Browsing by Subject "water quality control"

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    • 2 tons of waste fished from Calahunan Creek 

      PIO (DailyGuardian, May 5, 2019, on page 2)
      The Iloilo City General Services Office (GSO) collected more or less two tons of waste from Calahunan Creek in Mandurriao district during a cleanup drive on May 17, 2019. The activity was part of the Department of Environment ...

    • Algae bloom in Laguna Lakes resurges 

      (The Philippine Star, June 19, 2015, on page 21)
      The high count of algae in the lake, where Maynilad draws water for treatment in its Putatan plant, is causing water distributed in the cities of Las Piñas, Parañaque and Muntinlupa to have a peculiar taste and smell. ...

    • Almost 2,600 kilos of trash collected in Muntinlupa under Maynilad’s clean-up drive for Laguna Lake 

      (BusinessWorld, July 29, 2022, on page S1/10)
      Hundreds of sacks of solid waste weighing a total of 2,584 kilograms were collected during a recent clean-up drive in Muntinlupa City’s two rivers as part of Maynilad Water Services, Inc.’s (Maynilad) program to protect ...

    • Aquaculture center completed in March 

      Aguiba, Melody M. (Manila Bulletin, December 27, 2002, on page B-3)
      A ₱387-million aquaculture technologies center financed by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) aimed to help the Philippines keep up with developments in aquaculture biotechnology is set to be completed by ...

    • Baguio’s water quality ‘improves’ under ECQ 

      Keith, Gaby B. (The Manila Times, May 27, 2020, on page A7)
      It is not just the air but also the Summer Capital’s water quality that benefited from the eight-week restrained human activity during enhanced community quarantine (ECQ). The city is currently under general community ...

    • Boracay coasts eyed as water quality management area 

      Bermejo, Karen (The Daily Guardian, May 15, 2018, on page 2-14)
      This island paradise is being eyed as another water quality management area (WQMA) in the region to ensure water quality protection. Engr. Bonifacio Enorme Jr., WQMA focal person of the Department of Environment and Natural ...

    • Boracay eyed as water quality mgt area 

      Panay News (Panay News, May 15, 2018, on page 13)
      Making this island resort a water quality management area (WQMA) will ensure the protection of its coasts, according to the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR). Section 5 of Republic Act 9275, or the ...

    • 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 allays fears on dengue outbreak, red tide 

      Giron, Anthony (Manila Bulletin, February 24, 2017, on page 7)
      There is no dengue fever outbreak and red tide warning in the waters off Cavite, the provincial government clarified yesterday. Provincial Health Office-Education Promotion Officer II and Dengue Coordinator Annabelle R. ...

    • 'Congested Boracay': Island can only carry 55,000 people at a time 

      Angelo, Francis Allan L. (The Daily Guardian, September 5, 2018, on page 2-14)
      A study on the carrying capacity of Boracay Island indicates that the famed tourist destination can only host a maximum of 19,000 tourists at a time. The study conducted by a multidisciplinary team of researchers from the ...

    • Cooperation sought in Boracay rehab 

      Araja, Rio N. (Manila Standard, July 11, 2018, on page A3)
      Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu on Tuesday said the cooperation of various stakeholders in Aklan’s Boracay Island is crucial to its early reopening. He called on the stakeholders, particularly establishment owners affected ...

    • Copper residue shows in river water 

      Cinco, Maricar (Philippine Daily Inquirer, September 2, 2016, on page A8)
      The sight of bluish green water flowing through the Boac River in Marinduque province has raised suspicions of a high level of acid seeping from mine wastes left in the defunct Marcopper mining site. The Environmental ...

    • 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 ...

    • Having heart in service key to Pasig rehab 

      Miclat, Alysa Chrizelle Ng; Duran, Peter Paul (Manila Standard, March 22, 2019, on page C3)
      In 1999, the Philippine Government, under the administration of President Joseph Ejercito Estrada, created the Pasig River Rehabilitation Commission or PRRC Executive Order (EO) No. 54, as amended by EO No. 65. he PRRC, a ...

    • How's Boracay waste mgt, water quality 

      Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR)-Region VI; PN (Panay News, March 25, 2021, on page 9-14)
      Secretary Roy Cimatu of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) instructed the Environmental Management Bureau (EMB) in Region 6 to continue checking solid waste management in Boracay Island and the ...

    • Lake Buhi, home of unique PH fish, gets attention 

      Tuyay, Francisco (Manila Standard, June 9, 2013, on page A3)
      The Department of Environment and Natural Resources has designated the Lake Buhi Watershed in Camarines Sur as a water quality management area in a bid to protect the lake that is home to the Mistichthys luzonensis, locally ...

    • Torquoise waters and powdery sands make Boracay beautiful 

      Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR)-Region VI (The Daily Guardian, August 25, 2018, on page B5)
      What makes Boracay Island stand out from the rest of the beautiful islands in the world? It's cool beneath your naked feet. Tourists loved to walk barefoot on it, especially during the hot summer days. On sunny days, one ...

    • Vital role of stakeholders cited in speedy Boracay rehabilitation 

      De Vera-Ruiz, Ellalyn (Manila Bulletin, July 12, 2018, on page B8)
      The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has cited the important role of stakeholders in the successful rehabilitation and early reopening of Boracay Island to tourism activities. Environment and Natural ...

    • Water at Japan's new Tsukiji fish market contaminated 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Manila Bulletin, April 7, 2018, on page 6)
      Tokyo officials said Friday they had found levels of benzene 130 times above the recommended amount in groundwater at the new site for the country’s famed Tsukiji fish market. The high levels of contamination were detected ...

    • Water firms ordered to help speed up Boracay cleanup 

      Simeon, Louise Maureen; Villanueva, Rhodina; Rendon, Jennifer; Porcalla, Delon (The Philippine Star, April 20, 2018, on page 2)
      Water concessionaires in Boracay have been ordered to work together and help speed up the cleanup of the island, which will be closed starting next Thursday. Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu yesterday directed the Boracay ...