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    • DENR recovers another wetland in Boracay 

      (BusinessWorld, July 29, 2020, on page S1/12)
      Another wetland in the island of Boracay has been recovered from illegal occupants and is being set up for restoration works, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) said. In a statement on Tuesday, the ...

    • DENR requests additional funds for river dredging 

      Yang, Angelica Y. (BusinessWorld, August 27, 2021, on page S1/2)
      Environment Secretary Roy A. Cimatu has asked the budget department for an additional P4.65 billion to buy new dredging equipment to be used in removing sandbars from the Bicol and Cagayan River basins. Some P1.45 billion ...

    • DENR says Boracay stakeholders cooperating with demolitions 

      Mogato, Anna Gabriela A. (BusinessWorld, April 30, 2018, on page S1/4)
      The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) said the initial days of the Boracay rehabilitation have been marked by cooperation between the government and the stakeholders. In a statement issued over the ...

    • DENR sees Boracay environmental rehab completed soon 

      Mogato, Anna Gabriela (BusinessWorld, August 2, 2018, on page S1/4)
      The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) expects to conclude its rehabilitation efforts soon on the resort island of Boracay, noting the decline in water contamination levels along the main tourist strip ...

    • DENR starts reviving mangrove trees along a portion of Manila Bay 

      (BusinessWorld, January 4, 2021, on page S1/8)
      The environment department has started planting nilad trees at the Baseco lagoon to revive the mangrove species along Manila Bay, the agency announced last week. “Nowadays, we can hardly find nilad growing in this place. ...

    • DENR targets El Nido’s Bacuit Bay for cleanup by May 

      Ignacio, Reicelene Joy N. (BusinessWorld, February 27, 2019, on page S1/3)
      The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) said that it hopes to make the waters of Bacuit Bay in El Nido, Palawan safe for swimming by May. "We are cofident we can present to the public an improved Bacuit ...

    • DENR targets full dredging of Cagayan River sandbar next year 

      Añago, Bianca Angelica D. (BusinessWorld, November 2, 2021, on page S1/10)
      The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) said it is aiming to complete the dredging of the 134.7-hectare sandbar of the Cagayan River by the first quarter of 2022. In a news release on Monday, DENR Secretary ...

    • DENR to address water hyacinths proliferation in Pasig River, Laguna de Bay 

      Yang, Angelica Y. (BusinessWorld, March 18, 2021, on page S1/8)
      The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) is forming a team with fisherfolk to control the spread of invasive water hyacinths in Pasig River and Laguna de Bay, which cause major obstruction to water flow ...

    • DENR to begin dredging of Bicol River on March 23 

      Yang, Angelica Y. (BusinessWorld, March 22, 2021, on page S1/6)
      The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) said that it will begin dredging on Tuesday a section of the 94-kilometer Bicol River to restore the river’s natural flow rate and minimize flood risk. In a statement ...

    • DENR to implement stricter penalties to protect Coral Triangle 

      Mogato, Anna Gabriela (BusinessWorld, December 1, 2017, on page S1/9)
      The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) will be enforcing stiffer sanctions on companies that will be found to be polluting bodies of water near the Coral Triangle, as part of the country’s contribution ...

    • DENR verifying reported waste dumping in PHL-claimed parts of South China Sea 

      Atienza, Kyle Aristophere T. (BusinessWorld, July 15, 2021, on page S1/10)
      The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) is already verifying reports that swarms of Chinese ships anchored in Philippine-claimed areas in the South China Sea are dumping human waste there, a department ...

    • DENR's Boracay inspectors to be equipped with US-backed technology 

      Ignacio, Reicelene Joy N. (BusinessWorld, October 12, 2018, on page S1/6)
      The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) said it will adopt a US-funded system to track the activities of environmental inspectors on the resort island of Boracay. It said the system is known as the Lawin ...

    • DENR's Manila Bay 'white sand' project violates at least five law - NGOs 

      Ochave, Revin Mickhael D.; Tupas, Emmanuel (BusinessWorld, September 9, 2020, on page S1/10)
      Several non government organizations (NGOs) claimed that the dumping of crushed dolomite or ‘white sand’ along the coast of Manila Bay by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) violated at least five ...

    • DFA: China, PHL tackled Benham Rise 

      Balinbin, Arjay L. (BusinessWorld, March 1, 2018, on page S1/10)
      The Philippine government has taken up with Beijing the matter of Chinese-named undersea features at Philippine Rise, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Undersecretary Ernesto C. Abella said on Wednesday, Feb. 28. Mr. ...

    • DILG files graft charges against officials of Boracay and Aklan 

      Tadalan, Charmaine (BusinessWorld, June 28, 2018, on page S1/10)
      Interior Undersecretary Epimaco V. Densing III filed graft charges on Wednesday against Aklan Governor Florencio T. Miraflores and 16 other local officials before the Office of the Ombudsman in connection with Boracay’s ...

    • Diving in Moalboal 

      (BusinessWorld, August 23, 1996, on page 42)
      Diving sites have to meet a number of practical requirements. On top of list is the weather. You can can only dive during nice weather. For this reason, tropical countries score very high.

    • Dolphin slaughter 

      (BusinessWorld, January 24, 2014, on page S3/9)
      More dolphins are being driven towards the cove ready for slaughter, campaigners say Jan. 22, after bloody killings that were hidden from view behind large tarpaulin sheets. Some of the prettier animals are removed and ...

    • Dolphins swim through slick as oiled birds preen on shore 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (BusinessWorld, June 14, 2010, on page S1/9)
      Its brown feathers sticky with oil, the pelican tries to preen in the hot sun as men in white plastic suits lay absorbent pads on the rocky shore of Queen Bess Island off the coast of Louisiana. Two wildlife rescue workers ...

    • DOST touts new areas for mussel-farming expansion 

      Mogato, Anna Gabriela A. (BusinessWorld, January 11, 2018, on page S1/8)
      The Government has identified 12 areas, mostly in the Visayas and Mindanao, deemed suitable for the development of a mussel farming industry. The Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic and Natural Resources Research ...

    • DOST urges gov’t collaboration to save Laguna Lake 

      (BusinessWorld, June 7, 2017, on page 4/S3)
      The Department of Science and Technology-National Research Council of the Philippines (DOST-NRCP) recommended possible courses of action that government agencies can collaborate on to help improve the conditions of Laguna ...