Browsing Panay News by Place "Dumangas, Iloilo"

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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 ...

    • 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 ...

    • Bank technology center gets backing from UP 

      Del Rosario, Leah Pearl (Panay News, October 22, 1999, on page 7-6)
      The University of the Philippines in the Visayas (UPV) had given its all out support to the 1st Field Day of the Western Visayas Technology Promotion Center held last October 15 at the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development ...

    • 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. ...

    • BFAR deputizes LGUs to go after poachers 

      Philippine News Agency; PN (Panay News, June 2, 2013, on page 2-10)
      The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) in Western Visayas has granted authority to local government units (LGUs) in the province to run after fishermen who continue to poach on protected waters. But before ...

    • BFAR-6 lauds thrust to revive sugpo farming 

      Genilza, J.; Dianala, Rex D. (Panay News, November 30, 2019, on page 9)
      Support is mounting for the revival of tiger shrimp farming in the Philippines as another 4.4 tons of the prized seafood were recently harvested in Dumangas, Iloilo. The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) ...

    • Color-coding: boats tagged as Iloilo steps up campaign vs illegal fishing 

      Sornito, Ime (Panay News, December 9, 2018, on page 1-15)
      A provincial ordinance assigns colors and numbers to fishing vessels operating in coastal towns to let enforcers easily identify boats operated by the local fisherfolk and better protect municipal waters from poachers. ...

    • Don't eat dead fish from oil spill-hit areas, BFAR warns 

      Sornito, Ime (Panay News, July 9, 2020, on page 1-14)
      The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) in Western Visayas has issued a warning against eating dead fish in coastal areas contaminated by bunker fuel from a barge damaged by an explosion last week. Remia Aparri, ...

    • DPWH joins int'l coastal clean-up 

      PN (Panay News, September 26, 2017, on page B11)
      The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Region 6 and Negros Island Region (NIR) observed and celebrated the 31st International Coastal Clean Up (ICC) Day last Saturday Sept. 16, 2017. Several employees of DPWH ...

    • 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 ...

    • Endangered Hawksbill, Green sea turtles released to the ocean 

      Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR)-Region VI (Panay News, August 26, 2021, on page 9-14)
      Turtles are important reptiles in the marine ecosystem. They help maintain healthy sea grass beds and coral reefs that benefit commercial species such as shrimps, lobsters and tunas. Rescuing marine turtles is conserving ...

    • 'Field day'at Seafdec 

      Del Rosario, Leah (Panay News, October 15, 1999, on page 3)
      The Technology Promotion Center will be holding a Field Day today at the Seafdec (Southeast Asian Fisheries and Development Center) Brackishwater Station at Punta Pulao, Dumangas, Iloilo. This field day is a joint project ...

    • Filipinos have a stake in aquaculture at SEAFDEC 

      PN (Panay News, August 20, 2010, on page B6-B7)
      The right to the science-based technologies in raising fish developed by the research center the government supports. The right to demand technical assistance in aquaculture. The right to be trained by world-class experts ...

    • Fishing industry remains stable 

      Philippine News Agency (PNA) (Panay News, June 23, 2010, on page 2-8)
      The local fishing industry remains robust in the local and national markets, and has kept prices of fish stable. Iloilo Fish Port Complex officer-in-charge Elmer Figuracion said fishing has been very upbeat in the months ...

    • From pollution to profit: Over P3-million shrimp harvested from a hectare 

      Ledesma, Rossea Hosillos (Panay News, August 15, 2020, on page 15)
      By recycling excess nutrients that would otherwise have been released to the environment, a shrimp farm harvested almost 13 tons of shrimp worth P3.3 million after just over four months of culture. Whiteleg shrimp (Litopenaeus ...

    • Health hazard: DOH warns of adverse health effects from oil spill 

      Sornito, Ime (Panay News, July 9, 2020, on page 1-14)
      Harsh fumes from the bunker fuel that spilled from a power barge in Barangay Bo. Obrero, Lapuz district pose serious health threats, the Department of Health (DOH) Center for Health Development in Western Visayas cautioned ...

    • Landbank eyes SEAFDEC for commercialization 

      PN (Panay News, September 27, 1999, on page 11)
      The aquaculture technologies of the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC) is being eyed by the Landbank of the Philippines (LBP) for commercialization. LPD manager Ibra Alonto, said the bank is allocating ...

    • LBP eyes Seafdec tech for commercialization 

      PN (Panay News, September 16, 1999, on page 7)
      Seafdec technologies are being eyed for promotion by the LandBank of the Philippines (LBP) through the Western Visayas Technology Promotion Center (WVTPC). Ibra Alonto, LBP manager, said the bank is allocating P2 million ...

    • Learn from mistakes shrimps growers told 

      PN (Panay News, August 11, 2001, on page 3-6)
      With the apparent resurgence of the lucrative shrimp industry, the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center/Aquaculture Department (Seafdec/AQD) is urging shrimp growers to include reservoir and tails pond in their ...