Browsing The Manila Times by Subject "tourism"

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    • ADB supports Palawan tourism devt project 

      Gonzales, Anna Leah E. (The Manila Times, October 24, 2019, on page B4)
      The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is working with the Department of Tourism (DoT) in preparing a tourism development project that will ensure a sustainable environment for El Nido and Coron in Palawan. “Palawan is known as ...

    • Agriculture's water problems can become too big. 

      Dar, William (The Manila Times, June 16, 2017, on page B5)
      It may even boil down to the following: store rainwater, by increasing the absorptive capacity of watersheds through reforestation and building more small water storage (impounding) and catchment systems; expand both the ...

    • Antique's underwater beauty preems on Discovery Channel 

      Alpad, Christina (The Manila Times, March 23, 2022, on page C8)
      Antique may not be the first province that comes to mind when one thinks of Western Visayas. With the world-famous Boracay Island in Aklan, culinary hotspot Iloilo and the Mango Capital of the Philippines, Guimaras, among ...

    • Baguio’s water quality ‘improves’ under ECQ 

      Keith, Gaby B. (The Manila Times, May 27, 2020, on page A7)
      It is not just the air but also the Summer Capital’s water quality that benefited from the eight-week restrained human activity during enhanced community quarantine (ECQ). The city is currently under general community ...

    • Bali declares 'garbage emergency' amid sea of waste 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (The Manila Times, December 29, 2017, on page B5)
      Bali’s palm-fringed Kuta beach has long been a favorite with tourists seeking sun and surf, but nowadays its golden shoreline is disappearing under a mountain of garbage. Plastic straws and food packaging are strewn between ...

    • Boracay placed under state of calamity 

      Villanueva, Ralph U.; Narra, Roy D. R. (The Manila Times, April 27, 2018, on page A1-A8)
      President Rodrigo Duterte officially placed three villages of the famed Boracay Island under a “state of calamity” and declared the resort destination closed to tourists for a six-month rehabilitation and clean up starting ...

    • Cagayan tourism town to boost fishery industry 

      Domingo, Leander (The Manila Times, August 3, 2018, on page B6)
      With P10 million worth of fisheries livelihood projects as its prize, the municipality of Claveria in Cagayan province has laid down its plans to develop a sustainable fishing industry in its coastal villages. Last year, ...

    • Cimatu to BMB chief: Bring back puka shells 

      Gomez, Eireene Jairee (The Manila Times, April 11, 2018, on page A2)
      Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu had an immediate order for Biodiversity Management Bureau (BMB) chief Crisanta Marlene Rodriguez when he welcomed her to her post — bring back puka shells in Boracay. Cimatu directed Rodriguez ...

    • Coordinating body for PH marine ecosystem pushed 

      (The Manila Times, May 10, 2016, on page B7)
      A De La Salle University (DLSU) professor proposes the establishment of a coordinating body in the Philippines that will make sure coastal ecosystems in the country are healthy in order to help combat the effects of climate ...

    • Countries should unite vs sea militarization 

      Reyes, Dempsey (The Manila Times, June 6, 2018, on page A3)
      Countries in Asia should “band together” in voicing out their concerns against China’s militarization of the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea), Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana, said Tuesday. “I think what should ...

    • DENR chief orders Puerto Galera rehab 

      Gomez, Eireene Jairee (The Manila Times, December 4, 2019, on page A7)
      Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu has ordered the rehabilitation of Puerto Galera in Mindoro Oriental to follow in the footsteps of Boracay in Aklan and Manila Bay in a bid to protect and preserve the country’s prime tourist ...

    • DoT 11 holds Davao Oriental dive fest 

      (The Manila Times, August 20, 2019, on page B7)
      To promote and develop the dive tourism industry in the Davao Region, the Department of Tourism Region 11 held the first Sawom Dabaw, the Davao Oriental Dive Festival in Governor Generoso (GovGen). “Sawom”, which literally ...

    • DOT, private group host food, agritourism event 

      The Times (The Manila Times, September 14, 2018, on page B11)
      The second edition of the “Philippine Harvest: Sustainable Living, Food and Travel” staged in cooperation with the Department of Tourism (DOT) successfully highlighted farm tourism, local food, and tourist destinations ...

    • DTM showcases PHL 'ultimate underwater tourism' 

      (The Manila Times, September 17, 2018, on page B7)
      Tourism Secretary Berna Romulo-Puyat has expressed confidence that international exposure will make the Philippines a globally competitive diving destination, owing to the country's marine biodiversity, acknowledged by ...

    • Ecobricks movement gaining ground in PH 

      Gajate, Stanley Buenafe (The Manila Times, June 21, 2018, on page B6)
      The use of Ecobricks is gaining ground in the Philippines with a handful of green advocates believing it could help the country reduce plastic pollution, especially in water bodies. “In the beginning, it was more like for ...

    • Environmental degradation is Boracay's main problem 

      (The Manila Times, May 10, 2018, on page B6)
      Scientists and academicians gathered in Manila last month for a conference to map out a plan for Boracay's rehabilitation while tracing the resort island's woes to environmental degradation due to poor local governance.

    • Eviction notice sparks confusion in Coron 

      (The Manila Times, January 18, 2019, on page A7)
      Residents and owners of establishments in Coron, Palawan were confused by official notices to vacate that the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) issued in May 2018. The notices gave the recipients 30 ...

    • Glan town launches dive tourism 

      (The Manila Times, May 14, 2021, on page B14)
      Scuba divers and aquasports enthusiasts will have more options in exploring the undiscovered marine world of southern Mindanao with the recent launch of the dive tourism program of Glan, Sarangani. Held during the town’s ...

    • Great Barrier Reef bleaching worst – scientists 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (The Manila Times, April 8, 2020, on page B3)
      Australia’s Great Barrier Reef had suffered its most widespread coral bleaching on record, scientists said Tuesday in a dire warning about the threat posed by climate change to the world’s largest living organism. James ...

    • Infanta's Ecopark opened to volunteers 

      Otordoz, Belinda (The Manila Times, July 30, 2023, on page A8)
      Visitors can unleash their environment-champion streak as the Binonoan Producers Cooperative (Bipco) Mangrove Forest Ecological Park in Barangay Binonoan in this town opens its volunteerism opportunities to interested ...