BACOLOD CITY – Sixty green sea turtle hatchlings were released back to the sea in a beach resort in Barangay Nauhang, Sipalay City, Negros Occidental on Monday, February 5. SIXTY green sea turtle hatchlings were released back to the sea in a beach resort in Barangay Nauhang, Sipalay City,...
SANCHEZ MIRA, Cagayan – An endangered Olive ridley sea turtle was rescued here on Sunday night, January 14. Residents of Barangay Namuac saw the stranded female turtle on the beach and immediately reported their discovery to authorities. AN Olive ridley sea turtle was rescued on Sunday,...
ILOILO CITY – The Department of Environment and Natural Resources-6 (Western Visayas) released 113 young Olive Ridley sea turtles at world-famous Boracay Island in Malay town, Aklan province at the start of the New Year. “It gives us hope that these hatchlings were safely released into...
DAVAO CITY (PNA) – Vice President Sara Duterte led the release of 152 hatchlings of the critically endangered hawksbill turtle to their natural habitat on the coastline of the Aboitiz Cleanergy Park in Punta Dumalag, Matina Aplaya here on Tuesday afternoon, September 12. Duterte, joined by...
At least 152 newly-hatched Hawksbill turtles were released to the sea in Punta Dumalag, Matina Aplaya in Davao City on Tuesday, Sept. 12. (Photo from Inday Sara Duterte Facebook page) Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte together with students saw the endangered baby turtles returned...
ILIGAN CITY – Armed Forces Western Mindanao Command chief Lt. Gen. Roy Galido inaugurated a brand-new flagpole and led a flag-raising ceremony in Bakkungan Island, Turtle Islands, Tawi-Tawi on Monday, July 31. In line with its 17th founding anniversary, the Westmincom also held the groundbreaking...
BACOLOD CITY – A juvenile hawksbill sea turtle rescued after it accidentally swallowed a large fishing hook last month was released back to the sea in E.B. Magalona, Negros Occidental on Tuesday, July 4. On June 7, a fisherman from Barangay Manta-angan, E.B. Magalona, caught the young sea turtle...
THE Jaslyn Stacy, one of two vessels suspected of smuggling fuel intercepted by the 112th Marine Company and Taganak police in Turtle Islands, Tawi-Tawi.(Westmincom photo) ZAMBOANGA CITY – Authorities apprehended two vessels suspected of smuggling 400,000 liters of fuel into the country...
CATANAUAN, Quezon – Some 115 newly hatched Olive Ridley Sea turtles were released in Sitio Paraiso, Barangay Cutcutan here recently. Department of Environment and Natural Resources-Community Environment and Natural Resources Office (CENRO) officer Ramil Gutierrez said their release was...
SARIAYA, Quezon – Three-hundred thirty-two olive ridley sea turtle hatchlings were released back to the sea here by the Bantay Dagat on Jan. 9 and 10. Jay Lim of Tanggol Kalikasan (TK) said Sherwin Rosales, a staff of the Municipal Agriculture Office (MAO), reported that they were released...
Water hyacinth, softshell turtle, squirrel are some of the ‘invasive alien species’ that are in the country. They are thriving in places not their natural habitats and are outcompeting native species. When unaddressed, these species will affect have a negative effect on our biodiversity. Many...
The pawikan hatchery project at Sitio Remedios By Dr. Joven R. Cuanang PAWIKAN PLIGHT From left: Green sea turtle or pawikan (Giorgia Doglioni) There are ways in this world that bring people of mutual interest together. This one involves a text message from George Canlas, sometime in August 2022:...
