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    • Greening Manila Bay: 'Nilad para sa Maynila' 

      Mayuga, Jonathan L. (BusinessMirror, September 20, 2020, on page A7)
      The Manila Bay, world-famous for its beautiful sunset, has been in the news in the past days over the so-called white-sand beach-nourishment project. However, amid the controversial project is the relatively quiet initiative, ...

    • Group blames DENR, mining firm for death of corals in Alcoy, Cebu 

      Mayuga, Jonathan L. (BusinessMirror, September 22, 2020, on page A3)
      The fisherfolk group Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (Pamalakaya) is blaming the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) and a large-scale mining firm over what the group termed as ...

    • Group seeks free distribution of 'fishponds' exempted under land-reform program 

      Mayuga, Jonathan L. (BusinessMirror, June 11, 2013, on page Retrieved from-http://www.businessmirror.com.ph)
      The Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (Pamalakaya) on Tuesday called for the immediate, free distribution of vast tracts of lands used for fishpond operation to small fishermen that were exempted from ...

    • Groups seek deeper probe into Manila Bay's beach nourishment' initiative 

      Mayuga, Jonathan L. (BusinessMirror, September 9, 2020, on page A3)
      At least 10 environmental and cause-oriented groups on Wednesday called for an investigation into the controversial “beach nourishment” project at a portion of Manila Bay’s shoreline. The call for the probe was contained ...

    • Health, legal, economic issues bug DENR's Manila Bay 'white sand' 

      Fernandez, Butch; Mayuga, Jonathan L. (BusinessMirror, September 8, 2020, on page A8-A2)
      The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has come under increasing pressure to revisit its controversial P400-million “white-sand” project in Manila Bay, with critics citing economic, health and legal ...

    • Iloilo oil spill sparks calls to limit use of fossil fuels 

      Mayuga, Jonathan L. (BusinessMirror, July 7, 2020, on page A8-A4)
      AC Energy is facing severe penalty and fine for the Iloilo oil spill under Republic Act 9275 or the Philippine Clean Water Act of 2004. This, as several groups have expressed fear that failure to contain the oil spill may ...

    • Manila Bay rehab ‘unhampered’ by pandemic, DENR chief says 

      Mayuga, Jonathan L. (BusinessMirror, December 29, 2020, on page A3)
      Despite threats posed by the Covid-19 pandemic and community quarantines put in place by the government since March this year, government’s efforts to rehabilitate Manila Bay remain unhampered, according to Department of ...

    • Marikina River Basin quarry ops halted but freeze order may be lifted in Albay 

      Mayuga, Jonathan L. (BusinessMirror, December 4, 2020, on page A4)
      The Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) in Region 4 (Calabarzon) has issued an order temporarily suspending certain quarry and crushing plant operations in Rizal ...

    • Municipal fishing grounds under siege 

      Mayuga, Jonathan L. (BusinessMirror, May 16, 2021, on page A7)
      Using Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite, commercial fishing vessels were frequently detected in municipal waters in various parts of the Philippines. The Karagatan Patrol, a Facebook page created by Oceana, a ...

    • On wetlands day: Waterbird 'census' shows decline in migratory fowl visit to Manila Bay 

      Mayuga, Jonathan L. (BusinessMirror, February 2, 2021, on page A5)
      Lesser migratory birds have been visiting Manila Bay, a region known to host one of the largest concentrations of migratory waterfowls in the Philippines during migration season. This has been so in the last two years, ...

    • Proposal allowing commercial vessels in municipal fishing grounds opposed 

      Mayuga, Jonathan L. (BusinessMirror, February 8, 2021, on page A5)
      Various stakeholders on Friday rejected the proposal to allow commercial fishing vessels to go fishing within the 15-kilometer municipal fishing ground due to its potential adverse impact on the environment and the livelihood ...

    • San Miguel vows to help clean up Bulacan rivers 

      Mayuga, Jonathan L. (BusinessMirror, October 30, 2020, on page B2)
      San Miguel Corp. (SMC) is gearing up for the construction of its P734-billion Manila International Airport in Bulakan, Bulacan and has vowed to help solve the province’s perennial flooding problem. With the support of ...

    • Sarangani Bay Protected Seascape teeming with coastal, marine life 

      Mayuga, Jonathan L. (BusinessMirror, February 28, 2021, on page A7)
      Sarangani Bay was put in the spotlight recently when reports that hundreds of whales and dolphins showed up while a team from the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) in the province was conducting a ...

    • Sasmuan Pampanga Coastal Wetlands: PHL’s 8th wetland of international importance 

      Mayuga, Jonathan L. (BusinessMirror, February 7, 2021, on page A7)
      The Philippines marked its celebration of the World Wetlands Day on February 2 with the designation of Sasmuan Pampanga Coastal Wetlands (SPCW) as the country’s 8th Wetland of International Importance, or Ramsar Site. The ...

    • Saving the Philippine crocodile: The rarest crocodile species in the world 

      Mayuga, Jonathan L. (BusinessMirror, May 2, 2021, on page A7)
      The efforts to save the Philippine crocodile, also known as Mindoro crocodile (Crocodylus mindorensis)—the rarest and the most threatened crocodile species in the world—are slowly paying off and offering renewed hope for ...

    • Sea turtle nest with egg clutch found anew at Aboitiz’s Cleanergy Park in Davao City 

      Mayuga, Jonathan L. (BusinessMirror, January 13, 2021, on page A3)
      Another nest of the endangered marine turtles was discovered at the Aboitiz Cleanery Park in Davao City, officials said, capping the company’s environmental sustainability program. The nest discovered on December 20 last ...

    • SMC backs govt effort to clean up Manila Bay 

      Mayuga, Jonathan L. (BusinessMirror, September 24, 2020, on page B2)
      San Miguel Corp. (SMC) President and COO Ramon S. Ang lauded the government’s effort to clean up and rehabilitate Manila Bay which required the dredging and removal of silt, trash, and other obstructions from tributaries. ...

    • Swarms of jellyfish in Palawan ‘nothing out of the ordinary’ during dry season–denr exec 

      Mayuga, Jonathan L. (BusinessMirror, April 1, 2020, on page A3)
      A swarm of jellyfish taking over El Nido, Palawan’s waters is nothing out of the ordinary, especially during the summer season, an official of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) said. “Like in ...

    • Toward a 'bluer normal' 

      Mayuga, Jonathan L. (BusinessMirror, August 16, 2020, on page A7)
      Impacted by the 2019 coronavirus disease (Covid-19), fishermen can play a crucial role in coastal and marine biodiversity protection and conservation. But they will need all the assistance that they could get. As the ...

    • Tree-planting caps DENR's commemoration of PHL Environment Month and Arbor Day 

      Mayuga, Jonathan L. (BusinessMirror, July 3, 2020, on page A4)
      Massive tree-planting activities in the Calabarzon region marked the country’s celebration of the Philippine Environment Month and Arbor Day in June amid Covid-19 community quarantines that remain in effect in various parts ...