The local government of Carles plans to place four island barangays under a state of calamity due to red tide. The coastal waters of the Gigantes group of islands remain positive for paralytic shellfish poison beyond the regulatory limit, according to the latest (Aug. 30) Shellfish Bulletin No. 30 of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR). But the councils of the island barangays of Asluman, Gabi, Lantangan, and Granada must come up with resolutions about the red tide first before the Sangguniang Bayan could declare a state of calamity, according to Mayor Siegfredo Salagunting Betita.

Sologastoa, G. (2017, September 5). State of calamity mulled for red tide-hit villages. Panay News, pp. 1, 14.