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Whatever it takes: Gov't claims initial victory with P1.7B spent out of P47B 7-year outlay to win ‘Battle for Manila Bay’
The Duterte administration has allotted a whopping P47-billion budget for the rehabilitation of Manila Bay that may include as well the desilting of clogged esteros and clean-up of heavily polluted river tributaries and ...
- October 3, 2020
Tree-planting caps DENR's commemoration of PHL Environment Month and Arbor Day
Massive tree-planting activities in the Calabarzon region marked the country’s celebration of the Philippine Environment Month and Arbor Day in June amid Covid-19 community quarantines that remain in effect in various parts ...
- July 3, 2020
DENR taps two firms to dredge Cagayan River
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) is tapping two companies to undertake the massive rehabilitation of the Cagayan River, the country’s largest river. In a news statement, the DENR announced that ...
- December 11, 2020
Greening Manila Bay: 'Nilad para sa Maynila'
The Manila Bay, world-famous for its beautiful sunset, has been in the news in the past days over the so-called white-sand beach-nourishment project. However, amid the controversial project is the relatively quiet initiative, ...
- September 20, 2020
DENR should’ve used ₱389M for mangrove forest rehab–Group
The Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (Pamalakaya) said the P389 million used in overlaying “white sand” over a 500-meter portion in Manila Bay’s baywalk area along Roxas Boulevard could have been used ...
- September 7, 2020
Swarms of jellyfish in Palawan ‘nothing out of the ordinary’ during dry season–denr exec
A swarm of jellyfish taking over El Nido, Palawan’s waters is nothing out of the ordinary, especially during the summer season, an official of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) said. “Like in ...
- April 1, 2020
DENR probes Manila Bay fish kill: Natural causes, cyanide, or sabotage?
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) is investigating the reported fish kill in Manila Bay. This, after assorted fish species were spotted floating near the Baseco Compound, some 5.1 kilometers away ...
- September 18, 2020
Bay 'nourishment' project continues to draw flak from lawmakers, group
Lawmakers are urging the leadership of the House of Representatives to conduct an inquiry, in aid of legislation, into the suitability and sustainability of the Manila Bay rehabilitation program, even as an environmental ...
- September 11, 2020
Manila Bay rehab ‘unhampered’ by pandemic, DENR chief says
Despite threats posed by the Covid-19 pandemic and community quarantines put in place by the government since March this year, government’s efforts to rehabilitate Manila Bay remain unhampered, according to Department of ...
- December 29, 2020
DENR, private partner to rehab, revive Boracay’s ‘dead forest’
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) and its private sector partner, the Boracay Tubi System Inc., will soon begin rehabilitation activities on Boracay Island’s Wetland No. 6, also known as “dead ...
- July 29, 2020