Browsing Manila Standard by Author "Araja, Rio N."

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    • DENR to use donated land for sewage treatment plant 

      Araja, Rio N. (Manila Standard, February 13, 2020, on page A6)
      The heirs of the late National Artist for Architecture Leandro Locsin have donated a 1.14-hectare property in Oriental Mindoro to the Department of Environment and Natural Resources for the construction of the “second and ...

    • DENR vows to restore 2 rivers in Marinduque 

      Araja, Rio N. (Manila Standard, March 3, 2020, on page A6)
      The Department of Environment and Natural Resources on Monday promised to take all interventions to restore two Marinduque rivers hit by “one of the worst mining and environment disasters in the Philippine history. “We ...

    • DENR wants to create new team to probe Boracay waters 

      Araja, Rio N. (Manila Standard, April 7, 2022, on page A3)
      Environment Secretary Jim Sapulna on Wednesday ordered the creation of a new team to conduct study on the coastal waters of Boracay Island’s recurring algal bloom. “I am still forming a team. I want the study conducted by ...

    • 'Fish kill not linked to Bay rehab' 

      Araja, Rio N. (Manila Standard, September 19, 2020, on page A3)
      The Department of Environment and Natural Resources on Friday denied allegations that the fishkill near Baseco compound was caused by the crushed dolomite used in the Manila Bay beach ‘nourishment’ project. Antiporda issued ...

    • Fish kill won't affect Manila Bay rehab 

      Araja, Rio N. (Manila Standard, October 15, 2019, on page A6)
      The Department of Environment and Natural Resources on Monday vowed to work to ensure that the recent fishkill in the cities of Las Piñas-Parañaque won’t affect the rehabilitation of Manila Bay. Environment Secretary Roy ...

    • Fisherfolk group wants 'pro-people' Manila Bay rehab 

      Araja, Rio N. (Manila Standard, January 25, 2019, on page A3)
      A national federation of fishermen and fishworkers on Thursday called for a more “pro-people” rehabilitation of Manila Bay. Pablo Rosales, Pagkakaisa ng mga Samahan ng Mangingisda chairperson, expressed disappointment over ...

    • Garbage crisis hits, cleanup no use, Cimatu says 

      Araja, Rio N. (Manila Standard, December 6, 2019, on page A1-A2)
      The country, particularly Metro Manila, is facing a "garbage crisis," according to the Department of Environment and Natural Resources. Secretary Roy Cimatu said clean-up operations were not enough to fix the garbage woes ...

    • Gov't urged to save its seas from overfishing 

      Araja, Rio N.; Pañares, Joyce P. (Manila Standard, June 8, 2013, on page A1-A2)
      At least 13 fishing grounds in the Philippines have been heavily fished and the declining stocks will force local fishermen to go beyond the country's boundaries toward the Malaysian and Indonesian seas to look for catch, ...

    • Green and go for Bay cleanup this Sunday 

      Araja, Rio N. (Manila Standard, January 26, 2019, on page A2)
      The Environment Department said Friday it is all systems go for the start of the rehabilitation of Manila Bay on Jan. 27. Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu called the rehabilitation the “Battle for Manila Bay,” which would ...

    • Kalayaan Island Group eyed as protected area 

      Araja, Rio N. (Manila Standard, November 28, 2022, on page A4)
      Palawan 3rd District Rep. Edward Hagedorn has filed a bill declaring all low-tide elevations and high-tide features, and an area of three nautical miles around the Kalayaan Island Group and Scarborough Shoal, as a marine ...

    • LLDA issues notices vs. Bay polluters 

      Araja, Rio N. (Manila Standard, February 2, 2019, on page A3)
      The Department of Environment and Natural Resources through the Laguna Lake Development Authority has issued a notice of violation against the Government Service Insurance System in Pasay City’s Roxas Boulevard as one of ...

    • 'Manila Bay establishments must set up own sewerage plants' 

      Araja, Rio N. (Manila Standard, April 22, 2019, on page A3)
      The Department of Environment and Natural Resources is now requiring all establishments within the Manila Bay area to connect to existing sewer lines or set up their own sewerage treatment plants to ensure that wastewater ...

    • 'Manila Bay years away from being swimmable' 

      Araja, Rio N. (Manila Standard, May 3, 2021, on page A4)
      Buhay Party-list Rep. Joselito Atienza on Sunday said Manila Bay being “swimmable” is still years away. He said it may take “several years” before the public could enjoy swimming safely in the waters of Manila Bay at the ...

    • Maynilad conducts river clean-up in Muntinlupa 

      Araja, Rio N. (Manila Standard, July 29, 2022, on page A4)
      West zone concessionaire Maynilad Water Services Inc. has recently held a series of river clean-up drives in Muntinlupa City to help improve the quality of water in tributaries that flow into Laguna Lake.

    • Minors can't go to dolomite beach after overcrowding 

      Barcelo, Vito; Casas, Willie; Araja, Rio N. (Manila Standard, October 26, 2021, on page A1-A2)
      Minors, or those aged 17 and below, are not yet allowed to visit the Manila Bay dolomite beach amid the COVID-19, Malacanang said, as it warned the public against complacency in the midst of the pandemic. Presidential ...

    • Only 180 Bora resorts OKd for reopening 

      Araja, Rio N.; Mariano, Nat; Ramos-Araneta, Macon (Manila Standard, September 13, 2018, on page A3)
      Of the 2,300 establishments in Aklan’s Boracay Island, only 180 of which or 7.8 percent have fulfilled the requisites of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources. Undersecretary for Policy, Planning and International ...

    • P100-m research fund for PH Rise gets greenlight 

      Araja, Rio N. (Manila Standard, February 12, 2018, on page A1)
      Congress has adopted a resolution to create a P100-million trust fund for scientific research, feasibility studies, marine exploration and procurement of new equipment to beef up research capability in the Philippine Rise. ...

    • Paombong ex-mayor indicted for operating dump 

      Araja, Rio N. (Manila Standard, July 6, 2018, on page A5)
      Former Paombong mayor Isagani Castro, along with 10 other local officials, were charged with violation of Section 48(9) in relation to Sections 37 and 49(d) of Republic Act No. 9003 or the Ecological Solid Waste Management ...

    • PH says Hague ruling binding; Chinese envoy wants it voided 

      Barcelo, Vito; Requejo, Rey E.; Araja, Rio N. (Manila Standard, July 15, 2021, on page A1-A2)
      Malacanang said Wednesday “no one can diminish” the 5-year-old arbitral award that junked Beijing’s sweeping maritime claims to the West Philippine Sea, despite China’s recent remark that the award was a piece of “wastepaper." ...

    • Protesters defy warning, hold ‘Grand Mañanita’ rally at UP 

      Araja, Rio N.; Casas, Willie (Manila Standard, June 13, 2020, on page A1-A2)
      In a related development, the militant fisherfolk group Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas, which joined the protesters, said: “We fight for our right to rally. Not even a threat from the police will ...