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Updated: December 9, 2021

'''Broodstock, hatchery facilities to boost PH aquaculture industry'''.<br>

ILOILO CITY – The new PHP23-million broodstock and hatchery facilities at the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center Aquaculture Department (SEAFDEC/AQD) in Tigbauan, Iloilo are expected to boost the supply of aquaculture in Western Visayas and the country as a whole. The facilities composed of a multi-species marine hatchery, multi-species freshwater hatchery and milkfish broodstock tanks were inaugurated by Agriculture Secretary William D. Dar on Thursday. In his message, SEAFDEC/AQD chief Dan D. Baliao said the structures would serve as model facilities for the multi-species hatcheries that will be built in the future under the "Fry Sufficiency Program” which they will undertake together with the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR).

'''Albay lifts border restrictions as Covid-19 cases drop'''<br>

LEGAZPI CITY – The provincial government of Albay has now lifted the checkpoints for strict border control regulations manned by the Philippine National Police (PNP). This was contained in Executive Order (EO) No. 35 issued by Albay Governor Al Francis Bichara on Thursday. "Reasonable restrictions may be imposed by the local government units (LGUs) of destinations, which should not be stricter as those prescribed under higher alert levels and subject to the oversight, monitoring, and evaluation of their respective Inter-Agency Task Force," the EO stated. Albay is now under the lower Alert Level 2 community quarantine status in the fight against coronavirus disease (Covid-19). Based on Department of Health data, Albay has 654 active cases of Covid-19 as of December 5. On vaccination coverage as of December 3, a total of 614,794 individuals or 62 percent of Albayanos are now inoculated with at least one dose of the coronavirus vaccines out of the total target population of 987,297.