Browsing Manila Standard by Subject "lake restoration"

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    • Bureau tasked to ensure fish supply ample 

      Philippine News Agency (PNA) (Manila Standard, August 8, 2016, on page A1-A2)
      Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Piñol on Sunday ordered the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources to ensure the steady supply of fish in Metro Manila. He gave the order following President Rodrigo Duterte's order to ...

    • 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 ...

    • 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 ...

    • 'Gone to hell': The battle to save Europe's oldest lake 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Manila Standard, July 4, 2021, on page 4B)
      Dimitar Pendoski marches to the end of a rickety walkway, skips around sunbathing youngsters, and sweeps back a tarpaulin protecting his empty lakeside restaurant, recently closed by officials under pressure from UNESCO. ...

    • Laguna Lake contractor gives in to new terms 

      (Manila Standard, September 25, 2010, on page A5)
      The Belgian contractor of the Laguna lake rehabilitation project bowed to the conditions of the Philippine government to include the reforestation of the Marikina watershed and the monitoring of a third party to oversee ...

    • 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, ...

    • Lake Buhi, home of unique PH fish, gets attention 

      Tuyay, Francisco (Manila Standard, June 9, 2013, on page A3)
      The Department of Environment and Natural Resources has designated the Lake Buhi Watershed in Camarines Sur as a water quality management area in a bid to protect the lake that is home to the Mistichthys luzonensis, locally ...

    • 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 ...

    • Plan B if fish cages destroyed 

      Gonzales, Anna Leah E. (Manila Standard, August 6, 2016, on page A1-A2)
      Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Piñol said Friday his department must come up with a back-up plan to ensure enough supply of fish in Metro Manila once the dismantling of the fish pens in Laguna de Bay starts. The fish pens ...

    • Rehab of Laguna Lake, Manila Bay pushed 

      (Manila Standard, August 20, 2018, on page A6)
      Malacañang “ought to do a Boracay” on Laguna Lake and Manila Bay, which are both rotting fast due to unrestrained human activity, Buhay Rep. Lito Atienza said Sunday. Atienza’s remarks came amid reports that the price of ...