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    • 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, ...

    • Villar cites growing number of volunteers, partners in Manila Bay clean up drive 

      (BusinessMirror, September 28, 2020, on page B6)
      Sen. Cynthia Villar said the growing number of volunteers and partner organizations that take part in the clean-up and mangrove planting activities should be credited for the strides made in the Manila Bay rehabilitation ...

    • 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 ...

    • San Miguel vows to help clean up Bulacan rivers 

      Mayuga, Jonathan L. (BusinessMirror, October 30, 2020, on page B2)
      San Miguel Corp. (SMC) is gearing up for the construction of its P734-billion Manila International Airport in Bulakan, Bulacan and has vowed to help solve the province’s perennial flooding problem. With the support of ...

    • DA: Farmers, fishers lose ₱2.2B due to Quinta 

      Arcalas, Jasper Emmanuel Y. (BusinessMirror, November 2, 2020, on page A4)
      Over 44,000 farmers and fishermen in 9 regions incurred losses amounting to P2.2 billion after Typhoon Quinta struck the Philippines, the latest preliminary data from the Department of Agriculture (DA) showed. Their agony, ...

    • Solon urges farmers, fishers to borrow from govt 

      (BusinessMirror, November 3, 2020, on page B3)
      Senator Francis Pancratius N. Pangilinan on Monday advised the estimated 20,000 farmers and fishermen affected by Typhoon Rolly (international name “Goni”) to avail themselves of the zero-interest loans and crop insurance ...

    • Families in Laguna, Batangas benefit from PCAARRD's tilapia farming proj 

      Aya, Rose Anne M. (BusinessMirror, November 1, 2020, on page A3)
      Tilapia farming is now accessible to selected beneficiaries in Laguna and Batangas. Through the initiative of an agency of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST), a total of 14 farmer cooperators are trained and ...

    • Pilot whales in Australia: Nearly 500 stranded, 380 dead 

      Associated Press (AP) (BusinessMirror, September 27, 2020, on page A7)
      More pilot whales were found stranded in Australia on Wednesday, raising the estimated total to nearly 500, including 380 that have died, in the largest mass stranding ever recorded in the country. Authorities had already ...

    • Nestlé Philippines takes holistic approach as it accelerates initiatives to tackle plastic waste 

      (BusinessMirror, October 8, 2020, on page M3)
      In 2015, a report by the Ocean Conservancy and the McKinsey Center for Business and Environment said the Philippines is the third-largest source of plastic trash that ends up in the oceans, after China and Indonesia. ...

    • 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 ...

    • Hinatuan Mining declares success in 'Coral Gardening' 

      (BusinessMirror, July 27, 2020, on page B6)
      Hinatuan Mining Corp. (HMC) announces with pride the success of its coral nursery project in the island of Hinatuan, Tagana-an, Surigao del Norte. HMC is a subsidiary of Nickel Asia Corp. (NAC). “The coral nursery initiative, ...

    • 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 ...

    • 'Spark of hope' 

      Cayon, Manuel T. (BusinessMirror, October 11, 2020, on page A1)
      Meanwhile, MinDA has eyed developing the coastal town of Sultan Naga Dimaporo in Lanao del Norte for bangus fish cage farming to push job generation in this sleepy rural town in northern Mindanao, and, at the same time, ...

    • Testing the waters 

      Acosta, Rene (BusinessMirror, July 19, 2020, on page A1)
      With the United States and Asean’s affirmation of support for the four-year-old ruling of the United Nations (UN) arbitral tribunal, the Philippines should seize the initiative in “implementing” the decision, at the very ...

    • Health, legal, economic issues bug DENR's Manila Bay 'white sand' 

      Fernandez, Butch; Mayuga, Jonathan L. (BusinessMirror, September 8, 2020, on page A8)
      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 ...

    • 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 ...

    • Filipino survivor: Livestock ship with 42 crew sank off Japan coast 

      Mercene, Recto (BusinessMirror, September 4, 2020, on page A3)
      Japanese rescuers were searching Thursday for a livestock ship with 42 crew members on board that a Filipino survivor said sank during rough weather a day earlier off a southern Japanese island, the coast guard said. The ...

    • SMC backs govt effort to clean up Manila Bay 

      Mayuga, Jonathan L. (BusinessMirror, September 24, 2020, on page B2)
      San Miguel Corp. (SMC) President and COO Ramon S. Ang lauded the government’s effort to clean up and rehabilitate Manila Bay which required the dredging and removal of silt, trash, and other obstructions from tributaries. ...

    • Duterte's SCS ruling pitch highlights speech at UNGA 

      Medenilla, Samuel P. (BusinessMirror, September 24, 2020, on page A2)
      President Duterte’s much-awaited debut before the 75th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) late Tuesday night (early morning Manila time) was marked with a strong affirmation of the Philippines’s rights in the South ...

    • 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 ...