News items:
| 09 May 2014 |
Tess Gatan Balbas receives Whitley Award Read more 
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| 16 Aug 2012 |
Hatchlings A new breeding season is almost over, and Dinang Creek has had a very productive year! As many as 38 hatchlings were born at this site only, which is almost as many as all of San Mariano in any other year. Read more
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| 28 May 2012 |
Crocodile release in Dunoy Lake with VIPs On 18 May 2012 a mini-summit on Philippine crocodile conservation in Isabela Province was held at the Provincial Capitol in Ilagan. Among the participants were Michel Lacoste, President of clothing company Lacoste famous for their crocodile logo, and Bernard Limal, President of the French Endowment Fund for the Biodiversity (FDB). Mr Lacoste pledged to support the efforts to conserve the last remaining wild Philippine crocodiles in Isabela Province. On 19 May, Mr Lacoste and several other guests traveled to Dunoy Lake in San Mariano to release 12 head-started Philippine crocodiles into the wild. Read more
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| 21 Mar 2012 |
Tess visit Kringloopwinkel On March 10, Marites Balbas, community organizer at Mabuwaya, visited the Kringloopwinkel in Ermelo, The Netherlands. She was personally able to thank the volunteers at this organization for sponsoring the CROCS program. Read more
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| 02 Dec 2011 |
Veterinary Medicine interns From November 22 to 26, four students of Veterinary Medicine of the Isabela State University, Echague campus, did their internship at the Municipal Philippine Crocodile Rearing Station in barangay Minanga, San Mariano. Read more
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| 25 Sep 2011 |
Croc release On September 24, 2011, another 10 head-started juvenile Philippine crocodiles were released back into the wild. Together with Sangguniang Bayan member Hon. Didero B. Pascual and MENRO staff Donna Labuguen, the team travelled to sitio Dunoy. Read more
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| 05 Sep 2011 |
Fieldvisit DevCom Thirtythree students of DevCom went to find and observe the Philippine crocodile in the wild, in Dunoy, a small remote village on the edge of the Northern Sierra Madre Natural Park and one of the last remaining breeding sites of this critically endangered species. Read more
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| 23 Aug 2011 |
Aid after typhoon Juan On 18 October 2010, super typhoon Juan (international code name Megi) hit the Philippines with the center of the storm making landfall in the coastal towns of Maconacon and Divilacan in Isabela Province. The typhoon caused catastrophical damage in the municipality of Maconacon... Read more
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| 07 Aug 2011 |
News hatchlings from Dinang Creek This weekend a new batch of crocodiles hatched next to Dinang Creek. This is the second nest this year, but the first one from barangay Cadsalan. Read more
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| 24 May 2011 |
Mabuwaya website online! Read more
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Tess visits kringloop
Veterinary Medicine internship
Croc Release
Field visit to Dunoy Lake
Aid for victims of Typhoon Juan
Hatchlings in Dinang Creek
Juvenile Philippine crocodile next to Dinang Creek. © 2003 Merlijn van Weerd