Pawikan Rescue

GNPD supports turtle conservation group

GNPower Dinginin (GNPD) is funding and supporting the Sagip Pawikan of Sitio Fuerte Association in Morong, Bataan. The power generation company said that the group has safeguarded over 16,000 sea turtle eggs, releasing a near-equivalent number of hatchlings with an impressive hatching rate of over 98 percent. On Tuesday, conservation group rescued a sea turtle […]

Endangered Hawksbill Sea Turtle rescued and released

Endangered Hawksbill Sea Turtle rescued and released

In a heartwarming display of dedication to marine conservation, the Sagip Pawikan Sitio Fuerte Association successfully rescued and released a juvenile Hawksbill Sea turtle back into its ocean home. The turtle was found entangled in a nylon net near Bonito 2 Resort in Barangay Poblacion, Morong, on Tuesday evening. “Iyong volunteer (Mharlo Mendoza) namin ang […]

BFAR awards livelihood assistance to 1PawiCAN fisherfolk

BFAR awards livelihood assistance to 1PawiCAN fisherfolk

The Provincial Government of Bataan Environment and Natural Resources Office (PG-ENRO), in partnership with the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resource (BFAR Region III) and the Office of the Provincial Agriculturist (OPA Bataan), led the Awarding of Livelihood Assistance to 1PawiCAN Fisherfolk on March 8, 2024, at the Atrium, The Bunker. Gov. Jose Enrique S. […]

GNPD lets loose 270 'pawikan'

GNPD lets loose 270 ‘pawikan’

Some 270 sea turtles were released into the open sea last January 26 during the pawikan hatchling ceremony at the Sagip Pawikan Foundation in Sitio Fuerte, Barangay Poblacion, Morong town. The ceremony was attended by nature enthusiasts, residents, community leaders, and 35 GNPD employee-volunteers who led the power firm’s ongoing effort to protect and preserve […]

Grand release of pawikan hatchlings in Morong

Grand release of pawikan hatchlings in Morong

To preserve marine biodiversity, the Environment and Natural Resources Office (ENRO) Bataan, in partnership with GNPower Dinginin Ltd. Co., Sagip Pawikan Sitio Fuerte Association, Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Bataan, and the Municipality of Morong, spearheaded the grand release of 270 pawikan hatchlings at Sitio Fuerte, Barangay Poblacion, Morong, Bataan on January 26, […]

Sea turtle swims under water on the background of coral reefs.

GNPD inks P4.3M deal for turtle conservation in Bataan

GNPower Dinginin Ltd. Co. (GNPD) signed on Wednesday a three-year agreement worth P4.3M with the provincial government of Bataan, PG ENRO, and the Sagip Pawikan Foundation to adopt the local pawikan hatchery in Brgy. Poblacion, Morong. GNPD stated that the deal marked the beginning of their efforts to nurture turtles (pawikan) in the province, which […]

Power firm coughs up P4.3M to protect pawikans

Power firm coughs up P4.3M to protect pawikans

The country’s largest coal-fired power plant has shown its concern for the nature and environment, at least, for “pawikans” or the endangered green turtle. The GNPower Dinginin Ltd. Co. (GNPD) signed on Tuesday a memorandum of agreement with the Provincial Government of Bataan (PGB), Provincial Government Environment and Natural Resources Office, and the Sagip Pawikan […]

Bataan LGU, BPSU launches 1Bataan Pawikan Conservation Alliance Network

For holistic approach for turtle conservation in the province, the Provincial Government of Bataan and BPSU will launch “1Bataan Pawikan Conservation Alliance Network”. BPSU Vice President for Research, Extension, and Training Services Dr. Hermogenes Paguia said they met on Tuesday officers of Bataan PG-ENRO to formalize the partnership for the conservation. Raphael De Leon, Supervising […]

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