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Boracay ‘will rise from the ashes’
Former Environment secretary Gina Lopez is positive that tourists will come back to Boracay Island once its rehabilitation is complete. “Boracay will be like a phoenix, it will rise from the ashes,” Lopez told media members ...
- April 22, 2018
Boracay biz sector urged to support inter-agency efforts
Business stakeholders in the island were urged to support the Inter-agency Task Force's rehabilitation initiatives. Malay acting mayor Abram Sualog call on the business sector during the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and ...
- March 25, 2019
No swimming in Boracay, DENR reiterates
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) will look into reports that European youth delegates of Genfest International were allowed to take a dip in the waters of Boracay on Wednesday. “We just learned ...
- July 7, 2018
Two Philippine destinations voted ‘world’s best islands’
Two of the country’s hottest tourist destinations made it to this year’s list of “15 Best Islands of the World” of New York-based magazine Travel+Leisure. Palawan ranked sixth with a score of 90.04. The island, which is a ...
- July 15, 2018
Saving the bay
Weeks back, the DENR announced that it would start the Herculean task of cleaning up Manila Bay, until it becomes “swimmable” once again. And after a week of removing tons and tons of garbage floating in the nearby sections ...
- February 6, 2019
River cleanup
The local government of Pagsanjan, Laguna, through the efforts of Mayor Maita Ejercito, staged a River Cleanup Activity in partnership with Laguna Water, DILG, DENR, PAGWAD, PGENRO, PNP Pagsanjan, MDRRMC P Pagsanjan and ...
- June 4, 2017
17 officials sued over Boracay woes
Seventeen officials of Aklan province are accused of allegedly neglecting their duties that led to Boracay Island’s environmental crisis. Punong Barangays Hector Casidsid of Barangay Gabay of Manoc-Manoc and Lilibeth ...
- June 28, 2018
DENR sets all-out Manila Bay rehab
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources is preparing to embark on a “highly ambitious and more complicated” endeavor in the restoration of the Manila Bay to its pristine state. Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu ...
- December 17, 2018
How stewardship can address pressing environmental issues
This is where the “face” of environmental stewardship should come out, that is, taking care of the environment because of the concern for all the living, especially our fellow human beings. This is not to say that climate ...
- July 27, 2018
Sicaba river up for rehabilitation
The Sicaba river in Purok Tunay and Purok Maligaya, which crosses through Manapla and Cadiz City in Negros Occidental, is up for rehabilitation and clean-up. This development came following the signing of a Memorandum of ...
- November 19, 2020