect West PH Sea 

      Sologastoa, Glenda (Panay News, August 14, 2015, on page 4)
      The support of Filipinos in the government's efforts to protect Philippine entitlements in the West Philippine Sea from Chinese encroachments is vital, said Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) assistant secretary Charles ...

    • Estancia oil spill cleanup procedure questioned 

      Sologastoa, Glenda; Nepomoceno, Jezza (Panay News, January 15, 2014, on page 1-14)
      The oil spill response program manager of the Univesity of the Philippine Visayas and consultant of Gov. Arthur Defensor Sr. has expressed dissatisfaction over the cleanup in Brgy. Botongon, Estancia town. Dr. Resurrection ...

    • Fish kill 

      Sologastoa, Glenda (Panay News, January 24, 2014, on page 18)
      Fish kill has been reported in the coastal village of Hoskyn in Jordan town as the provincial government here appealed for assistance from the owner of the sunken M/V Sportivo. Local authorities believed the oil spill from ...

    • Fishing Ban Lifted 

      Sologastoa, Glenda (Panay News, March 21, 2013, on page 1-13)
      The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) in Region 6 has lifted the fishing ban it imposed on the Visayan Sea. The fishing ban started November 15 last year to give fishes in the area the time to breed, grow ...

    • 'Giant' Arevalo stingray trapped 

      Sologastoa, Glenda (Panay News, January 6, 2016, on page 5)
      A huge stingray got trapped in a fisherman's fishnet in the coastal barangay of Calaparan, Arevalo district. By the time the stingray was found over the weekend, it was already dead. The stingray weighed almost 200 kilos. ...

    • Gov't to investigate post-oil spill actions 

      Golez, Prince; Sologastoa, Glenda (Panay News, August 12, 2014, on page 2-12)
      The government will verify the status of the 2006 massive oil spill in Guimaras. Yesterday, Guimaras marked the eighth anniversary of the oil spill – the worse environmental disaster to hit the country. Earlier, the ...

    • Guimaras oil spill victims demand P1.8M 

      Sologastoa, Glenda (Panay News, April 1, 2014, on page 1-14)
      Fisherfolk here affected by the oil spill were demanding a total of P1.8 million from Seen Sam Shipping, Inc., owner of the sunken M/V Sportivo. The claimants were from barangays Sawang, Dagsaan, Zaldivar, Magsaysay, Santo ...

    • 'Higher fines to save marine resources' 

      Sologastoa, Glenda (Panay News, October 6, 2016, on page 2-15)
      According to Director Asis Perez, it was a decade ago yet when experts warned that the country's seas were suffering from overfishing. The amended Republic Act 10654 (Philippine Fisheries Code of 1998) exacts heavy fines ...

    • Illegal fishing still a problem: Bantay Dagat in cahoots with poachers? 

      Sologastoa, Glenda; Nepomoceno, Jezza (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 ...

    • Iloilo mulls crab hatchery 

      Sologastoa, Glenda (Panay News, July 30, 2017, on page 3)
      Iloilo plans to replicate a practice of the neighboring province of Negros Occidental in conserving blue crabs. During a recent meeting on the Visayan Sea, Negros Occidental governor Alfredo Marañon Jr. shared that they ...

    • Iloilo River can be PH model in river cleanup 

      Sologastoa, Glenda (Panay News, May 17, 2017, on page 2-16)
      The Iloilo River can be a model in river cleanup, according to newly-installed Environment secretary Roy Cimatu. He was impressed by efforts to clean the Iloilo River which is actually an estuary, said Cimatu. Over a decade ...