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Coast Guard seizes Chinese dredger for illegal entry
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) and the Bureau of Customs (BOC) seized a Chinese dredger for “illegal and unauthorized presence” in Philippine waters more than a year after it was cleared to leave the country, the Coast ...
- January 30, 2021
Bolinao folk take war on hatchery to Internet
Social media have become the battlefield for residents of Bolinao, Pangasinan, who are fighting the construction of a fish hatchery in the town’s ecotourism zone, expressing fear that the project would ruin the town’s ...
- October 2, 2015
Boracay reopening poses new concerns for residents, businesses
When a demolition team arrived on Aug. 17, Mary Ann Casidsid pleaded for one more day to move out her family’s belongings before they tear down her house in one of the wetlands on Boracay Island. The clearing of the Boracay ...
- October 20, 2018
Boracay: From cesspool to DENR showcase
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) hopes to use Boracay as instructional material to tell the world what environmental destruction and efforts to reverse it could bring. Environment Secretary Roy ...
- May 9, 2018
Pangasinan execs protest massive black sand mining in Lingayen Gulf
A massive offshore black sand mining project that will run for 25 years in Lingayen Gulf has stirred protests from local communities in Pangasinan province, describing it as an “environmental monster.” “God help Pangasinan!” ...
- September 25, 2021
13 rare animals seized from wildlife trader
After three years of skirting law enforcers through the underbelly of online wildlife trafficking, a man notorious for selling endangered animals on Facebook was finally nabbed on Friday by agents of the National Bureau ...
- August 24, 2019
Paje stresses need to save Coral Triangle
Environment Secretary Ramon Paje on Saturday said more action was needed to save the reefs of the Coral Triangle, an important marine area encompassing Asia Pacific countries including the Philippines, amid growing threats ...
- August 25, 2013
DENR urges legislators to act on wetlands' protection
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) on Monday urged lawmakers to pass a legislation protecting the country’s wetlands, which play crucial roles in mitigating climate change, controlling floods and ...
- August 31, 2021
Tourism hurting whale sharks in Oslob-study
At least 95 percent of endangered whale sharks (Rhincodon typus) observed in Oslob, Cebu province, since 2012 have been injured and scarred due to activities linked to wildlife tourism, according to a study that looked ...
- October 14, 2020
At home in Tambobo Bay
Emma Palallos was in her 20s when she first came to Tambobo Bay in the southern tip of Negros Oriental province in the late 1980s. This body of water shared by Barangays Bonbonon and Siit in the southern town of Siaton has ...
- July 19, 2020