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NVizcaya mine continues protection of rivers
Artisanal mining, including some small-scale mining prevalent upstream in the upland town of Kasibu which continues to this day, has resulted in the elevated total suspended solids (TSS) levels in the Didipio River and ...
- January 10, 2019
Planning initiatives for Laguna Lake: Part 2
Our aspiration to save Laguna Lake has been reignited. Last week, Secretary Roy Cimatu of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) invited to a meeting myself and representatives from the Laguna Lake ...
- May 23, 2019
The looming water crisis of 2020
This September, Manila Water Co. Inc. announced that despite the low supply allocation, it has been able to restore 24-hour water availability to 100 percent of its customers in the Manila East Zone with at least 7 pounds ...
- October 18, 2019
Esperon wants Pag-asa Island declared protected area
The Philippines is considering declaring Pag-asa (Thitu) Island and the eastern part of the Kalayaan Island Group (Spratly Group of Islands) as maritime protected areas (MPA), National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon ...
- April 25, 2019
Boat-ramming incident: Manila to hale Chinese to court
The Philippine government would hale to court the captain and crew of the Chinese ship that rammed a Filipino fishing boat near Recto (Reed) Bank if the Chinese government failed to impose sanctions against them, Malacañang ...
- July 9, 2019
Agriculture, fisheries top BARMM for investment
The Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) is pushing for agriculture and fisheries as its top industries for foreign and local investments given its vast lands and rich water resources said Minister Abuamri ...
- October 16, 2019
DILG to LGUS: 'Revoke business permits of polluters'
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) ordered 178 local government units (LGUs)in the National Capital Region (NCR), Central Luzon and Calabarzon (Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal, and Quezon) to revoke ...
- March 20, 2019
Palace takes over all reclamation projects in the country
The Office of the President (OP) now has direct control and supervision over the Philippine Reclamation Authority (PRA), which has jurisdiction over 43 reclamation projects in Manila Bay alone. One reclamation project has ...
- January 5, 2019
Lorenzana also changes tune, hits China's Spratlys claim
China has been relying on an “imagined historical claim” over the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea), Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said on Sunday, as he also stepped up his rhetoric against Beijing. This was after ...
- April 15, 2019
US Navy confirms real intent of PH arbitration vs China
The US Navy last week, in its actions and official statements, in effect revealed what was really one of the real aims of the Philippines’ arbitration suit that President Aquino 3rd and his foreign secretary Albert del ...
- November 25, 2019