Browsing The Daily Guardian by Subject "water pollution"
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Ang biyahe sang tubig
(The Daily Guardian,March 4, 2019 , on page 13)Maliempyo nga tubig, indi pa naton matilawan, kon kaisa naga baha-baha sa ibabaw sang kabukiran, maayo iya ang MIWD, ila ini nasolbar, pag abot sa Iloilo City, liempyo nga tubig aton matilawan, sang water treatment facility ... -
Boracay beach oily - EMB
(The Daily Guardian,March 20, 2013 , on page 2)The Environmental Management Bureau (EMB) of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) reported said oil levels in the beachfront of this island resort are way above normal quantities. Samuel Guillergan, ... -
Boracay coasts eyed as water quality management area
(The Daily Guardian,May 15, 2018 , on page 2-14)This island paradise is being eyed as another water quality management area (WQMA) in the region to ensure water quality protection. Engr. Bonifacio Enorme Jr., WQMA focal person of the Department of Environment and Natural ... -
Boracay Water completes sewage treatment plant diversion
(The Daily Guardian,May 11, 2018 , on page 3)Boracay Island Water Company, Inc. (Boracay Water) said it has completed the sewage diversion flow system from its Balabag Sewage Treatment Plant (STP) to the Manocmanoc STP, allowing more establishments and households in ... -
Boracay's environmental woes
(The Daily Guardian,May 5, 2018 , on page 4-5)Some dimwits online and elsewhere are trying to make light of Boracay Island’s environmental problems by spewing fallacies. One hilarious fallacy or lie is that lumot or green algae that bloom in the island’s shoreline are ... -
Communities pollute coastal waters
(The Daily Guardian,April 4, 2019 , on page 1-14)An estimated 17, 991 kilos of plastic and residual wastes were collected during the city government’s “One Time Big Time” coastal cleanup on March 30, 2019, based on a report of City Environmental and Natural Resources ... -
DENR pursues clean water for Filipinos
(The Daily Guardian,January 28, 2019 , on page 3)Water is an element that plays an important role in our daily life. It is one of the primary needs of humans and the environment to survive. A lot of people around the world are dying due to polluted and contaminated water ... -
DENR to rehabilitate Manila Bay using same strategy as Boracay
(The Daily Guardian,December 20, 2018 , on page 13)Buoyed by the success of the Boracay Rehabilitation, The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) is preparing to Embark on a highly ambitious and more complicated endeavor restoring manila bay to its pristine ... -
DENR'S ten priority agenda: Protect environment, Protect life
(The Daily Guardian,December 18, 2018 , on page 3)Scaling up of Coastal and Marine Ecosystem Program: This priority program seeks to strengthen food supply from the rich coastal and marine ecosystems as it also enhances the capabilities of both ecosystems as carbon sinks. ... -
DENR-6 chief calls for ban on plastic products
(The Daily Guardian,July 21, 2018 , on page 13-14)Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR)-6 Regional Director Jim O. Sampulna asked the public to avoid using plastic products, especially single-use plastic. For the record, there are about 8 million metric ... -
Duterte creates Boracay inter-agency rehab task force
(The Daily Guardian,May 11, 2018 , on page 3)Two weeks after the closure of Boracay, President Rodrigo Duterte signed an executive order creating an inter-agency task force that would “reverse” degradation on the island paradise. Under EO No. 53, which the President ... -
For good or for show?: City Hall mulls Boracay-like rehab of coastal barangays
(The Daily Guardian,March 6, 2019 , on page 1-14)Inspired by the national government’s initiative in Boracay Island in Aklan and Manila Bay rehabilitation program, the city government will soon be launching its own coastal cleanup in 26 coastal barangays in the metro ... -
Garbage booms set up to keep Iloilo River clean.
(The Daily Guardian,July 18, 2017 , on page B7)The Iloilo city government through the City Agriculture Office has the installation of garbage boom in bodies of water here to track the barangays which are sources of garbage found in Iloilo River. Garbage boom is a ... -
Globe launches long-term conservation plan for Boracay
(The Daily Guardian,June 15, 2018 , on page 13)Globe Telecom has launched its long-term conservation and sustainability plan for Boracay, starting with its initiatives to help address untreated sewage that is causing pollution into the waters of the island. Globe ... -
Globe, partners start long-term Boracay conservation drive
(The Daily Guardian,July 25, 2018 , on page 10)Globe Telecom, along with its partners, has kicked off initiatives to help address environmental issues besetting the country’s top tourist draw, Boracay Island. It recently held an environmental education and leadership ... -
Gov't may limit tourists, infrastructures in Boracay
(The Daily Guardian,July 14, 2018 , on page 3)Interior Undersecretary Epimaco III on Friday said the government may limit the number of tourists and infrastructure on Boracay island to prevent another shutdown. Densing said the rehabilitation of the island is on course ... -
[ Green algae ]
(The Daily Guardian,May 1, 2018 , on page 3)The growth of green algae is being blamed on the sewerage problems and pollutions caused by illegal establishments in Boracay. -
Households pollute Iloilo River, creeks
(The Daily Guardian,March 4, 2014 , on page 1-7)The Iloilo City Environment and National Resources Office (City ENRO) said households are to be blamed for the pollution of the Iloilo River and two creeks. Engr. Noel Hechanova, City ENRO chief, said unclean and mismanaged ... -
Iloilo City's river dev't project bags 2018 Galing Pook Award
(The Daily Guardian,October 15, 2018 , on page 13)The Iloilo-Batiano River Development Project was one of the top ten recipients of the highly coveted Galing Pook Awards 2018. Mayor Jose Espinosa III received the plaque together with other city officials at the Novotel ... -
Iloilo River still dirty
(The Daily Guardian,March 11, 2013 , on page 1-7)June Falcis, 16, of Iloilo City Proper and his friends love to plunge into the Iloilo River to cool off the summer heat which is setting in this month. The group said they don’t mind the sometimes murky and smelly water ...