Browsing Panay News by Subject "pollution"
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Boracay Island cleanup to continue this Holy Week
(Panay News,March 29, 2018 , on page B1-B2)“We have five months to go. We have to fast track already,” Cimatu said in a media interview Tuesday. He said the priority is to solve the island’s drainage and sewerage system problems, as well as to continue the crackdown ... -
Closed Season
(Panay News,November 21, 2016 , on page 14-14)Feom Nov. 15, 2016 to Feb. 15, 2017 it is prohibited to catch sardines, herrings and mackerels in the Visayan Sea – a rich fishing ground bordered by the islands of Panay, Negros, Cebu, and Masbate. The annual closed season ... -
Conscious efforts vs. plastics
(Panay News,September 9, 2018 , on page 8)Can we end plastic pollution? Plastics have been polluting land and bodies of water and threaten marine life and human health. Plastics are ubiquitous components of the world’s consumer culture. They symbolize the throwaway ... -
DENR finds ‘illegal’ drainage connections in Boracay
(Panay News,April 27, 2018 , on page 12)There are 24 illegal drainage connections recently found in this famed island resort, according to the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR). DENR secretary Roy Cimatu presented a list of the illegal ... -
Don't forget the Environment
(Panay News,July 24, 2018 , on page 8)We would have wanted to hear the President emphasize ecological solutions to the waste and pollution problems afflicting the country in his third State of the Nation Address (SONA) yesterday. It would have driven home his ... -
Experts detect 'mass death' of sea life off Russia's Kamchatka
(Panay News,October 8, 2020 , on page 5)Pollution off the Pacific shoreline of the remote Kamchatka peninsula has caused the mass death of marine creatures, Russian scientists said Tuesday. Locals sounded the alarm in late Sept. as surfers experienced stinging ... -
New law to protect 97 PH 'critical areas'
(Panay News,July 5, 2018 , on page 13)A new law will strengthen the conservation of 97 ecologically “critical areas” in the country. Republic Act 11038, or the Expanded National Integrated Protected Areas System Act of 2018, was approved on June 22. “The ... -
Parola 'plastic pollution'
(Panay News,November 4, 2021 , on page 9)Paging the officials and personnel of the regional office of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources 9DENR) based in Iloilo City. Palihog pagtamwa man kamo sa into opisina and check the Parola wharf, specifically ... -
Plastic
(Panay News,June 8, 2018 , on page 8)Plastic waste prevention and the genuine enforcement of best practices in ecological solid waste management sans incineration and open burning is the way to go to tackle the plastic scourge that has now become a global ... -
Pollution in the ocean and more, 2
(Panay News,November 11, 2023 , on page 8)Rain forests are being destroyed and global warming due to human activity i s killing off the vital life sustaining phytoplanktons that could save us by absorbing CO2. The human species, many of whom are ignorant, are ... -
Private sector urged to invest in Boracay projects
(Panay News,October 28, 2018 , on page C1)The government urged private enterprises to invest in projects meant to support sustainable tourism in Boracay which is scheduled to reopen Friday. “So we are reopening, there are interventions done by the government but ... -
A significant step for Boracay
(Panay News,September 7, 2018 , on page 8)The local government of Malay, Aklan is enforcing an ordinance prohibiting single-use plastics when Boracay Island reopens in October. Municipal Ordinance No. 386 prohibits hotels, resorts, other accommodation establishments, ... -
Solving major aquaculture woes sought
(Panay News,October 6, 2018 , on page B8)The aquaculture industry faces three major constraints – lack of fry supply, high cost of feeds and skilled manpower. Upon identifying these constraints, the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC) and ... -
Wetlands Disappearing: Duterte declares state of calamity in Boracay
(Panay News,April 27, 2018 , on page 1-14)President Rodrigo Duterte placed Boracay Island under a state of calamity. Only four out of nine wetlands in the island remain due to the illegal encroachment of structures, he said. The structures included 937 illegally ...