Browsing Philippine Daily Inquirer by Place "Rizal"

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    • After lockdown, fish kill hits Laguna de Bay 

      Cinco, Maricar (Philippine Daily Inquirer, June 10, 2020, on page A8)
      Communities on Talim Island in Laguna de Bay lived through the quarantine on surplus fish, after movement restrictions disrupted supply delivery from the island to fish ports and public markets in Metro Manila and nearby ...

    • 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 ...

    • DENR starts dismantling illegal fish cages in Taal Lake 

      Mallari, Delfin Jr (Philippine Daily Inquirer, June 5, 2022, on page A7)
      The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) in the Calabarzon (Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal, Quezon) region has started the demolition of illegal fish cages in Taal Lake. The demolition, which started on ...

    • Laguna de Bay to benefit from trade deal with Hungary 

      Cinco, Maricar (Philippine Daily Inquirer, December 16, 2020, on page A12)
      The Laguna Lake Development Authority (LLDA) is planning to establish a modern and contactless water quality monitoring system across the 90,000-hectare Laguna de Bay as part of the Philippines’ $30-million (P1.44-billion) ...

    • Manila Bay rehab needs everybody's cooperation 

      (Philippine Daily Inquirer, July 14, 2018, on page A6)
      Poor and inefficient solid waste management as well as inadequate proper wastewater treatment facilities have been identified as contributory factors to the worsening state of water in Manila Bay. At least 13 government ...

    • Ondoy' upside: Why lake is till above critical level 

      Cinco, Maricar (Philippine Daily Inquirer, March 25, 2010, on page A11)
      While intense heat due to the El Niño weather phenomenon may be drying up the Laguna de Bay, the lake’s water level has not yet dropped to a critical reading because of too much rainwater dumped last year by Typhoons “Ondoy” ...

    • Settlers give way to Manila Bay rehab: 12,000 Cavite families up for relocation as DENR checks pollution from communities, farms 

      Cinco, Maricar (Philippine Daily Inquirer, January 26, 2019, on page A1-A8)
      Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu on Friday said one of the most difficult tasks in rehabilitating Manila Bay involved dealing with thousands of informal settlers around the water body. Cimatu, in his speech at the inauguration ...

    • Time running out for Taal Lake's 'tawilis'? 

      Cinco, Maricar (Philippine Daily Inquirer, February 10, 2019, on page A10)
      “Tawilis,” the world’s only freshwater sardine, is a delicacy once considered the “poor man’s fish” and a household staple in the communities around Taal Lake. In the old days, the lake would “turn white” at night as schools ...

    • Water hyacinths choke Rizal town: State of calamity declared to clear Laguna de Bay, aid fishers 

      Cinco, Maricar (Philippine Daily Inquirer, November 18, 2017, on page A13)
      Thick beds of water hyacinth in Laguna de Bay have prompted the local government of Cardona in Rizal province to declare the town under a state of calamity. Swaths of the aquatic plant, stretching to about 2 kilometers ...