Browsing Philippine Daily Inquirer by Place "Laguna Lake"

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    • 1,000 ha of fish pens first to go on April 1 

      Cinco, Maricar (Philippine Daily Inquirer, March 20, 2017, on page A18)
      Thirty corporate and individually-owned fish pens, occupying a total area of 1,000 hectares in Laguna Lake, would be the first to be demolished as the government opens up the lake, according to a list issued by the Laguna ...

    • Court stops demolition of Laguna lake fishpens: LLDA says ruling from Court of Appeals a setback in President Duterte’s environmental campaign 

      Cinco, Maricar (Philippine Daily Inquirer, November 11, 2017, on page A13)
      A recent Court of Appeals (CA) ruling allowed fishpen owners to continue operating in Laguna de Bay, prompting a state agency to call the decision a “setback” in President Duterte’s campaign to clean and clear the country’s ...

    • Demolition of fish pens in Laguna Lake starts 

      Cinco, Maricar (Philippine Daily Inquirer, August 10, 2016, on page A8)
      Two fish pens, occupying about 100 hectares in the Laguna Lake, were demolished early Tuesday as part of the government’s effort to ease the overly congested water body covering parts of Laguna and Rizal provinces and Metro ...

    • Knife fish newest scourge in Laguna’s fish farms 

      Sotelo, Yolanda (Philippine Daily Inquirer, February 17, 2013, on page A10)
      If you can’t lick them, eat them. Or feed them to other fish. The knife fish, an ornamental fish whose population has boomed and is harming the aquaculture industry in Laguna Lake, will be converted into fish meal and fed ...

    • Muntinlupa City gets P1M for Laguna Lake cleanup 

      Cabalza, Dexter; Umal, Aizam (Philippine Daily Inquirer, June 12, 2019, on page A2-3)
      The Laguna Lake Development Authority (LLDA) has turned over P1 million to the Muntinlupa City government for emergency response and the cleanup of Laguna de Bay and its tributaries in the city. LLDA officials led by general ...

    • Prelate on Laguna Lake: It will die 

      Ponte, Romulo O. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, August 5, 2016, on page A7)
      In a gathering in this city last week, retired Manila Archbishop Gaudencio Cardinal Rosales said it is the duty of everyone to take care of the lake by not contributing to its death. “Time will come, that if Laguna Lake ...

    • When development is good for the environment 

      Cruz, Neal H. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, September 10, 2012, on page A18)
      The recent flood spawned by the monsoon rains that hit Metro Manila and parts of Central Luzon have triggered widespread finger-pointing. Many were quick to blame the squatters who had built their shanties along the banks ...