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100,000 Pinoys join coastal cleanup
More than 100,000 Filipino volunteers are expected to descend on beaches, coasts, waterways and underwater dive sites on Saturday to pick up marine trash and debris as the Philippines joins the rest of the world in celebrating ...
- September 21, 2013
DENR takes steps to preserve Manila Bay
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources-Ecosystems Research and Development (DENR-ERDB) will conduct the 15-month vulnerability study of the Manila Bay along with the Ramsar Convention-recognized wetland – the ...
- March 18, 2018
DPWH eyes bigger machines for Manila Bay cleanup
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) is planning to bring in larger machines to help remove deep-seated sediment from Manila Bay, an official said yesterday. “We are now encountering difficulty. The sediments ...
- March 17, 2019
DPWH set to dredge Manila Bay
The Department of Public Works and Highways will deploy two huge amphibious dredging machines to beef up the cleaning operations of Manila bay which is expected to be completed by July 2019. Public works undersecretary ...
- April 23, 2019
Crowdsourcing to clean up Manila Bay
The crowds marching to clean Manila Bay reminded me of the crowds who went to Luneta to show who they wanted to lead political change. A million crowds showed up on the miting de abanse of Davao Mayor Rodrigo Duterte to ...
- February 2, 2019
Winning the war vs garbage
If we are to trace the historical roots of the present murky waters at the Manila Bay, blame it on the debris, junk and trash that have accumulated through the years and got buried in this body of water. As of present ...
- February 8, 2019
DENR should’ve used ₱389M for mangrove forest rehab–Group
The Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (Pamalakaya) said the P389 million used in overlaying “white sand” over a 500-meter portion in Manila Bay’s baywalk area along Roxas Boulevard could have been used ...
- September 7, 2020
Hope for coastal restoration
Promoting an advocacy is one thing making money for long term survival is another thing Volunteerism could power a movement for long periods of time, but after a while, it is very difficult to sustain a good project not ...
- October 4, 2012
Settlers give way to Manila Bay rehab: 12,000 Cavite families up for relocation as DENR checks pollution from communities, farms
Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu on Friday said one of the most difficult tasks in rehabilitating Manila Bay involved dealing with thousands of informal settlers around the water body. Cimatu, in his speech at the inauguration ...
- January 26, 2019
Unsettling justifications for 'Boracay' on Manila Bay project
The Environment department’s project to beautify Manila Bay smacks of insensitivity to the people’s difficulties in coping with the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) and contradicts President Rodrigo Duterte’s vow to ...
- September 7, 2020