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Inter-economy cooperation, key to managing climate impacts
A government or a sector in isolation can no longer manage disasters, according to Undersecretary Alexander P. Pama, administrator of the Office of the Civil Defense (OCD) and executive director of the National Disaster ...
- January 30, 2015
Duterte firm on Boracay closure, casino ban
His Cabinet recommended it, and President Duterte is going along with the closure of Boracay Island for six months despite concerns that this may be too long and can seriously affect livelihoods. He also reiterated that ...
- April 30, 2018
AIIB says Pasig River rehab 'game changer'
Ernesto Pernia, socioeconomics planning secretary, said the government may include the rehabilitation of the Pasig river in the administration's list of flagship projects, after the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank ...
- October 20, 2017
Lake disruption persists, Laguna Lake cleanup pushed
Maynilad Water Services Inc. said it increased the production of its Putatan water treatment facilities 1 and 2 from 80 million liters per day (MLD) to 125 MLD as of 2 a.m. yesterday, May 2 but noted supply disruption in ...
- May 3, 2019
SC asked to inhibit Carpio from WPS case
The Office of the Solicitor General (OSG) on Thursday filed a motion asking the Supreme Court to inhibit Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio from participating in a writ of kalikasan petition seeking to compel the ...
- June 29, 2019
With 'reefs,' fish return to Lamon Bay
Fisherman Godie Romualdo still remembers the days when fish had gone scarce in the Lamon Bay off his town of Atimonan in northern Quezon province. “My catch was barely enough to feed my family,” he said. Like several other ...
- December 17, 2015
PH needs ₱392B to carry out biodiversity action plan - UNDP
The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) said the government needs between ₱336 billion and ₱392 billion to implement the Philippine Biodiversity Strategic Action Plan (PBSAP). Citing UNDP environmental and business ...
- March 19, 2015
Rody declares Boracay an agrarian reform area
Commercial establishments in Boracay will have to make do with whatever the government provides to do business on the island, President Duterte said yesterday in declaring the top tourist destination a land reform area. ...
- May 31, 2018
DENR sees new Boracay after 6-month closure, cleanup
Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu on Saturday vowed to deliver a “new Boracay” once the government completed its rehabilitation of the island which began on April 26. But, Cimatu said, the government needed the support of ...
- April 29, 2018
Boracay placed under state of calamity
President Rodrigo Duterte officially placed three villages of the famed Boracay Island under a “state of calamity” and declared the resort destination closed to tourists for a six-month rehabilitation and clean up starting ...
- April 27, 2018