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NEDA-6 chief calls for bigger fisheries budget
There is a need to increase the budget for the fisheries sector in the country, said National Economic Development Authority (NEDA) Western Visayas regional director Ro-ann Bacal. During the news conference for the 2015 ...
- July 29, 2016
Biotech forum held communicators
A scientific forum on biotechnology which focused on the communicators as the people who play a vital role in spreading the information regarding biotechnology was held at MO2 Westown Hotel here on November 15. The said ...
- November 20, 2012
DOLE Region 6 office probes oil spill, too: Focus on occupational safety and health
Apart from investigations of environmental agencies, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Region 6, too, started its own investigation of the oil spill here following an explosion at a power barge. The probe focuses ...
- July 10, 2020
Aquaculture industry maintains strong hold
With an annual growth of 10 percent for the past three years, the aquaculture industry has maintained a strong hold in securing the future of the Filipinos. Congressman Alfredo G. Marañon, Jr. of the House Subcommittee on ...
- July 24, 2003
Rising fish prices hurt vendors, too
“Fish is getting costly but consumers just have to live with it,” Toding told Panay News in Hiligaynon. She estimated the increase in prices at some 50 percent and blamed the recent tropical depression “Agaton.” Inclement ...
- January 6, 2018
Du30 to meet families of sea mishap victims today
President Rodrigo Duterte will be in Guimaras today to personally condole with the families to those who died in the capsizing of three motorboats in the Iloilo Strait on Saturday. According to Presidential Spokesperson ...
- July NaN, 2019
'Jalaur mega dam completion means food security for Iloilo': House pledges funds for dam, Iloilo farmers
Iloilo is one of the top rice-producing provinces in the country. “We will also assist our farmers with other inputs, such as seeds, fertilizer, and farm equipment, and help them in marketing their produce by building ...
- April 27, 2024
Agri, Aquaculture investments eyed in Iloilo, Guimaras
Stakeholders in Iloilo and Guimaras started to map out strategies to promote investments and support the development and agriculture and aquaculture sectors. A focused group discussion (FGD) was conducted on August 14 ...
- August 4, 2013
Bantay Dagat nets 5 illegal fishing boats
The Iloilo Provincial Bantay Dagat Task Force (IPBFTF) apprehended five illegal fishing vessels from October 11 to 15. All the owners of the apprehended vessels paid the compromise fines. However, their illegal fishing ...
- October 19, 2012
PCG orders salvage of sunken ship
The Philippine Coast Guard- Western Visayas (PCG-WV) has ordered the company of the cargo ship that sank between the waters of Iloilo and Guimaras on Sunday to refloat it. Coast Guard divers yesterday saw patches of soil ...
- January 21, 2014