Browsing by Subject "industrial wastes"

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    • Bank offers assistance for Manila Bay clean-up 

      (Manila Bulletin, February 14, 2019, on page B-6)
      State-run Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP) is prepared to provide the necessary financing to all establishments located near Manila Bay in support of the National Government’s efforts to rehabilitate the area, a ...

    • 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 ...

    • BFAR says Masbate waters red tide-free 

      Gonzales, Anna Leah (Manila Standard, February 19, 2015, on page B6)
      The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources on Wednesday lifted its red tide alert on the coastal waters of Milagros in Masbate but warned that shellfish collected in Bataan are still not safe for consumption. In its ...

    • 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 ...

    • 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 ...

    • DENR eyes major Manila Bay rehab 

      Gomez, Eireene Jairee (The Manila Times, December 17, 2018, on page A8)
      The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) bared plans to rehabilitate Manila Bay using the same scheme adopted in Boracay. In a statement on Sunday, Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu said the agency is ...

    • DENR sets all-out Manila Bay rehab 

      Araja, Rio N. (Manila Standard, December 17, 2018, on page A3)
      The Department of Environment and Natural Resources is preparing to embark on a “highly ambitious and more complicated” endeavor in the restoration of the Manila Bay to its pristine state. Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu ...

    • DENR to rehabilitate Manila Bay using same strategy as Boracay 

      Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) (The Daily Guardian, December 20, 2018, on page 13)
      Buoyed by the success of the Boracay Rehabilitation, The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) is preparing to Embark on a highly ambitious and more complicated endeavor restoring manila bay to its pristine ...

    • Fishkill 

      (The Philippine Star, July 17, 2010, on page 12)
      Large "Imelda" fish floated belly in the Pasig,k while the surface of Bicol's Lake Buhi was nearly covered with dead tilapia. In southern Metro Manila, large milkfish or bangus are being sold for as low as P10 per kilo as ...

    • House panel OKs ban on microplastics 

      Porcalla, Delon (The Philippine Star, September 13, 2018, on page B8)
      Rep. Rodel Batocabe of party-list Ako Bicol said the House committee on ecology headed by Nueva Ecija Rep. Estrellita Suansing gave its green light to House Bill 8120, or the “Microplastics Ban Act of 2018.” “This time the ...

    • ‘Importing galunggong will not lower fish prices’ 

      Panti, Llanesca; Gomez, Eireene Jairee (Manila Standard, August 24, 2018, on page A3)
      Importing P1.4 billion worth of fish, specifically galunggong (round scad), won’t bring down rising fish prices, Rep. Jose Atienza of Buhay party said on Thursday. “This is a band-aid solution and a poor government ...

    • In San Pablo lakes, metal intake curbed by worms 

      Ronda, Rainier Allan (The Philippine Star, October 27, 2016, on page -B-8)
      A University of the Philippines-Los Baños (UPLB) study on a species of worms in the seven lakes of San Pablo, Laguna found that they prevent intake of heavy metals by fish and may also do the same for humans. The study ...

    • Major causes of Laguna mass fish kill traced 

      (Manila Bulletin, July 18, 2002, on page B-10)
      Mass fish kill in Laguna de Bay has been traced to four major causes - dissolved oxygen, pollution, turbidity, and diseases. Eighty percent of reported fish kill incidents occur between May and September. These were the ...

    • Manila Bay rehab comes next 

      De Vera-Ruiz, Ellalyn (Manila Bulletin, December 17, 2018, on page 1-9)
      The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) is preparing to rehabilitate Manila Bay using the same ambitious strategy that restored Boracay Island to its pristine condition. Manila Bay is known for its ...

    • Pasig River rehab body partners with Chinese firm 

      Villanueva, Rhodina (The Philippine Star, March 29, 2019, on page 14)
      To help address pollution in the Pasig River and enhance its development for socioeconomic purposes, the Pasig River Rehabilitation Commission (PRRC) recently entered into a partnership with China First Highway Engineering ...

    • Pasig River: The dying vein of Manila 

      Mejia, Gab (The Manila Times, November 22, 2019, on page A5)
      It is just a single flow of water that has given rise to the complexity and diversity of all life that we know of today. Rivers are the foundations of civilizations throughout the course of human history, from the Nile, ...

    • Pining for a clean Pasig River 

      Herrera, Ernesto F. (The Manila Times, March 12, 2013, on page A4-A5)
      When I was a child, my father used to tell me stories about how they would take a dip in the Pasig River and they could see plenty of fish as well as the stones and the sand on the river bed and bank. I myself don't remember ...

    • Rehab of Laguna Lake, Manila Bay pushed 

      (Manila Standard, August 20, 2018, on page A6)
      Malacañang “ought to do a Boracay” on Laguna Lake and Manila Bay, which are both rotting fast due to unrestrained human activity, Buhay Rep. Lito Atienza said Sunday. Atienza’s remarks came amid reports that the price of ...

    • Sea pollution cut since 1972 UN accord, IMO says 

      (Malaya, October 30, 2012, on page A8)
      The use of the world's oceans as a dumping ground for harmful wastes has been systematically regulated and reduced under the terms of an international convention that was adopted 40 years ago, the UN agency that polices ...

    • 'Strict law enforcement needed for Manila Bay cleanup' 

      Mercurio, Richmond (The Philippine Star, January 14, 2019, on page 14)
      The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has vowed to strictly implement the country’s Clean Water Law as it beefed up efforts to restore Manila Bay to its pristine state fit for public recreation. ...