Browsing by Place "Laguna de Bay"

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    • Gov't urged to upgrade Laguna Lake's water-holding capacity 

      Benaning, Marvyn N. (Manila Bulletin, September 16, 2010, on page B-6)
      Twenty-five experts who assessed the Laguna de Bay ecosystem have urged government to craft a program to improve the water holding capacity of Laguna de Bay to ensure its sustained fish production. These experts, led by ...

    • Gov’t starts dismantling fish pens in Laguna de Bay 

      Pazzibugan, Dona Z.; Aurelio, Julie M.; Cinco, Maricar (Philippine Daily Inquirer, January 27, 2017, on page A12)
      After issuing a final warning to all fish pen operators last month, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) began dismantling fish pens and fish cages in Laguna de Bay on Thursday. In his first address ...

    • House leader lauds order to dismantle fishpens 

      (The Manila Times, December 19, 2017, on page A7)
      Senior Deputy Minority Leader and Buhay Partylist Rep. Lito Atienza on Monday lauded President Rodrigo Duterte's latest order to the local government units (LGUs) in Laguna de Bay to destroy the fishpens that have been ...

    • Illegal fish pens dismantled in Laguna de Bay 

      Macairan, Evelyn; Villanueva, Rhodina (The Philippine Star, January 27, 2017, on page A-23)
      A government task force led by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has started dismantling illegal fish pens in Laguna de Bay. The task force which is also composed of representatives of the Laguna ...

    • 'Industries around Laguna de Bay violating Clean Water Act' 

      (The Philippine Star, December 21, 2011, on page 8)
      Presidential Adviser for Environmental Protection and Laguna Lake Development Authority (LLDA) general manager Neric Acosta said recently that hundreds of industries in Metro Manila and CALABARZON are in clear violation ...

    • Karpa, the new dominant fish species at De Bay 

      (Manila Bulletin, December 19, 2002, on page B-8)
      Milkfish is no longer dominant fish species raised in Laguna de Bay. Bighead carp, locally known as "karpa," has edge out bangus as the preferred fish for stocking in fishpens in the 90,000-hectare freshwater lake, according ...

    • Laguna de Bae and its knifefish 

      Aspillera, Dahli (Malaya, October 20, 2017, on page B5)
      Laguna de Bae is the largest fresh water lake of all of South East Asia, 12 leagues wide (66 kilometers) and very deep. Centuries past, fishing from this lake was productive, for subsistence fisherfolks, but not anymore ...

    • Laguna de Bay bangus industry calls for more restrictive pollution controls 

      Ignacio, Reicelene Joy N. (BusinessWorld, September 25, 2018, on page S1/4)
      The Bangus Industry Stakeholders & Dealers Alliance (BISDA) said the government needs to impose tougher pollution controls on industry and households to ensure the sustainability of the Laguna de Bay fishery, as prices of ...

    • Laguna de Bay fish pens to be dismantled 

      Villanueva, Rhodina (The Philippine Star, December 17, 2016, on page 17)
      Fish pens in Laguna de Bay will be dismantled starting next month, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has announced. “We will clean Laguna Lake by destroying fish pens, but we will pay attention to ...

    • Laguna de Bay in desperate need of rehab 

      Mariano, Dan (The Manila Times, September 24, 2010, on page A4)
      Sunday marks the first anniversary of Typhoon Ondoy, known elsewhere as Ketsana. In just six hours or so that day, Metro Manila and nearby provinces experienced a month’s worth of rainfall. Flashfloods inundated large ...

    • Laguna de Bay in grave peril 

      Cinco, Maricar (Philippine Daily Inquirer, January 5, 2017, on page A1)
      Bayani Enriquez has happy childhood memories of swimming and fishing in Laguna de Bay in the 1980s. Now, the lake is weighed down by shanties, fish pens, illegal reclamation, industrial pollution, sewage and sedimentation. ...

    • Laguna de Bay to benefit from trade deal with Hungary 

      Cinco, Maricar (Philippine Daily Inquirer, December 16, 2020, on page A12)
      The Laguna Lake Development Authority (LLDA) is planning to establish a modern and contactless water quality monitoring system across the 90,000-hectare Laguna de Bay as part of the Philippines’ $30-million (P1.44-billion) ...

    • Laguna de Bay: A vision for the future 

      Palafox, Felino Jr. (BusinessWorld, August 31, 2010, on page S1/4-S1/5)
      Strategically located in the country’s center of urban and industrial development, Laguna de Bay (LdB) is the largest inland body of water in the Philippines and the second largest lake in Southeast Asia. It has a surface ...

    • Laguna fishers look forward to resolution of impasse 

      Javier, Emil (Manila Bulletin, October 21, 2018, on page B-2)
      After two years of uncertainty, Laguna Lake fish growers now look forward to the resolution of the impasse over the continuing presence of fish pens and cages in Laguna de Bay. They are now ready to fully re-stock their ...

    • Laguna Lake authority to rehabilitate reclaimed sites in Taguig City 

      Mogato, Anna Gabriela (BusinessWorld, June 27, 2018, on page S1/2)
      The Laguna Lake Development Authority (LLDA) will take over reclaimed areas in Taguig City which were previously occupied by two companies found to have been illegally dumping waste on the sites which threatens to seep ...

    • Laguna Lake Development Authority, WQMA Board Resolution No. 03, Series of 2021 

      Laguna Lake Development Authority (LLDA) (The Philippine Star, October 5, 2021, on page 4)
      A resolution approving the proposed governing rules for the operationalization of the Laguna de Bay Region Water Quality Management Area (LDBR-WQMA) and its Area Water Quality Management Fund (AWQMF).

    • LLDA sanctions 18 bay polluters 

      Gomez, Eireene Jairee (The Manila Times, February 20, 2019, on page A8)
      The Laguna Lake Development Authority (LLDA) on Tuesday ordered the closure of five establishments found to have been polluting Manila Bay. The agency also issued notices of violation and ex-parte orders to a dozen ...

    • LLDA to issue new fish pen permits 

      Villanueva, Rhodina (The Philippine Star, July 12, 2017, on page 16)
      Another initiative of former environment secretary Gina Lopez is being overturned. The Laguna Lake Development Authority (LLDA) will issue new permits to fish pen operators in Laguna de Bay in January. Small fishermen ...

    • LLDA to lose P80 M in fish pen demolition 

      Simeon, Louise Maureen; Villanueva, Rhodina (The Philippine Star, March 18, 2017, on page 12)
      The Laguna Lake Development Authority (LLDA) expects to lose around P80 million in revenue with the dismantling of illegal fish pens in Laguna de Bay in the next three months. The LLDA is targeting the demolition of illegal ...

    • LLDA to remove Laguna Bay pens 

      Teves, Catherine (Manila Standard, March 18, 2017, on page A6)
      Laguna Lake Development Authority will start dismantling next month the 30 fish pens the agency prioritized for removal from dying Laguna de Bay, the Philippines’ largest lake as part of a rehabilitation program, LLDA ...