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Iloilo River is now the anglers' haven
Fishing buddies Erwin and Gilbert of Arroyo St., City Proper, Iloilo City find angling enjoyable and a good escape from the stresses living in a pandemic. This is why the fish dispersal program of the Iloilo City government ...
- February 13, 2021
EMB awaits barge owner's reply to violation notice
The owner of the power barge which triggered an oil spill in lloilo Strait last July 3, 2020 has until tomorrow, July 16, 2020, to file its position paper on the notice of violation issued by the Department of Environment ...
- July 15, 2020
Almost half of PHL fish catch in 2019 was illegally caught
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) released on March 9 the results of a study which quantified illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing ...
- March 11, 2021
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
Containment and retrieval are a must - oil spill expert
The images of the oil spill caused by an explosion in a power barge stationed in Lapuz, Iloilo City on July 3, 2020 brought back images of similar incidents in Guimaras, Estancia, Iloilo and Semirara, Antique. For UP-Visayas ...
- July 6, 2020
China will reclaim Scarborough in three years, SC justice says
Expect China to reclaim the disputed Scarborough Shoal before President Rodrigo Duterte steps down in 2022. This is the belief of Supreme Court (SC) Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio in his lecture during the U.S. ...
- September 26, 2019
Phase-out starts: Marina stops registration of wooden hulled boats
The Maritime Industry Authority (Marina) has stopped accepting registrations for new wooden-hulled passenger vessels that are the most common modes of transportation in the Philippines, particularly in island towns and ...
- August 31, 2019
It’s oil spill déjà vu for Guimaras
It’s déjà vu for the island province of Guimaras as 20 villages claimed to have been affected by the oil spill triggered by an explosion in Power Barge 102 of Ayala-owned AC Energy Philippines last July 3, 2020. The term ...
- July 7, 2020
'Floating disaster': Iloilo City, Guimaras officials take Ayala firm to task on oil spill
The local governments of Iloilo City and Guimaras urged the owner of Power Barge 102 which caused an oil spill last week to take responsibility for the latest environmental crisis that hit the island. The call was directed ...
- July 8, 2020
Negligence, recklessness led to blast
Negligence and recklessness may have caused the explosion in a power barge afternoon of July 3, 2020, which resulted in an oil spill that affected Iloilo City, Guimaras Island, and the town of Dumangas, Iloilo so far. “It’s ...
- July 6, 2020