Browsing by Subject "water"

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    • The hard and soft water story 

      Mana-ay, Edgar (The Daily Guardian, October 29, 2018, on page 4)
      Water hardness is the traditional measure of the capacity of water to react with soap and describes the ability of water to bind soap to form lather (ang pagbukal sang habon), a chemical reaction detrimental to the washing ...

    • How OGPI keeps Didipio's water safe and clean 

      (Philippine Daily Inquirer, July 12, 2019, on page A10)
      Can you imagine using clean water that’s already been used in a mining operation? In Didipio, Nueva Vizcaya, this is possible because of OceanaGold Philippines’ (OGPI) innovations. Extractive industries like mining require ...

    • Hydro firm pays fine for Clean Water Act violation 

      Alimondo, Lauren (SunStar Philippines, June 10, 2020, on page 3)
      A hydro power company paid P200,000 to the Pollution Adjudication Board. Hedcor Sabangan Inc. said it abided by the decision of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources-Pollution Adjudication Board (DENR-PAB) ...

    • The looming water crisis of 2020 

      Goseco, Ronald (The Manila Times, October 18, 2019, on page B2-B3)
      This September, Manila Water Co. Inc. announced that despite the low supply allocation, it has been able to restore 24-hour water availability to 100 percent of its customers in the Manila East Zone with at least 7 pounds ...

    • LWUA bats for lone water services department 

      Antonio, Gianne Mae; Arinto, Mar Jensen (Manila Standard, June 29, 2018, on page C4)
      Amid the Duterte administration’s “Build Build Build” program, LWUA Acting Administrator Lapus pushed for the creation of a water department that will regulate water districts in providing faster, simpler and more efficient ...

    • MAP urges holistic Laguna Lake rehabilitation for water security and eco-tourism 

      Yap, Eduardo H. (BusinessWorld, May 28, 2019, on page S1/6)
      Laguna Lake is the largest freshwater lake in our country and among the largest in Southeast Asia. It is an ideal, logical, inexhaustible, and proximately-located source of fresh water for Metro Manila. It is well endowed ...

    • Negros Oriental sets water confab 

      (The Philippine Star, August 13, 2015, on page B-6)
      Water is at the core of Negros Oriental’s efforts to pursue sustainable development, with the province poised to emerge as the best-case practice for using water as a key driver for inclusive growth. A joint undertaking ...

    • PH doing badly vs climate change 

      Dar, William (The Manila Times, June 1, 2018, on page B6)
      One of the best ways to deal with the effects of climate change is to make the country’s agriculture sector “climate smart” that incorporates various mitigation and adaptation measures to deal with extreme weather changes. ...

    • Planetang Ceres, isang ocean world 

      (Balita, August 12, 2020, on page 3)
      Ang dwarf planet na Ceres -- matagal na pinaniniwalaan na isang bato na walang laman sa kalawakan - ay isa palang mundo ng karagatan na may mga reserbang ng tubig-dagat sa ilalim ng ibabaw nito, ipinakita sa mga resulta ...

    • Reflections on water 

      Kaelin, Lukas (BusinessWorld, January 26, 2010, on page S1/5)
      There is no doubt the importance of water for all life on our planet. Civilizations developed along bodies of waters, rivers, lakes, and oceans. Throughout the long stretches of history, water has been understood as a ...

    • Remember to 'waste no water' 

      (Tempo, March 27, 2022, on page 4)
      Water is life. So, if water is life, then easy access to fresh water is a basic right that each and every person in this world must enjoy. The reality, however, is far from it. United Nations data revealed that 2.2 billion ...

    • Reveal Boracay water test results, DENR asked 

      Diaz, Jess (The Philippine Star, October 31, 2018, on page 18)
      A party-list congressman urged the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) yesterday to release the results of the water tests it conducted in Boracay prior to its reopening to tourists last Friday. “Tourists ...

    • The right way? What Kaliwa Dam project means to those in the 'green' side 

      (Manila Bulletin, November 21, 2019, on page B-7)
      Amid ongoing contentions about the controversial Kaliwa Dam, environmental group Haribon Foundation reiterates that the solution to the water crisis is right in our midst – the restoration of Philippine forests. Haribon ...

    • River crisis' worsens threat of water scarcity 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (BusinessWorld, October 1, 2010, on page S3/8)
      The vast majority of the world's rivers are reeling from pollution, over-development and excessive extraction, and billions of dollars of investment by rich countries to avert water stress have damaged biodiversity, a study ...

    • Summit addresses waste, sanitation challenges at LGU level 

      Villamente, Jing (Daily Tribune, February 4, 2024, on page A3)
      The Department of Environment and Natural Resources reported over the weekend that more than 350 local government officials and stakeholders in waste management and water security from across the country vowed to provide ...

    • USAid, private sector partners launch Philippine Water Challenge 

      (The Manila Times, August 2, 2021, on page B13)
      The US Agency for International Development (USAid) partnered with the Philippine Disaster Resilience Foundation (PDRF), Manila Water, and Maynilad to launch the inaugural Philippine Water Challenge (PhlWC), the first-ever ...

    • Wastewater puts Cebu firm in hot water 

      Newman, Minerva B. C. (Manila Bulletin, January 22, 2019, on page 9)
      The Environmental Management Bureau (EMB) of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) in Central Visayas issued an interim cease-and-desist order (CDO) to GBox Corrugated Packaging for discharging red-colored ...

    • Water cube seen as green solution 

      Gomez, Eireene Jairee (The Manila Times, February 5, 2022, on page B5)
      All Certified Equipment Trading Corp. (ACETC) is confident that its Water Cube will gain wider acceptance in the Philippines once the company finishes the testing of the product for storing water and harvesting rain water. ...

    • Water firms ordered to help speed up Boracay cleanup 

      Simeon, Louise Maureen; Villanueva, Rhodina; Rendon, Jennifer; Porcalla, Delon (The Philippine Star, April 20, 2018, on page 2)
      Water concessionaires in Boracay have been ordered to work together and help speed up the cleanup of the island, which will be closed starting next Thursday. Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu yesterday directed the Boracay ...

    • Watershed protection seen urgent 

      (Philippine Daily Inquirer, March 25, 2018, on page 1)
      The Philippines had joined the celebration of World Water Day on March 22 to raise awareness on the importance of water and the need to conserve this most basic resource. To mark World Water Day, the Metropolitan Waterworks ...