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Pangasinan town cleans up coastal areas
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) led other government agencies, students and volunteers in a coastal clean-up of the beaches in this town early on the last day of May. Raymundo Gayo, provincial ...
- June 7, 2018
Things to know before setting off for Boracay Island
Boracay Island is reopening today after several months of rehabilitation. But there are some things one must be mindful of before heading for one of the top tourist destinations in the country. One is that the island may ...
- October 26, 2018
Philexport urges competition 'safety nets' for small fishers
While the fisheries sector is generally seen as competitive given the proposed free trade agreement (FTA) with the European Union (EU), exporters said the government should still provide small fishermen with “safety nets” ...
- February 17, 2014
Duterte approves six-month shutdown of Boracay
Boracay, the country's best known holiday island, will be totally closed down to tourists for the next six months over concerns that the once idyllic white-sand resort has become a "cesspool" tainted by dumped sewage.
- April 6, 2018
Youth groups to embark on 'freedom voyage' in West PhI Sea
Various youth groups in the country are set to converge in Palawan on Nov. 30 to begin a month-long “freedom voyage” to seven islets in the West Philippine Sea occupied by Filipino troops and are being claimed by China. ...
- November 21, 2015
Rape on the Rise
We are not talking of rape of the carnal kind here. The title of this column deals with the most recent violation committed by China on Philippine territorial sovereignty. Not content with its encroachment into the Philippine ...
- February 16, 2018
Fish cages crowding Laguna's Sampaloc Lake next targey on LLDA demolition list
The government is now targeting to dismantle illegal fish cages in Sampaloc Lake, one of this city's popular seven interconnected lakes and a major tourist attraction in Laguna province. The Laguna Lake Development Authority ...
- August 2, 2017
US ambassador vows to protect PH's international rights amid new tensions in the West Philippine Sea
The Philippine government can bank on the support of the United States to protect its international rights amid the tensions stemming from the issues over disputed the West Philippine Sea, US Ambassador to the Philippines ...
- June 19, 2019
Chevron joins coastal cleanup for endangered sea turtles
Employees of Chevron Philippines Inc. (CPI), marketer of Caltex fuels and lubricants, teamed up with over 200 townsfolk and local government officials of San Pascual, Batangas to fill more than 400 trash bags which amounted ...
- November 17, 2017
PH, China committed to advancing friendly cooperation in disputed sea
The Philippines and China have mutually committed to advancing friendly and pragmatic cooperation in various fields in order to further safeguard the peace and stability in the South China Sea. The Chinese Foreign Ministry ...
- July 14, 2017