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The battle to clean up Manila Bay finally underway
(,January 31, 2019 , on page )The “Battle for Manila Bay” will be won in seven years, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) said Monday. Seven years is such a long time. It is six and a half years longer than it took to clean up ... -
Boracay is back, business is booming – Tourism chief
(,April 27, 2019 , on page )The government’s rehabilitation efforts in Boracay are bearing fruit as the island is now back to its pristine condition and businesses are starting to prosper –a year after it was closed to tourists, the Department of ... -
Boracay's groundwater still contaminated- DENR, DOH
(,August 14, 2018 , on page )Despite the government’s ongoing rehabilitation program, the groundwater of several barangays in world-famous Boracay Island remains contaminated, based on initial findings of the Environmental Management Bureau (EMB), an ... -
Cavite takes action against water pollution
(,February 16, 2017 , on page )Local government authorities in this city have started efforts to clean rivers in the lowland and upland districts of the province following reports that some tributaries are contaminated by waste and toxic chemicals. River ... -
Cimatu firm Boracay sewage treatment policy
(,August 29, 2018 , on page )The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) reiterated an order requiring establishments in Boracay to put up sewerage treatment plants (STPs), either individually or in clusters, to ensure that wastewater ... -
Culture change needed to restore Manila Bay
(,February 10, 2019 , on page )Culture change among Filipinos is needed if the polluted Manila Bay is to be restored and preserved for the long-term, according to Environment and Natural Resources Secretary Roy Cimatu. “If they ask me what is the most ... -
DENR will not relax STP requirement in Boracay Island
(,August 29, 2018 , on page )The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) stands firm on its decision requiring establishments in Boracay to put up sewerage treatment plants (STPs), either individually or in cluster, to ensure that all ... -
DENR-7 spearheads massive river clean-up in C.Visayas
(,February 17, 2019 , on page )The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) in Central Visayas will initiate local river clean-up on February 22, urging all local government units and private institutions to do the same in their respective ... -
DENR: From Boracay rehab success to 'Battle for Manila Bay' cleanup
(,December 26, 2019 , on page )Bolstered by the success of the Boracay Island rehabilitation in 2018, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) took on a bigger challenge in 2019 – to bring Manila Bay back to life. “The year 2019 was a ... -
DOST assists in Paoay Lake E. coli cleanup
(,February 4, 2022 , on page )The Department of Science and Technology (DOST), in partnership with the Ilocos Norte government and the communities around the lake, is offering a cost-effective solution for Paoay Lake’s E. coli problem. DOST Ilocos ... -
DOT supports DENR effort to rehabilitate Manila Bay
(,January 14, 2019 , on page )The Department of Tourism (DOT) expressed its support for the initiative of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources to rehabilitate Manila Bay in a bid to bring it back to its former pristine state. The tourism ... -
Gov't orders 2 water concessionaires in Boracay to team up
(,April 27, 2018 , on page )Environment Secretary Roy A. Cimatu has ordered the two water concessionaires in Boracay to work together in fixing and developing the sewerage system of the island. This, while he ordered an investigation on what caused ... -
Healing Boracay
(,October 21, 2018 , on page )Doreen Fugoso had barely landed a job as chef in one of the big hotels here when word got around that President Rodrigo Duterte had ordered the closure of the island for six months. “I had not reached a year yet in my job ... -
It will take years to clean up Manila Bay
(,January 18, 2019 , on page )It took six months to clean up Boracay’s waters. It will take seven years to clean up Manila Bay until it becomes as clean as in Boracay today, Secretary of Agriculture Emmanuel Pinol said in a radio interview this week. ... -
Keeping the faith despite unfinished work in Boracay
(,October 21, 2018 , on page )Six months ago, Boracay Island was closed to tourism activities to pave the way for its rehabilitation. President Duterte had then described the country's premier beach destination as a "cesspool", referring to the huge ... -
Making Manila Bay great again
(,May 5, 2019 , on page )Efforts to rehabilitate Manila Bay still have a long way to go. But, since the project kicked off earlier this year, there have been remarkable results—the government, together with mandated agencies, the private sector, ... -
Manila Bay can be 'swimmable' again, but not in many years - Atienza
(,May 3, 2021 , on page )The public may enjoy summer swimming at the Manila Bay but at the rate toilet wastes are being dumped into the bay, this would take “several years” from now. Deputy Speaker and Buhay Partylist Rep. Lito Atienza made this ... -
Manila Bay can be saved
(,February 23, 2019 , on page )In the United States, the Federal Clean Water Act (CWA) mandates all states to adopt water quality standards that would define how much of pollutants can be in the water such that it might meet the minimum threshold for ... -
Manila Bay clean-up: Gargantuan and historic endeavor
(,January 30, 2019 , on page )In a word, Manila Bay stinks. Decades-long inflow of waste and untreated discharges into the Bay has resulted in one of the most polluted waters in the world. (Manila is also unlucky in having lazy mayors who have done ... -
Manila Bay rehab comes next
(,December 17, 2018 , on page )The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) is preparing to rehabilitate Manila Bay using the same ambitious strategy that restored Boracay Island to its pristine condition. Manila Bay is known for its ...