Browsing Panay News by Subject "Scientific personnel"
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500-million-year-old sea creature unearthed
(Panay News,March 1, 2013 , on page 12)Scientists have unearthed a stunningly preserved arthropod, called a fuxhianhuiid, in a flipped position that reveals its feeding limbs and nervous system. Scientists have unearthed extraordinary preserved fossils of a ... -
Advance mussel farming starts in Palawan under DOST
(Panay News,August 5, 2017 , on page B5)Mussel researchers and extensionists in Palawan were trained on the new methods of mussel culture for better livelihood opportunities recently. The participants were provided with hands-on training on constructing alternative ... -
Batongbacal: Filipino scientists seeded giant clams, China stole it
(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 ... -
Capiznon wins in U.S. Science tilt
(Panay News,June 5, 2007 , on page B11)A novice researcher may only be as good as her/his adviser-mentor. If so, SEAFDEC Aquaculture Department should stand prouder when one of its research advises- Melvyn Carko Barroa- won the top spot in the 10th Intel ... -
Climate adaptation activities insufficient in developing cities
(Panay News,March 2, 2016 , on page B3)London - A large amount of money spent on measures to adapt to the impacts of climate change is more strongly linked with protecting big cities than helping the world's most vulnerable people to avert the worst impacts of ... -
Disease-afflicted PH seaweed farms see hope with help of scientists
(Panay News,October 31, 2020 , on page 17-15)Seaweed farming, a multi-million dollar export industry in the Philippines, is at the centerpiece of a worldwide effort by scientists to better address the outbreak of diseases and pests that are plaguing the farms. With ... -
Endangered sea cow rescued
(Panay News,October 3, 2003 , on page 1-10)The Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC) currently serves as temporary home to a rescued baby dugong (sea cow), an endangered and only herbivorous sea mammal in the world. The baby dugong was captured in ... -
Excellence in Agri, Aqua, Natural Resources Innovations
(Panay News,June 25, 2018 , on page 10)The Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic and Natural Resources Research and Development (PCAARRD), one of the sectoral councils under the Department of Science and Technology (DOST), will be celebrating its seventh ... -
A fish tale
(Panay News,November 12, 2015 , on page C4)Envy the fish. When it loses a tooth, it grows a new one in a seemingly endless cycle of sprakling new tooth. We, human beings, mortals that we are, get only two chances to have new teeth-once as children then a last, ... -
Fisheries center renews call for students to do research; use labs, services
(Panay News,June 13, 2020 , on page 13-11)Recognizing the importance of science and research for the country’s future food security, an international research center is encouraging students to pursue research in aquaculture while opening the doors of its laboratory ... -
Great white shark spotted in Spain after decades
(Panay News,July 1, 2018 , on page 13)A great white shark has been spotted near Spain’s Balearic Islands for the first time in at least 30 years. Conservation workers saw the five-metre predator as it swam across Cabrera archipelago national park on Thursday ... -
Iloilo City to host int’l workshop on environment-friendly aquaculture
(Panay News,June 22, 2019 , on page B8)To address various environmental and social issues of aquaculture in Southeast Asia, an international workshop on healthy and environment-friendly aquaculture will be conducted on June 25 to 27, 2019 at Richmonde Hotel ... -
Iloilo hosts 1st nat'l mud crab confab
(Panay News,November 12, 2015 , on page B1)This city was chosen to be the venue of the first National Mud Crab Congress to be held at Diversion 21 Hotel from Nov. 16 to 18. Scientists, industry practitioners, stakeholders, and academe representatives from different ... -
In hot water: Study says warming may reduce sea life by 17%
(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) ... -
Inland aquatic researcher recieves Invention Disclosure Incentive Award
(Panay News,February 14, 2017 , on page B8)A team of researchers from the College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences-University of the Philippines Visayas (CFOS-UPV) was recognized during the 2nd Invention Disclosure Incentive (IDI) Awarding Ceremony at the UP Diliman. ... -
Japanese conservation biologist is new deputy chief of SEAFDEC/AQD
(Panay News,October 24, 2020 , on page 13)The Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC), a regional treaty organization that promotes sustainable fisheries among its 11 member countries, welcomed the new deputy chief of its Aquaculture Department ... -
Mangrove cutting in Oton slammed
(Panay News,November 19, 1999 , on page 2-14)One of southern Iloilo's last mangrove stands if gone, courtesy of a "developer" and a set of public officials in stupor. And a scientist at the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (Seafdec) based in Tigbauan tow, ... -
Mud crab congress this Oct.
(Panay News,October 10, 2015 , on page 2-15)The Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC) based in Tigbauan, Iloilo will hold a "mud crab congress" from Oct. 16 to 18. The three-day gathering in this city will focus primarily on mud crabs' biology, ... -
NRCP launches reg'l cluster for Visayas
(Panay News,May 6, 2003 , on page 9-8)The National Research Council of the Philippines (NRCP) held yesterday the opening ceremonies for the launching of its regional cluster for the Visayas at the Hotel del Rio here. Professor Fortunato T. de la Peña, NCRP ... -
Oplan ERAP can ensure food security
(Panay News,November 26, 1999 , on page 8-7)Oplan ERAP can significantly raise the living standards and provide more food access to the poor, not only in the Philippines but also in Southeast Asia. This was revealed by two international aquaculture scientists in a ...