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Desilting of Manila Bay begins
Amphibious excavators, dumping scows, dump trucks, debris segregator, and vacuum sewer jet cleaners were deployed in Manila Bay Tuesday, the first day of dredging operations to clean up the bay. “Sagip Manila Bay,” according ...
- March 6, 2019
DENR to remove illegal structures
Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu on Friday vowed to go after illegal structures along the Pasig River and all esteros in Metro Manila. Cimatu said the crackdown would harmonize the government’s rehabilitation efforts for ...
- September 14, 2019
LGU asked to protect Coron's environment
The Social Action Center of Apostolic Vicariate of Taytay, Palawan, has urged the local government to strengthen its laws to protect the island of Coron from environmental degradation. Father Ed Pariño, Social Action ...
- March 22, 2018
Cimatu lauds call for Boracay Authority
Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu has lauded President Rodrigo Duterte for calling Congress to pass a measure creating the Boracay Island Development Authority (BIDA) to sustain gains from the rehabilitation of the world-famous ...
- July 31, 2020
SC pursues its decision on Manila Bay cleanup
The Supreme Court (SC) has reconstituted its Manila Bay Advisory Committee (MBAC) which is tasked to monitor the implementation of its 2008 decisions that directed practically all government agencies, including those ion ...
- January 24, 2020
DENR probes mining firms in 'Manila beach' project
Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu on Friday suspended two mining companies in Cebu that provided the crushed dolomite for the controversial Manila Bay “beach nourishment project” of the environment department after they ...
- September 26, 2020
Toyota adopts 10-ha mangrove plantation area in Lian, Batangas
Toyota Motor Philippines Corporation (TMP) recently signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) with the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) and the Local Government of Lian, Batangas to clean-up, rehabilitate ...
- October 27, 2020
Culture change needed to restore Manila Bay
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 ...
- February 10, 2019
'New' Boracay opens
The reopening of Boracay on Friday, October 26, will coincide with the launch of the Boracay icon, a huge sign that will welcome tourists, and the inauguration of the reconstructed main road, the Department of Environment ...
- October 26, 2018
Whatever it takes: Gov't claims initial victory with P1.7B spent out of P47B 7-year outlay to win ‘Battle for Manila Bay’
The Duterte administration has allotted a whopping P47-billion budget for the rehabilitation of Manila Bay that may include as well the desilting of clogged esteros and clean-up of heavily polluted river tributaries and ...
- October 3, 2020