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Duterte yields to China fishing in PHL sea for friendship perks we get
President Rodrigo Duterte resigns to the fact that the government cannot stop Chinese fishermen from fishing within the Philippine exclusive economic zone because Filipinos get frienship benefits from them, his spokesperson ...
- June 27, 2019
Iloilo City to host int’l workshop on env’t-friendly aquaculture
To address various environmental and social issues of aquaculture in Southeast Asia, an international workshop on healthy and environment-friendly aquaculture will be conducted on June 25 to 27, 2019 at Richmonde Hotel ...
- June 24, 2019
2 tons of waste fished from Calahunan Creek
The Iloilo City General Services Office (GSO) collected more or less two tons of waste from Calahunan Creek in Mandurriao district during a cleanup drive on May 17, 2019. The activity was part of the Department of Environment ...
- May 5, 2019
Female Olive Ridley turtle returns home safely
An endangered female Olive Ridley (Lepidochelysolivacea) was recently released back to its home – the sea facing the town of Tigbauan, Iloilo. The turtle was trapped in a payao, a fishing devicemade of coconut fronds and ...
- May 15, 2019
Bountiful shrimp harvest lifts hopes of reviving sugpo farming
The recent harvest of almost three tons of tiger shrimp, locally known as lukon or sugpo, lifted hopes of reviving the multi-million dollar industry which had its heydays in the 90s. The harvest at the Dumangas Brackishwater ...
- November 13, 2019
'Boat giveth, boat taketh away'
The motor boat that ferried Cecilia Fenis from Guimaras to Iloilo City as she was about to give birth was the same boat that took her only child’s life in the tragic Iloilo Strait mishap. Cecilia Fenis is the mother of Ma. ...
- August 16, 2019
New hatchery technology to save endemic 'ayungin'
The declining population of the native freshwater fish ayungin, also known as silver therapon,is set to get a boost after a scientist devised a newsystem of growing its larvae in captivity. The hatchery technique was devised ...
- December 16, 2019
6 coastal villages join cleanup drive
Six coastal villages in Valladolid, Negros Occidental joined a cleanup drive yesterday as part of their preventive measures on stranded sea animals which are being tangled by fishing nets and other garbage. The activity ...
- August 23, 2019
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