Browsing by Subject "water management"

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    • 20 years research spawns milkfish broodstock 

      Portal, Tadz (Panay News, May 30, 2001, on page 7)
      Aquaculture technologies have been developed at Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center-Aquaculture Department Library (SEAFDEC/AQD) to support sustainable milkfish farming and production. These were the result of the ...

    • Bill filled to strengthen Laguna Lake agency 

      Villegas, Vann Marlo M. (BusinessWorld, February 15, 2021, on page S1/12)
      A Senator filed a bill to strengthen the powers of Laguna Lake Development Authority (LLDA) for the rehabilitation of Laguna de Bay. Senator Richard J. Gordon filed Senate Bill No. 2047, which will repeal Republic Act No. ...

    • Boracay Water amplifies desludging services gets more wastewater trucks 

      (The Daily Guardian, July 6, 2018, on page 14)
      Boracay Water, the largest water supply and wastewater management services provider in the Island, recently acquired an additional 3 desludging trucks that can haul up to 9 cubic meters of wastewater or used water from ...

    • 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 ...

    • Climate change fund launched 

      Caraballo, Mayvelin U. (The Manila Times, October 22, 2015, on page B1-B2)
      Local government units and community organizations may soon access the P1-billion People’s Survival Fund (PSF) for climate change adaptation projects, the Department of Finance (DOF) announced on Wednesday. Created under ...

    • Coastal management 

      (Panay News, December 3, 2017, on page 7)
      Let us implement our environmental laws, plant mangroves or restore coral reefs, whichever is applicable. We should bring back the bounty and restore the ecological integrity of our threatened bodies of water. Moreover, ...

    • Coca-Cola strengthens support to environmental sustainability through water leadership programs 

      (The Manila Times, April 22, 2021, on page C3)
      Water is a vital resource used for almost everything we do–from personal hygiene, hydration, to agricultural activities. The importance of water, protecting it, and making sure everyone has equitable access to it has been ...

    • DENR names 3 more protected river systems 

      Villanueva, Rhodina (The Philippine Star, August 7, 2018, on page 7)
      The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has named three more river systems as water quality management areas (WQMAs), bringing to 37 the total number of water bodies under policies for protection. In ...

    • DENR prods LGUs on water treatment facility 

      Manalo, Lyka (Manila Bulletin, December 19, 2018, on page 6)
      The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Calabarzon (Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal and Quezon) urged the local government units (LGUs) to give priority to building wastewater treatment facilities. DENR ...

    • DENR protects Coron, Sabang waters 

      Gonzales, Anna Leah (Manila Standard, June 7, 2016, on page B5)
      The Department of Environment and Natural Resources has declared the Sabang Bay in Puerto Galera, Oriental Mindoro and the Coron Bay in Palawan as water quality management areas.

    • For global water crisis, climate may be the last straw 

      Hood, Marlowe (Manila Standard, February 15, 2018, on page A5)
      Before man-made climate change kicked in—and well before "Day Zero" in Cape Town, where taps may run dry in early May—the global water crisis was upon us. Freshwater resources were already badly stressed before heat-trapping ...

    • Gov't orders 2 water concessionaires in Boracay to team up 

      Miraflor, Madelaine B. (Manila Bulletin, April 27, 2018, on page B-6)
      Environment Secretary Roy A. Cimatu has ordered the two water concessionaires in Boracay to work together in fixing and developing the sewerage system of the island. This, while he ordered an investigation on what caused ...

    • Govt lawyers to present new contracts to water firms 

      Valente, Catherine S.; Dela Cruz, Nova Joy (The Manila Times, January 9, 2020, on page A1-A4)
      President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday said he had given the go signal to present new contracts to Metro Manila's two water concessionaires. In his speech during the oath taking of newly appointed government officials in ...

    • 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 ...

    • 'Industries around Laguna de Bay violating Clean Water Act' 

      (The Philippine Star, December 21, 2011, on page 8)
      Presidential Adviser for Environmental Protection and Laguna Lake Development Authority (LLDA) general manager Neric Acosta said recently that hundreds of industries in Metro Manila and CALABARZON are in clear violation ...

    • Laguna Lake Development Authority, WQMA Board Resolution No. 03, Series of 2021 

      Laguna Lake Development Authority (LLDA) (The Philippine Star, October 5, 2021, on page 4)
      A resolution approving the proposed governing rules for the operationalization of the Laguna de Bay Region Water Quality Management Area (LDBR-WQMA) and its Area Water Quality Management Fund (AWQMF).

    • Manila Bay cleanup launched today 

      Mahilum, Ed; Villas, Anna Liza (Manila Bulletin, November 26, 2011, on page 2)
      Navotas City joins today the simultaneous metrowide waterways cleanup at the Manila Bay, an activity spearheaded by the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) dubbed " One Day. One Bay." The city government ...

    • Manila Water boosts Pasig River rehab with ‘Toka Toka’ 

      (BusinessMirror, September 26, 2018, on page B2)
      Manila Water’s “Toka Toka” advocacy, the first and only environmental campaign focused on the need for used water management, was featured in the recent Taga-Alog Stakeholder Conference 2018 with the theme “Taga-Alog 2018, ...

    • Mudcrab pen culture in mangroves pushed 

      PN (Panay News, November 13, 1999, on page 7-6)
      The production of mudcrab has traditionally been undertaken only in bamboo or net-fenced brackishwater ponds. Now, the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center Aquaculture Department (Seafdec-AQD) has been promoting ...

    • Negros Oriental sets water confab 

      (The Philippine Star, August 13, 2015, on page B-6)
      Water is at the core of Negros Oriental’s efforts to pursue sustainable development, with the province poised to emerge as the best-case practice for using water as a key driver for inclusive growth. A joint undertaking ...