Got this text message from Lydia Colobong:
Did you know that the barge was towed towards sitio (sub-village)Talisay were we are culturing giant clams (Tridacna gigas)? We are going to protest!
Poor barge, it does not know where to place itself. It's hull is in bad need of repair and it's so unwanted. Maybe it feels unloved and unneeded. After all the work it has done?
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The owners of the barge that grounded in Agno town are transferring its cargo to another barge and have started cleaning up the shore of spilled coal, but the provincial government said the company is not yet off the hook.Governor Victor Agbayani, in a letter to Asian Shipping Corporation, warned the company that the provincial government would file a legal suit against it if it will not immediately tow the barge and clean the shores of spilled coal.
Agbayani also asked the company to give a report to the provincial government as regards the action it was taking, but the company failed to do so. Read more
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Three down, about a hundred more to go. The eggs laid by a sea turtle in the beach of Ilio-ilio village in Burgos town last January 28 have started to hatch on Tuesday.A sea turtle made its nest in front of the Bantay Dayat detachment, and residents had been looking forward to the hatching of the eggs, Ava Sharon Batay-an of Tanggol Kalikasan, a non-government organization.
On Tuesday noon, or 60 days after the turtle nest was "discovered," the first hatchling was spotted by Tony de Guzman, head of the bantay dagat (sea guard), when he peeked at the nest. Read more
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