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Another 'monster catch' in Iloilo River
A 27-kilogram ‘Barramundi’ or Asian Sea Bass was caught from the Iloilo River on Sunday, July 24, 2022. Regular angler Willie Wendam made the big catch. But this was not Wendam’s first monster catch as he also baited a ...
- July 25, 2022
Black tiger shrimp revival program stepping up at AQD
As a highlight of its 50th anniversary, Aquaculture Department (AQD) inaugurated its new Black Tiger Shrimp Broodstock Facility in Tigbauan, Iloilo on July 3, 2023. The biosecure facility was built to reduce reliance on ...
- December 4, 2023
Efforts to protect Visayan Sea hailed
Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel “Manny” Piñol on Monday commended stakeholders in the just concluded seaborne law enforcement operations in the Visayan Sea. “I commend the men and women of the Department of Agriculture’s ...
- May 15, 2019
'Overmarketed, overpromised': Save the Gigantes Islands before it's too late
After Boracay Island underwent a six-month rehabilitation closure last year, tourists have been flooding the Gigantes Islands in Carles, Iloilo because of its promise of white-sand beaches, highly comparable to that of ...
- September 17, 2019
Jump-start aquaculture business with coaching from experts
Fish farms and hatcheries need proper management to prosper, thus, experts from the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center Aquaculture Department (SEAFDEC/AQD) are offering aquaculture trainings with first-hand ...
- February 7, 2020
Sea trips for small vessels halted due to gale warning
A gale warning was issued morning of Aug 5, 2019 in Western Visayas, forcing the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) to again cancel sea trips between Bacolod City and Iloilo City. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and ...
- August 6, 2019
DENR 6 launches campaign to save watersheds
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) led the virtual provincial launching of the Save Our Watershed (SOW) campaign last August 10, 2021. SOW campaign had its first launching nationwide on June 30, ...
- August 16, 2021
EXPERT-O turn up useful tech innovations
The pandemic has demonstrated how science, technology, and innovation can significantly mitigate the debilitating impacts of CoVID-19. DOST VI comes up with initiatives that answer the immediate concerns the society needs ...
- August 28, 2020
Firm assures no oil debris will be left in Guimaras
The owner of the power barge stationed in Iloilo City that triggered an oil spill earlier this month assured local officials of Guimaras that it will never leave the island until it has cleaned up the spill. In a meeting ...
- July 21, 2020
23 HS teachers train on aquaculture, science research
Twenty-three science high school teachers from 13 public high schools in Iloilo were given the opportunity to take part in a three-day training sponsored by the Government of Japan. In a media release from Southeast Asian ...
- June 3, 2019