Browsing by Subject "construction"

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    • 1.5-km Laguna Lake H'way segment opens 

      Unite, Betheena Kae (Manila Bulletin, March 13, 2018, on page 5)
      DPWH Secretary Mark Villar, along with Transportation Secretary Arthur Tugade, Department of Budget and Management Secretary Benjamin Diokno, and Taguig City Mayor Lani Cayetano, led the opening of the highway project ...

    • 3 new Marikina River spans finalized 

      (Daily Tribune, February 3, 2021, on page A7)
      Mobility within and around Marikina City is expected to be smoother in the coming years after the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Asian Development Bank ...

    • Advocate lauds countryside fish port projects 

      (DailyGuardian, May 22, 2023, on page 1-11)
      Environmental advocate Oceana lauded plans of the government to prioritize the construction of fish ports in 11 coastal provinces and the rehabilitation of 20 identified municipal fish ports, aimed at decreasing post-harvest ...

    • AFP plans to construct structures on WPS isles 

      TPM; SunStar Philippines (SunStar Philippines, April 25, 2021, on page 13)
      Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Chief of Staff Cirilito Sobejana said they have proposed the construction of various structures on islands in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) to better protect the disputed territory. ...

    • Boracay: The economics of non-compliance 

      Estacio, Teodoro P. (Manila Bulletin, April 10, 2018, on page B-3)
      Malacañang announced last week the Cabinet decision to close Boracay temporarily (six months at the minimum) to allow businesses there to comply with sanitation and environmental rules, LGU rules on construction and ...

    • China unveils monument to SCS island building 

      (The Philippine Star, April 25, 2018, on page 10)
      China has repeatedly defended the work, saying it has every right to build on what it considers inherent Chinese territory and that it is building public facilities, like weather stations and typhoon harbors. In a brief ...

    • DENR asked to probe billionaire’s Palawan structures 

      (Manila Standard, June 15, 2020, on page B4)
      A Puerto Princesa City-based non-government organization asked the Department of Environment and Natural Resources to investigate the alleged use and occupation of untitled lands in areas under the Malampaya Sound Protected ...

    • DENR halts 'balling' of mangroves 

      Yap, Tara (Manila Bulletin, March 23, 2018, on page 7)
      The multi-million expansion project of the Iloilo Esplanade has been criticized both by environmentalists and residents who warned about the destruction of the mangroves. A pet project of Ilonggo Senator Franklin Drilon, ...

    • Expert says recycling rubble to save mountains, rivers, beaches 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Philippine Daily Inquirer, September 2, 2019, on page A1-A14)
      Recycling rubble, particularly in countries pummeled by war, is one way to limit environmental damage caused by extracting sand and rock, according to Pascal Peduzzi of UN Environment. Extraction of sand and gravel cannot ...

    • Fishermen's shelter completed on Batanes island 

      Dumlao, Artemio; Laude, Jaime (The Philippine Star, April 26, 2019, on page 6)
      Government troops have completed construction of a fishermen’s shelter on Mavulis Island, the uninhabited and northernmost island of the country. Also known as Y’Ami island, Mavulis is considered strategic, being the ...

    • HK's dolphins disappearing 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Manila Standard, November 30, 2015, on page B7)
      As to expand its international airport and with a major new bridge project under way, campaigners warn that the dwindling number of much-loved pink dolphins in surrounding waters may disappear altogether. Conservationists ...

    • Hoover Dam 

      Mana-ay, Edgar (The Daily Guardian, April 3, 2018, on page 4)
      A stay in Las Vegas is not complete without visiting the historic and world-famous Hoover Dam which is only about 40 kilometers from The Strip. Lessons can be learned from this mega-dam in view of the start “kuno” of the ...

    • 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) ...

    • Iloilo 

      Fernandez, Rudy A. (The Philippine Star, September 20, 1998, on page 13)
      A "theme park" called FishWorld is now being constructed in the seaside town of Tigbauan situated 24 kilometers west of Iloilo City.

    • In Tigbauan, Iloilo: Seafdec sets fish broodstock July 9 

      Daily Informer (Daily Informer, July 7, 1998, on page B1)
      The Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center Aquaculture Department (Seafdec AQD) based in Tigbauan, Iloilo will inaugurate an integrated fish broodstock and hatchery pilot demonstration complex when it celebrates its ...

    • KOICA funds rehab of 3 fishing ports in Iloilo 

      Conserva, Louine Hope (The Daily Guardian, April 27, 2016, on page 6)
      The Kores International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) is funding the rehabilitation of three fishing ports in Estancia, Concepcion, and Carles in Iloilo worth US$8 million. Provincial Administrator Raul Banias said Seo Dongsung, ...

    • Mati fish port 

      Capistrano, Zea C. (Manila Bulletin, July 30, 2020, on page 5)
      The city government of Mati and the Philippine Fisheries Development Authority (PFDA) met on Tuesday, July 28, to discuss the proposed construction of a five-hectare fish port complex. In a statement, the city government ...

    • Newly built beaching ramp on Pag-asa Island turned over to DND 

      Andrade, Jeannette I. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, June 10, 2020, on page A1-A2)
      The Department of National Defense on Tuesday formally received from a private contractor the newly completed P268-million beaching ramp on Pag-asa Island. Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said the completion of the ramp ...

    • Pag-asa gets upgrade amid China objection 

      Mangosing, Frances (Philippine Daily Inquirer, June 13, 2020, on page A3)
      Beijing had tried to stop it, but a long-imagined development plan in the biggest and most strategically important Philippine-held island in the disputed Spratlys is finally taking shape. As the Philippine Air Force C-130 ...

    • Pag-asa Island’s beaching ramp opens 

      Reyes, Dempsey (The Manila Times, June 10, 2020, on page A3)
      The government has finally finished the construction of the beaching ramp in Pag-asa (Thitu) Island, which security officials deemed vital for the repair of the island’s Rancudo Airfield. The government has finally finished ...