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Boracay closure hinges on cleanup pace
How long Boracay Island will be shut down will depend on the pace of its rehabilitation and cleanup, a Tourism official said Sunday. “The recommendation is six months, but that could be less than six months with the help ...
- March 26, 2018
Sen. Legarda explores Filipino culture and life built on water
The waterways of the Philippines— our seas, lakes, and rivers—come into focus as Sen. Loren Legarda’s documentary series Dayaw returns for a sixth season tonight at 6:30 on ANC, the ABS-CBN News Channel. With a theme of ...
- October 25, 2018
Boracay rehab 50% complete, Cimatu says
Fifty to 60 percent complete. That’s how Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu described the ongoing rehabilitation effort at the resort island of Boracay, barely three months after it was ordered closed. Part of the government’s ...
- July 1, 2018
Rody hailed for calling out China on WPS
Former Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert del Rosario on Friday hailed President Rodrigo R. Duterte’s call for China to temper its behavior in the West Philippine Sea amid reports that Beijing warned a Philippine military ...
- July 18, 2018
Japan firm seeks to spawn salmon farm revolution
In a mountainous area near Tokyo, the water in a tank is a murk of writhing grey salmon, slithering past each other as they angle for food. They are part of an experiment that Sogo, chief operating officer at FRD Japan, ...
- March 1, 2018
#OneBoracay beach cleanup today
Private individuals and corporate members of the Hotel Sales and Marketing Association International, Philippine Tourism and Hospitality Officers and Marketers Association, Tourism Congress of the Philippines, and Philippine ...
- April 16, 2018
OMGG! PH seen buying back its own fish catch
A fisheries official said Thursday that a government plan to import galunggong (round scad) could be a case of the country buying back its own fish. “What we will import could come from us too, since the [fish] may have ...
- August 24, 2018
Mattis hits Beijing for intimidation
China’s military buildup in the South China Sea and its deployment of high-end weapons systems in the disputed waterway is designed to intimidate and coerce neighbors, US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said Saturday. ...
- June 3, 2018
AFP to build fishermen’s shelter in Batanes
The Northern Luzon Command of the Armed Forces of the Philippines announced it would spearhead the building of a civilian facility in the Mavulis Island of Batanes Province, the country’s farthest island in the north. “The ...
- March 24, 2018
NBI files raps vs Aklan mayor, others on Boracay
The National Bureau of Investigation has filed criminal cases against Malay, Aklan Mayor Ceciro Cawaling and several local officials and corporations at the Department of Justice for their role in the deterioration of ...
- July 23, 2018