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Duterte: Nothng wrong with Manila Bay project
President Rodrigo Duterte sees nothing wrong with the crushed dolomite project in Manila Bay as the artificial white sand beach is now being enjoyed by the public. In his address to the nation on Monday, President Duterte ...
- September 23, 2020
DENR to deploy 35 env't enforcers in Boracay
Some 35 environmental enforcers will be mobilized here next week - days before the scheduled island reopening on Oct. 26. Environment secretary Roy Cimatu said the environmental enforcers - most of them Boracay residents ...
- October 13, 2018
Boracay rehab halfway: DENR to review establishments before island reopens
The rehabilitation of this island resort continues halfway into its six-month closure. The Department of Environment and Natural Resources promised that the government is “on track” with its plan to reopen the tourist ...
- July 27, 2018
Boracay biz groups welcome list of compliant establishments
Business groups in Boracay welcomed the initial list of compliant establishments that could open by Oct. 26. In its Boracay Bulletin dated Aug. 31, 2018, the Department of Tourism listed 25 hotels and resorts that have ...
- September 5, 2018
'Let the corals recover’: Ban on Boracay water sports activities mulled
Diving and other water sports activities in this famed beach destination must be regulated, according to the Environment department. A study that the DENR conducted showed that Boracay’s coral reefs have been degrading due ...
- October 6, 2018
Guimaras integrated coastal mgt cited
The Integrated Coastal Management program of the island-province of Guimaras was recognized at the East Asian Seas Congress (EASC) recently held in Da Nang, Vietnam. The Congress, organized by the Partnerships in Environmental ...
- January 6, 2016
DENR finds ‘illegal’ drainage connections in Boracay
There are 24 illegal drainage connections recently found in this famed island resort, according to the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR).
DENR secretary Roy Cimatu presented a list of the illegal ...
- April 27, 2018
Mayor seeks PNoy help over 8-year-old spill
It was eight years ago when the oil tanker “M/T Solar I” sank off Nueva Valencia town on August 11, 2006, spilling one-fourth of its two million liters of bunker oil cargo, but some of the residents adversely affected have ...
- August 7, 2014
Cash for Work
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Region 6 needs 8,000 workers for its cash-for-work emergency employment program in Boracay Island. Each worker will receive a daily wage of P323.50 or a total of ...
- May 19, 2018
DOT gets ready for Boracay opening
Less than 200 tourism establishments in Boracay were so far able to meet the requirements set by the government’s interagency rehabilitation task force overseeing the cleanup of the popular island resort. “As of June 15 ...
- July 9, 2018