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    • 5 land-reclamation projects in Manila Bay in the pipeline 

      Mayuga, Jonathan L. (BusinessMirror, August 10, 2021, on page A5)
      A total of 5 land-reclamation projects in Manila Bay within the territorial waters of the Province of Cavite are in the pipeline. The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has set the virtual public hearings ...
    • Bay 'nourishment' project continues to draw flak from lawmakers, group 

      Dela Cruz, Jovee Marie N.; Mayuga, Jonathan L. (BusinessMirror, September 11, 2020, on page A4)
      Lawmakers are urging the leadership of the House of Representatives to conduct an inquiry, in aid of legislation, into the suitability and sustainability of the Manila Bay rehabilitation program, even as an environmental ...
    • Beach nourishment project is a work in progress–DENR 

      Mayuga, Jonathan L. (BusinessMirror, November 3, 2020, on page A3)
      An official of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) said the P389-million Manila Bay Beach Nourishment Project is still a work-in-progress and will require the contractor to procure and overlay more ...
    • DENR chief lauds Duterter's endorsement of BIDA bill 

      Mayuga, Jonathan L. (BusinessMirror, July 31, 2020, on page A3)
      Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Secretary Roy A. Cimatu hailed President Duterte’s endorsement to Congress of a bill creating the Boracay Island Development Authority (BIDA). Cimatu, also the designated ...
    • DENR probes Manila Bay fish kill: Natural causes, cyanide, or sabotage? 

      Mayuga, Jonathan L. (BusinessMirror, September 18, 2020, on page A8)
      The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) is investigating the reported fish kill in Manila Bay. This, after assorted fish species were spotted floating near the Baseco Compound, some 5.1 kilometers away ...
    • DENR reports completion of 1,300 river cleanup drives in Luzon since Jan. 2019 

      Mayuga, Jonathan L. (BusinessMirror, February 2, 2021, on page A3)
      Despite the community quarantines, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) never ceased to conduct cleanup drives in various rivers and coastal areas in Central Luzon. In Bulacan alone, more than 1,300 ...
    • DENR says Manila Bay water quality improves but still not good enough for bathing, swimming 

      Mayuga, Jonathan L. (BusinessMirror, February 19, 2021, on page A4)
      The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) said water quality in Manila Bay continues to improve more than two years after launching the ambitions P47-billion, 7-year “Battle for Manila Bay” rehabilitation ...
    • DENR sees dolomite project done by year-end 

      (BusinessMirror, November 10, 2020, on page A8-A4)
      Despite the odds, an environment official is confident that the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) and its private contractor for the controversial Manila Bay Beach Nourishment Project can complete the project ...
    • DENR should’ve used ₱389M for mangrove forest rehab–Group 

      Mayuga, Jonathan L. (BusinessMirror, September 7, 2020, on page A3)
      The Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (Pamalakaya) said the P389 million used in overlaying “white sand” over a 500-meter portion in Manila Bay’s baywalk area along Roxas Boulevard could have been used ...
    • DENR steps up bamboo planting on select riverbanks 

      Mayuga, Jonathan L. (BusinessMirror, February 18, 2021, on page A4)
      The government’s reforestation effort along selected rivers in the Philippines with various bamboo species is now in full swing, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has reported. Environment Secretary ...
    • DENR taps two firms to dredge Cagayan River 

      Mayuga, Jonathan L. (BusinessMirror, December 11, 2020, on page A5)
      The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) is tapping two companies to undertake the massive rehabilitation of the Cagayan River, the country’s largest river. In a news statement, the DENR announced that ...
    • DENR to begin dredging of Marikina River to recover reclaimed portions 

      Mayuga, Jonathan L. (BusinessMirror, February 15, 2021, on page A3)
      Environment and Natural Resources Secretary Roy A. Cimatu announced the first steps in recovering portions of the Marikina River that, he said, were “illegally reclaimed.” Cimatu said members of a Task Force “Build Back ...
    • DENR, PCSD begin case buildup vs 'traders' of Palawan giant clams 

      Mayuga, Jonathan L. (BusinessMirror, May 17, 2021, on page A3)
      The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) and the Philippine Council for Sustainable Development (PCSD) is now building a case against unscrupulous individuals behind the illegal trade of giant clams in ...
    • DENR, private partner to rehab, revive Boracay’s ‘dead forest’ 

      Mayuga, Jonathan L. (BusinessMirror, July 29, 2020, on page A4)
      The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) and its private sector partner, the Boracay Tubi System Inc., will soon begin rehabilitation activities on Boracay Island’s Wetland No. 6, also known as “dead ...
    • Expert urges government to plant mangroves in abandoned fish ponds in coastal areas 

      Mayuga, Jonathan L. (BusinessMirror, March 10, 2017, on page A9)
      Leganes, Iloilo—An expert in mangrove-forest conservation is urging the government to plant mangroves in abandoned and illegal-fish ponds, particularly in coastal areas. Dr. Jurgenne H. Primavera, chief mangrove scientific ...
    • Greening Manila Bay: 'Nilad para sa Maynila' 

      Mayuga, Jonathan L. (BusinessMirror, September 20, 2020, on page A7)
      The Manila Bay, world-famous for its beautiful sunset, has been in the news in the past days over the so-called white-sand beach-nourishment project. However, amid the controversial project is the relatively quiet initiative, ...
    • Group blames DENR, mining firm for death of corals in Alcoy, Cebu 

      Mayuga, Jonathan L. (BusinessMirror, September 22, 2020, on page A3)
      The fisherfolk group Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (Pamalakaya) is blaming the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) and a large-scale mining firm over what the group termed as ...
    • Health, legal, economic issues bug DENR's Manila Bay 'white sand' 

      Fernandez, Butch; Mayuga, Jonathan L. (BusinessMirror, September 8, 2020, on page A8-A2)
      The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has come under increasing pressure to revisit its controversial P400-million “white-sand” project in Manila Bay, with critics citing economic, health and legal ...
    • Managing protected areas through PPP 

      Mayuga, Jonathan (BusinessMirror, May 21, 2018, on page A9)
      The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) is ready to accept applications for Special-Use Agreement in Protected Areas (Sapa) after Environment Secretary Roy A. Cimatu recently announced the lifting of ...
    • Manila Bay rehab ‘unhampered’ by pandemic, DENR chief says 

      Mayuga, Jonathan L. (BusinessMirror, December 29, 2020, on page A3)
      Despite threats posed by the Covid-19 pandemic and community quarantines put in place by the government since March this year, government’s efforts to rehabilitate Manila Bay remain unhampered, according to Department of ...