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DENR hopes to make Manila Bay fit for swimming again
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources is hoping to eventually make the Manila Bay safe for swimming again, DENR Secretary Roy Cimatu said yesterday. The DENR will set up four community environment and natural ...
- December 15, 2018
DENR fines Boracay violators
Over 200 business establishments in Boracay Island have been ordered to pay a total of P43 million in fines for the violation of various environmental laws. The Pollution Adjudication Board (PAB) of the Department of ...
- October 31, 2018
Shorter Boracay closure eyed
The Department of Tourism (DOT) is looking to shorten the closure period for Boracay to four months from six, but the number of visitors allowed when it reopens will be slashed, Tourism Secretary Wanda Teo said yesterday. ...
- January 12, 2018
'Coliform high in Panglao, El Nido beaches'
“Very high” levels of coliform have been found at popular resorts in Panglao in Bohol and in El Nido in Palawan, according to an inter-agency body tasked to monitor tourist attractions and ensure their compliance with ...
- December 1, 2018
DILG tells 6 mayors: Save Pasig River
Six Metro Manila mayors should help clean up and save the Pasig River, Interior and Local Government Secretary Ismael Sueno said yesterday. The local government units (LGUs) of Manila, Makati, Mandaluyong, Pasig, Taguig ...
- March 20, 2017
Thousands of students join Manila Bay cleanup
Thousands of college students yesterday trooped to Roxas Boulevard to join a clean-up drive of Manila Bay. Students from Polytechnic University of the Philippines, Technological University of the Philippines, Eulogio “Amang” ...
- August 27, 2018
MPIF commits P1.5M for Puerto Galera’s Marine Protection, Inspection and Conservation Guardians
Shore It Up, Metro Pacific Investments Foundation Inc.’s flagship program, is celebrating another year of elevating environmental awareness and conserving aquatic life in coastal municipalities through this year’s Shore ...
- June 9, 2019
Teo to explain Boracay rehab in Argentina
Department of Tourism (DOT) Assistant Secretary and spokesperson Frederick Alegre told The STAR that Teo was set to fly to Buenos Aires yesterday for the 2018 Global Summit of the World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC). ...
- April 16, 2018
Let's do something good for our oceans today
With over 7,000 islands, the Philippines is considered to be the second largest archipelago in the world. And so, whatever we do and whatever choices we make as consumers will definitely have an impact on our oceans, because ...
- September 28, 2021
Duterte: Abolish Pasig River agency
President Duterte yesterday called on Congress to abolish the Pasig River Rehabilitation Commission (PRRC), believing it no longer has a function to perform. “If Congress is listening, abolish it. There is nothing to clean ...
- October 30, 2019