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US pledges compensation for Tubbataha Reef
The US government is prepared to provide “appropriate compensation” to the Tubbataha Reef for the damages caused by the grounding of the USS Guardian there in mid-January. In a statement, the US Embassy in Manila said ...
- February 4, 2013
5,000 mangroves planted in Anilao
A total of 5,000 mangroves seedlings composed of potted bakawan (Rhizopora apiculata) and bungalon (Avicennia officinalis) were planted in Barangay San Carlos, Anilao, Iloilo, recently. The tree-planting activity was in ...
- May 28, 2017
DENR: All set for Manila Bay rehab
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) and other concerned agencies are all set for the Manila Bay rehabilitation, which will start on Sunday, an official said yesterday. DENR Secretary Roy Cimatu said ...
- January 22, 2019
Task force formed to fast-track Manila Bay cleanup
President Rodrigo R. Duterte has created a task force for the speedy rehabilitation and restoration of Manila Bay. Malacañang on Thursday released to reporters copies of Administrative Order No. 16, which Mr. Duterte signed ...
- February 23, 2019
Court stops demolition of Laguna lake fishpens: LLDA says ruling from Court of Appeals a setback in President Duterte’s environmental campaign
A recent Court of Appeals (CA) ruling allowed fishpen owners to continue operating in Laguna de Bay, prompting a state agency to call the decision a “setback” in President Duterte’s campaign to clean and clear the country’s ...
- November 11, 2017
Heed the world-wide call vs plastic pollution
The Philippines joined a worldwide call to end plastic pollution as it marked this April the first anniversary of its accession to the Paris Agreement on Climate Change. The country became the 138th state party to the Paris ...
- May 13, 2018
DOF assures HQ's compliance with Manila Bay rehab
Ahead of the planned rehabilitation of the Manila Bay, the Department of Finance (DOF) assured that its headquarters (HQ) on Roxas Boulevard has its own sewage treatment facility (STF) that passed the waste classification ...
- January 21, 2019
MM mayors vow to help relocate Bay area families
Mayors in Metro Manila have agreed to help the government relocate at least 220,000 squatter families living along Manila Bay. In a meeting held at the Metro Manila Development Authority main office in Makati City, the ...
- February 6, 2019
Mangrove and Beach Forest Development Project gets P400M
The need to protect mangrove and beach forests against the devastating effects of climate change has come to the fore with the aftermath of super typhoon "Yolanda". In the light of possible typhoons that could damage ...
- June 25, 2015
Duterte's stand vs Manila Bay reclamation lauded
Senator Cynthia Villar on Monday praised President Duterte's assurance against the reclamation plans in the Manila Bay. Villar, chair of the Senate Committee on Environment and Natural Resources, said the Duterte reiteration ...
- June 16, 2020