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Court stops demolition of Laguna lake fishpens: LLDA says ruling from Court of Appeals a setback in President Duterte’s environmental campaign
A recent Court of Appeals (CA) ruling allowed fishpen owners to continue operating in Laguna de Bay, prompting a state agency to call the decision a “setback” in President Duterte’s campaign to clean and clear the country’s ...
- November 11, 2017
Ondoy' upside: Why lake is till above critical level
While intense heat due to the El Niño weather phenomenon may be drying up the Laguna de Bay, the lake’s water level has not yet dropped to a critical reading because of too much rainwater dumped last year by Typhoons “Ondoy” ...
- March 25, 2010
Gov't runs after firm selling land along Laguna lake shores
A developer, earlier called out by Malacañang for misrepresenting President Rodrigo Duterte’s message as a company endorsement, is facing a string of complaints and investigation by different government agencies over a ...
- August 11, 2020
Gov’t starts dismantling fish pens in Laguna de Bay
After issuing a final warning to all fish pen operators last month, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) began dismantling fish pens and fish cages in Laguna de Bay on Thursday. In his first address ...
- January 27, 2017
Fish kill feared caused by chemical pills
Lake authorities were looking into reports that the fish kill at the Laguna de Bay on Friday was caused by chemical spills from an alcohol distillery plant in Cabuyao town that burned down last week. This was after lake ...
- October 25, 2010
Laguna de Bay in grave peril
Bayani Enriquez has happy childhood memories of swimming and fishing in Laguna de Bay in the 1980s. Now, the lake is weighed down by shanties, fish pens, illegal reclamation, industrial pollution, sewage and sedimentation. ...
- January 5, 2017
Water hyacinths choke Rizal town: State of calamity declared to clear Laguna de Bay, aid fishers
Thick beds of water hyacinth in Laguna de Bay have prompted the local government of Cardona in Rizal province to declare the town under a state of calamity. Swaths of the aquatic plant, stretching to about 2 kilometers ...
- November 18, 2017
No more fish pens by Du30’s next Sona
San Pedro City—Government agencies have stepped up efforts to clear the 90,000-hectare Laguna de Bay of aquaculture structures after the government-imposed deadline for fish pen operators to harvest their stocks lapsed ...
- April 5, 2017
Pollution, squatting, industries hasten death of Laguna de Bay
Bayani Enriquez, 54, grew up by Laguna de Bay in this city in Laguna province. Back in the 1980s, he often spent time with friends swimming or fishing in the lake’s unobstructed waters. But much of the open space is now ...
- January 5, 2017
Fish pen owners in Laguna de Bay lose ₱115M to 'Rolly'
Fish pens covering 90 hectares of Laguna de Bay were wiped out by strong winds and lake current, unleashing about 2.2 million kilograms of cultured “bangus” (milkfish) at the height of Typhoon “Rolly” (international name: ...
- November 4, 2020