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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
The American who pioneered Philippine fisheries
Dr. Albert William Christian Theodore Herre, an American, came to the Philippines in 1920 to head the Department of Fisheries in Manila in 1920 to 1928. After this, he went home. But he came back in 1931 and again in 1933 ...
- July 30, 2020
Two fishermen rescued after boat capsizes in Himalayan
Two fishermen were rescued after their motorized boat capsized in the waters of Barangay Canmuros, Binalbagan, Negros Occidental Tuesday. One of the victims was identified as Reynold Arcillas, 30. Authorities withheld the ...
- July 23, 2020
Global cooperation critical as criminal activity in plastic waste trade increases: WWF
“Waste crime is a rising threat with roots in a more fundamental problem: the inability to manage our plastic use and production. We are witnessing the impacts of plastic pollution on marine ecosystems and now, the criminal ...
- August 29, 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
Endangered dolphin found dead in Pulupandan
The Earth Island Institute Philippines raised their alarm on the possible extinction of Irrawaddy dolphins in Negros, after a dolphin calf was found dead in the coastal waters of Pulupandan, Negros Occidental on Sept 25, ...
- October 1, 2020
Crushed dolomite used as artificial white sand can cause respiratory issues - DOH
Crushed dolomite can cause respiratory issues, the Department of Health warned Monday, days after the environment department began dumping artificial white sand nearby Manila Bay. “Ang dolomite po is a form of a rock na ...
- September 8, 2020
Search operations for missing cop terminated
Search operations for the missing police officer on a sunken boat was called off on May 13, 2020. In a statement, Mayor Rigil Kent Lim of Caluya, Antique said that Water Search and Rescue (WASAR) Operation for Police ...
- May 14, 2020
Sandfish: expensive, endangered, and ecologically essential
Sandfish, or Holothuria scabra, is one of the most threatened tropical sea cucumbers because of its high price, reaching up to $1,600 per kilogram (approximately P80,800) when processed and dried into trepang or beche-de-mer ...
- May 29, 2020
Coast Guard intercepts Bantayan residents
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG)-Negros Occidental intercepted three residents of Bantayan, Cebu at Vito port in Sagay City, Negros Occidental last Tuesday. Commander Jansen Benjamin, PCG-Negros Occidental head, said they ...
- May 8, 2020