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Ocean Month celeb bats for 'detoxifying' waters
The 17th year of the Ocean Month celebration in May 2016 focuses is on the need to cure the oceans and the coastal areas of toxic elements. The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), which spearheads the ...
- May 17, 2016
Renaming Benham Rise to 'Philippine Rise' eyed
The government said Saturday it was studying the possibility of renaming Benham Rise to "Philippine Rise," to strengthen the country's rights over the resource-rich undersea plateau. Manila's move came after Chinese survey ...
- April 4, 2017
Waffle Time leads mangrove-planting in Guimaras
Determined to continue the drive to environmental preservation, Waffle Time once again conducted its annual tree planting activity as part of its corporate social responsibility program. The area has been one of the ...
- June 18, 2013
Agriculture, forestry and fisheries in the 21st century (Conclusion)
Studies showed that we need to produce 70% more food in 2050. Roughly 800 million people worldwide suffer from hunger and around 650 million people will be undernourished by 2030. We cannot deny the fact that very little ...
- March 19, 2019
PCAARRD project promotes mud crab hatchery and nursery technologies
Mud crab farming has long been established in the Philippines. In fact, the country is the second top producer in the world. As most mud crab farmers rely on crab seeds from the wild, reduced landings and mean capture size ...
- May 3, 2018
P18.5-M seaweed production project in Guimaras
Seaweed production in the island-province of Guimaras will get a boost from the latest partnership of the provincial Government of Guimaras, The Department of Agriculture Philippine Rural Development Project (PRDP), and ...
- February 5, 2015
Asian leaders gather for climate workshop in Bacolod
The gathering, dubbed the “First Regional Training-Workshop on Measuring and Mitigating Short-Lived Climate Pollutants (SLCPs) from the Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) Sector,” is a project of the Department of Environment and ...
- April 3, 2018
‘Boracay Island a cesspool no more’
Six months into its massive rehabilitation, the world famous whitesand destination Boracay Island has been fit for swimming. Environment and Natural Resources Secretary Roy Cimatu, who also heads the Inter-Agency Task Force ...
- October 16, 2018
Boracay Water completes sewage treatment plant diversion
Boracay Island Water Company, Inc. (Boracay Water) said it has completed the sewage diversion flow system from its Balabag Sewage Treatment Plant (STP) to the Manocmanoc STP, allowing more establishments and households in ...
- May 11, 2018
PNoy, Del Rosario responsible for PH losing control of Scarborough shoal
The term “lost Scarborough shoal” is debatable. Security officials deny that. Foreign affairs officials will not say that because that would be detrimental to the claim of the Philippines on the shoal which is included in ...
- May 26, 2016