Browsing by Subject "lakes"

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    • Farmers, fishers push Laguna rehab project 

      Benaning, Marvyn N. (Manila Bulletin, September 15, 2010, on page 8)
      Farmers, fishermen and ordinary folk in two in two districts of Laguna have urged President Benigno Simeon Aquino III to give the green light to the suspended ₱18.7-billion Laguna de Bay Rehabilitation Project. In a ...

    • Farmers: Agri Dept failed to help us during dry spell 

      Guanzon, Alvin (Manila Standard, May 20, 2015, on page A7)
      Leader of farmers’ groups scored the Department of Agriculture for allegedly doing nothing to contain the impact of the dry spell that has resulted in more than P2 billion in losses in crops and livestock in the Caraga ...

    • Fewer birds seen in Mindoro lake 

      (Philippine Daily Inquirer, February 1, 2017, on page A10)
      Fewer migratory birds visited the Naujan Lake National Park in Naujan town in Oriental Mindoro province last month, a recent bird census showed. From 10,821 birds recorded in 2016, only 6,932 from 36 species were recorded ...

    • Fewer fish cages help revive Lake Buhi 

      Escandor, Juan Jr. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, March 27, 2014, on page A9)
      Lake Buhi, the habitat of the world’s smallest edible fish locally called sinarapan, is showing signs of recovery three years after authorities launched a campaign to rid the freshwater body of excess fish cages and other ...

    • Firm chosen for Laguna Lake rehab project hails guarantee 

      (The Philippine Star, September 24, 2010, on page B-11)
      Baggerwerken Decloedt En Zoon (BDZ), the giant Belgian dredging company that bagged the P18.7-billion Laguna Lake rehabilitation project, welcomed yesterday the Begian embassy’s confirmation that the project enjoys a ...

    • Fish pens strangle Laguna de Bay 

      Cinco, Maricar (Philippine Daily Inquirer, January 3, 2017, on page A14)
      Section 51 of the Fisheries Code of the Philippines (Republic Act No. 8550) states that “not over 10 percent of the suitable water surface area of all lakes and rivers shall be allotted for aquaculture purposes like fish ...

    • Fisherfolk group renews call against Manilad's use of Laguna de Bay 

      Lim, Janina C. (BusinessWorld, December 7, 2017, on page S1/10)
      A fisherfolk group has renewed calls for the Laguna Lake Development Authority (LLDA) to terminate its deal with Maynilad Water Services, Inc. (MWSI), which allowed the company to tap Laguna de Bay as the main source of ...

    • Fisherfolk want businessmen out of Laguna lake rehabilitation 

      Alcober, Neil A. (The Manila Times, January 6, 2017, on page A8)
      The militant fisherfolk group Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (Pamalakaya) told the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI) on Thursday to stop meddling in the Laguna de Bay master plan ...

    • Fisherfolk: Demolish fish pens 

      Araneta, Sandy (Manila Standard, April 1, 2017, on page A3)
      On the deadline of the fish pen demolition, the fisherfolk group Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (Pamalakaya) and the environmental alliance Save Laguna Lake Movement urged authorities to hasten the ...

    • Fishermen group cry foul over Laguna de Bay moratorium 

      (The Philippine Star, March 25, 2017, on page 19)
      Amidst ongoing plans to revitalize the ecosystem of Laguna de Bay, the Association of Laguna Lake Fisher Producers and Fisher Folks Inc. (ALLFPFF) continues to seek reconsideration on Laguna Lake Development Authority’s ...

    • Fishermen grumble as water hyacinths clog Laguna Lake again 

      Andrade, Nel B. (Manila Bulletin, August 10, 2019, on page 7)
      Water hyacinths, commonly referred by locals as water lilies, are once again clogging the shores of villages in this town. Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office head, Mario Yokingco told Manila Bulletin ...

    • Fishers to take case to SC 

      Postrado, Leonardo D. (Manila Bulletin, September 9, 2010, on page 1)
      A fisherfolk group has vowed to shift the battleground to save the dying Laguna Lake before the Supreme Court (SC) after the Department of Justice (DoJ) allowed the national government and Belgian firm to proceed with the ...

    • Floating solar facility to be put up in Laguna Lake 

      Rivera, Danessa (The Philippine Star, November 16, 2018, on page B3)
      Local solar developer SunAsia Energy has teamed up with French company Ciel & Terre to install a floating solar facility in Lguna Lake, the biggest fresh water resource in the country. The floating solar project will be ...

    • Gomez slammed over 'tilapia' stocking 

      Fabunan, Sara Susanne D. (Manila Standard, June 2, 2018, on page A3)
      GreenPeace Philippines, a group that advocates for environment conservation, slammed Ormoc Mayor Richard Gomez’s action of stocking 20,000 tilapia fingerlings (St. Peter’s fish) in the protected Lake Danao, a move that may ...

    • 'Gone to hell': The battle to save Europe's oldest lake 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Manila Standard, July 4, 2021, on page 4B)
      Dimitar Pendoski marches to the end of a rickety walkway, skips around sunbathing youngsters, and sweeps back a tarpaulin protecting his empty lakeside restaurant, recently closed by officials under pressure from UNESCO. ...

    • Gov't involves community in Lake Bato Conservation 

      Imperial, Sarah C.; Saldico, Ruel (Manila Bulletin, March 2, 2014, on page 18)
      Fisherfolk in Lake Bato, the 7th largest lake in the Philippines, can hope for more livelihood with the launching of the Lake Bato Conservation Project earlier this week. A joint undertaking by the provincial and local ...

    • Gov't runs after firm selling land along Laguna lake shores 

      Cinco, Maricar (Philippine Daily Inquirer, August 11, 2020, on page A5)
      A developer, earlier called out by Malacañang for misrepresenting President Rodrigo Duterte’s message as a company endorsement, is facing a string of complaints and investigation by different government agencies over a ...

    • 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 ...

    • Governor backs P18.7-B Laguna Lake project 

      Etolle, Nestor (The Philippine Star, September 26, 2010, on page B4)
      The P18.7-billion Laguna Lake rehabilitation project will spare Laguna and Metro Manila from massive flooding similar to what the country experienced during the killer typhoon “Ondoy” last year, according to Laguna Gov. ...

    • Group pushes aquaculture investments in lakes, dams 

      Arcalas, Jasper Emmanuel Y. (BusinessMirror, January 26, 2021, on page A4)
      An advocacy group is urging the government to open investments in dams, rivers and lakes for aquaculture as means to boost the country’s food security and provide alternative protein sources amid rising pork and chicken ...