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Pasig 'river warriors' rake tidal rubbish for cleaner future
Each morning, a group of Filipinos rakes up piles of trash on the banks of one of the world’s most polluted rivers, filling sacks in an endless pursuit to clean a waterway that is also a major source of ocean plastics. ...
- June 26, 2021
Dolomite beyond Manila Bay
Dolomite is a material that has been around for ages, but it was only recently that it sparked the interest of many Filipinos. Earlier this month, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) pushed through ...
- September 26, 2020
Credit and extension unity needed for agriculture
At the May 17th Agriculture Credit Forum, agriculture extension was hardly mentioned. But if credit is made available with no financially viable projects coming from effective agriculture extension, the credit will never ...
- June 14, 2018
Town, DENR play tug-of-war over crocodile
A freshwater crocodile that was accidentally trapped near the Liguasan Marsh on Saturday has become the subject of a tug-of-war between the municipality and the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR). If ...
- April 16, 2014
Boracay safe for swimming, says Cimatu; 'dry run' starts
The government on Monday declared the waters off Boracay Island “safe for swimming” as it started a 10-day “dry run” for the reopening of the resort island to tourists. Boracay returns to business on Oct. 26, ending a ...
- October 16, 2018
DENR worsened bay, SC told
A party-list group on Thursday asked the Supreme Court to cite the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) for contempt for violating its 2008 order to clean up and rehabilitate Manila Bay when it dumped ...
- September 25, 2020
Iloilo River Development Project
The ground-breaking Iloilo River Development Project has led to the successful rehabilitation of the 15-kilometer estuarine. In 2004, the Iloilo-Batiano River Development Council (IBRDC) relocated 1,000 families who were ...
- June 1, 2015
Batangas waters cleared of harmful starfish species
Thousands of crown-of-thorns starfish (COT) were removed from the seas off Batangas province by authorities who were responding to the outbreak of the poisonous starfish that could endanger local natural resources. The ...
- June 6, 2022
Still no room for small fishers as pens remain in Laguna de Bay
Behind some idle fishing boats, Danny Machado, 62, scans Laguna de Bay from Barangay Cuyab here. Machado is starting to grow impatient over hectares after hectares of fish pens that he blames for his dwindling catch. “I’m ...
- July 20, 2017
Slave to sachets: How poverty worsens PH plastics crisis
Armed with gloves, rubber boots and a rake, “Mangrove Warrior” Willer Gualva, 68, comes to Freedom Island in the Philippines almost every day to stop it being engulfed by trash. No one lives on the island, yet each morning ...
- September 4, 2019