Browsing Panay News by Subject "agreements"

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    • 350-ha mangrove reforestation up in Capiz 

      Guillermo, Jemin (Panay News, May 16, 2014, on page 4)
      Three hundred fifty hectares of mangrove areas in Capiz are set for reforestation. These mangrove areas are in the municipalities of Ivisan, Panay, Pilar, Pontevedra, President Roxas and Sapian, said Valentin Talabero ...

    • Boracay mega casino scrapped? 

      Golez, Prince (Panay News, April 18, 2018, on page 1)
      Macau casino operator Galaxy Entertainment Group Ltd. is not pursuing its plan to build a $500-million casino resort on Boracay Island, according to the Department of Tourism (DOT). The company is looking for a new site ...

    • Capiz joins SEAFDEC, BFAR to boost fisheries 

      PN (Panay News, November 21, 2006, on page B1)
      The provincial government of Capiz has forged a collaboration with the Aquaculture Department of Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC-AQD) and Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) to pursue ...

    • DOT gets ready for Boracay opening 

      Sornito, Ime (Panay News, July 9, 2018, on page 1)
      Less than 200 tourism establishments in Boracay were so far able to meet the requirements set by the government’s interagency rehabilitation task force overseeing the cleanup of the popular island resort. “As of June 15 ...

    • Establishment of multi-species hatcheries kicks off with site suitability assessment in CARAGA 

      (Panay News, March 26, 2018, on page B11)
      AQD Chief Dan Baliao and Dr. Rolando Platon started their week-long site suitability assessment in CARAGA Region. This is in view of the agreement between BFAR and SEAFDEC/AQD to establish multi-species hatcheries in fifteen ...

    • Garin thanks Seafdec for assistance to Panay Gulf 

      PN (Panay News, June 23, 1999, on page 3)
      Congresswoman Ninfa Garin expressed appreciation to the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (Seafdec) for its all-out support for her project, the Panay Gulf Development Program (PGDP). She also thanked Seafdec ...

    • Iloilo seeks to conserve blue crab population 

      Nepomoceno, Jezza A. (Panay News, February 27, 2018, on page 3)
      The provincial government will put up a crab hatchery worth P5-million in Concepcion town this year to help conserve and restore the population of the kasag or blue swimming crabs. In partnership with the Bureau of Fisheries ...

    • Landbank unites w/ BFAR, Seafdec to boost aquaculture industry 

      PN (Panay News, June 17, 2003, on page 8)
      The Land Bank of the Philippines together with the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) and the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (Seafdec) recently established an agreement to boost aquaculture ...

    • LGUs to have control over natural resources - Roque 

      Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR)-Region VI; PN (Panay News, February 5, 2018, on page 3)
      Under the proposed Philippine federal government, local government units (LGUs) do not need to consult the central government on what to do with their natural resources, according to Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque ...

    • Libas Fishing Port up for rehab 

      Sornito, Ime (Panay News, August 3, 2024, on page 5)
      The Libas Fishing Port in Roxas City will undergo rehabilitation. A Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) on this between the Roxas City Government and Philippine Fisheries Development Authority (PFDA) was signed by Mayor Ronnie ...

    • MGB, DA to identify strategic agriculture, fisheries zones 

      Philippine News Agency (PNA) (Panay News, November 15, 2015, on page 2)
      The Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) is hoping to sign an agreement with the Department of Agriculture (DA) in Region 6 this month for the identification of strategic agriculture and fisheries development zones (SAFDZ) ...

    • MIAGB adopts 1-hectare mangrove sites in bigke 

      PN (Panay News, October 18, 2015, on page C5)
      The Metro Iloilo Airshed Governing Board (MIAGB) adopted a one-hectare mangrove area in Bigke, Leganes, Iloilo and made the commitment by signing a memorandum of agreement (MOA) with the Department of Environment and Natural ...

    • MOA signed to put up WV Technology Promotion Center 

      PN (Panay News, March 27, 1999, on page 6)
      The establishment of a Technology Promotion Center in Western Visayas was firmed up with the signing of the Memorandum of Agreement among its proponent entities which include the Land Bank of the Philippines, as initiator, ...

    • Ocean treaty: Historic agreement reached after decade of talks 

      BBC (Panay News, March 6, 2023, on page 10)
      Nations have reached a historic agreement to protect the world's oceans following 10 years of negotiations. The High Seas Treaty aims to help place 30% of the seas into protected areas by 2030, to safeguard and recuperate ...

    • PH allots P10.5M for SEAFDEC/AQD to establish 15 pilot multi-species hatcheries 

      (Panay News, March 1, 2018, on page B11)
      The Philippine Government through the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) has allotted P10M for the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center/Aquaculture Department (SEAFDEC/AQD) to conduct feasibility ...

    • PH in talks with China on joint sea exploration 

      (Panay News, March 2, 2018, on page 7)
      The two countries have long been embroiled in a bitter dispute over their competing claims to the region – with China claiming nearly the entire sea – but Duterte has in recent years softened his predecessors’ policy of ...

    • PH signs Paris climate accord 

      (Panay News, April 25, 2016, on page B2)
      Environment Secretary Ramon J.P. Paje signed the landmark international climate agreement reached in Paris last December during a high-level signing ceremony held on April 22 at the United Nations headquarters in New York ...

    • School, Seafdec out to save endangered pantat 

      PN (Panay News, September 5, 2019, on page 2)
      The Aklan Stae College of Agriculture (ASCA) has joined the movement of government entities in Western Visayas in taking a second look at the endangered native catfish or pantat, admitting that it is, after all, tastier ...

    • Seafdec announces 9th member country 

      PN (Panay News, October 3, 2000, on page 2)
      The Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (Seafdec), which has one of its Aquaculture Departments (AQD) here, announced that it has a new member country. Panu Tavarutmaneegul, Secretary-General of Seafdec, revealed ...

    • SEAFDEC hunt for hatchery sites on 2nd leg 

      (Panay News, April 26, 2018, on page B2)
      Tigbauan, Iloilo – The Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC) continues to scout for ideal sites for multispecies hatchery. For the second leg of the search, a SEAFDEC feasibility study team is presently ...