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Villar wants waste water, sewage system probed
Having been tagged by an environmental lawyer as a “toilet bowl being used every day but never got flushed,” Senator Cynthia Villar wants a Senate probe on the wastewater treatment and sewerage system in Manila Bay and ...
- June 13, 2018
Duterte earmarks P2b for Boracay under state of calamity, junks casino
President Rodrigo Duterte said he would place Boracay Island under a state of calamity to release P2 billion in calamity funds for workers and residents hurt by the six-month closure, adding he would not also allow any ...
- April 10, 2018
Boracay: Man vs Nature
For one of those rare times in Philippine history, the government ordered the temporary closing of an island—for environmental reasons. Last month, Boracay, an island famous for its white sand beaches and for being one of ...
- May 6, 2018
Senators okay PH-China joint West PH Sea exploration
At least three senators are amenable to China’s willingness to conduct a 60-40 joint exploration of natural resources with the Philippines in the West Philippine Sea as bared by Foreign Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano, but ...
- August 2, 2018
P100-m research fund for PH Rise gets greenlight
Congress has adopted a resolution to create a P100-million trust fund for scientific research, feasibility studies, marine exploration and procurement of new equipment to beef up research capability in the Philippine Rise. ...
- February 12, 2018
DBP strengthens CSR initiatives
The Development Bank of the Philippines continues to be at the forefront of carrying out relevant and meaningful social responsibility programs through its flagship initiatives, the DBP Forest Program, DBP Endowment for ...
- February 12, 2018
Exploration with China not ‘harmful’ — Cayetano
The framework for the proposed joint exploration hunt for oil and gas deposits with China in the West Philippine Sea will not be "harmful" to the country's territorial and sovereign rights, Foreign Affairs secretary Alan ...
- August 13, 2018
Planned Asean meet to focus on Boracay Island rehab
The government’s rehabilitation of Boracay Island is being eyed as one of the cases to be presented in the planned Asean meeting on mainstreaming biodiversity in the tourism sector.
The presentation will help Asean ...
- September 7, 2018
Rotary Club supports Boracay rehab return to its 'former glory'
The Rotary Club of Sta. Mesa District 3780, through its president Jose Paulo Legaspi, supports the proposed rehabilitation of the island of Boracay to restore its former glory. “We have ignored nature’s warning signs in ...
- March 19, 2018
Fisherfolk group slams govt for inaction in kagitingan Reef
The militant fisherfolk group Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas on Friday slammed President Rodrigo Duterte and the Armed Forces of the Philippines for allowing China to convert the Kagitingan Reef, ...
- January 6, 2018