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Ilongo fisherfolks get fiberglass boats
Amid the coronavirus pandemic, fisherfolks from Iloilo City received 10 fiberglass reinforced plastic boats from the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) 6 and Department of Agriculture-Office of Assistant ...
- September 25, 2020
DPWH joins int'l coastal clean-up
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Region 6 and Negros Island Region (NIR) observed and celebrated the 31st International Coastal Clean Up (ICC) Day last Saturday Sept. 16, 2017. Several employees of DPWH ...
- September 26, 2017
Agri-Aqua Trade Fair and Exhibit 2019
The Provincial Agri-Aqua Trade Fair and Exhibit 2019 at the Casa Real ended Sunday amid very satisfied participants, including several small and micro entrepreneurs. Members and representatives of the Panay Organic Producers ...
- September 24, 2019
'Coast Guard didn't act fast enough'
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) failed to control the spread of bunker fuel in Estancia, Iloilo during the first two weeks of the oil spill, according to Karl Ignatius Young, president of Kuan Yu Global Technologies, Inc., ...
- February 22, 2014
NegOcc joins coast watch for missing persons in sea mishap
The Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (PDRRMC) here has directed city and municipalities, which are located along the shorelines of Negros Occidental, to join the coast watch for missing persons in ...
- August 7, 2019
Agri-fishery info system to benefit local farmers
The institutionalization of the Provincial Agri-fishery Information System (PAIS) is expected to benefit local farmers in marketing their agricultural products. According to Gov. Arthur Defensor Jr., PAIS is one of the ...
- October 10, 2020
Oplan SWIM hopes to make Iloilo River swimmable
The Oplan SWIM or "Sustainable Work plan for Iloilo River Management" aims to make the body of water clean on the short-term and swimmable on the long-term. According to Raul Lorilla of the Provincial Environment and Natural ...
- March 31, 2014
'N. Iloilo illegal fishing hotspot'
Northern Iloilo is an illegal fishing hotspot in Western Visayas, according to the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR). Most of the violations were the use of active gears and encroachment of municipal waters ...
- August 2, 2019
'Feed the hungry': Illongos, Baronda thank nat'l gov't for 54K kg fish aid
To address hunger as the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic rages, 54,000 kilos of frozen fish from the national government and Office of Civil Defense were handed over to the Liga ng mga Barangay federation ...
- August 25, 2020
Historical Quote of the Week
"Iloilo is the site of the first research international center in the fishing industry with the establishment of SEAFDEC in Tigbauan, Iloilo."
- February 19, 2019