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    • Bangus shortage: LLDA reso stinks- fishers 

      Mauricio, Orlan L. (Manila Standard, September 24, 2018, on page A1-A2)
      Growers, small fishermen, market dealers, brokers, fishpen and fishpond operators in Rizal and Laguna, and fingerling suppliers and traders from Bulacan, Pampanga, Bataan, Pangasinan and Metro Manila are seeking the help ...
    • BFAR: Pollution caused fish kill 

      Cruz, Maricel V. (Manila Standard, October 13, 2019, on page A4)
      Water pollution and not blast fishing caused the recent case of fish kill off Las Piñas and Parañaque in Manila Bay where at least 30 tubs of dead fish were found along the coastline, the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic ...
    • Dismantle fish pens,fishers demand 

      (Manila Standard, February 14, 2017, on page A3)
      The militant fisherfolk group Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (Pamalakaya), together with environmental alliance Save Laguna lake Movement,on Monday staged a picket in the offices of the Laguna Lake ...
    • Fighting climate change 

      Mariano, Nathaniel (Manila Standard, February 12, 2018, on page D11)
      Intense rainfall persisting over days, droughts threatening the farmlands and the farmers' livelihood, continuously rising sea levels and alarming flashfloods -- these are only some of the negative effects that the mankind ...
    • Fighting climate change 

      (Manila Standard, June 5, 2018, on page C2)
      Intense rainfall persisting over days, droughts threatening the farmlands and the farmers’ livelihood, continuously rising sea levels and alarming flashfloods – these are only some of the negative effects that the mankind ...
    • Fisherfolk: Demolish fish pens 

      Araneta, Sandy (Manila Standard, April 1, 2017, on page A3)
      On the deadline of the fish pen demolition, the fisherfolk group Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (Pamalakaya) and the environmental alliance Save Laguna Lake Movement urged authorities to hasten the ...
    • How to rehabilitate Manila Bay 

      Lopez, Tony (Manila Standard, February 8, 2019, on page A5)
      In 1975, environmental planner Architect Felino “Jun” Palafox and colleagues from the Planning and Project Development Office of the Department of Public Works, Transportation, and Communication unveiled the Manila Bay ...
    • Laguna Lake project critical, says group 

      (Manila Standard, September 17, 2010, on page A2)
      The Laguna Lake Rehabilitation Project will help avert a water supply crisis and the flooding of Metro Manila and nearby provinces because it is not only about dredging and cleaning up the lake, a group says. Pamana Lawa, ...
    • Laguna's pangasius fish program launched 

      (Manila Standard, December 24, 2010, on page A6)
      Laguna Gov. Jeorge Ejercito Estregan officially led the launching of the Pangasius Industry Development Program Livelihood Backyard Fish Farming at the Provincial Capitol for public markets and supermarkets in the province. ...
    • LGUs honored on Manila Bay efforts 

      Zurbano, Joel E. (Manila Standard, December 15, 2022, on page A3)
      The government has awarded outstanding cities and municipalities for their contributions to rehabilitate and protect the Manila Bay watershed and for being compliant with the Philippine Fisheries Code. Department of the ...
    • LLDA to remove Laguna Bay pens 

      Teves, Catherine (Manila Standard, March 18, 2017, on page A6)
      Laguna Lake Development Authority will start dismantling next month the 30 fish pens the agency prioritized for removal from dying Laguna de Bay, the Philippines’ largest lake as part of a rehabilitation program, LLDA ...
    • Officials struggle to make Laguna Lake cleaner 

      Campos, Othel V. (Manila Standard, February 11, 2010, on page D6)
      There was a time when Laguna de Bay was the pride and joy of residents not only for its beauty but because of the benefits people got from the lake itself. But 40 years of uncontrolled peripheral activities and man-made ...
    • Saving the bay 

      Banayo, Lito (Manila Standard, February 6, 2019, on page A5)
      Weeks back, the DENR announced that it would start the Herculean task of cleaning up Manila Bay, until it becomes “swimmable” once again. And after a week of removing tons and tons of garbage floating in the nearby sections ...
    • Tilapia project for Laguna, Batangas 

      Gunio, Butch (Manila Standard, November 6, 2020, on page A4)
      An initiative of the Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic and Natural Resources Research and Development (PCAARRD) is making tilapia farming accessible to beneficiaries in Laguna and Batangas. A total of 14 farmer ...
    • What we need to do in Manila Bay 

      La Viña, Tony (Manila Standard, February 12, 2019, on page A4-A5)
      Last Saturday, I wrote about the 2008 decision of the Supreme Court Decision which ordered the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority, Department of Environment and Natural Resources, and other government agencies to ...