Browsing by Subject "pollution"

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    • 14M tons of trash stuck in ocean floor - study 

      Global Times (The Manila Times, October 10, 2020, on page B9)
      Australia’s national science agency has found that there are about 14 million tons of small plastic pieces on the ocean floor. The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (Csiro) published a world-first ...

    • 219 Boracay establishments slapped fines totaling ₱43 M 

      De Vera-Ruiz, Ellalyn (Manila Bulletin, October 23, 2018, on page 1-7)
      The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) through its Pollution Adjudication Board (PAB) has slapped 209 business establishments in Boracay a total fine of P43 million for violation of various environmental ...

    • 5 Iloilo towns join hands to rehabilitate coastal waters 

      Fernandez, Rudy A. (The Philippine Star, November 25, 2001, on page 20)
      Officials of five southern Iloilo towns have joined in the Herculean effort to rehabilitate the southern coastal waters of the province. In an unprecedented move, the mayors of the towns of Oton, Tigbauan, Guimbal, Miagao, ...

    • Again, on solid waste management 

      Aspillera, Dahli (Malaya, July 23, 2018, on page B5)
      Following the habagat for Southwest monsoon rains that flooded many parts of Metro Manila this week, a team from the group Basura Patrol went to the Manila Bay area and found plastic bags, straws, and other disposables, ...

    • Amazon could be gone in 50 years as it crosses threshold 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Manila Standard, March 13, 2020, on page B3)
      The Amazon rain forest is nearing a threshold which, once crossed, would see one of the world’s largest and richest ecosystems morph into arid savannah within half-a-century, scientists said Tuesday. Another major ecosystem, ...

    • Another air quality test up in oil spill-hit Estancia 

      Nepomoceno, Jezza A. (The Daily Guardian, January 10, 2014, on page 2-7)
      Iloilo Governor Arthur Defensor Sr. on Thursday asked experts to conduct another test to determine the air quality at the oil spill site in Brgy. Botongon, Estancia. Defensor said that inspectors from the Environmental ...

    • Asean may tackle sea disputes; garbage dumping not on agenda 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (The Philippine Star, June 21, 2019, on page 1-4)
      Bitter disputes over competing claims in the South China Sea are likely to surface at the two-day Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) meeting starting Saturday in this Thai capital after the sinking of a Filipino ...

    • At 86, still a marine biodiveristy champion 

      Grafe, Nova Veraley; Acedo, Celia (Philippine Daily Inquirer, August 1, 2015, on page A9)
      His silver hair and well-toned skin hardly reveal his age of 86 years. In fact, listening to him talk in his usual passionate and thickly accented manner, one may even imagine him to be a few decades younger. Speaking about ...

    • Bali declares 'garbage emergency' amid sea of waste 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (The Manila Times, December 29, 2017, on page B5)
      Bali’s palm-fringed Kuta beach has long been a favorite with tourists seeking sun and surf, but nowadays its golden shoreline is disappearing under a mountain of garbage. Plastic straws and food packaging are strewn between ...

    • Bataan, Subic Fisherfolk Intensify Anti-Pollution Drive 

      Supnad, Mar T. (Manila Bulletin, June 18, 2013, on page B-7)
      To support the clean environment program, fisherfolk in the Subic Bay Area joined the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) in its advocacy against the use of plastics and other non-biodegradable products that pollute ...

    • The bay, the river, the lake: abandoned and dying 

      Ilarde, Eddie (The Manila Times, August 3, 2018, on page A1-A8)
      Manila Bae was once the “most beautiful and safely- situated bay in the world.” The Manila South Harbor in its fringes, which spans six provinces (Bataan, Pampanga, Bulacan, Metro Manila, and Cavite), was considered the ...

    • Beating plastic pollution 

      Duran, Peter Paul (Manila Standard, June 5, 2018, on page C1-C2)
      In truth, people throw away plastic waste each year that could encircle the earth four times over! What doesn’t ends up in our already brimming landfills ultimately reaches our oceans, thereby affecting more biodiversity ...

    • BFAR: Deep study needed for fish 'microplastics' 

      Angeles, Vivienne (Daily Tribune, February 3, 2024, on page B15)
      The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources on Friday appealed to researchers in the country to conduct a deeper probe on the effects of microplastics in fisher following a recent study by the Department of Science and ...

    • BFAR: Pollution caused fish kill 

      Cruz, Maricel V. (Manila Standard, October 13, 2019, on page A4)
      Water pollution and not blast fishing caused the recent case of fish kill off Las Piñas and Parañaque in Manila Bay where at least 30 tubs of dead fish were found along the coastline, the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic ...

    • Bokashi mud balls seen to improve bay's water quality 

      Macairan, Evelyn (The Philippine Star, August 21, 2016, on page 10)
      Some 6,000 Bokashi mud balls will be made and thrown into the Estero de Abad in Malate district, Manila, to help improve its water quality, the Manila Bay Sunset Partnership Program Inc. (MBSPPI) said over the weekend. The ...

    • Boracay Island cleanup to continue this Holy Week 

      (Panay News, March 29, 2018, on page B1-B2)
      “We have five months to go. We have to fast track already,” Cimatu said in a media interview Tuesday. He said the priority is to solve the island’s drainage and sewerage system problems, as well as to continue the crackdown ...

    • Boracay's D'Mall, water utility face closure: official 

      (The Daily Guardian, April 5, 2018, on page 7)
      The D'Mall commercial center and Ayala Corp's water unit in Boracay face closure, as the government prepares to solve the island's pollution problem, an official who is helping plan the cleanup said Wednesday. D'Mall, which ...

    • Bureau tasked to ensure fish supply ample 

      Philippine News Agency (PNA) (Manila Standard, August 8, 2016, on page A1-A2)
      Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Piñol on Sunday ordered the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources to ensure the steady supply of fish in Metro Manila. He gave the order following President Rodrigo Duterte's order to ...

    • Carbon from Indonesia fires exceeds US emissions: green groups 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (BusinessWorld, October 23, 2015, on page S3/4)
      Fires raging across huge areas of Indonesia are spewing more greenhouse gases into the atmosphere every day than the US economy, according to estimates from global environment watchdogs. For nearly two months, thousands ...

    • Carry your plastic waste 

      (Manila Standard, September 17, 2019, on page C1)
      Instead of polluting the ocean, plastic trash was given a second life in this collection of anti-theft bags. Australian brand Pacsafe, a leading innovator in anti-theft travel gear, has introduced its Econyl collection ...