Browsing Panay News by Name "United States Agency for International Development (USAID)"
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Agri, Aquaculture investments eyed in Iloilo, Guimaras
(Panay News,August 4, 2013 , on page 4)Stakeholders in Iloilo and Guimaras started to map out strategies to promote investments and support the development and agriculture and aquaculture sectors. A focused group discussion (FGD) was conducted on August 14 ... -
Coastal Resource Management Project (CRMP) ends on 2001
(Panay News,July 17, 2000 , on page 1)The Coastal Resource Management Project (CRMP) of the Philippine Government supported by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has only until 2001 to go. CRMP is implemented by the Department of ... -
Cong. Kiko supports alliance for Metro 3rd coastal resources mgt
(Panay News,March 23, 2021 , on page 9-14)Negros Occidental 3rd District’s Cong. Francisco “Kiko” Benitez reiterated full support for the fisheries sector and its stakeholders during the planning workshop of the Negros 3rd District Coastal Resources Management ... -
Eastern Visayas region targets rebound in fisheries output
(Panay News,April 23, 2015 , on page S1/5)The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources(BFAR) is targeting the restoration of regional fishery production this year back to 2012 levels after more than a year of post-Haiyan rehabilitation activity. BFAR Regional ... -
Incentives would improve MPA protection efforts, experts say
(Panay News,June 29, 2019 , on page B10)The safeguarding of Philippine marine protected areas (MPAs) would improve if local communities were given incentives to protect these areas, several marine experts said on Monday. Human activities such as fishing were ... -
NegOcc fishery industry seen to get boost thru USAID pact
(Panay News,January 9, 2019 , on page 13)The fishery industry of Negros Occidental is seen to get a boost through the partnership of the academe and the business sector with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). Frank Carbon, chief ... -
Roxas City to boost ‘talaba’ production
(Panay News,February 5, 2021 , on page 9-14)Talaba or oyster farmers here can look forward to ample assistance to boost production and improve marketing. With the city government, they are in talks with the Gerry Roxas Foundation and concerned government agencies. ... -
SEAFDEC conducts training on seaweed biotech
(Panay News,April 13, 2007 , on page C16)To survive, seaweeds need to be tougher too, and the commercially important ones like Kappaphycus and Gracilaria can be made so with the help of research. In comes biotechnology. Not to mess with the genetic make-up of ... -
SEAFDEC welcomes as new Chief
(The Daily Guardian,July 25, 2012 , on page 9)The Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center/ Aquaculture Department (SEAFDEC/AQD) based in Tigbauan, Iloilo recently welcomed its new director in the person of Dr. Felix G. Ayson. A career fisheries scientist specializing ... -
Study: mangroves can lower carbon levels
(Panay News,July 21, 2016 , on page 5-15)Mangroves are efficient in holding high carbon levels at bay, according to the United States Agency for International Development(USAID). The study determined the different types of mangroves present and estimated the ... -
US vows to rehab Tubbataha Reef
(Panay News,February 6, 2013 , on page 8-14)In addition to providing appropriate compensation to the Philippines due to the damage caused by the USS Guardian accident on Tubbahata Reef, the United States are planning a number of other activities which will underscore ... -
US-PH $25-million fisheries partnership launched in Iloilo
(Panay News,November 28, 2018 , on page 4)To promote sustainable fisheries, a partnership program between the United States and Philippine governments was launched here recently. The $25-million Fish Right program will be implemented over a period of five years ...