Browsing Philippine Daily Inquirer by Subject "River banks"

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    • Cimatu wants to ban parked vessels on Pasig River 

      Enano, Jhesset O. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, September 16, 2019, on page A18)
      Aside from illegal structures built beside the Pasig River and its tributaries, Environment Secretary and now Pasig River Rehabilitation Commission (PRRC) Chair Roy Cimatu will also address yet another “eyesore:” illegally ...

    • Gains of Pasig River rehab project cited in 6th year 

      Granali, Rima (Philippine Daily Inquirer, February 20, 2015, on page A26)
      The Kapit-Bisig para sa Ilog Pasig (KBPIP) project has not only rehabilitated the storied river but also spurred changes well beyond its banks. “My seemingly ‘mission impossible’ tasks—such as traffic management and cleanup ...

    • Iloilo beautification project killing mangroves 

      Burgos, Nestor, Jr. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, August 15, 2017, on page A11)
      Unseen in a river system that Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu once described as the cleanest he had seen in the country are mangroves dying because they had been submerged in too much fresh water. A mangrove specialist ...

    • Iloilo River Development Project 

      (Philippine Daily Inquirer, June 1, 2015, on page A13)
      The ground-breaking Iloilo River Development Project has led to the successful rehabilitation of the 15-kilometer estuarine. In 2004, the Iloilo-Batiano River Development Council (IBRDC) relocated 1,000 families who were ...

    • Manila Bay rehab: raps eyed vs uncooperative lgus 

      Gascon, Melvin (Philippine Daily Inquirer, December 22, 2018, on page A8)
      An interagency task force is set to file charges against local officials who have not been cooperating with government efforts to clean up Manila Bay. “[The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG)] is now ...

    • Moving Cagayan folk away from river eyed 

      Enano, Jhesset O.; Visaya, Villamor Jr. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, November 27, 2020, on page A6)
      The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) is looking at the possible relocation of residents living along the banks of Cagayan River, after Typhoon “Ulysses” (international name: Vamco) caused widespread ...

    • Priests, nuns get hands dirty for PH rivers 

      Enano, Jhesset O.; Perez, Cedrix (Philippine Daily Inquirer, October 7, 2018, on page A8)
      Amid rapid urban development in Quezon City, the San Francisco River has stood as silent witness to the changes that people had wrought in the area. Decades ago, Franciscan priests followed its banks as they trekked from ...