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Turtles threatened by oil spill in south India
Hundreds of students and fishermen were working Friday to clean up an oil spill on India's southern coast that campaigners say threatens the turtles that nest there every year. Campaigners and fishermen have accused the ...
- February 4, 2017
Cleanup continues
Pasig River Rehabilitation Commission (PRRC) personnel pull out bundles of garbage from the shores of Manila Bay in Barangay 649, Baseco Compound in Tondo, Manila on Saturday (Feb. 16, 2019). The cleanup drive, organized ...
- February 17, 2019
Boracay rehab seen prolonged—Budget
Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno said on Wednesday that even after the six-month closure order of Boracay Island, its rehabilitation may be extended for next year. As such, Diokno said, the extension may require additional ...
- May 10, 2018
Lake Buhi, home of unique PH fish, gets attention
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources has designated the Lake Buhi Watershed in Camarines Sur as a water quality management area in a bid to protect the lake that is home to the Mistichthys luzonensis, locally ...
- June 9, 2013
Boracay rehabilitation should serve as a model
The re-opening of Boracay Island on October 26 is probably the most awaited development in the tourism sector. Rehabilitation works are still ongoing in the famous island destination and if regulations and environmental ...
- August 18, 2018
Du30 stand on Benham well-grounded - Atienza
President Rodrigo Duterte’s tough stance on Benham Rise, or the so-called the Philippine Rise, was well ground amid threats, according to Buhay Party-list Rep. Joselito Atienza. “The entire 13 million hectares of Benham ...
- March 5, 2018
Saving Manila Bay
I can just imagine how many romantic relationships blossomed on Manila Bay. I remember, when I was new here in Manila, and that was around half-a-century ago, I still didn’t have too many friends from here and had a lot ...
- February 24, 2019
Manila Bay in critical condition, says Cimatu
Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu on Monday urged government offices, including the local governments, around Manila Bay to set a good example to private establishments—residential and commercial ones—on the compliance with ...
- January 22, 2019
Diving in Camiguin
A new diving haven in the Philippines emerges with the successful conclusion of the first Camiguin Dive Festival. An initiative of the Camiguin Provincial Government and the Department of Tourism-Region 10, the event ...
- September 22, 2019
River deadline: It’s December
Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu on Wednesday ordered a December deadline for the cleanup of Navotas City’s Bangkulasi River, one of the filthy water bodies that drain into Manila Bay. “Cleaning up the Bangkulasi River, ...
- August 15, 2019