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'Love Boracay' to promote responsible, sustainable tourism
The Boracay Inter-Agency Rehabilitation Management Group (BIARMG) will conduct an initiative to celebrate the rehabilitation efforts in the world-famous island. The weeklong celebration dubbed as "Love Boracay: Celebrate, ...
- April 1, 2019
Plea for protection of West PH Sea junked - SolGen
The Writ of Kalikasan petition urging government officials to protect the West Philippine Sea has been dismissed, Solicitor General Jose Calida said. Calida said both parties involved in the petition have agreed for the ...
- July 11, 2019
Tourists urged to report erring tour operators, resort owners
Tourists visiting the famous Gigantes Island in the northern Iloilo town of Carles have been urged to report unregulated tourist operators and opportunistic resort owners. Carles Mayor Seigfredo Betita, in a phone interview ...
- September 18, 2019
Undesirable practices threaten Gigantes island chain
Prohibitive prices of seafoods. Lack of serviceable restrooms. These two concerns threaten the Gigantes group of islands, a fledgling tourism destination in the northern municipality of Carles. “Their seafoods are more ...
- September 17, 2019
3 turtle weaklings released in Boracay
Three turtle weaklings under rehabilitation were recently released off the shores in Boracay Island, Malay, Aklan. The local government returned two Olive Ridleys (Lepidochelys olivacea) and one Hawksbill (Eretmochelys ...
- June 6, 2019
Tourism department backs Manila Bay rehab
The Department of Tourism (DOT) expressed full support for the government’s initiative to clean-up and revive the polluted Manila Bay by replicating the same rehabilitation strategy used in Boracay. In a statement, the ...
- January 14, 2019
‘Make city waters swimmable again’
The goal is to make the coastal waters “swimmable again.” The local government unit here conducted yesterday a massive cleanup drive dubbed as “One Time, Big Time,” which covered 26 coastal villages in the city. The ...
- March 31, 2019
Pollution board to probe Boracay water facility
Environment Undersecretary Benny Antiporda said the Pollution Adjudication Board (PAB) has opened an investigation on a water concessionaire in this famed-island resort. This came about after the viral video of sea turtle ...
- September 23, 2019
Boracay, a turtle’s paradise, says DENR
Slowly but surely, all the rehabilitation efforts being done by the government in the island of Boracay is paying off. Turtles are heading back to their nesting grounds here. Recently, a total of 142 Olive ridley (Lepidochelys ...
- February 16, 2019
Addressing the plastic problem
The problem with plastic materials is that many of them last forever. While some types are considered biodegradable, many require industrial-level processes to be recycled or broken down to harmless materials. Plastics ...
- September 13, 2019