Browsing by Subject "faecal coliforms"

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    • 60% of PHl beaches unsafe due to fecal coliform levels – EMB-DENR 

      GMA News (The Daily Guardian, May 29, 2018, on page 12)
      The Environmental Management Bureau (EMB-DENR) reported that the amount of fecal bacteria found in 60 percent of the country's recreational waters exceeded safe levels, GMA 7 news program "24 Oras" reported on Friday. ...

    • Baguio rivers remain heavily polluted–DENR 

      Cabreza, Vincent (Philippine Daily Inquirer, June 29, 2019, on page A12)
      Two main rivers in the summer capital remain heavily polluted due in part to unregulated hog raising operations and sludge coming from Baguio’s public market and slaughterhouse, the Department of Environment and Natural ...

    • 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 ...

    • 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 ...

    • 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 ...

    • Boracay-like rehab eyed for Manila Bay 

      Simeon, Louise Maureen; Flores, Helen (The Philippine Star, December 17, 2018, on page 12)
      Following the six-month Boracay rehabilitation, the government is looking at replicating efforts to restore Manila Bay to its pristine state fit for recreation. “We are preparing for an all-out strategy to bring the coliform ...

    • Boracay: A model of Clean Water 

      Milla, Francisco E. Jr. (DailyGuardian, April 22, 2019, on page 17)
      It is an amazing story worthy to be told again and again. Boracay is one of the world's most beautiful islands, until it was rocked with the controversy of being tagged a "cesspool" by no less than the country's president. ...

    • Can the DENR hack it? 

      Hilario, Ernesto M. (Manila Standard, January 22, 2019, on page A5)
      This Sunday (Jan. 27) the Department of Environment and Natural Resources begins implementing a 10-year plan costing a whopping P42 billion to revive Manila Bay from decades of pollution and urban blight. You will recall ...

    • Cavite takes action against water pollution 

      Giron, Anthony (Manila Bulletin, February 16, 2017, on page B9)
      Local government authorities in this city have started efforts to clean rivers in the lowland and upland districts of the province following reports that some tributaries are contaminated by waste and toxic chemicals. River ...

    • Cleaning up Manila Bay 

      Fianza, Florencio (Manila Standard, January 10, 2019, on page A5)
      President Duterte could be embarking on what can only be termed as the most ambitious environmental cleanup project in the country. This is the cleaning of Manila Bay. If he succeeds, it will be one of the crowning ...

    • Cleaning up Manila Bay 

      Mawis, Sara Mae D. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, February 16, 2019, on page B2-2)
      Manila Bay was considered one of the world’s greatest harbors as it allowed trading between the natives of Manila and merchants from other countries. It was a haven for boat enthusiasts, couples, and those who seek some ...

    • Coliform caused Boracay corals' mass die-off? 

      Aguirre, Jun Ariolo (Panay News, March 6, 2015, on page 5)
      A cooperative suspected that the high coliform level in the waters in this island resort was causing mass coral die-off. A member of the Sankalikasan Producers Cooperative, Jose Rodriguez, said they have monitored two usual ...

    • 'Coliform high in Panglao, El Nido beaches' 

      Ramirez, Robertzon (The Philippine Star, December 1, 2018, on page 3)
      “Very high” levels of coliform have been found at popular resorts in Panglao in Bohol and in El Nido in Palawan, according to an inter-agency body tasked to monitor tourist attractions and ensure their compliance with ...

    • Coliform sa Manila Bay, bumaba 

      De Vera-Ruiz, Ellalyn (Balita, December 29, 2020, on page 3)
      Isang makabuluhang pagbaba ng fecal coliform ang naitala sa Manila Bay, partikular sa Baywalk area, Estero de San Antonio Abad, at Baseco Beach, ayon sa Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR). Sa Baywalk, ...

    • Culture change needed to restore Manila Bay 

      De Vera-Ruiz, Ellalyn (Manila Bulletin, February 10, 2019, on page 4)
      Culture change among Filipinos is needed if the polluted Manila Bay is to be restored and preserved for the long-term, according to Environment and Natural Resources Secretary Roy Cimatu. “If they ask me what is the most ...

    • 'Declare Manila Bay reclamation-free zone' 

      Casas, Willie (Manila Standard, January 29, 2020, on page A6)
      As the Department of Environment and Natural Resources marks the first year of Manila Bay Rehabilitation Program with bragging about lower coliform levels in Manila city bayside, former Anakpawis Party-list Rep. Ariel ...

    • DENR eyes full rehab of Boracay in 5 months 

      Enano, Jhesset O. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, January 1, 2021, on page A5)
      The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) is expecting to finish the full rehabilitation of Boracay Island in May, Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu said on Wednesday. Cimatu said the Boracay Inter-Agency ...

    • DENR finalizing informal settler relocation plan 

      Villanueva, Rhodina; Clapano, Jose Rodel (The Philippine Star, January 19, 2019, on page 10)
      A plan to relocate informal settler families living beside Manila Bay will have to be finalized before the ISFs are moved out, Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Secretary Roy Cimatu said yesterday. ...

    • DENR flags Manila Bay shoreline as next target for rehabilitation 

      Ignacio, Reicelene Joy N. (BusinessWorld, December 13, 2018, on page S1/2)
      The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) warned of the potential closure of establishments along the shores of Manila Bay that do not comply with environmental regulations, Secretary Roy A. Cimatu said. ...

    • DENR head leads meeting on Antique river, creek 

      Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR)-Region VI (The Daily Guardian, April 1, 2019, on page 13)
      Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Secretary Roy A. Cimatu and Senator Loren Legarda led the meeting on the Malandog River and Bagumbayan Creek Rehabilitation Project in Antique Provincial Capitol, ...