Browsing Malaya by Subject "environmental restoration"

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    • '1,000 barangays ignored Manila Bay cleanup drive' 

      Africa, Raymond (Malaya, May 3, 2019, on page B1-B3)
      Nearly 18 percent of the 5,714 barangays surrounding Manila Bay have complied with a directive from the interior department to participate in a drive to clean the polluted bay. The interior department is preparing show-cause ...

    • Aboitiz, EDC help clean Boracay, adopt wetlands 

      Macapagal, Jed (Malaya, August 17, 2018, on page A10)
      Two companies have signed agreements with the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) to sustain the efforts in cleaning Boracay island. Lopez-led power firm Energy Development Corp. through BINHI, its ...

    • ADB gives Pasig River rehabilitation a failing grade 

      Celis, Angela Lorraine (Malaya, December 28, 2010, on page A7)
      A 15-year program which started in 1999 to rehabilitate the Pasig River was rated unsuccessful by the Asian Development Bank (ADB). "The program was too ambitious, and its implementation arrangements too complicated to be ...

    • Again, on solid waste management 

      Aspillera, Dahli (Malaya, July 23, 2018, on page B5)
      Following the habagat for Southwest monsoon rains that flooded many parts of Metro Manila this week, a team from the group Basura Patrol went to the Manila Bay area and found plastic bags, straws, and other disposables, ...

    • AIIB says Pasig River rehab 'game changer' 

      (Malaya, October 20, 2017, on page A1-A4)
      Ernesto Pernia, socioeconomics planning secretary, said the government may include the rehabilitation of the Pasig river in the administration's list of flagship projects, after the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank ...

    • ATI backs Manila Bay rehab 

      (Malaya, February 8, 2019, on page A7)
      ASIAN Terminals Inc. (ATI), operator of international gateway port Manila South Harbor, expressed readiness to support multisectoral efforts, led by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), to bring ...

    • Boracay 'polluters' given 2 months to comply 

      Macapagal, Jed (Malaya, February 15, 2018, on page A2)
      The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has given commercial establishments releasing untreated wastewater and sewage into the waters of the island of Boracay up to two months to connect to sewage treatment ...

    • Boracay full rehab complete by Dec. 2019 

      Lopez, JP (Malaya, September 14, 2018, on page A3)
      The world-famous Boracay Island would be completely rehabilitated by December next year according to Bernadette Romulo-Puyat, secretary of the Department of Tourism (DOT). Addressing senators during the agency's budget ...

    • Boracay placed under state of calamity 

      Montemayor, Jocelyn; Lopez, JP; Africa, Raymond (Malaya, April 27, 2018, on page B1-B6)
      President Duterte yesterday placed all three barangays in Boracay Island under a under a state of calamity and said the closure of the island-resort, which started yesterday, will be up to October 25 this year. The declaration ...

    • Boracay rehabilitation to cost P25B: NEDA 

      Celis, Angela (Malaya, January 8, 2019, on page A1-A7)
      The Medium-Term Boracay Action Plan (BAP), which formally lays out the proposed programs for island's rehabilitation, has an estimated total investment requirement of P25.27 billion, according to the National Economic and ...

    • Boracay soft opening seen in September 

      Lopez, JP (Malaya, June 21, 2018, on page B1-B2)
      Parts of Boracay Island in Malay, Aklan could be reopened to tourists by first week of September, an official of Department of Interior and Local Governments official told senators yesterday. DILG Undersecretary Epimaco ...

    • Cabinet may take up Boracay issue today 

      Montemayor, Jocelyn (Malaya, April 4, 2018, on page B6)
      Proposals on the closure of Boracay Island may be taken up at the Cabinet meeting today, Senior Deputy Executive Secretary Menardo Guevarra said yesterday. He said a more detailed proposal has been submitted by an inter-agency ...

    • Chevron joins coastal cleanup for endangered sea turtles 

      (Malaya, November 17, 2017, on page A2)
      Employees of Chevron Philippines Inc. (CPI), marketer of Caltex fuels and lubricants, teamed up with over 200 townsfolk and local government officials of San Pascual, Batangas to fill more than 400 trash bags which amounted ...

    • Chevron keeps sea turtle nesting area protected 

      (Malaya, January 27, 2017, on page A10)
      Multiple Olive-Ridley sea turtles have begun to nest as a result of Caltex brand marketer Chevron Philippines, Inc. (CPI)’s San Pascual coastal clean-up during the annual Week of Caring (WOC) held every September. With two ...

    • Cleaning Manila Bay 

      (Malaya, January 14, 2019, on page B4)
      Several administrations in the past have attempted-- and obviously failed -- to clean the waters of Manila Bay, where one can see the world-famous beautiful sunset. This time around, under the leadership of President ...

    • Cleaning the lake 

      (Malaya, December 20, 2018, on page B4)
      The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) is at the head of Government efforts to clean important tourist attractions such as Boracay, Bohol, and Palawan. While they are at it, it would be better if concerned ...

    • Colombia's island fishermen dive into battle to protect coral reefs 

      Moloney, Anastasia (Malaya, November 13, 2018, on page B5)
      For nearly three decades, Javier Barker has fished in the Caribbean Sea surrounding the Colombian island of San Andres - but until recently he knew little about the importance of coral reefs that fish depend on to survive. ...

    • Conglomerate commits to rehab river for P1B 

      (Malaya, March 7, 2019, on page A3)
      The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) said its rehabilitation efforts for Manila Bay got a major boost after San Miguel Corp. (SMC) agreed to clean up the Tulahan-Tinajeros river system, one of the ...

    • Consumer good makers lead fight against plastic pollution 

      (Malaya, October 12, 2018, on page A10)
      The International Coastal Cleanup 2018 has mobilized various companies and organizations in the shared advocacy of cleanup of bodies of water while fostering awareness on the global issue of marine debris. The Philippines ...

    • Defensor loses patience 

      Nepomoceno, Jezza (Panay News, May 16, 2014, on page 1-14)
      Gov. Arthur Defensor Sr. has had enough of the "poor, ineffective and long-delayed" oil spill cleanup in Estancia and neighboring municipalities. Cleanup contractor Kuan Yu Global Technologies Inc. will be slapped with a ...