Browsing by Subject "water pollution"

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    • Barge spills oil in Iloilo; owner faces penalty 

      Flores, Alena Mae S.; Araja, Rio N. (Manila Standard, July 6, 2020, on page A1-A2)
      The Environment department will fine the owner of a barge that spilled oil in Iloilo on Friday, Undersecretary Benny Antiporda said Sunday. He said the department will notify the Ayala-controlled AC Energy Inc. over its ...

    • Barkong tumagas ang langis, nahati 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Balita, August 18, 2020, on page 3)
      Ang isang barko na tumagas higit sa 1,000 toneladang langis sa malinis na tubig sa baybayin ng Mauritius ay nahati sa dalawa. Sumadsad ang bulk carrier na MV Wakashio sa isang coral reef sa timog-silangang baybayin ng ...

    • Bataan sewage treatment pact inked to protect water sources 

      Supnad, Mar T. (Manila Bulletin, November 29, 2015, on page 13)
      The provincial government of Bataan has entered into an agreement with a major Freeport, a government agency, and private firms to amplify moves on sewage treatment that will ultimately enhance the biological viability of ...

    • Bataan, Subic Fisherfolk Intensify Anti-Pollution Drive 

      Supnad, Mar T. (Manila Bulletin, June 18, 2013, on page B-7)
      To support the clean environment program, fisherfolk in the Subic Bay Area joined the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) in its advocacy against the use of plastics and other non-biodegradable products that pollute ...

    • Battle of Manila Bay to be won in 7 years - DENR 

      De Vera-Ruiz, Ellalyn (Manila Bulletin, January 29, 2019, on page 1-3)
      The rehabilitation of Manila Bay will be in three phases in the next seven years, which means this will go beyond the term of President Duterte who vowed to make the bay as clean as the world-famous Boracay island. Environment ...

    • ‘Battle of Manila Bay’ waged kilo by kilo 

      Agoncillo, Jodee; Gamil, Jaymee (Philippine Daily Inquirer, January 27, 2019, on page A2)
      It’s an unusual order that requires strict compliance every week: Keep weighing scales handy and make sure to count and measure well. Interior Secretary Eduardo Año has directed local government officials to organize teams ...

    • The battle to clean up Manila Bay finally underway 

      (Manila Bulletin, January 31, 2019, on page 6)
      The “Battle for Manila Bay” will be won in seven years, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) said Monday. Seven years is such a long time. It is six and a half years longer than it took to clean up ...

    • Bay cleanup kicks off today 

      Zurbano, Joel E. (Manila Standard, January 27, 2019, on page A4)
      The Department of Environment and Natural Resources and the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority kick off what is expected to be a five-year program to rehabilitate Manila Bay starting today, with thousands of government ...

    • 'Bay rehab to displace 220k families' 

      Araja, Rio N. (Manila Standard, January 16, 2019, on page A1-A2)
      About 220,000 squatter families will be displaced by the Manila Bay rehabilitation project and will be relocated to Central Luzon and the Calabarzon region, Interior and Local Government Secretary Eduardo Año said Tuesday. ...

    • The bay, the river, the lake: abandoned and dying 

      Ilarde, Eddie (The Manila Times, August 3, 2018, on page A1-A8)
      Manila Bae was once the “most beautiful and safely- situated bay in the world.” The Manila South Harbor in its fringes, which spans six provinces (Bataan, Pampanga, Bulacan, Metro Manila, and Cavite), was considered the ...

    • Beating plastic pollution 

      Duran, Peter Paul (Manila Standard, June 5, 2018, on page C1-C2)
      In truth, people throw away plastic waste each year that could encircle the earth four times over! What doesn’t ends up in our already brimming landfills ultimately reaches our oceans, thereby affecting more biodiversity ...

    • Beware of fish caught in Pasig River: Authorities warn public vs eating catch from waterway after tests show high levels of toxic chemicals, coliform 

      Enano, Jhesset O. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, August 15, 2019, on page A1-A13)
      Just this once, it would be better to let the “big fish” get away, especially if it came from Pasig River. Netizens have been caught up in a fish frenzy after photographs of gigantic dory, tilapia and catfish caught in one ...

    • BFAR implements 3-month ban on tuna fishing in Davao Gulf 

      De Vera, Ellalyn B. (Manila Bulletin, June 3, 2015, on page B-4)
      The government has started the implementation of a three-month closed fishing for tuna in Davao Gulf to protect the fish species at vulnerable stage in their life cycle, particularly during the spawning season. This is the ...

    • BFAR probes unknown deadly toxin in crabs 

      Alcayde, Jerry J. (Manila Bulletin, September 12, 2015, on page 8)
      The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) is conducting an investigation to determine an unknown toxin that might have been present in crabs and had caused the death of a couple in Naujan town, this province. ...

    • BFAR to fight fishpond lice 

      Manuel, Mark Anthony N. (Manila Bulletin, February 15, 2013, on page 7)
      The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) announced yesterday the creation of a task force with a p1.2-million fund to eradicate fish and shrimp predators that kill small fish and fingerlings in this coastal ...

    • BFAR wants to relocate Pangasinan’s fishpond zones after fishkill 

      Sotelo, Yolanda (Philippine Daily Inquirer, June 1, 2020, on page A8)
      After a massive fishkill on May 20, the aquaculture areas in Kakiputan Channel in Bolinao and Anda towns, Pangasinan province, should be relocated due to their deteriorating water qualities there, according to officials ...

    • BFAR-10: Just enough fish for region's needs 

      Baconguis, Lance (Manila Standard, September 20, 2018, on page B4)
      The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources here in Northern Mindanao said there is just enough fish supply in the region, most of which is highly dependent on the supply from Zamboanga peninsula. BFAR regional Director ...

    • 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 ...

    • 'Big Western brands pollute oceans with cheap plastic' 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Panay News, September 24, 2017, on page 7)
      Western consumer giants are polluting oceans by selling products packaged in cheap, disposable plastic to Filipinos, Greenpeace has claimed - naming Nestle, Unilever and Procter and Gamble among the worst offenders. The ...

    • Bigger cleanup campaign 

      Camus, Miguel R. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, January 5, 2022, on page A10)
      Almost a million metric tons of silt and solid waste. To be exact, 806,084. That’s how much material has been removed by San Miguel Corp. from the Pasig River and the Tullahan-Tinajeros River system since the conglomerate ...