Browsing Aquatic News Index by Subject "sand bars"

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    • Albay's rich fishing ground tourist draw 

      Barcia, Rhaydz (Philippine Daily Inquirer, April 4, 2016, on page A7)
      The vast golden white sands that appear and disappear with the tide day in, day out in Lagony Gulf is fast becoming a local tourist attraction this summer. This little city in the middle of the sea, known locally as Wara-Wara ...

    • Cagayan River rehab kicks off 

      Domingo, Leander C. (The Manila Times, January 31, 2021, on page A7)
      The World Wetlands Day will highlight the launching of the Cagayan River Rehabilitation (CRR) project with 185 bamboo propagules to be planted in the 925-meter stretch of Cagayan riverbank along Barangay Bangag here, ...

    • Cagayan River rehabilitation begins 

      Kahulugan, Jeric; Visaya, Vince (The Manila Times, February 3, 2021, on page A7)
      The Build Back Better (BBB) Task Force has formally launched the Cagayan River Rehabilitation Project, which aims to end the flooding in the Cagayan and Isabela provinces. On Tuesday, a ceremonial dredging of sandbars along ...

    • Cagayan River sandbars to be removed 

      Araja, Rio N. (Manila Standard, January 15, 2021, on page A5)
      To help reduce severe floods in Cagayan Valley” drastically,” the Department of Environment and Natural Resources will remove sandbars along the constricted section of Cagayan River—the Magapit Narrows—by late January or ...

    • DENR OKs dredging of Cagayan River: Sandbars in 19 priority sites to be removed to ease water flow as gov’t seeks long-term solution to flooding in Cagayan Valley 

      Enano, Jhesset O. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, December 8, 2020, on page A10)
      Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu has given the green light to dredge several sandbars along Cagayan River in a bid to widen the country’s longest river after the widespread flooding caused by Typhoon “Ulysses” (international ...

    • DENR targets full dredging of Cagayan River sandbar next year 

      Añago, Bianca Angelica D. (BusinessWorld, November 2, 2021, on page S1/10)
      The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) said it is aiming to complete the dredging of the 134.7-hectare sandbar of the Cagayan River by the first quarter of 2022. In a news release on Monday, DENR Secretary ...

    • Palawan prov'l board to adopt resolution naming sandbars, reef near Pag-asa Island 

      Magdayao, Aira Genesa (Manila Bulletin, August 20, 2020, on page 5)
      In a bid to strengthen the claim of the country in the West Philippine Sea (WPS), the provincial board here has stepped closer to adopting a resolution, naming the sandbars and reefs situated within 12 nautical miles of ...

    • Sandbar outing turns tragic as 4 drown in Cadiz City 

      Gomez, Carla (Philippine Daily Inquirer, August 30, 2022, on page A8)
      Four persons, two of them minors, died after they drowned at the Kabilang-Bilangan Reef in Barangay Sicaba of Cadiz City, Negros Occidental province, on Sunday. Marlyn Aguirre, 33; her son Mack John, 15; and neighbors ...

    • Saving Siargao, the paradise of my childhood 

      Mondoñedo, Aziza N. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, June 2, 2018, on page D1-D4)
      Everyone wants a glimpse of paradise. I had mine at six years old. My maternal grandparents are from the south. My parents would frequent the place when I was little. We were able to secure property on a remote island, and ...