Browsing Manila Standard by Subject "faecal coliforms"

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    • Can the DENR hack it? 

      Hilario, Ernesto M. (Manila Standard, January 22, 2019, on page A5)
      This Sunday (Jan. 27) the Department of Environment and Natural Resources begins implementing a 10-year plan costing a whopping P42 billion to revive Manila Bay from decades of pollution and urban blight. You will recall ...

    • Cleaning up Manila Bay 

      Fianza, Florencio (Manila Standard, January 10, 2019, on page A5)
      President Duterte could be embarking on what can only be termed as the most ambitious environmental cleanup project in the country. This is the cleaning of Manila Bay. If he succeeds, it will be one of the crowning ...

    • 'Declare Manila Bay reclamation-free zone' 

      Casas, Willie (Manila Standard, January 29, 2020, on page A6)
      As the Department of Environment and Natural Resources marks the first year of Manila Bay Rehabilitation Program with bragging about lower coliform levels in Manila city bayside, former Anakpawis Party-list Rep. Ariel ...

    • DENR put fence along Bay seawall 

      Araja, Rio N. (Manila Standard, February 7, 2019, on page A3)
      Three days from now, the Manila Baywalk will be closed for any swimming activity, at least for the next six months. This is because the Department of Environment and Natural Resources plans to put up a perimeter fence along ...

    • DENR sets all-out Manila Bay rehab 

      Araja, Rio N. (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 ...

    • Estrada warns vs swimming in 'polluted Manila Bay' 

      Barcelo, Vito (Manila Standard, March 14, 2018, on page B4)
      Manila Mayor Joseph Estrada on Tuesday warned the public against swimming in Manila Bay to cope with rising temperatures, saying the polluted water body could pose serious health risks such as diarrhea, cholera, typhoid ...

    • Manila Bay worse, ₱3-b rehab eyed 

      (Manila Standard, January 3, 2019, on page B4)
      Manila Bay is worse off a decade after a Supreme Court decision ordering local government units and government agencies to rehabilitate it, and officials of LGUs surrounding the bay may face administrative charges soon. ...

    • 'Stretch of shoreline' closed to public 

      Araja, Rio N. (Manila Standard, January 31, 2019, on page A2)
      The Environment department said Wednesday there will be no eviction and relocation of the squatters along the Manila Bay “in the meantime” but the agency plans to put up a communal septic tank and waste water treatment ...