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16,466 kilos of trash collected in int'l coastal, river cleanup
Iloilo City's conduct of International Coastal Cleanup Day and Jaro River Cleanup drive collected a total of 16,466 kilos of garbage from shores and riverbank over the weekend. The initiative gathered 5,500 stakeholders ...
- September 30, 2019
Endangered giant clams confiscated in Sagay
Three fishermen were arrested by Sagay City police for hoarding “endangered” giant clams at Barangay Molocaboc Thursday. Police identified the suspects as Felix Causapin, 60; Lito Cañete, 49; and Adan Atabelo, 54, all ...
- April 13, 2019
Sea turtle rescued in Negros
A sea turtle was rescued by fishermen after it got trapped in a fish cage at Barangay Sara-et, Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental Thursday. Commander Ludovico Librilla Jr., head of Philippine Coast Guard-Negros Occidental, ...
- May 25, 2019
PSA-Guimaras, partners plant 200 mangrove seedlings
Two hundred mangrove seedlings of Bakhaw baye were planted by Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) personnel and representatives from various member agencies of the Provincial Statistics Committee (PSC)-Guimaras in ...
- November 13, 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
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
'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
Revenge of the river – 2
In my first article, this writer pointed out that it is the people of Metro Iloilo who suffered the most because of the molasses contamination fiasco of Jalaur River caused by the criminal act of a sugar central. This ...
- June 17, 2019
Boracay: A model of Clean Water
It is an amazing story worthy to be told again and again. Boracay is one of the world's most beautiful islands, until it was rocked with the controversy of being tagged a "cesspool" by no less than the country's president. ...
- April 22, 2019
106 green sea turtle hatchlings released
A total of 106 Green Sea turtle hatchlings were released in its nesting ground located at Brgy. Cadajug, Laua-an, Antique last month. The hatchlings have a carapace length of approximate in five centimeters and a width of ...
- December 21, 2019