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Fisherman rescues Olive ridley sea turtle
A fisherman rescued a female Olive ridley sea turtle trapped in his fishnet in the waters of Bucay, Ilog, Negros Occidental recently. Federico Alilain of Sitio Mapait, Brgy. Su-ay, Himamaylan City informed the Community ...
- May 2, 2020
DENR turns over boats for cleanups
Barangay representatives from the city governments of Caloocan, Las Piñas, Makati, Manila, Navotas, Parañaque, Pasig, Quezon, Taguig and Valenzuela have received paddle boats from the Department of Environment and Natural ...
- September 26, 2022
PH quietly celebrates May as Month of the Ocean
By virtue of Presidential Proclamation No. 37 issued by President Joseph Ejercito Estrada in 1999, the month of May was declared as the Month of the Ocean (MOO). Perhaps preoccupied by the pressing demands of containing a ...
- May 11, 2021
Newly-discovered dolphin in Bicol hints at biodiversity under threat
The first-ever sighting of an Irrawaddy dolphin off the shore of Calabanga, Camarines Sur, has left scientists of the University of the Philippines excited but concerned over the possibility of as-yet undiscovered marine ...
- September 30, 2022
Unsettling justifications for 'Boracay' on Manila Bay project
The Environment department’s project to beautify Manila Bay smacks of insensitivity to the people’s difficulties in coping with the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) and contradicts President Rodrigo Duterte’s vow to ...
- September 7, 2020
A white sand beach in Manila Bay?
Who asked for a white sand beach in Manila Bay? Definitely not the 15,000 or so families languishing in poverty, hunger, and joblessness in Baseco, the biggest coastal informal settlement in Manila. Of course, the truckloads ...
- September 20, 2020
Mindanao's new dive spot
I’m sure a lot of you, dear readers, have been aching to finally break free from the bondage of quarantine restrictions and get back to a semblance of normal life which we all miss so much! I know for a fact that, in ...
- May 7, 2021
Aboitiz turns over rehabilitated Boracay wetland park to gov't
The Aboitiz Group handed over the rehabilitated Wetland No. 4, now known as the Balabag Wetland Park, to the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) during a turnover ceremony held on 16 June 2022. As a ...
- June 19, 2022
MMDA taking care of dolomite beach
The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) today clarified that it is not the Dolomite Beach itself but the ongoing drainage systems project in the area which caused flooding in some of the streets in Manila last ...
- February 16, 2022
Bill to strengthen PH salt industry gets Senate's nod
The Senate yesterday approved a bill that seeks to strengthen and revitalize the country’s salt industry. Senate Bill No. (SBN) 2243, or the Philippine Salt Industry Development Act, was approved in a plenary session with ...
- September 13, 2023