The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources in Western Visayas has assured the public that red tide has not reached its shores.

BFAR Regional Director Drusila Bayate struck off reports that El Nino phenomenon's smoldering heat can spawn red tide, as she clarified that certain microscopic plants called algae, particularly the brown and red species which give rise to the reddening of sea water, are entirely to blame for the occurrence of red tide.

Bayate traced the formation of red tide to toxic algae which thrive in stationary coastal waters.

‘New technology
may change law’

Livestock raisers can have more leverage for their farms if amendments to regulations are made, Negros Occidental Provincial Veterinarian Dr. Renante Decena said yesterday.

Decena said commercial hogs and poultry growers can be exempted from a Department of Agriculture order and a provincial ordinance on the distance of commercial farms from other livestock growing facilities, residential areas, churches, and research spots.

The exemption can be given if the operators will invest in new technology like the tunnel ventilation for poultry farms and bio-gas for hog farms, Decena said.

CEB anniversary
marked with sale

Cebu Pacific celebrated its 14th anniversary yesterday, and announced a seat sale as low as P888 on selected routes today and tomorrow, a CEB press release said.

Manila-Taipei seats are available for only P888, while Manila-Guangzhou seats are up for grabs for only P988, a the press release said.

Those going to Shanghai can also avail of P1,888 seats. These ‘Go Lite’ seats are for travel from May 1 to July 31, 2010.

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