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    • 110 city fishers get aid 

      (Panay News, July 23, 2016, on page 2)
      At least 110 fisherfolk here received livelihood assistance, including 40 banca engines and 70 fish nets, from the city government on Friday. Office of the City Agriculturist acting chief Romulo Pangantihon said the ...
    • 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, fishery enterprises to benefit from P7.9M project 

      Zabal, Boy Ryan (Panay News, July 23, 2017, on page 5)
      Over P7.9 million worth of projects from the World Bank and the Department of Agriculture’s Philippine Rural Development Project (PRDP) will benefit the agriculture and fishery enterprises in Aklan. A PRDP’s approved ...
    • Agro-fisheries, tourism seen to prosper in Iloilo 

      Escopel, Raymart (Panay News, June 12, 2015, on page 29-38)
      Iloilo's economy is projected to continuously flourish with the establishment of facilities in various parts of the province. In a report, Iloilo Local Economic Development and Investment Promotion Unit (LEDIPU) bared that ...
    • Along comes…‘The Iloilo Nature Conservation Society’ 

      Buenaflor, Luis Jr (Panay News, April 9, 2018, on page 8-14)
      Tuesday last week, April 3 to be exact, moi was “hijacked” by good friend and “brother”, international designer Edgardo Lopez Suelo, to attend with him a meeting/forum of stakeholders concerned with the ongoing construction ...
    • Baliao lauds Japan’s 50 years of support for SEAFDEC/AQD 

      PN (Panay News, October 22, 2018, on page B3)
      The financial support of the Government of Japan to SEAFDEC /AQD (Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center/ Aquaculture Department) for the last 45 years is very rewarding and gratifying. This was the gist of the message ...
    • Body to oversee Boracay development eyed 

      (Panay News, June 3, 2018, on page 12)
      The House committee on natural resources is eyeing to create a development authority that will supervise activities in this famed island destination. Committee chairman Rep. Arnel Ty (Liquified Petroleum Gas Marketers’ ...
    • China-ASEAN-SEAFDEC/AQD collab in aquaculture looms 

      (Panay News, July 9, 2018, on page B11-B5)
      China-ASEAN Center for Joint Research and Promotion of Marine Aquaculture Technology invited SEAFDEC/AQD Chief Dan Baliao to attend a forum to discuss collaboration with SEAFDEC/AQD. The forum carried a theme “cooperation, ...
    • DU30: Boracay for Land Reform 

      Co, Adrian Stewart (Panay News, April 10, 2018, on page 1-14)
      The entire Boracay will be subjected to land reform and given to farmers after the island's six-month rehabilitation, said President Rodrigo Duterte. In a press conference in Davao City before flying to China yesterday ...
    • Farmers, fisherfolk to get P316-M projects 

      (Panay News, March 2, 2016, on page 4)
      Farmers and fisherfolk in Aklan, Antique, Guimaras, and Iloilo will receive today P315.7 million worth of projects from the Department of Agriculture (DA). DA secretary Proceso Alcala will lead the turnover of farm-to-market ...
    • Fish center, boats for Guimaras coastal brgy 

      Philippine News Agency (PNA) (Panay News, August 25, 2017, on page 6)
      A community fish landing center was inaugurated in Barangay Sebario, San Lorenzo, Guimaras. It was a project of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) in Western Visayas, which also turned over to the fisherfolk ...
    • Fisherfolk vs ouster from city project 

      Singuay, Mae (Panay News, January 14, 2015, on page 16)
      Two fisherfolk associations here staged a rally in front of the People's House yesterday to protest their disqualification from the city government's agri-fishery project. The disqualified groups were the Banago Group ...
    • GMA turns over of P12-million worth of projects in Guimaras 

      Philippine News Agency (PNA) (Panay News, June 14, 2007, on page 2)
      President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo visited Guimaras Wednesday to turn over projects expected to spur the development of the province and hasten its recovery after the 2006 Solar I oil spill incident. Guimaras will receive ...
    • Ibajay's Mangrove Eco-Tourism Park: A Nature's Haven 

      Reyes, Jessie L.; Villasis, Sally (Panay News, January 26, 2010, on page B1)
      Mayor Ma. Lourdes Miraflores of Ibajay disclosed that the "Katunggan it Ibajay" is the only and most diverse natural growth mangrove community in the whole Philippines and even in Southeast Asia as confirmed by the Southeast ...
    • KOICA grants $4M for Concepcion port 

      Nepomoceno, Jezza (Panay News, October 30, 2016, on page 11)
      To help marginal fishermen, the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) will be providing a $4-million (P192-million) grant to expand and develop the fishing port of Concepcion town. The Official Development Assistance ...
    • Masbate solon eyes partnership with SEAFDEC/AQD on aquaculture 

      (Panay News, March 22, 2018, on page B3)
      Bacolod City – Congressman Scott Davies Lanete of the third district of Masbate, visited SEAFDEC/AQD to get insights on a possible establishment of linkage with the institution regarding the potential of Masbate for ...
    • P82-M fishery projects for Region 6 this year 

      Philippine News Agency (PNA) (Panay News, May 26, 2015, on page 6)
      Sixty-eight fishery projects worth P82 million will be implemented in Western Visayas this year. Among the projects are artificial reefs, procurement of motorized fishing boats and paraphernalia, payao, seaweed culture, ...
    • 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 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 ...
    • Piñol to turn over P233M in agri projects for WV 

      (Panay News, August 8, 2017, on page Section B)
      Secretary Emmanuel Piñol of the Department of Agriculture (DA) will visit Antique, Guimaras and Iloilo on Aug. 8 to 9 to lead the turnover of P233-millions worth of agriculture and fisheries projects, according to the ...