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Senator Villar: Manila bay 5 times dirtier now
Manila Bay is now five times dirtier compared to its condition in 2008 when the Supreme Court ordered 13 national agencies to restore it to a state “fit for swimming and other forms of recreation,” Sen. Cynthia Villar said ...
- September 25, 2018
Coastal cleanup
As the country marked the 47th anniversary of the declaration of martial law last Saturday, about 20,000 people gathered around Manila Bay for a different type of observance: International Coastal Cleanup or ICC Day. The ...
- September 16, 2019
Oil spill whodunit
After initially claiming that a tanker caused the oil spill in Manila Bay, the authorities said on Saturday they are no longer sure the tanker was responsible for leaking 500,000 liters of diesel fuel in the busiest waterway ...
- August 11, 2013
Solons: Declare Manila Bay reclamation-free zone
The Makabayan bloc of the House of Representatives wants to declare Manila Bay as reclamation-free zone. The group of progressive lawmakers filed House Bill 9067 that seeks to prohibit all forms of reclamation activities ...
- February 8, 2019
Saub-Sarangani watershed rehab project rolls out
The provincial government of Sarangani recently rolled out a multi-million peso rehabilitation project of the 7.9-hectare Saub watershed ecosystem in Maitum town. Dubbed as Watershed Ecosystem Rehabilitation and Flood Risk ...
- February 28, 2019
Pangasinan takes part in Coastal Cleanup Day
A throng of Capitol employees and volunteers from various national government agencies and organizations participated in the provincial government-organized coastal clean-up held at the stretch of Lingayen Beach here. An ...
- September 22, 2017
'Clean up waste or risk getting closed'
President Rodrigo Duterte ordered operating near the Manila Bay to observe environmental rules by installing water treatment facilities or risk being closure. In a speech during the Barangay Summit on Peace and Order at ...
- January 11, 2019
Plastics and other garbage in Manila Bay
These last two Saturdays, the Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) has been conducting a Manila Bay cleanup operation along Roxas Boulevard as part of its 43rd anniversary celebration. On November 3, the MMDA ...
- November 14, 2018
'Help displaced Boracay residents'
Vice Mayor Abram Sualog appeals to the inter-agency group tasked to restore Boracay to find a relocation site for displaced island residents. Sualog was referring to locals whose houses were built on Boracay’s wetlands and ...
- April 16, 2018
Du30 wants 'a small tourism area' in Boracay
Insisting that Boracay is a forestal and agricultural land, President Rodrigo Duterte said he only wanted a portion of the island used for commercial purposes, such as tourism. “You know, ‘yung Boracay is a forestal ...
- May 4, 2018