Browsing Panay News by Subject "Proliferation"

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    • BFAR assures public: measures in place vs tilapia virus threat 

      GMA News (Panay News, June 20, 2017, on page B2)
      The Philippine fisheries bureau on Saturday assured the public that appropriate risk management measures are ready to stop the possible entry into the country of a lake virus attacking tilapia fish in several countries. ...

    • Boracay divers wary of 'crown of thorns' 

      Philippine News Agency (PNA) (Panay News, January 29, 2014, on page 6)
      An organization of divers in this island resort is vigilant on the possible proliferation of crown of thorns, a starfish species known to cause coral reef destruction, in the sea here. Crowns of thorns (Acanthaster planci) ...

    • Hmmm, there's magic in Boracay 

      Buenaflor Jr., Luis M. (Panay News, May 2, 2018, on page 8)
      It's the day after Labor Day, call it a hangover, usually, there’s still a lot of stories in the newspapers about the “working class hero”, the poor, downtrodden and exploited salaried laborer or to use the favorite term ...

    • Iloilo Esplanade to become 'longest river boulevard' in PH? 

      Sombero, R.P. (Panay News, August 6, 2013, on page 3)
      Various developments are the offing for the Iloilo Esplanade through the public-private partnership with country's leading businessmen, according to Mayor Jed Patrick Mabilog. He said business tycoon Manuel V. Pangilinan ...

    • 'Iloilo river no longer a public toilet' 

      Sologastoa, Glenda (Panay News, March 14, 2014, on page 1-14)
      Over the years, the 15-kilometer Iloilo River had been deteriorating because of pollution, sedimentation, depletion of mangrove areas, illegal settlers and the proliferation of manmade constrictions, among others. Not ...

    • 'Let the corals recover’: Ban on Boracay water sports activities mulled 

      Zabal, Boy Ryan B. (Panay News, October 6, 2018, on page B8)
      Diving and other water sports activities in this famed beach destination must be regulated, according to the Environment department. A study that the DENR conducted showed that Boracay’s coral reefs have been degrading due ...

    • Pototan eyed as native catfish dev't center 

      PN (Panay News, October 1, 1999, on page 7-6)
      If the town Zarraga is known as the African catfish center, Pototan would like to be known as the native catfish center. The African catfish (Clarias gariepinus, C. lareza) made Zarraga famous because of the proliferation ...

    • ‘Waste of time’: Algae cleanup in Boracay offers brief relief, scientist says 

      Cordero, Ian Paul (Panay News, April 29, 2018, on page 1-14)
      The daily removal of unwelcome green algae carpeting Boracay’s shores won’t do it, according to a marine biology expert at the University of the Philippines Visayas (UPV). “It is a waste of time. If the cause of water ...

    • Wastewater causes Boaracay algal blooms - DENR 

      Sologastoa, Glenda; Golez, Prince (Panay News, March 9, 2017, on page 1-14)
      Untreated wastewater is causing algal blooms in Boracay Island, a research of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Region 6 last year showed. The recurring appearance of green algae in Boracay’s ...