Browsing by Subject "pollutants"

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    • Settlers give way to Manila Bay rehab: 12,000 Cavite families up for relocation as DENR checks pollution from communities, farms 

      Cinco, Maricar (Philippine Daily Inquirer, January 26, 2019, on page A1-A8)
      Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu on Friday said one of the most difficult tasks in rehabilitating Manila Bay involved dealing with thousands of informal settlers around the water body. Cimatu, in his speech at the inauguration ...

    • 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 ...

    • Stop using plastic — DENR 

      Gomez, Eireene Jairee (The Manila Times, June 5, 2018, on page A3)
      The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) urged Filipinos to stop using single-use plastic items that usually end up polluting the oceans and waterways. “It is high time we refrain from using disposable ...

    • Tilapia, bangus fingerlings released at Iloilo River 

      French, Lilibeth A. (The Daily Guardian, March 9, 2015, on page B6)
      About 7,000 tilapia and bangus fingerlings were released at Iloilo River recently as part of the Iloilo City government’s efforts to rehabilitate the river. Senate President Franklin Drilon led the dispersal of the fingerlings ...

    • Wanted: 'Swimmable' Iloilo River 

      Sologastoa, Glenda (Panay News, February 13, 2014, on page 2)
      Sen Franklin Drilon dreams of a "swimmable" Iloilo River within six months. The City Environment and Natural Resources Office (CENRO) headed by Engr. Noel Hechanova has laid down a plan to mitigate water pollution at the ...

    • Wastewater leak now 'catastrophic' 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Manila Standard, April 6, 2021, on page B2)
      Emergency crews in central Florida were working Sunday to prevent an environmental catastrophe at a leaking reservoir that risked sending millions of gallons of contaminated wastewater toward nearby homes and into the Tampa ...

    • Water concessionaire breaks ground on P2B sewage treatment facility 

      (Malaya, March 8, 2019, on page A3)
      Maynilad Water Services inc. broke ground to construct a P2.05-billion sewage treatment plant (STP) in Las Pinas that will further boost sewarage coverage and to reduce pollution loading in Manila Bay. The Manila west zone ...

    • We're so plastic 

      Beltran, Cito (The Philippine Star, March 13, 2019, on page 12)
      Filipinos throw away 164 million pieces of sachet packets daily. In one year or annually, estimates indicate that around 59.8 billion sachets are used – sold – discarded in the Philippines. On the average adult Filipinos, ...

    • Winning the war vs garbage 

      Villanueva, Marichu A. (The Philippine Star, February 8, 2019, on page 11)
      If we are to trace the historical roots of the present murky waters at the Manila Bay, blame it on the debris, junk and trash that have accumulated through the years and got buried in this body of water. As of present ...

    • World Environment Day: Let’s stop plastic pollution 

      Villanueva, Rhodina; Macairan, Evelyn (The Philippine Star, June 6, 2018, on page 1-6)
      The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has urged the public to be more responsible in managing garbage since waste, particularly plastic, can be devastating for marine biodiversity. Plastics are ...