Browsing by Subject "hazards"

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    • Data awaited for Boracay state of calamity 

      Yap, Tara (Manila Bulletin, March 29, 2018, on page 8)
      The Department of Tourism (DOT), Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) and Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) earlier recommended for a six-month closure to rehabilitate Boracay Island ...

    • DOST's Project NOAH integrated into Pagasa 

      Ronda, Rainier Allan (The Philippine Star, January 20, 2015, on page 14)
      The new weather and hazard modeling technologies developed by the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) will be transferred to its weather arm. Projects NOAH (Nationwide Operational Assessment of Hazards) and DREAM ...

    • Fighting climate change 

      Mariano, Nathaniel (Manila Standard, February 12, 2018, on page D11)
      Intense rainfall persisting over days, droughts threatening the farmlands and the farmers' livelihood, continuously rising sea levels and alarming flashfloods -- these are only some of the negative effects that the mankind ...

    • Inter-economy cooperation, key to managing climate impacts 

      Regala, Franco G. (Manila Bulletin, January 30, 2015, on page 18)
      A government or a sector in isolation can no longer manage disasters, according to Undersecretary Alexander P. Pama, administrator of the Office of the Civil Defense (OCD) and executive director of the National Disaster ...

    • Is Boracay a war zone? 

      Golez, Prince; Tayona, Glenda (Panay News, April 16, 2018, on page 1-18)
      “Has Boracay Island suddenly become a war zone that would warrant these extreme measures? Is the government hiding something?” asked NUJP whose acting chairperson, Atty. Jocelyn Clemente urged the government not impose ...

    • Possible coal, oil spill in Antique to be checked 

      Yap, Tara (Manila Bulletin, January 7, 2015, on page 8)
      A team from the Environmental Management Bureau in Western Visayas ( EMB- 6), which is under the regional office of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR-6) has been sent to Antique to check on any ...

    • Tilapia cage farming 

      (BulletinToday, September 30, 1985, on page 1)
      The presence of abundant natural food in the water partly ensures a good growth of the fish even without supplemental feeding. During the fry-to-fingerling stage, Nile tilapia feed on plankton - tiny free-floating plants ...

    • Tilapia cage farming 

      (BulletinToday, September 30, 1985, on page 34)
      It is extremely important to investigate the suitability of a site for tilapia cage farming. In choosing a site, consider the following: natural food, natural hazards, bottom soil, size.

    • US shark attack survivor: Fish was biting up my left arm 

      (The Philippine Star, June 19, 2015, on page A-26)
      A teen who lost an arm after a shark attack in North Carolina said he felt the big fish before he saw it and didn’t realize what it was until it was “biting up my left arm.” ”We were just playing around in the waves, and ...