DAVAO CITY – The Department of Environment and Natural Resources-12 has confirmed that a 7.5-foot male saltwater crocodile (Crocodylus porosus) rescued in Barangay Kawas, Alabel town, Sarangani province earlier this year was a migrant species from the Tawi-Tawi-Palawan cluster. In a statement,...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A man was bitten by a crocodile after he reportedly went inside its cage in a wetlands park in Siay town, Zamboanga Sibugay province on Monday, April 28. A report from the Siay Municipal Police Station said the victim was bitten on the right leg by the reptile when lawmen...
Pangil, the Philippines’ largest saltwater crocodile since Lolong who passed away 12 years ago in 2013, died of cancer on Saturday, Jan. 25, the Davao Crocodile Park and Zoo in Davao City announced. PANGIL (FB) It said in a Facebook post on Thursday that Pangil peacefully passed away due to...
ILOILO CITY — The Department of Tourism-Western Visayas assured that tourists remain safe following the sighting of and capture of a saltwater crocodile at world-famous Boracay Island. A CROCODILE was spotted and rescued at world-famous Boracay Island in Malay town, Aklan province....
ILOILO CITY – A crocodile was spotted and rescued in world-famous Boracay Island in Malay town, Aklan province. A CROCODILE was spotted and rescued in world-famous Boracay Island in Malay town, Aklan province. (DENR/CENRO-Boracay) The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR)-6...
SAN MARIANO, Isabela – The Mabuwaya Foundation released 15 juvenile crocodiles at Dunoy Lake within the Northern Sierra Madre Natural Park here on World Wildlife Day last March 3. A VOLUNTEER holds one of the 15 juvenile crocodiles released in a sanctuary in Isabela. (Photo via Liezle...
DAVAO CITY – Prominent businessman Philip “Sonny” Dizon, owner of the Crocodile Park here and food producer Dizon Farms, passed away on Sunday morning, January 7, in a road crash on the Bansalan-Balutakay Road in Davao del Sur. DIZON ( Councilor Danilo C. Dayanghirang FB) The Bansalan Police...
PUERTO PRINCESA CITY, Palawan (PNA) – Officials of Barangay Sumbiling in Bataraza, this province, warned residents, especially children, to avoid swimming in the river that passes through the community while a rogue crocodile is on the loose. Saramhel Armal, a barangay councilor in...
A crocodile that has been spotted three weeks ago in the Bulacan river was finally caught by the Oplan Buwaya Rescue and Recovery Team and residents on Sunday, July 17, in Sitio Tabon, Barangay Malis, Guiguinto, Bulacan. The crocodile captured in the river of Sitio Tabon in Barangay Malis,...
All work and no play makes Rufus Rodriguez a dull congressman. In a surprising display of disco moves, Cagayan De Oro 2nd district Rep. Rodriguez took a break from writing bills and resolutions for the 19th Congress by--how else? Dancing. CDO Rep. Rufus Rodriguez dances to Elton John's Crocodile...
TEODULFO Bombeo, head of the City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (CDRMMO) of El Salvador City, gathers information from a witness who saw a crocodile at the coastal area of Purok 1, Barangay Sinaloc, El Salvador City. (Photo courtesy of Teodulfo Bombeo Facebook account) CAGAYAN DE...
SAN MARIANO, Isabela – The critically small population of the Philippine crocodiles is likely to grow following the establishment of the Philippine Crocodile Conservation Center (PCCC) inside the Isabela State University campus in San Mariano. The Philippine Crocodile Conservation Center in San...
