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Global experts: Info sharing on aquaculture a must in ASEAN
Global experts in aquaculture said in a recent international workshop here that to enhance successes in resource enhancement and prevent failures in the aquaculture industry, member-countries of the Association of Southeast ...
- July 12, 2019
Commonplace
Anyone can easily shrug off any form of tragedy as just a part of life. But only the most soulless, vile, and twisted beings online can leave a “Haha” reaction on a news report about what is considered to be one of the ...
- August 6, 2019
Boracay – New Ways, New Days
When I first stepped foot onto the fabled white sands of Boracay, it was a different time and place. No heavy-handed politics, no hardcore environmental concerns, none that I could recall anyway. All I remember was Boracay ...
- April 12, 2019
PCG, Marina 'no shows': survivors blame Coast Guard for tragedy
Officials of the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) and Maritime Industry Authority (Marina) in Western Visayas were “no shows” in the legislative inquiry conducted by the Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) of Guimaras on Aug 14, ...
- August 15, 2019
'He vever cried': Father attributes survival to son's courage
Richie Bustamante lost his consciousness four times as he and 39 fellow passengers spent about an hour adrift in the turbulent Iloilo Strait. But the 34-year-old security guard from Buenavista town in Guimaras Island quickly ...
- August 6, 2019
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
UP, ISCOF grads dominate Fisheries Technologist exams
Graduates of the University of the Philippines Visayas (UPV) in Miag-ao, Iloilo and Iloilo State College of Fisheries (ISCOF) in Barotac Nuevo, Iloilo clinched the top spots in the October 2019 Fisheries Technologist ...
- October 30, 2019
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
Overhaul looms: Iloilo Strait tragedy review of sea transportation
The Iloilo Strait tragedy that claimed the lives of 31 people triggered the need to overhaul protocols, safety nets, and other measures in the sea transport industry. During his visit to the wake of the eight casualties ...
- August 9, 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