Browsing Panay News by Place "Antique"

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    • 100 farmers, fisherfolk attend 1st regionwide agri-fishery confab 

      Tianero, Resel Joy (Panay News, May 16, 2017, on page B10)
      Around 100 farmers, fisher folk, municipal agriculturists, farmer associations, and local government units participated in the first regionwide agri- fishery consultative assembly in Region 6 on Thursday in the province ...

    • 200 Antique fisherfolk to get materials to repair boats 

      (Panay News, November 12, 2022, on page 5)
      The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) in Region 6 will provide repair materials worth P10,000 each to 200 fisherfolk whose boats were badly damaged during the onslaught of Severe Tropical Storm “Paeng” in ...

    • 900 fiberglass boats distributed in Antique 

      PN; Philippine News Agency (PNA) (Panay News, March 29, 2019, on page 8)
      The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) turned over 900 fiberglass boats to the marginalized fishermen in Antique. BFAR regional director Remia Aparri said the boats were given as support for the sustainable ...

    • Agri-fishery projects for IPs in Antique assessed 

      Department of Agriculture-Regional Agriculture and Fisheries Information Section (DA-RAFIS)-Region VI (Panay News, March 23, 2021, on page 13)
      Recognizing and promoting the rights of the indigenous cultural communities, the Department of Agriculture (DA)-Western Visayas’ organized a two-day consultative and participative meeting with the indigenous people (IPs) ...

    • 'Agriculture, fisheries sector to recover in Q4' 

      (Panay News, August 22, 2016, on page B1-B14)
      Department of Agriculture (DA) secretary Manny Piñol expects the agriculture and fisheries sector to rebound and register positive growth in the last quarter of 2016, as the government provides more support to boost the ...

    • Alarming river siltation in Antique 

      Vego, Herbert (Panay News, January 1, 2020, on page 9-15)
      Secretary Roy Cimatu of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) could not keep his hands off the problem anymore. And so he called the mayors of all 18 municipalities of Antique for a conference on a ...

    • Another oarfish found in Antique 

      Philippine News Agency (PNA) (Panay News, August 16, 2015, on page 6)
      A fisherman in Belison town caught another oarfish on Thursday afternoon, the third so far in a span of three weeks. Pablo Crespo found the dying oarfish at a small canal around 1:20 p.m. on the shores of Maradiona, Belison ...

    • Antique fisherfolk get 119 fiberglass boats 

      PN; Philippine News Agency (PNA) (Panay News, June 27, 2019, on page 9)
      The Antique Provincial Engineering Office (PEO) has delivered 119 fiberglass boats to marginalized fishermen in the municipality of Pandan to augment their livelihood. Alletth Gayatin, Senior Aquaculturist of the Office ...

    • Antique fisherfolk to get their fiberglass boats 

      Philippine News Agency (PNA); PN (Panay News, July 15, 2019, on page 10)
      Fisherfolk-beneficiaries in the province of Antique have been advised to coordinate with the provincial office of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) or at the Office of the Provincial Agriculturist (OPA) ...

    • ‘Antique has enough supply of rice, fish amid quarantine’ 

      Philippine News Agency (PNA); PN (Panay News, March 25, 2020, on page B1)
      Nick Calawag, chief of OPA on Tuesday said the province being rice self-sufficient has enough supply for the consumption of its people. For fish, Calawag said that it is sufficient especially that fishermen are able to ...

    • Antique ordinance seeks to avert coastal pollution 

      Philippine News Agency (PNA) (Panay News, March 15, 2021, on page 11-14)
      Loads of trash are frequently seen along coastal areas where 15 of Antique’s 18 municipalities are situated. Some coastal barangays do not comply with Republic Act (RA) 9003 or the Ecological Solid Waste Management Act of ...

    • Antique still red tide-free 

      Philippine News Agency (PNA) (Panay News, December 10, 2015, on page 5)
      Fish caught in Antique's waters are safe for human consumption, an official assured on Wednesday. Allette Gayatin, Office of the Provincial Agriculture Fisheries division head, said there is no red tide in Antique unlike ...

    • Antique to host 1st int'l fishing tourney in May 

      Philippine News Agency (PNA); PN (Panay News, February 23, 2020, on page B1)
      The province of Antique gets to showcase its rich marine biodiversity when it hosts the 1st International Sports Fishing Tournament in May. “Sports fishing is another tourism product that we are promoting. When they go ...

    • Antique, Misamis Oriental, N. Mindanao eyed as go-to dive sites 

      (Panay News, September 18, 2023, on page 14)
      The Department of Tourism (DOT) is preparing Antique, Northern Mindanao and Misamis Oriental as the next go-to diving sites to sustain the Philippines’ standing as the leading dive destination in the region. Tourism secretary ...

    • Aquaculture farm update conducted nationwide 

      Philippine Information Agency (PIA); PN (Panay News, October 28, 2017, on page 6)
      The Philippine Statistics Authority PSA hopes to generate sampling frame for the quarterly surveys on aquaculture, said Provincial Statistics Officer Jesus F. Escote Jr. The list update will be based on collected information ...

    • BFAR gives fishing gears to 15 towns in Antique 

      PIO Antique; PN (Panay News, August 26, 2017, on page 5)
      The towns were given a 30-footer fiberglass-reinforced plastic patrol boat each. BFAR also gave 20 units of post-harvest kits to Bugasong, 230 units of seaweed farm implements to Culasi, Pandan and Libertad, 10 units of ...

    • BFAR grants P3.69M to boost Antique salt industry 

      Philippine News Agency (PNA) (Panay News, January 20, 2023, on page 6)
      The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) will provide P3.69 million worth of equipment to 45 individuals and a fisherfolk group to boost the salt industry in this province. BFAR-Antique provincial director ...

    • BFAR to give 900 motorized boats to Antique fisherfolk 

      PN; Philippine News Agency (PNA) (Panay News, March 14, 2019, on page 9)
      The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) will distribute 900 fiberglass boats to marginalized fishermen in Antique. “We are just waiting for the final schedule for the distribution of the boats,” Office of ...

    • BFAR: 'Enough salt in Western Visayas' 

      Sornito, Ime (Panay News, September 2, 2022, on page 2)
      Consumers in Western Visayas should not worry. There is enough supply of salt in the region, according to Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) regional director Remia A. Aparri. She has not received any report ...

    • 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 ...