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Food wrappers top list of collected garbage
Collected food wrappers numbering to 7,047 topped the list of collected garbage during the International Coastal Clean-up (ICC), which cleaned the 5-kilometer stretch of coastal areas of Brgy. Sto. Niño Sur in Arevalo ...
- October 26, 2018
Iloilo City's river dev't project bags 2018 Galing Pook Award
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 ...
- October 15, 2018
Lessons from the ongoing Manila Bay rehab
For almost 100 years, Manila Bay has been abused, misused, and mistreated by Filipinos living around the bay, from Cavite to Manila to Bulacan. Just like our Iloilo Rivers and seas, it has been a symbol of environmental ...
- February 26, 2019
Spill contractor told to hasten cleanup
The Iloilo provincial government told the contractor cleaning the oil spill in Estancia town to hasten its operations. Governor Arthur Defensor Sr. asked Nico Dadis, Kuan Yu Global Technologies Inc. operations manager, ...
- January 14, 2014
DENR'S ten priority agenda: Protect environment, Protect life
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. ...
- December 18, 2018
DENR-6 wages war on plastic straws
The war against beating plastic pollution is becoming widespread, awakening the consciousness of people around the world of its dangerous effects. In order to raise awareness about our plastic pollution problem, the ...
- November 2, 2018
Mayor eyes coastal clean-up drive
In a move to make the coastlines clean, Iloilo City Mayor Jose Espinosa III said the City Government will initiate a clean-up drive. Espinosa has instructed the City Environment and Natural Resources Office (CENRO) to make ...
- February 15, 2019
Bikers’ concern for Iloilo River lauded
The Facebook post of Ilonggo artist and biker Rock Drilon on Apr. 1, 2018 shows two photos of a portion of the riverbanks of Iloilo River before and after it was planted with mangroves. The first photo shows several bikers ...
- April 9, 2018
Cimatu cites PH efforts to protect marine resources at EAS Congress 2018
The Philippines has made notable progress in its efforts to protect the country’s rich marine ecosystems and resources despite many challenges, Environment Secretary Roy A. Cimatu said as he welcomed participants to the ...
- November 1, 2018
Tilapia, bangus fingerlings released at Iloilo River
About 7,000 tilapia and bangus fingerlings were released at Iloilo River recently as part of the Iloilo City government’s efforts to rehabilitate the river. Senate President Franklin Drilon led the dispersal of the fingerlings ...
- March 9, 2015