El Nido, Palawan-- Conservation partners and benefactors converged yesterday, June 3, 2025, at the charming Teneguiban floating MPA station in El Nido that is a tourist destination by day and an enforcement station at night for bantay dagats built jointly by Malampaya Foundation Inc (MFI) and conservation partner Samahan ng Maliliit na Mangingisda ng Barangay Teneguiban (SMMBT) with support from the barangay local government unit (LGU).

Conservation partners since 2016, SMMBT, MFI and the barangay LGU were successful in the establishment of Teneguiban’s 1,400-hectare MPA in 2023 with support from the El Nido municipal LGU, to progress the restoration and rehabilitation of coastal and marine ecosystems through effective management and enforcement of the MPA.

The launch was graced by Department of Energy (DOE) Senior Engineer Dan Montealegre, Prime Energy Resources Development BV President Donnabelle Cruz and MFI trustees Jose Emmanuel Caral, Alfonso Carpio and Gerard Salapantan.