Online newspapers, especially the local ones, are now focusing on the developmental updates in the Guimaras Oil Spill. To spread the awareness on the 8-11 disaster, I will be posting the links to the news articles so that everyone will be updated (If only I have the time to write about it myself, sigh). Here’s the April 25 roundup (The links will open in a new page. Some of the links may not work, when the websites update new content. )
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In hopes that the MT Solar 1 be removed from Guimaras waters, Task force Project Sunrise has posted in their website, a plea to concerned individuals to help pressure Petron into removing the said ship, that has so far discharged 200,000 liters of bunker fuel out of the 2.0 million liters it is carrying, by emailing your concerns to Petron: contactus@petron.com, mtong@petron.com, rrledesma@petron.com.

If left under 3000ft of sea water, the remaining bunker fuel will surely leak out, causing a disaster that could span the whole Visayan Sea, displacing the lives of millions! and devastating hundreds of kilometers of shoreline and marine biodiversity that will take decades (even centruries) to flourish again.

Project Sunrise

Hundreds of kilometers of shoreline, and marine sancutaries, have already been badly damaged after the MT Solar 1 sunk, last September 11 or 8-11, discharing
200,000 liters of oil buker fuel to date.

It has already killed the marine biodiversity in the areas that it has so far engulfed, displacing the livelihood of thousands of families in Guimaras that rely on the sea for their income. In the worst affected towns, the people are now relying on relief goods to survive, oil slick - related diseases are going up with one casualty already been reported!
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One of the oldest landmarks in the town, constructed in 1845. Its facade bears Spanish influences and is one of the stongest structure built during the Spanish time, surviving the test of earthquakes. Continue Reading »

THE city government of Iloilo has been trying to cash in on the booming Information and Communication Technology (ICT) sector as its “main product” to prospective investors but concerns on power supply are dampening the effort.

This was revealed by Department of Trade and Industry (DTI-Iloilo) provincial director Diosdado Cadena Jr. yesterday, citing the decision of the city government to adopt ICT as top project for the “One Town, One Product (OTOP)” program of the national government.

“We have complete facilities like fiber optics which is already in place and reliable. Added to this…is a large pool of human resources as the city is being considered an educational center,” Cadena explained.

Cadena said: “Iloilo City is producing some 16,000-18,000 graduates a year but sad to say, they are going out to look for work in other areas.”

News Clipping from The Guardian

The new Iloilo Airport of International Standards is proposed to be completed in October this year. Basing from the pictures below taken by markoakz of www.dinagyang.com most structures are now almost done. Good Job to Taisei and all the people responsible for the consutrction of the project!

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THE Treñas administration yesterday got the go-signal for the establishment of a P350-million New City Hall building across Plaza Libertad.

This, after the Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) approved “a resolution authorizing Mayor Jerry P. Treñas to negotiate and enter into a memorandum of agreement with the Landbank of the Philippines during its regular session yesterday. Continue Reading »

THE national government has prioritized the improvement of seaports in Panay Island to fast track the flow of economic investments.

These multimillion proposals got the nod of the national government during the joint Regional Development Council and Cabinet meeting with President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo in Malacañang Tuesday.

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The Australian Agency for International Development (USAID) has committed to release P1.2 billion or 30 million Australian dollars to the Metro-Iloilo Guimaras Economic Development Council (MIGEDC).

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Santa Maria Catholic School now bears Ateneo de Iloilo as principal name of the educational institution founded by the early Jesuit companions in the Society of Jesus- Francis Xavier, Saint Ignatius of Loyola, and Blessed Peter Faber, whose Jubilee Year was celebrated last July 31, 2006 at the school’s auditorium and activity area. The event, as part of the commemoration of the 450th and 500th anniversary of the founding Fathers, was attended by Atenean alumni, donors and benefactors of the school, prominent guests and local political figures. A mass was held first followed by a dinner which was opened with a fervent prayer from Fr. Edwin U. Castillo, S.J. Continue Reading »