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DENR says Manila Bay water quality improves but still not good enough for bathing, swimming
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 ...
- February 19, 2021
DENR steps up bamboo planting on select riverbanks
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 ...
- February 18, 2021
DENR taps two firms to dredge Cagayan River
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 ...
- December 11, 2020
Manila Bay rehab ‘unhampered’ by pandemic, DENR chief says
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 ...
- December 29, 2020
DENR, private partner to rehab, revive Boracay’s ‘dead forest’
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 ...
- July 29, 2020
DENR chief lauds Duterter's endorsement of BIDA bill
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 ...
- July 31, 2020
DENR sees dolomite project done by year-end
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 ...
- November 10, 2020
DENR to begin dredging of Marikina River to recover reclaimed portions
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 ...
- February 15, 2021