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To save Manila Bay
Robert "Bobby" Joseph is the new commodore of the Manila Yacht Club for its 91st year and his mission during his two-year term is to make Manila Bay clean again. This he vows to tackle-after sailing with his wife Ida and ...
- November 27, 2018
DILG to file raps vs Boracay local gov't execs
The world-famous Boracay island would be shut down to “heal itself” starting April 16, the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) said. The DILG said administrative complaints are being prepared against ...
- April 2, 2018
In defense of the Manila Bay Beach project
Secretary Roy Cimatu and the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) are under fire for initiating a P389-million project to convert the stony breakwater between the American embassy and the Manila Yacht ...
- September 16, 2020
ECC suspension of compliant Boracay firms lifted
The suspension of the environmental compliance certificates (ECCs) of compliant establishments in Boracay has been lifted, Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu said yesterday. Cimatu ordered the suspension of the ECCs last ...
- October 13, 2018
Shore it Up!: A decade of seas, coastal clean-up pays off, thanks to Shore it Up!
Every year thousands of tons of garbage end up in our oceans, 60% of which plastic materials. Studies show that plastics decompose longest among common debris items in the ocean. Over 45, 000 pieces of plastic litter every ...
- March 18, 2018
No longer a cesspool, Boracay now fit for swimming
World-famous Boracay was declared safe for swimming as the island resort reopened yesterday for a 10-day test run, almost six months after it was shut down for a massive cleanup. “Boracay is no longer a cesspool but an ...
- October 16, 2018
Pangasinan town cleans up coastal areas
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) led other government agencies, students and volunteers in a coastal clean-up of the beaches in this town early on the last day of May. Raymundo Gayo, provincial ...
- June 7, 2018
Penalty for water pollution hiked
The Laguna Lake Development Authority (LLDA) has increased the penalty imposed on companies found polluting Laguna de Bay from P10,000 to P11,000 daily. In Board Resolution 643 dated Oct. 17, 2023, the LLDA cited BR 404 ...
- April 9, 2024
'Manila Bay makeover part of rehab'
Malacañang defended yesterday the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR)’s makeover of Manila Bay’s shoreline. “On the issue of the Manila Bay rehabilitation, per the Department of Environment and Natural ...
- September 5, 2020
Gov't to pursue reef compensation
Malacañang is committed to pursuing compensation for the damage caused by a US Navy ship that ran aground last year at Tubbataha Reef, a United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage ...
- January 5, 2014