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Palace eyes total dismantling of fish cages in Laguna Lake
Malacañang has called on the Laguna Lake Development Authority (LLDA) to look into the possible dismantling of all fish pens and fish cages in Laguna de Bay to give it a chance to recover from congestion. Presidential ...
- September 25, 2018
11 central visayas rivers due for clean up
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) in Central Visayas will prioritize 11 rivers for cleanup and development. DENR Regional Executive Director Gilbert Gonzales has directed all provincial environment ...
- December 15, 2018
‘No swim zone’ strictly enforced in Manila Bay
Members of the Manila Police District (MPD) were deployed yesterday to prevent people from swimming in Manila Bay which authorities declared as unsafe due to high levels of fecal coliform. Manila Police District chief ...
- February 7, 2019
Zambo mayor slams Navy over coral reef damage
An infuriated Mayor Maria Isabelle Climaco sought sanctions against two Philippine Navy personnel and called the attention of regional Navy officials after a patrol ship damaged protected coral reefs off Sta. Cruz Island ...
- May 7, 2017
Mangrove protection, restoration ordinance ok'd
The Bacolod Mangrove Reforestation and Protection Program Ordinance authored by Councilor Wilson Gamboa, Jr. was recently approved by the City Council. Gamboa, who chairs the Council’s Committee on Environment and Ecology ...
- October 5, 2015
Pasig River rehab program pursued
If esteros - and eventually, Pasig River - are clean, the country's economy will improve. This was what Pasig River Rehabilitation Commission (PRRC) chairperson Gina Lopez underscored as she led a familiarization tour of ...
- September 26, 2012
Pasig River rehab program bags Asia Riverprize award
The Philippine government’s efforts to manage and protect the Pasig River were recognized in this year’s first Asia Riverprize awards in Sydney, Australia on Wednesday. The award, received by Pasig River Rehabilitation ...
- October 18, 2018
Plastic Nation
The Philippines is the third-worst polluter into the world’s oceans according to Greenpeace. This is due to a lack of awareness, education, and just plain willful ignorance. Filipinos are polluting the seas with single use ...
- November 11, 2017
Duterte’s admin addresses Manila Bay pollution
As early as the ’60s, Manila Bay could still be called unspoiled, fit for swimming and other leisurely activities. Today, it is more appropriate to call it a cesspool, resembling an open septic tank, where all the human, ...
- January 22, 2019
El Nido community rallies to keep seas clean
Recently recogniZED as one of the most beautiful destinations in the world by CNN and global travel authorities, the municipality of El Nido in Bacuit Bay, Palawan, has not been spared from nonbiodegradable trash that make ...
- October 3, 2013