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PH, China agree to hold dialogue to ease tension at South China Sea
The Philippines and China have agreed to address differences on the South China Sea through open and cordial dialogue as well as forge on possible cooperation in the areas of fisheries, marine research and protection. The ...
- May 23, 2021
DOF assures HQ's compliance with Manila Bay rehab
Ahead of the planned rehabilitation of the Manila Bay, the Department of Finance (DOF) assured that its headquarters (HQ) on Roxas Boulevard has its own sewage treatment facility (STF) that passed the waste classification ...
- January 21, 2019
No big bash for Boracay reopening
There will be no big celebration for the reopening of Boracay on October 26. "It will not be high profile. Rehabilitation is a work in progress," explained Helen Catalbas, Department of Tourism (DOT) regional director for ...
- July 27, 2018
Consolidated plan for Boracay closure bared
More than a week before the April 26 closure, the Department of Tourism (DOT) initiated a Tuesday working conference for local stakeholders and presented the consolidated plan on how to rehabilitate world-famous Boracay ...
- April 18, 2018
Consider rule on suitable land use for Boracay Island - Recto
Senator Ralph Recto on Monday urged the government to reconsider the plan to turn Boracay Island into a land reform area following its six-month rehabilitation. The Senate President Pro Tempore made the appeal after President ...
- April 11, 2018
60-40 sharing with China not illegal-Palace
Malacañang found nothing illegal with President Duterte’s proposed 60-40 sharing arrangement with China on the planned exploration of the South China Sea (West Philippine Sea). President Rodrigo Roa Duterte delivers his ...
- May 2, 2018
It will take years to clean up Manila Bay
It took six months to clean up Boracay’s waters. It will take seven years to clean up Manila Bay until it becomes as clean as in Boracay today, Secretary of Agriculture Emmanuel Pinol said in a radio interview this week. ...
- January 18, 2019
DENR to spend P1-B to explore Philippine Rise
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) will spend nearly P1 billion to conduct geological investigation and exploration of minerals within the Philippine Rise, a 25-million hectare shallow continental ...
- February 7, 2018
Healing Boracay
Doreen Fugoso had barely landed a job as chef in one of the big hotels here when word got around that President Rodrigo Duterte had ordered the closure of the island for six months. “I had not reached a year yet in my job ...
- October 21, 2018
Manila Bay clean-up: Gargantuan and historic endeavor
In a word, Manila Bay stinks. Decades-long inflow of waste and untreated discharges into the Bay has resulted in one of the most polluted waters in the world. (Manila is also unlucky in having lazy mayors who have done ...
- January 30, 2019