Browsing Philippine Daily Inquirer by Subject "reclamation"

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    • Activists bike, jog vs Manila 'white sand' project 

      Chiu, Patricia Denise M. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, September 12, 2020, on page A3)
      The militant group Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (Pamalakaya) on Friday held a “jogging and biking vs dolomite dumping” protest along the Manila baywalk in Roxas Boulevard, in protest against the ...

    • Amid Chinese presence, Navy wants to stay in Sangley Point 

      Mangosing, Frances (Philippine Daily Inquirer, September 7, 2020, on page A2)
      The Philippine Navy is opposing a plan by the Cavite provincial government to boot the military service command out of Sangley Point in Cavite as part of a P500-billion airport project that is expected to ease congestion ...

    • Asean, China agree on code of conduct at sea framework 

      Pazzibugan, Dona Z. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, August 1, 2017, on page A5)
      Fifteen years after their first joint declaration on the South China Sea disputes, the 10-nation Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) and China have agreed to adopt a framework to guide future negotiations for a ...

    • Ban Manila Bay reclamation projects, Marcos asked 

      Subingsubing, Krixia (Philippine Daily Inquirer, October 18, 2022, on page A5)
      Farmers and fisherfolk marked World Food Day on Monday by urging President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to address hunger by rejecting all reclamation activities on Manila Bay and to stave off inflation. Peasant groups like ...

    • Binay: Dolomite beach not part of 2008 SC writ of mandamus 

      Ramos, Marlon (Philippine Daily Inquirer, October 10, 2020, on page A6)
      The Supreme Court did not order the government to rehabilitate Manila Bay by dumping crushed dolomite on the artificial white sand beach that the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) created on a 500-meter ...

    • Cebu town reclamation hits another snag 

      Mayol, Ador Vincent (Philippine Daily Inquirer, October 5, 2022, on page A10)
      The 235.8-hectare reclamation project in Consolacion town, Cebu, has hit another snag. The Environmental Management Bureau (EMB) of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) returned the municipality ...

    • Del Rosario pushes drive to declare Spratlys 'marine protected area' 

      Santos, Tina G. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, November 19, 2020, on page A5)
      Former Foreign Secretary Albert del Rosario on Wednesday called on Filipinos, the Philippine government and neighboring countries to support efforts to declare the disputed Spratly Islands a “marine protected area.” The ...

    • DENR cancels ECC of reclamation project in Coron 

      Miranda, Romar (Philippine Daily Inquirer, May 23, 2022, on page A12)
      There is now very little chance that the halted 51-hectare reclamation project in the tourist town of Coron in Palawan province can still resume after the Environmental Management Bureau (EMB) of the Department of Environment ...

    • DENR to look into Marikina River reclamation project 

      Adonis, Meg; Corrales, Nestor; Enano, Jhesset O. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, November 23, 2020, on page A3-A9)
      An artificial embankment being installed by a private company owned by a lawmaker and former mayor near Marikina River might have contributed to the massive flooding in nearby areas at the height of Typhoon Ulysses ...

    • Du30 puts reclamation application on hold 

      Mayol, Ador Vincent; Semilla, Nestle; Reyes, Dempsey (Philippine Daily Inquirer, April 2, 2022, on page A1-A2)
      President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered a stop to the processing of applications for reclamation projects in the country due to reports of corruption. Speaking to top government officials from Central Visayas on Thursday ...

    • Fishermen vs reclamation threaten suit 

      Andrade, Jeannette I. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, October 23, 2012, on page A11)
      Fisherfolk groups on Monday threatened to file criminal and administrative charges against Environment Secretary Ramon Paje if he continued to ignore their demands to stop land reclamation projects in Manila Bay and other ...

    • Fishers groups raises alarm over Cavite reclamation project 

      Cinco, Maricar; Reyes-Estrope, Carmela (Philippine Daily Inquirer, September 27, 2020, on page A13)
      A militant fishers group warned that an ecologically disastrous reclamation of hundreds of hectares of the Manila Bay off the coastline of Cavite province, which would also displace hundreds of small fishers, violated a ...

    • Fishers not opposed to new airport 

      Reyes-Estrope, Carmel (Philippine Daily Inquirer, April 8, 2018, on page A11)
      Fishermen here expressed no opposition to the proposed P700-billion Aerotropolis project being pushed by beverage giant San Miguel Corp., saying they could learn new livelihood skills should they be displaced. Polluted ...

    • Gov’t processing 22 Manila Bay reclamation projects 

      Yap, DJ; See, Aie Balagtas (Philippine Daily Inquirer, February 12, 2019, on page A10)
      A total of 22 reclamation projects are planned along Manila Bay that will affect — and likely pollute — a 22,000-hectare area of the body of water, an official of the Philippine Reclamation Authority (PRA) admitted to ...

    • Group presses total ban on Manila Bay reclamation projects 

      Subingsubing, Krixia (Philippine Daily Inquirer, August 29, 2022, on page A4-A7)
      The battle for Manila Bay continues under the new administration of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. Hoping to have found a new ally in Environment Secretary Toni Yulo Loyzaga, environmentalists, marine scientists, and ...

    • Loren to Neda: restore ecology of Manila Bay 

      Andrade, Jeanette (Philippine Daily Inquirer, October 15, 2016, on page A4)
      Sen. Loren Legarda has urged the National Economic and Development Authority (Neda) to be proactive and restore the ecological balance of Manila Bay instead of simply developing it through reclamation. At Thursday’s hearing ...

    • Mangrove park outside of planned Bulacan airport 

      Orejas, Tonette (Philippine Daily Inquirer, August 24, 2019, on page A10)
      A mangrove park that was rehabilitated by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) in a town in Bulacan province is far from the proposed 2,500-hectare New Manila International Airport project of San ...

    • Manila Bay project gets antitrust body's clearance 

      Canivel, Roy Stephen C. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, March 20, 2021, on page B1-B2)
      The Philippine Competition Commission (PCC) has approved the joint venture between the city government of Manila and developer Waterfront Manila Premier Development Inc. that plans to build “Manila Waterfront City” over ...

    • Manila Bay's fight for life 

      (Philippine Daily Inquirer, February 5, 2023, on page A5)
      Manila Bay is not dead. But whether it is barely living or has a healthy ecosystem is another matter. And whether it thrives or dies is up to government. Since 2000, per the Department of Environment and Natural Resources ...

    • New US stealth fighters train on carrier in Philippine Sea 

      (Philippine Daily Inquirer, March 25, 2018, on page A3)
      The US military on Friday launched its new vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) F-35Bs from the deck of the USS Wasp amphibious carrier in the waters around Okinawa, Japan, in its first show of stealth aircraft force at ...