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60% of PHl beaches unsafe due to fecal coliform levels – EMB-DENR
The Environmental Management Bureau (EMB-DENR) reported that the amount of fecal bacteria found in 60 percent of the country's recreational waters exceeded safe levels, GMA 7 news program "24 Oras" reported on Friday. ...
- May 29, 2018
Boracay has 423 hectares available for land reform
There are 423 hectares of agricultural land in Boracay that President Rodrigo Duterte may place under land reform and distribute to beneficiaries, Agrarian Reform Secretary John Castriciones said on Wednesday. Castriciones ...
- April 27, 2018
Dead sea turtle with Taiwan metal tag found off Negros Occodental
A fisherman in Negros Occidental found a dead hawksbill sea turtle with a tracking device on the back and Taiwan metal tags on both of its hind flippers. Quoting the fisherman who found the dead turtle, Mavee Ponciano, ...
- June 28, 2018
SRP on fish meant to stabilize price movements - BFAR
The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) said on Saturday that subjecting three fish varieties under a suggested retail price (SRP) is meant to stabilize and monitor price movements. Gongona said that setting ...
- July 3, 2018
Boracay to officially reopen on October 26 - Cimatu
Boracay Island will officially reopen to the general public on October 26, Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu said on Wednesday. Cimatu made the announcement only less than three months after the popular island resort was ...
- July 12, 2018
Water sample tests in NegOcc fishkill show 'above standard limit'
The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) in Region 6 has released the results of tests on the water samples taken from portions of river in Pontevedra town where a fishkill incident was reported recently. Teody ...
- May 29, 2018
Who is the man tasked to execute US' military policy in South China Sea?
When journalists covering the 2018 Rim of the Pacific Exercises were told we were meeting with the US Indo-Pacific Command commander Admiral Philip Davidson, I considered it a rare opportunity to meet the man tasked to ...
- July 23, 2018
Gov't may limit tourists, infrastructures in Boracay
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 ...
- July 14, 2018
China has control of Scarborough, fisher says
Despite it being within the Philippines' 200-nautical-mile Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), Scarborough Shoal seems to be under the control of China, at least according to one of the fishermen whose catch were seized by ...
- June 12, 2018