Browsing Manila Standard by Subject "environmental legislation"
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Aliping rejects watershed rehab
(Manila Standard,January 30, 2015 , on page B7)A lawmaker accused of cutting trees and making excavations inside the Sto. Tomas watershed turned down demands by forestry and environment officials to repair the damages he allegedly caused in the area, a lawyer for the ... -
Balanga wetland to boost economic growth, tourism
(Manila Standard,August 21, 2019 , on page B4)The people of Balanga City in Bataan can look forward to a boost in their tourism industry with the signing into law of a bill declaring their coastal sanctuary as a responsible, community-based ecotourism site. “The ... -
Bantay Dagat volunteers get a benefactor
(Manila Standard,August 3, 2015 , on page C-4)For the past 11 years, First Gen Corporation has been quietly helping protect the fragile ecosystem of the Verde Island passage which has been recognized as the center of the world's marine biodiversity. Unknown to many, ... -
Batangas farm owners warned vs waste in rivers
(Manila Standard,January 21, 2019 , on page B4)The Department of Environment and Natural Resources in Calabarzon has warned livestock farm owners in the province against dumping wastes into rivers. Lawyer Maria Paz G. Luna, DENR Calabarzon Executive Director, said the ... -
BFAR halts sale of corals in Cartimar
(Manila Standard,April 27, 2017 , on page A6)The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources and the National Bureau of Investigation recently stopped the illegal sale of assorted corals and other prohibited species in Cartimar, Pasay City. A total of 3,788 pieces of ... -
BFAR: Pollution caused fish kill
(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 ... -
Boracay as ‘gold standard’
(Manila Standard,October 21, 2018 , on page A4)The Department of the Interior and Local Government wants to make Boracay the gold standard for all resort destinations in the country, even as the Department of Environment and Natural Resources will allow citizens’ arrests ... -
Boracay natives may regain lands
(Manila Standard,June 14, 2018 , on page A1-A2)Speaking in Pampanga during the oathtaking of newly elected barangay captains, the President said he would only want Boracay’s beach front to be used for commercial purposes, while the rest of the island would be subject ... -
Boracay rehabilitation should serve as a model
(Manila Standard,August 18, 2018 , on page B3)The re-opening of Boracay Island on October 26 is probably the most awaited development in the tourism sector. Rehabilitation works are still ongoing in the famous island destination and if regulations and environmental ... -
Boracay reopens for dry run from Oct. 15-25
(Manila Standard,October 15, 2018 , on page A3)An inter-agency task force in charge of the rehabilitation of Boracay will closely monitor compliance with the guidelines it has laid down to protect the resort island from destructive practices during its partial reopening ... -
CDO issued vs. 5 Bay ‘pollutants’
(Manila Standard,February 20, 2019 , on page A3)The Department of Environment and Natural Resources through the Laguna Lake Development Authority on Tuesday issued a cease-and-desist order on five commercial establishments for water pollution at Manila Bay. LLDA served ... -
Chinese jailed for fishing in Galapagos
(Manila Standard,August 29, 2017 , on page C3)A court in Ecuador sentenced the crew if a Chinese ship caught fishing endangered sharks in the Galapagos marine reserve to prison. The Chinese-flagged Fu Yuan Yu Leng 999 was caught within the protected zone on August 13 ... -
DENR asked to probe billionaire’s Palawan structures
(Manila Standard,June 15, 2020 , on page B4)A Puerto Princesa City-based non-government organization asked the Department of Environment and Natural Resources to investigate the alleged use and occupation of untitled lands in areas under the Malampaya Sound Protected ... -
DENR sets all-out Manila Bay rehab
(Manila Standard,December 17, 2018 , on page A3)The Department of Environment and Natural Resources is preparing to embark on a “highly ambitious and more complicated” endeavor in the restoration of the Manila Bay to its pristine state. Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu ... -
DENR violated laws in ’beach’ project—Oceana
(Manila Standard,September 7, 2020 , on page A2)Authorities violated several laws when they dumped crushed dolomite on a 500-meter stretch of the Manila Bay's naturally gray shoreline in Manila to make it appear like white sand, environmental group Oceana Philippines ... -
Eco-waste management convergence strategy
(Manila Standard,February 24, 2020 , on page A5)The “Battle for Manila Bay,” the Department of Environment and Natural Resources’ call to all sectors for pro-active initiatives to clean-up Manila Bay and all water tributaries, recently marked its first year at the Baseco ... -
Enforce fisheries laws—BFAR
(Manila Standard,October 13, 2016 , on page C2)Stronger law enforcement are needed to achieve sustainable fisheries and seafood self-sufficiency in the Philippines, Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources National Director Eduardo Gongona said. Relatedly, the Angono, ... -
Environmental protection order sought against illegal dredging at Bucao River
(Manila Standard,September 27, 2021 , on page A3)A beach farm resort owner has asked the Regional Trial Court in Iba, Zambales to bar the alleged illegal dredging activity at the mouth of Bucao River in Botolan town. Philip Camara sought an Environmental Protection Order ... -
Fishermen protest Bacoor 'reclamation'
(Manila Standard,February 19, 2020 , on page A3)The fisherfolk group Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (Pamalakaya) filed a complaint against Bacoor City Mayor Lani Mercado-Revilla before the Office of the Ombudsman over the proposed 420-hectare ... -
Green and go for Bay cleanup this Sunday
(Manila Standard,January 26, 2019 , on page A2)The Environment Department said Friday it is all systems go for the start of the rehabilitation of Manila Bay on Jan. 27. Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu called the rehabilitation the “Battle for Manila Bay,” which would ...