Browsing Panay News by Subject "Governments"

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    • 3 branches unite in West PH Sea claim 

      (Panay News, July 6, 2015, on page 26)
      A Palace official is confident of the Philippines' fight for sovereignty over the West Philippine Sea as the three branches of government have joined forces to present the country's claim. Communications Secretary Herminio ...

    • 39 families up for relocation as Malandog River undergoes rehab 

      PN; Philippine News Agency (PNA) (Panay News, April 1, 2019, on page 14)
      The provincial government is set to relocate 38 families to complete the construction of the Malandog River bank's slope protection. Malandog River Rehabilitation and Development Project Management officer Ruth Martinez ...

    • 5,000 mangroves planted in Anilao 

      PN (Panay News, May 28, 2017, on page B2)
      A total of 5,000 mangroves seedlings composed of potted bakawan (Rhizopora apiculata) and bungalon (Avicennia officinalis) were planted in Barangay San Carlos, Anilao, Iloilo, recently. The tree-planting activity was in ...

    • 84% of Pinoys want to assert PH claim on disputed waters 

      Golez, Prince (Panay News, January 28, 2017, on page 9)
      More than majority, or 84 percent of Filipinos agree that the government should assert the country’s rights on the West Philippines Sea, a Pulse Asia survey released on Friday said. The survey held from Dec. 6 to 11 asked ...

    • Agri chief pushes for creation of national food security council 

      (Panay News, September 18, 2016, on page B9)
      Agriculture secretary Manny Piñol is proposing to President Rodrigo Duterte the creation of a National Food Security Coordinating Council where all government agencies involved in food production would work closely together. ...

    • Agri, Aquaculture investments eyed in Iloilo, Guimaras 

      JVF; PIO Iloilo City; PN (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 ...

    • ‘Agri-fishery stakeholders must mechanize’ 

      Singuay, Mae (Panay News, April 24, 2018, on page 3)
      Agriculture and fishery stakeholders must “learn technology and mechanization,” said Sen. Cynthia Villar, chairwoman of the Senate committee on agriculture, food and agrarian reform. Villar was in the city on Saturday to ...

    • '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 ...

    • Aid for farming, fishing families in Cotabato 

      Yap, Julio Jr. (Panay News, February 17, 2017, on page 12)
      For the past four decades, the lives and livelihood of farmers and fisherfolks in some areas of Mindanao have been affected by recurrent displacement as a result of sporadic armed clashes. Through a $3-million grant from ...

    • Aklanons hired for agri-fishery survey 

      Villanueva, Venus (Panay News, March 4, 2013, on page 7)
      Hundreds of Aklanons were employed as enumerators and team supervisors for this year's nationwide Census of Agriculture and Fisheries by the National Statistics Office (NSO). The NSO has fielded 290 census enumerators to ...

    • Antique expands marine conservation campaign 

      Philippine News Agency (PNA); PN (Panay News, October 28, 2019, on page 3)
      The provincial government here has further strengthened its marine conservation campaign by forging a partnership with a non-government organization. The “Itib-ong ta, Kinaiya Antique” campaign will now cover the municipalities ...

    • Australia, PH renew stronger AANR ties 

      Yap, Julio P. Jr. (Panay News, August 29, 2020, on page 8)
      The governments of Australia and the Philippines have partnered anew for a stronger agricultural research and development (R&D) efforts. This development came after Dr. Reynaldo V. Ebora, Executive Director of the Philippine ...

    • Awareness on fish products with export potentials 

      Yap, Julio P. Jr. (Panay News, May 30, 2018, on page 10)
      The Country has high export potentials for its fish and fishery products. These potentials stemmed from the country’s vast natural resources, including the market demand and reasonable prices offered to export products. ...

    • Baby sea turtles released off San Jose shores 

      (Panay News, September 30, 2017, on page 2-14)
      Sixty-five green sea turtle (Cheloniamydas) hatchlings and three juvenile hawksbill turtles (Eretmochelys imbricate) were recently released on the shores of Barangay Madrangca of this capital town. Being in a province with ...

    • '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 ...

    • ‘Bantay Dagat’ must level up – Defensor 

      Sornito, Ime (Panay News, November 16, 2020, on page 2-14)
      The Provincial Bantay Dagat Task Force based in Concepcion town has to improve its capability of securing the province’s waters from poachers, said Gov. Arthur Defensor Jr. He planned to procure more “floating assets” and ...

    • Batongbacal: Filipino scientists seeded giant clams, China stole it 

      ABS-CBN News; PN (Panay News, April 27, 2019, on page 8-10)
      A maritime affairs expert on Friday said Filipino scientists seeded giant clams in Scarborough Shoal in the late 1980s, only for Chinese fishermen to steal it decades later. Jay Batongbacal, director of the University of ...

    • 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 ...

    • Belgium lauds Boracay rehab, PH bid for sustainable tourism 

      Philippine Information Agency (PIA) (Panay News, November 20, 2018, on page B1-B6)
      The Duterte administration's decision to rehabilitate Boracay was a "very good decision" after all, Belgian Ambassador to Manila Michel Goffin said. "Let's be frank, when you cleaned Boracay, when you cleaned El Nido, this ...

    • BFAR blames climate change for dwindling galunggong supply 

      GMA News (Panay News, August 25, 2018, on page C2)
      The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources is pinning the blame on climate change for the seasonal dwindling of supply of the staple fish galunggong or round scad in the country.“Unang una, climate change. ‘Pag umuulan, ...