Browsing by Subject "environmental legislation"

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    • Batangas farm owners warned vs waste in rivers 

      (Manila Standard, January 21, 2019, on page B4)
      The Department of Environment and Natural Resources in Calabarzon has warned livestock farm owners in the province against dumping wastes into rivers. Lawyer Maria Paz G. Luna, DENR Calabarzon Executive Director, said the ...

    • Bay 'nourishment' project continues to draw flak from lawmakers, group 

      Dela Cruz, Jovee Marie N.; Mayuga, Jonathan L. (BusinessMirror, September 11, 2020, on page A4)
      Lawmakers are urging the leadership of the House of Representatives to conduct an inquiry, in aid of legislation, into the suitability and sustainability of the Manila Bay rehabilitation program, even as an environmental ...

    • Best ocean policy 

      (Manila Bulletin, September 6, 2012, on page 8)
      The PH Tubbataha Reefs National Park Act of 2010 is one of six ocean and coastal policies in five countries which will compete for the International 2012 Future Policy Award for the most effective and exemplary ocean and ...

    • BFAR halts sale of corals in Cartimar 

      Gonzales, Anna Leah (Manila Standard, April 27, 2017, on page A6)
      The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources and the National Bureau of Investigation recently stopped the illegal sale of assorted corals and other prohibited species in Cartimar, Pasay City. A total of 3,788 pieces of ...

    • BFAR, Land Bank embark on rent-a-cage plan 

      Benaning, Marvyn N. (Manila Bulletin, March 12, 2010, on page 2)
      The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) and Land Banl of the Philippines (Land Bank) are embarking on a rent-a-cage program to help groups of fishermen affected by the El Niño phenomenon. Land Bank and BFAR ...

    • BFAR-7 launches Cebuano primer on Fisheries Code 

      Alangilan, Allan (The Manila Times, October 20, 2017, on page A7)
      The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR-7) launched the Cebuano primer on the Fisheries Code that include provisions on vessel monitoring, Citizen’s Suits and Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation ...

    • BFAR: Pollution caused fish kill 

      Cruz, Maricel V. (Manila Standard, October 13, 2019, on page A4)
      Water pollution and not blast fishing caused the recent case of fish kill off Las Piñas and Parañaque in Manila Bay where at least 30 tubs of dead fish were found along the coastline, the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic ...

    • BI deports nine Chinese poachers 

      Macairan, Evelyn (The Philippine Star, June 16, 2015, on page 7)
      The Bureau of Immigration (BI) deported last Thursday nine Chinese fishermen caught poaching and taking hundreds of endangered giant sea turtles from Hasa-Hasa Shoal in the West Philippine Sea last year. The deportation ...

    • 'Bida' 

      (Panay News, July 29, 2020, on page 6)
      It is fervently hoped that Congress would hasten the passage of a law creating the Boracay Island Development Authority (BIDA) as proposed by the President in his State of the Nation Address on Monday to sustain the gains ...

    • Binay: Who's really on top of Boracay clean-up? 

      Torregoza, Hannah (Manila Bulletin, June 25, 2018, on page 3)
      Binay made the call after a Senate hearing revealed that misunderstandings among concerned government agencies are causing delays on the rehabilitation programs on the popular tourist spot which Duterte had ordered to be ...

    • Boracay 'polluters' given 2 months to comply 

      Macapagal, Jed (Malaya, February 15, 2018, on page A2)
      The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has given commercial establishments releasing untreated wastewater and sewage into the waters of the island of Boracay up to two months to connect to sewage treatment ...

    • Boracay as ‘gold standard’ 

      Araja, Rio (Manila Standard, October 21, 2018, on page A4)
      The Department of the Interior and Local Government wants to make Boracay the gold standard for all resort destinations in the country, even as the Department of Environment and Natural Resources will allow citizens’ arrests ...

    • Boracay entry policy under review 

      Conserva, Louine Hope (The Daily Guardian, July 27, 2018, on page 1-14)
      The Boracay security group is currently reviewing the implementation of stricter entry policy in the tourist destination, which is temporarily closed for rehabilitation works. Department of the Interior and Local Government ...

    • Boracay full rehab complete by Dec. 2019 

      Lopez, JP (Malaya, September 14, 2018, on page A3)
      The world-famous Boracay Island would be completely rehabilitated by December next year according to Bernadette Romulo-Puyat, secretary of the Department of Tourism (DOT). Addressing senators during the agency's budget ...

    • Boracay may open earlier if business groups cooperate 

      Villanueva, Rhodina; Rendon, Jennifer (The Philippine Star, July 8, 2018, on page 8)
      Boracay could reopen earlier than October if businesses will fully cooperate with the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) in the rehabilitation of the island. In a meeting with stakeholders over the ...

    • Boracay model to be used in assessing PH resorts, islands 

      Chavez, Chito A. (Manila Bulletin, October 22, 2018, on page 4)
      The Department of the Interior and Interior Government (DILG) said that a rehabilitated Boracay Island will be the yardstick for all other resort islands and destinations in the country in terms of environmental sustainability ...

    • Boracay natives may regain lands 

      Barcelo, Vito (Manila Standard, June 14, 2018, on page A1-A2)
      Speaking in Pampanga during the oathtaking of newly elected barangay captains, the President said he would only want Boracay’s beach front to be used for commercial purposes, while the rest of the island would be subject ...

    • Boracay no longer a cesspool, may reopen Oct. 26 

      Simeon, Louise Maureen; Romero, Alexis (The Philippine Star, July 5, 2018, on page 3)
      Just two months since its closure, top tourist destination Boracay Island is no longer a “cesspool” following intensified rehabilitation efforts to regain its status, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources ...

    • ‘Boracay not yet ready for tourists’ 

      Ramirez, Robertzon; Romero, Alexis; Sy, Marvin; Romero, Paolo (The Philippine Star, September 13, 2018, on page 7)
      Boracay is not yet ready for tourists. Over a month before the reopening of Boracay on Oct. 26, some tourism stakeholders have yet to start accepting bookings for the island due to its condition. Tourism Congress of the ...

    • Boracay placed under state of calamity 

      Montemayor, Jocelyn; Lopez, JP; Africa, Raymond (Malaya, April 27, 2018, on page B1-B6)
      President Duterte yesterday placed all three barangays in Boracay Island under a under a state of calamity and said the closure of the island-resort, which started yesterday, will be up to October 25 this year. The declaration ...