Browsing Manila Bulletin by Subject "waste water"

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    • Meet focuses on Boracay clean-up 

      Yap, Tara (Manila Bulletin, November 30, 2018, on page 13)
      The Duterte administration’s initiative to crack down on environmental violations at world-famous Boracay Island has been a center of attention at the East Asian Seas Congress. “It is in nearby Boracay where the Philippine ...

    • MWSS chief: Manila Bay rehab needs masterplan 

      Miraflor, Madelaine B. (Manila Bulletin, February 14, 2019, on page B1)
      Metropolitan Water Works and Sewerage System (MWSS) stressed the need for collaborative effort and a well-crafted masterplan in order to pull off the massive Manila Bay rehabilitation. MWSS Administrator Reynaldo V. Velasco ...

    • MWSS says full sewerage coverage by 2026 'unrealistic' 

      Miraflor, Madelaine B. (Manila Bulletin, March 4, 2019, on page B-2)
      The Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System Regulatory Office has branded as “unrealistic” the goal of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources to expand Metro Manila’s sewerage coverage up to 100 percent ...

    • Negros ethanol plant suspended over fishkill 

      Matus, Carmel Loise (Manila Bulletin, August 13, 2015, on page A8)
      Environment authorities suspended the operations of an ethanol plant of Universal Robina Sugar Milling Corp. (URSMC) after finding that its untreated wastewater caused fishkill that economically dislocated 200 fishing ...

    • Puerto Galera clean-up next after Boracay, Manila Bay 

      De Vera-Ruiz, Ellalyn (Manila Bulletin, December 4, 2019, on page 4)
      Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu is hoping to replicate the rehabilitation efforts in Boracay and Manila Bay to promote the protection and preservation of tourist destinations in the country. Cimatu visited Puerto Galera ...

    • SBMA, PCG probe waste dumping 

      (Manila Bulletin, October 20, 2012, on page 13)
      Glenn Defense Marine Philippines, a shipping firm inside this premier Freeport, has allegedly violated environmental regulations after admitting it dumped domestic waste water in Subic Bay, authorities said yesterday. A ...

    • Sewage pipe on Boracay beach being traced 

      Yap, Tara (Manila Bulletin, May 3, 2018, on page 10)
      The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) started its probe to trace where the sewage pipe found along the beach front of Boracay Island originated. “We are looking at where the pipe originated. We couldn’t ...

    • Solons: Declare Manila Bay reclamation-free zone 

      Atienza, Charissa L.; Ruiz, Ellalyn (Manila Bulletin, February 8, 2019, on page 1-7)
      The Makabayan bloc of the House of Representatives wants to declare Manila Bay as reclamation-free zone. The group of progressive lawmakers filed House Bill 9067 that seeks to prohibit all forms of reclamation activities ...

    • Wastewater puts Cebu firm in hot water 

      Newman, Minerva B. C. (Manila Bulletin, January 22, 2019, on page 9)
      The Environmental Management Bureau (EMB) of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) in Central Visayas issued an interim cease-and-desist order (CDO) to GBox Corrugated Packaging for discharging red-colored ...

    • World Water Day 

      (Manila Bulletin, March 22, 2020, on page 4)
      World Water Day is observed annually on March 22 to highlight the importance of this major component of the Earth’s hydrosphere, which is also vital to all known forms of life. The day-long celebration can be traced to the ...