Browsing Panay News by Subject "planning"

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    • Activities restricted at new marine reserve 

      PIO Guimaras; PN (Panay News, August 22, 2017, on page 3-14)
      Under Municipal Ordinance No. 004-2017, the MPA is from the village’s Sitio Casita to Sitio Balingasag spanning 24.49633 hectares. Within the core zone of the MPA, fishing of any kind or manner or collecting of shellfish ...

    • 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 ...

    • 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 ...

    • Board hearing to fish for El Niño measures 

      Acupan, Fraire (Panay News, September 3, 2015, on page 22)
      The provincial government of Negros Occidental is bracing for the El Niño phenomenon that is expected to hit the country in the last quarter of this year and the first quarter of 2016. Sangguniang Panlalawigan will have a ...

    • 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’ ...

    • DA turns over P460M experimental facilities to SEAFDEC/AQD 

      (Panay News, May 8, 2018, on page B1)
      SEAFDEC/AQD Chief Dan Baliao signed a document this morning acknowledging receipt of P460 million in the form of equipment and other experimental facilities from DA/BFAR. Chief Baliao expressed his gratitude to the Government ...

    • El Niño may hurt fisheries sector, too 

      Philippine News Agency (PNA) (Panay News, September 27, 2015, on page 4)
      The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) Region 6 is working out an El Niño mitigation plan to lessen the dry spell's impact on the fisheries sector. "We are currently planning for one. We will also meet with ...

    • Extra Boracay cops 'to counter protests' 

      Amio, Jonel P. (Panay News, April 10, 2018, on page 1)
      The additional police personnel who were deployed to this famed island destination - which is now facing a looming closure- are tasked to counter possible demonstrations, according to an official from the Police Regional ...

    • Fisheries sector gears up for global competitiveness 

      (Panay News, January 9, 2016, on page B2)
      The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) on Thursday said the Philippine is looking at a more improved and globally competitive fisheries sector as it welcomes 2016 with a five-year national fisheries plan that ...

    • Gov’t pushes local management of fish sanctuaries for sustainability 

      (Panay News, April 3, 2017, on page B3)
      To ensure sustainability of marine resources, the Philippine government will pursue preferential access for small-scale fishermen in managing coastal fishing grounds and marine sanctuaries. These measures will be implemented ...

    • Guimaras integrated coastal mgt cited 

      (Panay News, January 6, 2016, on page 3)
      The Integrated Coastal Management program of the island-province of Guimaras was recognized at the East Asian Seas Congress (EASC) recently held in Da Nang, Vietnam. The Congress, organized by the Partnerships in Environmental ...

    • Guimaras: turtle sanctuary 

      Gonzales, Roma R. (Panay News, January 11, 2015, on page 7)
      Officials of Guimaras mull designating a turtle sanctuary in the island province. Rep. JC Rahman Nava committed to secure funds for the preservation and conservation of sea turtles, also called pawikan. According to the ...

    • Mussel culture management 

      Yap, Julio P. Jr. (Panay News, May 2, 2018, on page 10)
      A seminar on the application of geospatial technologies for enhanced mussel culture management was recently conducted in Capiz City. The seminar titled “Project SSAM: Seminar- Workshop on the Applications of Geospatial ...

    • 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 ...

    • 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 ...