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White Manila Bay sand tested anew
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) on Thursday said it had collected for processing its own samples of the dolomite sand now being poured along Manila Bay to ease concerns over its toxicity to humans ...
- September 11, 2020
Guimaras folk stop fishing as oil spill reaches their shores
Fourteen years after Guimaras was devastated by the worst oil spill in the country when the MT Solar I tanker sank, residents of the island-province are again trying to contain the spread of bunker fuel that leaked on ...
- July 7, 2020
Reclamation projects: Boom or bust?
For many local governments around the country, reclamation projects can be their ticket to economic progress. According to lawyer Janilo Rubiato, Philippine Reclamation Authority (PRA) general manager and chief executive ...
- February 22, 2022
Medical waste polluting Benguet creek
Medical waste has been polluting a creek at Barangay Taloy Sur in Tuba town, Benguet province. A team from the Environmental Management Bureau was sent to inspect the waterway after Taloy Sur residents complained about the ...
- July 19, 2018
Just 1 of 3 Boracay Businesss ready to re open
Only about a third of Boracay’s 440 hotels, resorts and inns are ready for the island’s reopening on Oct. 26, according to Interior Undersecretary Epimaco Densing, although this may still increase as establishments comply ...
- August 21, 2018
UP's 'CSI' helps catch illegal wildlife traders
When officials of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) learned that some eateries in Barangay Pasil in Cebu City were selling steaming bowls of turtle stew, they first needed to make sure that the ...
- August 26, 2019
DENR: last call for fish pens ‘self-demolition’ order stressed
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) issued on Saturday its “last call” to owners and operators of fish pens and cages in Laguna de Bay to conduct “self-demolitions” before it starts clearing the ...
- January 15, 2017
Alert raised for coal contamination: Barge with 6,705MT of coal stuck in Antique waters at 'Seniang' height
An alert has been raised over the possible contamination of the waters off Antique province by a cargo of more than 6,000 metric tons of coal in a barge that ran aground on Tuesday at the height of Tropical Depression ...
- January 4, 2015
Quezon folk welcome ‘butanding’ return to Tayabas Bay
Whale sharks, locally known as “butanding,” have been spotted once again at Tayabas Bay about a month after the most recent storm to hit the country, according to residents of the coastal town of Sariaya and an environmental ...
- November 27, 2022
Manila Bay's fight for life
Manila Bay is not dead. But whether it is barely living or has a healthy ecosystem is another matter. And whether it thrives or dies is up to government. Since 2000, per the Department of Environment and Natural Resources ...
- February 5, 2023