Browsing by Subject "dams"

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    • 200,000 sign online petition vs Kaliwa Dam 

      Cariaso, Bella (The Manila Times, February 21, 2023, on page A2)
      The online petition urging President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to stop the construction of Kaliwa Dam has so far gathered 200,000 signatures. Stop Kaliwa Dam project convenor and Save Sierra Madre Network Inc. Executive Director ...

    • 49 boys drown in dam lake 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Daily Tribune, February 2, 2023, on page B14)
      Aside from retrieving some 100 bodies from the rubble of a blown up mosque in Peshawar, Pakistani divers spent three days pulling the bodies of 49 boys underwater, victims of drowning after their tour boat sank in the ...

    • Angat dam dips below critical level 

      Simeon, Louise Maureen (The Philippine Star, April 29, 2019, on page 1)
      The water level in Angat Dam, Metro Manila’s water source, has dipped to critical as El Niño continues to persist in the country. The latest update from state weather bureau Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical ...

    • Angat dam's water level drops 

      Flora, Ian (SunStar Philippines, May 16, 2023, on page 3)
      Rains in the past week did little to increase the water level of Angat Dam, according to latest data from the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA). As of May 12, the water ...

    • Angat Dam's water level drops to 161.34 meters 

      Velez, Freddie C.; De Vera-Ruiz, Ellalyn (Manila Bulletin, July 8, 2019, on page 1-4)
      Despite rains brought about by the southwest monsoon, the water level of Angat Dam dropped to 161.34 meters on Sunday. Vice Governor Wilhelmino M. Sy-Alvarado said that with the rains, the water elevation of Angat Dam ...

    • Angat may drop to minimum level; Metro folk urged to conserve water 

      De Vera-Ruiz, Ellalyn (Manila Bulletin, February 24, 2022, on page 1-3)
      Metro Manila residents were advised to start conserving water, as the level of Angat Dam, which supplies 98 percent of the region’s domestic water requirements, may drop to its minimum operating level of 180 meters by ...

    • Angat water for Metro Manila further cut; reduction till June 30 

      Reyes-Estrope, Carmela (Philippine Daily Inquirer, June 22, 2019, on page A4)
      The National Water Resources Board (NWRB) has again reduced the water allocation of Metro Manila from Angat Dam as the regulator expected the level at the reservoir to hit the critical mark of 160 meters above sea level. ...

    • Aquaculture in dams, protected areas pushed 

      Simeon, Louise Maureen (The Philippine Star, January 26, 2021, on page B6)
      Allowing aquaculture to flourish in dams and certain protected areas is expected to boost food security and stabilize prices amid rising prices of pork and chicken. In a virtual briefing, agricultural advocacy group Tugon ...

    • Bulacan, Pampanga farms to get less water from Angat 

      Reyes-Estrope, Carmela (Philippine Daily Inquirer, February 3, 2022, on page A10)
      The water elevation at Angat Dam on Wednesday dropped to 197.06 meters above sea level, which was still far below the normal high water mark of 212 masl, according to the Bulacan Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction Management ...

    • Capiz 

      Fernandez, Rudy A. (The Philippine Star, June 13, 1999, on page 26)
      The San Julian irrigation dam in Tapaz town has been chosen as a demonstration center for technologies on cage culture of tilapia and other freshwater fish under a project to be undertaken by three government and nongovernment ...

    • Cloud seeding planned for Magat Dam, Bohol province 

      Talavera, Sheldeen Joy (BusinessWorld, July 13, 2023, on page S1/2)
      The Department of Agriculture’s Bureau of Soils and Water Management (BSWM) said it is preparing to conduct cloud seeding around Magat Dam in northern Luzon to counteract the effects of El Niño. In a virtual briefing on ...

    • DA launches large agriculture projects in Palawan 

      Galvez, James Konstantin (The Manila Times, January 23, 2012, on page A3)
      As part of the government's food self-sufficiency initiative, the Department of Agriculture (DA) has earmarked some P594 million for irrigation projects, farm machinery and fisheries inputs in Palawan. The projects include ...

    • Desalination eyed as water crisis looms 

      Osmeña, Rico (Daily Tribune, April 10, 2023, on page B10)
      Cebu water stakeholders are pushing for the building of dams as a long-term solution and the construction of 11 desalination plants as a medium-term response to the water crisis. This was the action plan agreed upon during ...

    • Duterte won't stop mega dam 

      Ereñeta, Merianne Grace (Panay News, July 25, 2016, on page 1-19)
      Those against the construction of the Jalaur River mega-dam in Calinog, Iloilo have been making a lot of noise lately in a bid to get President Rodrigo Duterte's attention. Delegates to the recent international solidarity ...

    • 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 ...

    • Here's why river overflow can lead to flood damage 

      Klippe, Andreas (BusinessWorld, December 29, 2020, on page S1/4)
      Flood can be very terrifying if you live near rivers. Though called in much literature as a source of life, rivers can actually take lives when they overflow. Rivers carry many risks, especially when there is heavy rainfall ...

    • 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 ...

    • How dams built by China starve the Mekong River Delta of vital sediment 

      Reuters (BusinessWorld, December 19, 2022, on page S1/3)
      Standing on the bank of the Mekong River, Tran Van Cung can see his rice farm wash away before his very eyes. The paddy’s edge is crumbling into the delta. Just 15 years ago, Southeast Asia’s longest river carried some 143 ...

    • Iloilo mega dam to play key role in PH food security, says Drilon 

      Burgos, Nestor Jr. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, June 30, 2022, on page A11)
      The construction of the P11.2-billion mega dam project in Iloilo province, the biggest such project outside of Luzon, is halfway done, according to the National Irrigation Administration (NIA). Sen. Franklin Drilon, the ...

    • Maasin watershed is heavily silted 

      Conserva, Louine Hope (The Daily Guardian, February 14, 2018, on page 7)
      The Metro Iloilo Bulk Water Supply Corp. (MIB) appealed for a comprehensive multi-sectoral approach in managing the Maasin watershed which is now heavily silted. MIB is a joint venture company of Metro Iloilo Water District ...