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Citizen’s group supports Manila Bay rehabilitation
The nationwide citizen’s movement Maypagasa has thrown its support for the “Battle of Manila Bay” led by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR). Maypagasa is a multi-sectoral group that advocates good ...
- February 14, 2019
16 more Manila Bay polluters named
Sixteen more establishments have been found polluting the Manila Bay, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) said on Thursday. Data released by the Laguna Lake Development Authority (LLDA), one of the ...
- February 1, 2019
Greenpeace ship campaigns vs plastics
The Rainbow Warrior, Greenpeace’s flagship vessel, will arrive this Friday in Manila for the “Ship the Plastic Back” tour and will join millions of Filipinos rallying against plastic pollution. Angelica Carballo Pago, ...
- March 1, 2019
Garbage at sea
In 2018, the Philippines ratified Annex V of the International Convention on the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (Marpol) a bit late for an archipelago, indeed. But just the same its good to have another compelling ...
- May 15, 2019
Duterte forms body to expedite Bay rehab
President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered the creation of an inter-agency task force to speed up the rehabilitation of the Manila Bay. Administrative Order 16, signed by Duterte on February 19, takes effect immediately. “The ...
- February 22, 2019
Planning initiatives for Laguna Lake: Part 1
While the rehabilitation of Manila Bay is well underway, I believe revitalization efforts must encompass other bodies of water, such as Laguna Lake, which are sources of environmental pollution that eventually flows into ...
- May 16, 2019
Regional cooperation in marine environment protection
The subject is timely as the rehabilitation of the waters of Manila Bay gains Presidential attention — a call we made in this column several months back. In Singapore last week, the focus shifted to the regional level at ...
- January 22, 2019
Pasig River: The dying vein of Manila
It is just a single flow of water that has given rise to the complexity and diversity of all life that we know of today. Rivers are the foundations of civilizations throughout the course of human history, from the Nile, ...
- November 22, 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
The Manila Bay challenge
I know President Rodrigo Duterte is still understandably ecstatic about how he rehabilitated Boracay Island after shutting down the tourist attraction for six months last year. But rehabilitating Manila Bay, which he has ...
- January 11, 2019