Browsing by Subject "pollution control"

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    • 200 Boracay firms fined 

      Gomez, Eirenee Jairee (The Manila Times, October 30, 2018, on page A3)
      The Pollution Adjudication Board of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) fined 219 business establishments in Boracay, collecting a total of P43 million for violation of environmental laws. The PAB ...

    • Boracay beach oily - EMB 

      Philippine News Agency (PNA) (The Daily Guardian, March 20, 2013, on page 2)
      The Environmental Management Bureau (EMB) of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) reported said oil levels in the beachfront of this island resort are way above normal quantities. Samuel Guillergan, ...

    • Boracay can't accommodate everyone- Duterte 

      Philippine News Agency (PNA) (Manila Bulletin, September 23, 2018, on page 16)
      With only about a month until Boracay Island reopens to the public, President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday emphasized the importance of limiting the tourist destination's carrying capacity. "Not all Filipinos and all tourists ...

    • Boracay rehabilitation to cost P25B: NEDA 

      Celis, Angela (Malaya, January 8, 2019, on page A1-A7)
      The Medium-Term Boracay Action Plan (BAP), which formally lays out the proposed programs for island's rehabilitation, has an estimated total investment requirement of P25.27 billion, according to the National Economic and ...

    • Boracay Water ready for Oct opening 

      Simeon, Louise Maureen (The Philippine Star, July 7, 2018, on page B9)
      The Boracay unit of Ayala-led Manila Water Co. Inc. is intensifying its operations in the island to ensure readiness in time for the reopening by October. Boracay Island Water Co. Inc. recently acquired additional desludging ...

    • Cavite takes action against water pollution 

      Giron, Anthony (Manila Bulletin, February 16, 2017, on page B9)
      Local government authorities in this city have started efforts to clean rivers in the lowland and upland districts of the province following reports that some tributaries are contaminated by waste and toxic chemicals. River ...

    • Conserving Southeast Asia's seas 

      Yozell, Sally; Christensen, Steen; Eyler, Brian (Philippine Daily Inquirer, September 15, 2017, on page A17)
      The United Nations’ call to conserve and sustainably develop the oceans perhaps resonates most with Southeast Asia than in any other part of the world. With a maritime territory thrice the size of its landmass, the region ...

    • Coral gardening beckons ecotourists to restore reefs 

      Sheridan, Kerry (Manila Bulletin, July 9, 2015, on page B9)
      Coral reefs are fragile and in danger worldwide, but a growing movement to restore them is based on the science of breaking off pieces in order to grow more, known as coral gardening. It works like this: marine biologists ...

    • DENR head leads meeting on Antique river, creek 

      Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR)-Region VI (The Daily Guardian, April 1, 2019, on page 13)
      Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Secretary Roy A. Cimatu and Senator Loren Legarda led the meeting on the Malandog River and Bagumbayan Creek Rehabilitation Project in Antique Provincial Capitol, ...

    • DENR launches anti-trash campaigne in Bulacan town 

      Lazaro, Ramon Efren (The Philippine Star, July 5, 2018, on page B8)
      The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) recently launched here two campaign programs to minimize plastic trash clogging the waterways of the province. Lormelyn Claudio, Environment Management Bureau ...

    • DENR puts up e-toilet in Bataan to curb pollution in Manila Bay 

      Philippine News Agency (PNA) (SunStar Philippines, January 13, 2023, on page 2)
      The Department of Environment and Natural Resources in Central Luzon (DENR-3) has put up an ecotoilet (e-toilet) facility in Orion town, Bataan province as part of the continuing effort to reduce the pollution in Manila ...

    • DENR's Boracay inspectors to be equipped with US-backed technology 

      Ignacio, Reicelene Joy N. (BusinessWorld, October 12, 2018, on page S1/6)
      The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) said it will adopt a US-funded system to track the activities of environmental inspectors on the resort island of Boracay. It said the system is known as the Lawin ...

    • Earth Day 2018 inspires volunteering activities at Globe 

      (The Daily Guardian, June 5, 2018, on page 12-13)
      As part of its volunteerism — or “volunteaming”—efforts to celebrate Earth Day, one of the world’s most important environment care-related events, Globe employees shared their time and skills by participating in various ...

    • Jaro river cleanup underway 

      Ordales, Thessalonia (The Daily Guardian, June 8, 2018, on page 5-15)
      A total of 24 Iloilo City barangay officials of villages along the waterway joined the workshop for Jaro River Clean-Up this month held at Panay Power Training Center in Brgy. Ingore, La Paz on June 1, 2018. The initiative ...

    • Laguna de Bay bangus industry calls for more restrictive pollution controls 

      Ignacio, Reicelene Joy N. (BusinessWorld, September 25, 2018, on page S1/4)
      The Bangus Industry Stakeholders & Dealers Alliance (BISDA) said the government needs to impose tougher pollution controls on industry and households to ensure the sustainability of the Laguna de Bay fishery, as prices of ...

    • Mega-cruise ships sail the Arctic 

      (Manila Bulletin, October 13, 2016, on page B14)
      A surge in Arctic tourism is bringing ever bigger cruise ships to the formerly isolated, ice-bound region, prompting calls for a clamp-down to prevent Titanic-style accidents and the pollution of fragile eco-systems. Arctic ...

    • Oil-spill containment drill held 

      Philippine News Agency (PNA) (Manila Bulletin, August 9, 2015, on page 25)
      Officers of the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) - Southeastern Mindanao led Friday's oil-spill containment-simulation exercise held at the Mintebros Port in Barangay Ilang, Tibungco, this city, to test and evaluate its oil ...

    • Plants to clean coastlines 

      Ocampo, Yas (Manila Bulletin, February 12, 2017, on page 18)
      The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) will embark on a pilot project that aims to sanitize, through natural biological techniques, the residential areas along the city's coasts. A Dutch scientist, who has worked ...

    • Plastic pollution in PH: Why so much waste ends up in oceans 

      PN; South China Morning Post (Manila Standard, November 3, 2018, on page B8)
      Masses of plastic trash swirling in waterways, garbage clogging drainage canals and huge stinking dumpsites are among the most visible manifestations of the waste crisis in the Philippines. A 2015 report on plastic pollution ...

    • Protecting the coast of Eastern Samar 

      Lagua, Benel D. (The Manila Times, March 10, 2017, on page B2-B3)
      Past supertyphoons Yolanda and Ruby have brought severe deforestation, and the mangrove forests in the province ha been damaged, needing rehabilitation. The mangrove will not only protect; it will restore the normal abundance ...