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MORE PROTECTION. Panaon Island's coral reef. The environmental group Oceana on Thursday (Feb. 9, 2023) welcomed the filing of Senate Bill 1690 to declare Panaon Island, one of the last remaining places in the Philippines with healthy and vibrant corals, as a protected seascape under the Expanded National Integrated Protected Areas System Act. (Photo courtesy of Oceana) TACLOBAN CITY - The environmental group Oceana has welcomed the filing of Senate Bill 1690 to declare Panaon Island as a protected seascape under the Expanded National Integrated Protected Areas System (ENIPAS) Act. In a sta...

TACLOBAN CITY – Sen. Cynthia Villar, chairperson of the Senate Committee on Environment and Natural Resources, has filed a bill declaring Panaon Island in Southern Leyte as a protected seascape under the Expanded National Integrated Protected Areas System Act or Republic Act 11038. VILLAR (FB)

UNDERWATER GEM. The rich marine life in Panaon Island, Southern Leyte must be protected at all costs, according to lawmakers, local government units and environmental groups like Oceana on Tuesday (Jan. 31, 2023). Coastal communities are also dependent on fishing as livelihood while tourists flock to the island for diving and snorkeling. (Courtesy of Danny Ocampo/Oceana) MANILA - The Panaon Island in Southern Leyte must be declared a protected area due to overfishing and potential destruction of its inhabitants. Due to its extensive coral reefs and various marine species, Panaon Island may als...

REP. Yap (FB) LILOAN, Southern Leyte – A year after typhoon ‘’Odette’’ ravaged Southern Leyte and other areas in the Visayas, Southern Leyte Rep. Christopherson Yap appealed to the national government for help in its recovery, particularly the province's coconut industry. With only 110,000 cocon

The powerful House Committee on Appropriations, which handles and approves the country’s national budget, has approved the budget provisions of the substitute bill, subject to amendments, that would create a National Citizens Service Training Program (NCST) in all public and private tertiary educati