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DENR suspends Boracay environmental permits
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has suspended the environmental compliance certificates (ECC) of all business establishments on Boracay Island to allow a review of their compliance with environmental ...
- July 20, 2018
Pasig River: The dying vein of Manila
It is just a single flow of water that has given rise to the complexity and diversity of all life that we know of today. Rivers are the foundations of civilizations throughout the course of human history, from the Nile, ...
- November 22, 2019
Melting Greenland ice threatens to expose Cold War waste
A network of tunnels under the snow contained everything from research facilities to a hospital, a cinema and a church — all powered by a small, portable nuclear reactor. The pollutants left behind include PCBs used in ...
- September 27, 2016
Mangrove restoration to grow 50,000 propagules
Cement and building materials manufacturer Republic Cement has launched a three-year program to restore the mangrove forest in the coastal areas of Malolos, Bulacan, the company announced. The project is a partnership among ...
- March 23, 2017
Planning initiatives for Laguna Lake: Part 2
Our aspiration to save Laguna Lake has been reignited. Last week, Secretary Roy Cimatu of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) invited to a meeting myself and representatives from the Laguna Lake ...
- May 23, 2019
DILG to LGUS: 'Revoke business permits of polluters'
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) ordered 178 local government units (LGUs)in the National Capital Region (NCR), Central Luzon and Calabarzon (Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal, and Quezon) to revoke ...
- March 20, 2019
Palace takes over all reclamation projects in the country
The Office of the President (OP) now has direct control and supervision over the Philippine Reclamation Authority (PRA), which has jurisdiction over 43 reclamation projects in Manila Bay alone. One reclamation project has ...
- January 5, 2019
Infanta begins restoration of mangrove forests
Haribon Foundation together with the Maralitang Mangingisda ng Munting Sabang Association (MMMSA), Municipal Government of Infanta and the Sangguniang Barangay of Dinahican planted 3,500 of mangrove seedlings to restore ...
- September 22, 2015
Boracay rehab boon PH-Go
The rehabilitation of Boracay island will bring long-lasting benefits to locals and the entire country, Special Assistant to the President (SAP) Christopher Lawrence “Bong” Go said Thursday. Go, who supervised the giving ...
- July 13, 2018
Divers lead Antique water cleanup
A group of divers has partnered with various stakeholders in Iloilo and Antique as it embarked on a six-month underwater cleanup in Antique’s Nogas Island, a favorite diving spot in Anini-y town. “We looked forward to have ...
- October 4, 2018