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The Manila Bay crisis
The recent photos taken of Manila Bay showed the beautiful sunset and happy people strolling by the bay and a few even bold enough to take a dip in the seemingly clean waters. But the real clean up hasn’t even started. ...
- February 25, 2019
Citizen’s group supports Manila Bay rehabilitation
The nationwide citizen’s movement Maypagasa has thrown its support for the “Battle of Manila Bay” led by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR). Maypagasa is a multi-sectoral group that advocates good ...
- February 14, 2019
3 establishments shuttered in Manila Bay cleanup drive
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), through its Laguna Lake Development Authority (LLDA), issued cease and desist orders to three companies and notices of violations to six establishments in the ...
- January 28, 2019
Malay LGU pushes 'tropical design' in Boracay Island
The local government of Malay, Aklan has created a committee to review plans and designs for structures on this famed island resort in a bid to ensure compliance with a standard “tropical design” and environmental regulations. ...
- May 20, 2019
Villar wants to stop use of single plastic
To avert the worst occurence that the country’s ocean will become a “virtual desert” by 2050 if plastic pollution continues, Senator Cynthia A. Villar wants to stop all types of single-plastic use. The senator, who will ...
- July 20, 2019
EDC contributing P10m for Boracay rehabilitation
Geothermal producer Energy Development Corp. is investing P10 million in the rehabilitation of its adopted wetland in Barangay Balabag here over a three-year period. “Under our memorandum of agreement with the DENR [Department ...
- February 3, 2019
China warships no longer straying into Sibutu-AFP
Beijing may have ordered its navy not to stay into Philippines waters after the recent string of sightings of Chinese warships passing unannounced through the Sibutu Strait triggered a series of protests from Manila, a ...
- August 26, 2019
New algae tech seen to cut hatchery operations cost
An award-winning technology for algae harvesting is now available in the Philippines, boosting efforts to reduce the cost of producing fish fry in hatcheries through the use of algal paste. An Evodos dynamic settler unit, ...
- September 6, 2019
Energy recommends lifting of ban on West Philippine Sea exploration
The Energy Department officially recommended to the Department of Foreign Affairs the lifting of the moratorium on oil and gas exploration in the West Philippine Sea amid the enhanced relations between China and the ...
- January 4, 2019
Captain frets over Rody's quip
The captain of the Philippine fishing boat that was rammed and sunk by a Chinese vessel in Recto Bank said Tuesday he was saddened by President Rodrigo Duterte’s description of the incident as “a little maritime accident.” ...
- June 19, 2019