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Mangrove park outside of planned Bulacan airport
A mangrove park that was rehabilitated by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) in a town in Bulacan province is far from the proposed 2,500-hectare New Manila International Airport project of San ...
- August 24, 2019
What my Boracay is like now-like a bipolar existence
Since the days leading to the government’s closure on April 26, I’ve been trying to share glimpses of what is most often construed as a charmed life sprinkled with magic dust—but peppered with concrete rubble dust. Thus ...
- July 8, 2018
Search for poop pipes starts: DENR sees 33 Boracay sites where feces, other untreated wastes pass through to the sea
High-tech gadgets usually used to detect minerals underground are being tapped to uncover hidden pipes discharging untreated wastewater into the sea off this resort island. Members of a DENR team use a high-tech ground ...
- May 19, 2018
SM by the Bay joins International Coastal Clean Up
SM by the Bay, staying true to its commitment to promote and support the International Coastal Cleanup Day with its Coastal Cleanup Challenge within its 1.2km promenade in Pasay City. Organized by the non- profit organization ...
- October 9, 2014
DENR official: ‘Impossible’ for Manila Bay ‘white sand’ to cause fish kill
An official of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) on Thursday said it was “impossible” for the artificial white sand or crushed dolomite dumped on the shoreline of Manila Bay to have caused the ...
- September 18, 2020
Trump Jr. tweets on Tubbataha rile PH netizens
The remarks of American businessman Donald Trump Jr. criticizing a US Navy plan to dismantle its minesweeper that is stuck at the Tubbataha Reefs in the Sulu Sea has sparked outrage among netizens and prompted a militant ...
- February 1, 2013
DENR, Aurora fishermen in tug-of-war over logs
Several fishermen in Aurora province have asked the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) to give them the 175 big logs they found floating in the Pacific Ocean. The logs were discovered near the coastlines ...
- February 16, 2021
Guimaras site closes door to tourist
Another top tourism site in Western Visayas region is taking a breather from visitors, taking a cue from Boracay Island in Aklan province which was shut down for a six-month environmental rehabilitation. The Igang Marine ...
- May 24, 2018
A socially distanced scuba diving weekend in Batangas
Scuba divers like to joke that, after a long time out of the water, our bodies crave the nitrogen that enters the system after some time at depth. COVID-19 has certainly kept many of us out of the ocean for a long time—too ...
- December 6, 2020
500-hectare bamboo plantation, dredging to reduce Cagayan floods
Riverside communities in Cagayan province have been asked to guard a 500-hectare plantation made up of bamboo and homegrown tree species that will help protect Cagayan River and avoid future floods. The Regional Build Back ...
- January 24, 2022