Browsing Philippine Daily Inquirer by Author "Reyes-Estrope, Carmela"

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    • Angat water for Metro Manila further cut; reduction till June 30 

      Reyes-Estrope, Carmela (Philippine Daily Inquirer, June 22, 2019, on page A4)
      The National Water Resources Board (NWRB) has again reduced the water allocation of Metro Manila from Angat Dam as the regulator expected the level at the reservoir to hit the critical mark of 160 meters above sea level. ...

    • Bulacan, Pampanga farms to get less water from Angat 

      Reyes-Estrope, Carmela (Philippine Daily Inquirer, February 3, 2022, on page A10)
      The water elevation at Angat Dam on Wednesday dropped to 197.06 meters above sea level, which was still far below the normal high water mark of 212 masl, according to the Bulacan Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction Management ...

    • Fishers groups raises alarm over Cavite reclamation project 

      Cinco, Maricar; Reyes-Estrope, Carmela (Philippine Daily Inquirer, September 27, 2020, on page A13)
      A militant fishers group warned that an ecologically disastrous reclamation of hundreds of hectares of the Manila Bay off the coastline of Cavite province, which would also displace hundreds of small fishers, violated a ...

    • Floods unleash fish bonanza 

      Reyes-Estrope, Carmela (Philippine Daily Inquirer, August 19, 2018, on page A9)
      Floods have made 758 fishpond operators in Bulacan province poorer by as much as P54 million, with thousands of fish escaping from their pens since the prolonged monsoon rains this week. But escaping fish like “tilapia” ...

    • More firms closed over bay pollution 

      Reyes-Estrope, Carmela (Philippine Daily Inquirer, February 2, 2019, on page A9)
      Environment officials on Friday shut down more companies in Bulacan province that were found polluting Manila Bay while they required other firms to clear their septic tanks. Lormelyn Claudio, director of the Environmental ...

    • Price of 'bangus' dips due to quarantine restrictions 

      Sotelo, Yolanda; Reyes-Estrope, Carmela (Philippine Daily Inquirer, September 6, 2020, on page A10)
      The price of “bangus” (milkfish) in Pangasinan province has slightly gone down, and producers are blaming strict quarantine protocols due to the coronavirus pandemic. Alex Soriano, vice president of Feedmix Specialists ...

    • Provinces start to reel from El Niño 

      Gamil, Jaymee T.; Alipala, Julie; Magbanua, Willamor; Sotelo, Yolanda; Cardinoza, Gabriel; Adriano, Leilanie; Visaya, Villamor Jr.; Reyes-Estrope, Carmela; Arguelles, Mar S. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, March 12, 2019, on page A6)
      At Laoag City in Ilocos Norte province, farmers have started harvesting crops such as corn earlier than scheduled before these are laid to waste due to rising temperatures. Some fishpond operators have also been harvesting ...

    • 'Quinta' lashes Luzon; 13 fishermen missing 

      Andrade, Jeannette I.; Enano, Jhesset O.; Pazzibugan, Dona Z.; Domingo, Ronnel W.; Cinco, Maricar; Mallari, Delfin T. Jr.; Mier-Manjares, Ma. April; Virola, Madonna T.; Arguelles, Mar; Reyes-Estrope, Carmela; Visaya, Villamor Jr.; Refraccion, Greg; Orejas, Tonette (Philippine Daily Inquirer, October 27, 2020, on page A4)
      Typhoon “Quinta” lashed Luzon overnight, dumping heavy rains that caused flooding, toppling power lines, and whipping up giant waves that sank at least 30 boats off Batangas and Bataan provinces, disaster officials said ...

    • Regulate 'bangus' stock, Bulacan fish growers told 

      Reyes-Estrope, Carmela (Philippine Daily Inquirer, May 15, 2018, on page A8)
      Fish pen operators in Bulacan towns like Obando have been asked to regulate the volume of fish grown in their ponds, in the aftermath of the recent fishkill that resulted in losses worth about P30 million. Fish pens covering ...

    • Senate bill to require buyback of plastics 

      Reyes-Estrope, Carmela (Philippine Daily Inquirer, June 30, 2018, on page A8)
      The Senate plans to push legislation to require beverage manufacturers to buy back plastic bottles sold at supermarkets and retail and help reduce the country’s plastic pollution. The country, along with China, Indonesia, ...