Browsing by Subject "coliforms"
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9 Boracay businesses charged with forestry, water violations
(BusinessWorld,December 4, 2020 , on page S1/2)The government has charged nine Boracay establishments with illegally occupying protected forest land on the island, the Environment department said. The violations involve rules laid down under the revised Forestry Code ... -
Antique rivers tainted with coliform
(The Daily Guardian,June 4, 2018 , on page 2-15)San Jose, Antique – Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Secretary Roy Cimatu ordered the Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Office (PENRO) and the Community Environment and Natural Resources ... -
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 rehab to displace 220k families'
(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. ... -
Boracay beach oily - EMB
(The Daily Guardian,March 20, 2013 , on page 2)The Environmental Management Bureau (EMB) of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) reported said oil levels in the beachfront of this island resort are way above normal quantities. Samuel Guillergan, ... -
Boracay cleanup jacks up Ayala unit’s capex
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,June 23, 2018 , on page B4)The Ayala group unit that is one of the two water service providers on Boracay Island expects its capital expenditures this year to rise to P700 million from P677 million amid cleanup efforts in the area. Joseph Michael ... -
Boracay corals dying fast, says group
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,March 21, 2015 , on page A13)After concerns have been raised about the deteriorating water quality at a portion of the pristine White Beach of the island in Malay, Aklan province, a coral reef rehabilitation group has now reported mass dying of corals. ... -
Boracay in Manila
(The Philippine Star,September 7, 2020 , on page 6)Boracay... who doesn't want to have its white beach right at one's doorstep? On the 19th, or just two Saturdays from now, the government tentatively intends to open for promenading and swimming a man-made white beach running ... -
Boracay is back, business is booming – Tourism chief
(Manila Bulletin,April 27, 2019 , on page 2)The government’s rehabilitation efforts in Boracay are bearing fruit as the island is now back to its pristine condition and businesses are starting to prosper –a year after it was closed to tourists, the Department of ... -
‘Boracay Island a cesspool no more’
(The Daily Guardian,October 16, 2018 , on page 1-14)Six months into its massive rehabilitation, the world famous whitesand destination Boracay Island has been fit for swimming. Environment and Natural Resources Secretary Roy Cimatu, who also heads the Inter-Agency Task Force ... -
Boracay rehab may go beyond 6 months
(The Philippine Star,May 26, 2018 , on page 1-2)The closure of Boracay might be extended as rehabilitation efforts on the island may not be completed within six months, Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu said yesterday. Cimatu said more time might be needed to rehabilitate ... -
Boracay rehab may need more than 6 mos. - Cimatu
(Panay News,May 26, 2018 , on page 4)The rehabilitation works in Boracay might need more than six months, said Environment secretary Roy Cimatu as he revealed problems in the ongoing island cleanup. Cimatu said he was surprised that there were still 43 illegal ... -
Boracay rehab schedule on track, clarifies Cimatu
(Panay News,May 29, 2018 , on page 13)The half-year deadline for Boracay’s rehabilitation is right on track, said Environment secretary Roy Cimatu. Cimatu added that the rehabilitation might be ahead of schedule.“Mukha yatang…baka mauna pa tayo,” he stressed. ... -
The Boracay rehabilitation
(The Philippine Star,May 22, 2018 , on page B4)I wonder how Boracay’s rehabilitation is progressing after all the heavy security and the strict shutdown of the island. I hope they let journalists in so that there would be proper documentation of the rehabilitation ... -
Boracay safe for swimming, says Cimatu; 'dry run' starts
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,October 16, 2018 , on page A6)The government on Monday declared the waters off Boracay Island “safe for swimming” as it started a 10-day “dry run” for the reopening of the resort island to tourists. Boracay returns to business on Oct. 26, ending a ... -
Boracay task force to decide on plea of businesses breaking easement rule
(DailyGuardian,December 4, 2020 , on page 3)The Boracay inter-agency task force (BIATF) will soon decide on a plea made by the island's commercial establishment operators and local residents for a moratorium on the demolition of structures sitting within the island’s ... -
Boracay waters safe for swimmers-DENR: Environment chief notes absence of algal blooms on beach after island rehab
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,April 27, 2019 , on page A8)These days, visitors to White Beach need only a quick glance at the shoreline to conclude that the water quality in the country’s premier tourist destination has improved, according to Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu. ... -
Boracay's coral-eating starfish a dead issue
(Panay News,September 7, 1999 , on page 2-6)Like the reported coliform contamination of Boracay waters, the reported presence of coral eating starfishes in the island's seas is a phenomenon which shortly existed last year and already long gone. This Aklan governor ... -
Boracay's environmental woes 2
(The Daily Guardian,May 7, 2018 , on page 10)This is the last part of our discussion of scientific studies on the environmental conditions of Boracay Island. The studies were presented in a policy forum on the rehabilitation of Boracay Island and management of coastal ... -
Boracay's groundwater still contaminated- DENR, DOH
(Manila Bulletin,August 14, 2018 , on page 10)Despite the government’s ongoing rehabilitation program, the groundwater of several barangays in world-famous Boracay Island remains contaminated, based on initial findings of the Environmental Management Bureau (EMB), an ...