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    • 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 ...
    • Brgy execs in ‘hot water’ over Punta Taytay shore garbage 

      Singuay, Mae (Panay News, November 23, 2018, on page 2-14)
      Photos on Facebook showing a swarm of garbage gathering along the shoreline of Purok Katilingban, Barangay Punta Taytay caught the attention of Vice Mayor El Cid Familiaran. This is the responsibility of the barangay, the ...
    • Coastal management 

      (Panay News, December 3, 2017, on page 7)
      Let us implement our environmental laws, plant mangroves or restore coral reefs, whichever is applicable. We should bring back the bounty and restore the ecological integrity of our threatened bodies of water. Moreover, ...
    • DENR urges public to stop throwing trash in waterways 

      Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) (Panay News, September 28, 2019, on page B8)
      The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) urged the public to stop throwing trash into waterways to address the growing problem of marine pollution. The appeal was made as the DENR led another successful ...
    • DENR: Protect ocean for the future 

      Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR)-Region VI (Panay News, May 14, 2020, on page 9-11)
      “You're not a wave you’re part of the ocean,” says Mitch Albom. Who doesn’t love the ocean? Each of us enjoys the breeze from the blue crystal waters and the cool, soft sands on our feet. Either white or blackish sand, ...
    • Great Barrier Reef suffers third mass bleaching 

      BBC (Panay News, March 27, 2020, on page 11)
      Australia’s Great Barrier Reef has suffered another mass bleaching event – the third in just five years. Warmer sea temperatures –particularly in February – are feared to have caused huge coral loss across the world’s ...
    • How dirty is the Iloilo River? 

      Tayona, Glenda (Panay News, August 18, 2018, on page B8)
      The Iloilo River is among the trademarks of this capital city. It is an estuary – an arm of the sea – which now became an attraction with kilometer-long esplanades built on its banks. Locals and non-locals enjoy a walk or ...
    • Iloilo river getting shallow 

      (Panay News, March 11, 2015, on page 11)
      Unlike many years ago when the Iloilo River - properly called Arm of the Sea - was a favorite spot for swimming it is now polluted. Also heavily-sited, the river is not deep enough to float a match. We hope that Senate ...
    • In hot water: Study says warming may reduce sea life by 17% 

      Associated Press (AP) (Panay News, June 15, 2019, on page B8)
      The world's oceans will likely lose about one-sixth of their fish and other marine life by the end of the century if climate change continues on its current path, a new study says. Every degree Celsius (1.8 degrees Fahrenheit) ...
    • Is the Paris deal a solution against climate change? 

      Dordas, Sofia (Panay News, January 13, 2016, on page C2)
      The world is in a serious threat called climate change brought about by our very own discriminate wrongdoings. Global temperature was seen to increase by 1°C from the 19th century which resulted to the melting of glaciers ...
    • Living without destructive plastic (Continued from July 8, 2021) 

      Cullen, Shay (Panay News, July 9, 2021, on page 10)
      Birds are dying by the thousands from eating plastic items. Penguins, albatrosses and many sea gulls have died as a result of eating floating or submerged plastics. Thousands of dolphins, sharks, whales and turtles are ...
    • Manila Bay rehab: Gov't probes return of structures near estero 

      CNN Philippines (Panay News, January 19, 2019, on page B8)
      The award-winning rehabilitation of Pasig River, a major tributary of Manila Bay, faces a setback as authorities found new structures near a supposedly "recovered" estuary connected to it. The Pasig River Rehabilitation ...
    • 'Massive' Boracay rehab continues even with reopening, says Puyat 

      PN (Panay News, October 29, 2018, on page B1)
      Tourism chief Bernadette Romulo-Puyat urged visitors to respect and observe local regulations to help protect and preserve Boracay Island. Puyat made the appeal during the much-awaited reopening of the island, stressing ...
    • 'PH needs more marine reserves' 

      Sologastoa, Glenda (Panay News, June 21, 2015, on page 2-27)
      No-take marine reserves (NTMRs) are areas of the sea, usually with coral reefs -- but could include other coastal ecosystems such as mangroves and seagrasses -- that are fully protected from fishing. The area around MPAs ...
    • 'Protect Iloilo river' 

      Gonzales, Roma R. (Panay News, March 7, 2015, on page 1-15)
      Specifically, Drilon wanted Benigno Aquino Avenue, or Diversion Road, to be rid of establishments, big and small, selling oysters (talaba) and small oysters (sisi). "I'm asking the barangay captains and the residents to ...
    • The roots of water pollution 

      Señeres, Ike (Panay News, July 19, 2018, on page 14)
      It can be said that God had made a good design so that surface water would be fully filtered first before it reaches the aquifer, but man has abused that design so much, so much so that the filtering system is now overwhelmed ...
    • Skills, knowledge, resources for farmers and fishermen 

      Yap, Julio Jr. (Panay News, February 1, 2017, on page 10)
      The lives and livelihood of farmers and fisherfolk in Mindanao have been affected by recurrent displacement as a result of sporadic armed clashes. The farming and fishing families in Mindanao are no stranger to both natural ...
    • Who should be accused for Boracay mess? 

      (Panay News, July 4, 2018, on page 11)
      The very people who should be hauled to court for Boracay's environmental degradation are the following: (1) owners of hotels, resorts, restaurants, and other commercial establishments; (2) residents; (3) concerned barangay ...