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Priests, nuns get hands dirty for PH rivers
Amid rapid urban development in Quezon City, the San Francisco River has stood as silent witness to the changes that people had wrought in the area. Decades ago, Franciscan priests followed its banks as they trekked from ...
- October 7, 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
PH, US, Japan hold war games
The Philippines on Monday opened separate but simultaneous naval exercises with US and Japanese forces off Palawan, an island that is not from the disputed Spratly archipelago, where China's rapid creation of seven artificial ...
- June 23, 2015
The Boracay syndrome
Boracay — that tiny island at the northern tip of Panay, a destination renowned for its fine white sand beaches, shallow gentle waters, and all-day partying — recently reopened to tourists after being abruptly shut down ...
- October 28, 2018
Mangroves keep sea trash out of villages
The panorama of mangroves growing along the vast coastline of Quezon province is also serving as a defense barrier from trash that used to swamp the beaches and riverbanks. “The growing mangroves act as fine-tooth comb ...
- October 2, 2014
Vendors feel pinch of Boracay closure
Market vendors are also being hit hard by the closure of Boracay Island to tourists. Fish, fruit and vegetable vendors at Talipapa Bukid, the main market on the island, have complained of a drastic drop in sales since April ...
- May 1, 2018
Climate change signals Earth in danger zone
Climate change and high rates of extinctions of animals and plants are pushing the Earth into a danger zone for humanity, a scientific report card about mankind’s impact on nature said on Thursday. An international team ...
- January 17, 2015
IBP, 7 fishermen withdraw writ of kalikasan plea
The Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP) and seven fishermen on Friday filed a motion withdrawing their writ of kalikasan petition in the Supreme Court for the protection of the marine environment in the West Philippine ...
- July 20, 2019
DENR to restore Boracay wetland recovered from Island settlers
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) said restoration work would soon begin in one of the nine wetlands on Boracay Island after it was recovered from illegal occupants. In a statement on Tuesday, the ...
- July 31, 2020
Review law on protected areas, Palawan officials urged
An environmental law group has asked the provincial government of Palawan to suspend the implementation of an ordinance creating a new council that will oversee the management of protected areas in the province. In a letter ...
- June 6, 2020