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Biodiversity assessment seen to aid Boracay sustainability
An underwater cleanup joined by at least 50 divers was held to mark the start of the biodiversity assessment of coastal and marine areas on the island on Oct. 23. Twelve sacks of assorted trash, mostly plastic and bottles, ...
- October 27, 2018
Boracay garbage may be recycled, says DTI
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) is planning to tap an association of waste pickers in this city to mentor people in Boracay Island interested to join the training on waste recycling. The target trainees are ...
- May 23, 2018
Half-year underwater cleanup in Antique's Nogas Island begins
A group of divers led an underwater cleanup drive in Nogas Island, a famous diving destination located in Anini-y town. “We look forward to have a cleaner reef for Nogas Island and control the overpopulation of the crown ...
- October 13, 2018
Boracay off-limits to casinos - Año
The government will not allow the construction of a casino in Boracay Island, Interior secretary Eduardo Año stressed. “First of all, the President (Rodrigo Duterte) had already decided and announced that no construction ...
- July 13, 2018
DENR to deploy 35 env't enforcers in Boracay
Some 35 environmental enforcers will be mobilized here next week - days before the scheduled island reopening on Oct. 26. Environment secretary Roy Cimatu said the environmental enforcers - most of them Boracay residents ...
- October 13, 2018
Both sides Boracay (part 2)
The Boracay I’ve grown to idealize is culled from my memories of the island some 15 years ago – when I first set foot on White Sand beach with my family for a week-long vacation. I was an elementary student at that time, ...
- August 25, 2019
'Clear riverbanks of illegal structures'
Capiz Governor Antonio del Rosario reminded local chief executives to make sure that there are no illegal structures in riverbanks in the province. Del Rosario fielded this reminder during the recent meeting of the Provincial ...
- November 29, 2017
1,500 mangroves planted in Leganes
Around 1,500 mangrove seedlings were planted by the Regional Finance Service Office (RFSO) of the Police Regional Office 6 at the Leganes Integrated Katunggan Ecopark (LIKE) in Barangay Nabitasan, Leganes town on Friday ...
- December 10, 2022
CSWater joins Tanum Iloilo and conducts River Clean up
CSWater Iloilo joined in the simultaneous tree planting activity of the Province of Iloilo last Saturday, Sept 26, 2020 in Barangay SM Villa, Barangay San Pedro, the premises of its Water Treatment Plant( WTP) in Barangay ...
- October 19, 2020
Nancy: Suspend all Boracay permits but…
While she agreed with an order to suspend all environmental compliance certificates (ECCs) and other permits of business establishments in this famed island resort, Sen. Nancy Binay called for a hassle-free reapplication ...
- July 26, 2018