Browsing Philippine Daily Inquirer by Place "Cagayan"

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    • 500-hectare bamboo plantation, dredging to reduce Cagayan floods 

      Visaya, Villamor Jr (Philippine Daily Inquirer, January 24, 2022, on page A8)
      Riverside communities in Cagayan province have been asked to guard a 500-hectare plantation made up of bamboo and homegrown tree species that will help protect Cagayan River and avoid future floods. The Regional Build Back ...

    • Cagayan flooding seen to ease with river rehab: Project part of gov’t postdisaster program for typhoon-hit areas 

      Visaya, Villamor Jr.; Subingsubing, Krixia (Philippine Daily Inquirer, February 3, 2021, on page A8)
      The rehabilitation of Cagayan River, the country’s longest waterway spanning 500 kilometers, started on Tuesday to prevent severe flooding in Cagayan Valley during the rainy months and when typhoons batter northern Luzon. ...

    • DENR OKs dredging of Cagayan River: Sandbars in 19 priority sites to be removed to ease water flow as gov’t seeks long-term solution to flooding in Cagayan Valley 

      Enano, Jhesset O. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, December 8, 2020, on page A10)
      Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu has given the green light to dredge several sandbars along Cagayan River in a bid to widen the country’s longest river after the widespread flooding caused by Typhoon “Ulysses” (international ...

    • Dredging of Cagayan Bicol rivers approved 

      Enano, Jhesset O.; Arguelles, Mar S.; Adonis, Meg (Philippine Daily Inquirer, November 17, 2020, on page A5)
      The government has endorsed the dredging of the Cagayan and Bicol rivers following the deadly floods that hit Cagayan Valley region in northern Luzon and Bicol region in southern Luzon during the onslaught of successive ...

    • Fisheries research facilities established by new laws 

      Aurelio, Julie M. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, August 30, 2019, on page A11)
      President Duterte has signed two laws creating fisheries research facilities in Cagayan and Lanao del Norte. Republic Act No. 11400 establishes a fisheries research center in Abulug, Cagayan, while RA 11401 establishes a ...

    • Hope for the crocs 

      Mascariñas, Erwin M.; Cinco, Maricar; Baraoidan, Kimmy; Miranda, Romar (Philippine Daily Inquirer, January 5, 2020, on page A12)
      The Philippine crocodile (Crocodylus mindorensis) is among the local species categorized in the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species as “critically endangered,” with its ...

    • Landbank expands center for farmers, fisherfolk 

      Lagare, Jordeene (Philippine Daily Inquirer, May 10, 2023, on page B3)
      State-owned Land Bank of the Philippines recently unveiled its newest agricultural hub in Cagayan, the first such center in the province, in an effort to extend financial assistance to more farmers and fishers. The latest ...

    • Reviving our rivers 

      (Philippine Daily Inquirer, December 2, 2018, on page 11)
      Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu’s recent directive for a national river cleanup hardly merited mention in the roiling national conversation, but, done properly, the program could have far-reaching impact across generations ...

    • Sea turtle bought by tourists freed 

      Visaya, Villamor Jr. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, June 26, 2018, on page A8)
      A green sea turtle bought by Chinese tourists was rescued on Wednesday and set free on Thursday by employees of the Cagayan Economic Zone Authority (Ceza). Freeport workers saw the turtle being carried in a sack by resort ...