Search
Now showing items 101-110 of 118
Untreated water triggers algal bloom in Boracay
A top official of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR-6) claimed that untreated water is one of the factors which triggered the growth of algae in the famed Boracay Island. The polluted water came ...
- March 9, 2017
Taklong Island is best Marine Protected Area in PH
Taklong Island National Marine Reserve (TINMR) of Nueva Valencia, Guimaras won the “Para el MAR” 2017 plum as the most outstanding National Integrated Protected Area System (NIPAS) Marine Protected Area (MPA) in the ...
- October 25, 2017
Boracay island reopens: Is sustainable tourism now the benchmark?
Sustainable tourism: is it even possible?
With hundreds of thousands of Chinese, Indian, Russian and other Southeast Asian visitors arriving every day at our beach resorts, historic towns and cities, managing these ...
- October 27, 2018
Jaro river cleanup underway
A total of 24 Iloilo City barangay officials of villages along the waterway joined the workshop for Jaro River Clean-Up this month held at Panay Power Training Center in Brgy. Ingore, La Paz on June 1, 2018. The initiative ...
- June 8, 2018
SEAFDEC, PENRO Guimaras release healed sea turtles
After a much-needed rest, three green sea turtles (Chelonia mydas) were finally released back to the sea in the island-province of Guimaras Island on July 11, 2018 at SEAFDEC Igang Marine Station in Nueva Valencia town. ...
- July 16, 2018
Duterte creates Boracay inter-agency rehab task force
Two weeks after the closure of Boracay, President Rodrigo Duterte signed an executive order creating an inter-agency task force that would “reverse” degradation on the island paradise. Under EO No. 53, which the President ...
- May 11, 2018
Less than 200 Boracay businesses are compliant
The Department of Tourism (DOT-6) said it is challenged by the slow compliance of business establishments in Boracay Island in Malay, Aklan three months before it reopens to tourists in October 2018. DOT-6 regional director ...
- July 7, 2018
Biodiversity on Wheels visit Iloilo schools
The Central Philippine University (CPU) and Haribon Foundation are bringing environmental protection and conservation advocacies to Iloilo schools through the Biodiversity on Wheels (BOW) program. Levi De los Santos, CPU ...
- November 23, 2016
Gov't may limit tourists, infrastructures in Boracay
Interior Undersecretary Epimaco III on Friday said the government may limit the number of tourists and infrastructure on Boracay island to prevent another shutdown. Densing said the rehabilitation of the island is on course ...
- July 14, 2018
Global
Global Business Power Corp. and the Department of Environment and Natural resources lead a mangrove planting activity at the Jaro flood control area in Iloilo City Wednesday, April 22, 2015. The Philippine Society of ...
- April 23, 2015