Browsing Philippine Daily Inquirer by Subject "reclamation"

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    • Palawan local gov't won't yield on halted Coron reclamation project 

      Miranda, Romar; Corrales, Nestor (Philippine Daily Inquirer, May 28, 2022, on page A8)
      The provincial government of Palawan is not taking the shutdown of its prime reclamation project on the island town of Coron sitting down even as the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) said it would ...

    • PH assessing cost of damage by China's reclamation in WPS 

      Salaverria, Leila B. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, March 21, 2021, on page A5)
      The Philippines is now assessing the cost of the damage caused by China’s reclamation activities in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) so that it would have data to support its position should it decide to seek compensation, ...

    • PRA forfeits Coron reclamation project 

      Miranda, Romar (Philippine Daily Inquirer, June 29, 2022, on page A11)
      After years of battling against a “destructive development project,” a civic movement in Coron, Palawan, scored a win when the Philippine Reclamation Authority (PRA) ordered the forfeiture in favor of the national government ...

    • Reclamation plan worries Navotas fisherfolk 

      Subingsubing, Krixia (Philippine Daily Inquirer, October 18, 2017, on page 1)
      Around 100 members of Navotas City’s fishing community took to the water on Tuesday in protest against a 650-hectare reclamation project on Manila Bay, which they said would displace around 20,000 people. Setting off on ...

    • Reclamation projects: Boom or bust? 

      Mayol, Ador Vincent; Fernandez-Brojan, Connie (Philippine Daily Inquirer, February 22, 2022, on page A8)
      For many local governments around the country, reclamation projects can be their ticket to economic progress. According to lawyer Janilo Rubiato, Philippine Reclamation Authority (PRA) general manager and chief executive ...

    • SC asked to clarify ruling on Manila Bay 

      Dizon, Nikko (Philippine Daily Inquirer, July 27, 2011, on page A1)
      A militant fisherfolk group asked the Supreme Court on Tuesday to issue a legal opinion on whether its order for a cleanup of the Manila Bay would involve strictly the rehabilitation of the bay or also include reclamation ...

    • Seabed quarrying 'crowding us out', say Manila Bay fisherfolk 

      Subingsubing, Krixia; Ramos, Mariejo (Philippine Daily Inquirer, January 30, 2023, on page A6)
      Before daybreak, Edwin Rosales, 33, would set out for Manila Bay to find the best spots to cast his net for “alubaybay,” a variety of sardines and a major income-earner in his coastal village in Limay, Bataan province, a ...

    • 'Waterworld' folk tap solar power for clean drink 

      Enano, Jhesset O. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, July 8, 2018, on page A4)
      It has been 20 years since the 111 families living in the Del Rosario Compound at Barangay Coloong, Valenzuela City, last saw the ground where their houses stand. Rising sea levels and several reclamations and mega dike ...