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Fish thrive in Pandacan depot's wastewater pond
Fish are good indicators of water quality since they are very sensitive to contamination that chemical tests may miss, according to a study made by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The EPA study indicates that ...
- September 6, 2009
U.S. pays PH P87-M compensation for warship reef damage
For the damage caused to Tubbataha Reef by the grounding of a United States Navy ship two years ago, the Philippines received 87,033,570.71 or nearly $ 2 million from the US government as compensation. In a statement issued ...
- February 19, 2015
Cleanup in Paradise: Government plans to replicate 'Boracay model' in other tourist sites
The re-opening (and renaissance, according to some) of Boracay was met by approval from almost all sectors of society Tourists now rave about its cleaner surroundings and clearer water. Though new reports have revealed ...
- November 22, 2018
Healing Boracay
Doreen Fugoso had barely landed a job as chef in one of the big hotels here when word got around that President Rodrigo Duterte had ordered the closure of the island for six months. “I had not reached a year yet in my job ...
- October 21, 2018
Archdiocese of Manila opposes Manila Bay reclamation project
The Archdiocese of Manila has weighed in on the planned Manila Bay reclamation projects. “We, in the Archdiocese of Manila, are against the Manila Bay reclamation due to ecological grounds. It is against ecology,” Manila ...
- February 25, 2019
Mayors have key role in Bay rehabilitation
The Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) called a meeting last Monday of mayors of Metro Manila and other towns and cities in the provinces around Manila Bay as part of the total effort to clean it up after ...
- February 15, 2019
Gov't orders 2 water concessionaires in Boracay to team up
Environment Secretary Roy A. Cimatu has ordered the two water concessionaires in Boracay to work together in fixing and developing the sewerage system of the island. This, while he ordered an investigation on what caused ...
- April 27, 2018
Aklan gov, 16 others face graft, admin raps over Boracay neglect
Graft and administrative charges were filed by the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) on Wednesday before the Office of the Ombudsman against Aklan Governor Florencio Miraflores, Malay Mayor Ciceron ...
- June 28, 2018
Manila Bay clean-up: Gargantuan and historic endeavor
In a word, Manila Bay stinks. Decades-long inflow of waste and untreated discharges into the Bay has resulted in one of the most polluted waters in the world. (Manila is also unlucky in having lazy mayors who have done ...
- January 30, 2019
Monitoring to be more stringent than before
Even if the government is already set to formally reopen Boracay Island from a six-month rehabilitation, things will no longer be the same for the world-famous island destination. From now on, the island will always be a ...
- October 21, 2018