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City drops oil spill suit
Early this week, Iloilo City Mayor Jerry P. Treñas announced that “I am satisfied” with the AC Energy Philippines (ACEPh) response to the oil spill that occurred off the shores of Bo. Obrero following an explosion that ...
- July 23, 2020
Solon wants motor bancas to continue operations but..
Guimaras Rep. Ma. Lucille Nava wants the Maritime Industry Authority (Marina) to continue allowing wooden-hulled boats, or motor bancas, to ferry passengers from Iloilo to Guimaras and vice versa. In her privilege speech, ...
- August 16, 2019
State of calamity looms: Guimaras town reels from oil spill
The town of Buenavista in Guimaras province may be free from indigenous cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) but it has not been spared from the ill-effects of the oil spill that hit Iloilo Strait last week. Mayor Eugenio ...
- July 10, 2020
2 Negrense fishermen rescued home to Sipalay
The two fishermen who were rescued in Zamboanga del Norte last Monday returned home to Sipalay City, Negros Occidental yesterday. Executive Assistant Dionilo Bogtae, head of the Public Safety and Sipalay Emergency Assistance ...
- February 26, 2021
Anti-illegal fishing efforts 'underappreciated'
The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR)-6 and Oceana Philippines on Thursday led a simulation exercise in Iloilo City to highlight the critical role of law enforcers in curbing illegal fishing activities in ...
- August 2, 2019
Contractor done with oil spill cleanup
The Philippine Coast Guard-Iloilo City on Monday confirmed that the private contractor hired by AC Energy Philippines has declared completion of the oil spill clean-up operations. Lieutenant Commander Joe Luviz Mercurio, ...
- August 4, 2020
Barge explosion leads to oil spill: 48,000 liters of oil leaked into Iloilo City waters - Coast Guard
An estimated 48,000 liters of oil spilled into the waters of Iloilo City following an explosion in a power barge operated by AC Energy Philippines in Bo. Obrero, Lapuz, Iloilo City afternoon of July 3, 2020. Lieutenant ...
- July 4, 2020
CENRO Bago spearheads Sum-ag River Cleanup
One hundred eighty five (185) participants from the Philippine Coast Guard, Sum-ag Elementary School, PCG Auxiliary, City Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Management Council(CFARMC) Guardians Emigrant and barangay officials ...
- September 23, 2019
DENR-6 strengthens enforcement of Wildlife Act
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Western Visayas recently hosted the “9th Training of Trainers (ToT9) on the Application of the Wildlife Law Enforcement Manual of Operations” among national ...
- July 29, 2019
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