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DOT reiterates call: Follow, respect environmental laws
The Department of Tourism (DOT) reiterated its call to Chinese travel tour operators to follow environmental laws in the world-famous island. “We urged the different tour operators in China to tell their respective clients ...
- April 28, 2019
Starving seabirds 'full of plastic'
New footage of the devastating impact of plastic pollution on wildlife has been captured by a BBC team. Seabirds are starving to death on the remote Lord Howe Island, a crew filming for the BBC One documentary Drowning in ...
- June 25, 2018
Estancia oil spill cleanup procedure questioned
The oil spill response program manager of the Univesity of the Philippine Visayas and consultant of Gov. Arthur Defensor Sr. has expressed dissatisfaction over the cleanup in Brgy. Botongon, Estancia town. Dr. Resurrection ...
- January 15, 2014
'Malay must ensure proper Boracay Island Waste Mgt'
The local government unit (LGU) of Malay, Aklan may face more charges for failing to address the garbage problem in this island resort, warned the National Solid Waste Management Commission (NSWMC) of the Department of ...
- June 29, 2018
Creating communal value through marine life protection
ACEN’s Guimaras Wind Corporation (GWC) partnered with the Municipality of Dumangas to lead a pioneering coastal project with the goal of rehabilitating over 90 hectares of fish sanctuary and installing over 200 artificial ...
- February 16, 2022
Boracay sewage treatment responsibility of water utilities, says EU Chamber's Taus
A Boracay resort owner said Wednesday that establishments on the island should not be obliged to put up their own sewage treatment plants because this is the job of water utilities. Boracay Island Water Company and Boracay ...
- September 22, 2018
GCash to plant half a million mangrove trees in Cebu
GCash, the leading digital mobile wallet in the country, together with the Ramon Aboitiz Foundation Inc., (RAFI), is planting 550,000 mangrove trees in Tañon Strait in Cebu to help the environment and mitigate the effects ...
- April 9, 2022
Boracay establishments ‘breaking easement rules’ face demolition
Around 28 establishments were given demolition notices as the government steps up its crackdown operation for coastal easement rule violators at Bulabog Beach in Barangay Balabag, Malay, Aklan The business owners of the ...
- March 30, 2019
Typhoon - ravaged mangroves recover
Iloilo-Mangrove and beach forests in Iloilo's coastal towns, ravaged by super typhoon "Yolanda" in 2013, have recovered and gotten stronger thru reforestation. A third party team validated the 86 percent reforestation ...
- March 29, 2016
Environmental group to sue NSWMC for 'inaction' on plastic pollution
A marine conservation group is eyeing to sue the National Solid Waste Management Commission (NSWMC) for its alleged inaction to solve the problem of plastic pollution. The marine conservation group Oceana, in a statement ...
- June 28, 2021