Browsing Philippine Daily Inquirer by Subject "sewage"

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    • Boracay cleanup jacks up Ayala unit’s capex 

      Domingo, Ronnel (Philippine Daily Inquirer, June 23, 2018, on page B4)
      The Ayala group unit that is one of the two water service providers on Boracay Island expects its capital expenditures this year to rise to P700 million from P677 million amid cleanup efforts in the area. Joseph Michael ...

    • Boracay corals dying fast, says group 

      Burgos, Nestor P. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, March 21, 2015, on page A13)
      After concerns have been raised about the deteriorating water quality at a portion of the pristine White Beach of the island in Malay, Aklan province, a coral reef rehabilitation group has now reported mass dying of corals. ...

    • Favorite Pinoy breakfast at risk 

      Thomson Reuters Foundation (Philippine Daily Inquirer, November 30, 2018, on page A10)
      Dried fish for breakfast, fried to a crisp with a splash of spiced vinegar, garlic fried rice and a runny egg yolk, is the kind of breakfast that Filipinos crave. The dish, often made with sardines, anchovies, round scad ...

    • Island beaches shut down to save fragile ecosystems 

      Chandran, Rina (Philippine Daily Inquirer, March 29, 2018, on page A4)
      Not only Boracay Island but also Maya Bay will be off limits to visitors this year as officials seek to protect ecosystems crumbling from warming seas and unchecked sprawl, despite the risk to tourism revenues and tens of ...

    • Laguna de Bay in grave peril 

      Cinco, Maricar (Philippine Daily Inquirer, January 5, 2017, on page A1)
      Bayani Enriquez has happy childhood memories of swimming and fishing in Laguna de Bay in the 1980s. Now, the lake is weighed down by shanties, fish pens, illegal reclamation, industrial pollution, sewage and sedimentation. ...

    • 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 ...

    • Pollution, squatting, industries hasten death of Laguna de Bay 

      Cinco, Maricar (Philippine Daily Inquirer, January 5, 2017, on page A6)
      Bayani Enriquez, 54, grew up by Laguna de Bay in this city in Laguna province. Back in the 1980s, he often spent time with friends swimming or fishing in the lake’s unobstructed waters. But much of the open space is now ...

    • Ramon Magsaysay laureate says Manila Bay is a toilet bowl that never gets flushed 

      Yap, DJ (Philippine Daily Inquirer, May 22, 2018, on page A6)
      If the world-famous resort island of Boracay is a "cesspool," Manila Bay, with its world-renowned sunset, is a "toilet bowl" that's used every day but never flushed, according to an environmental lawyer and Ramon Magsaysay ...

    • Water contamination in El Nido beach? 

      Miranda, Romar (Philippine Daily Inquirer, October 23, 2020, on page A6)
      Just as tourism and local government officials were preparing to reopen to visitors the beaches of El Nido in Palawan province, hailed as the 2020 “best island in the world,” photos and videos surfaced on social media on ...