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IATF: 'Positive result on Caluya oil spill cleanup'
Months-long cleanup initiatives to address the oil spill in the island municipality of Caluya yielded positive results, according to the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF). On July 3, the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and ...
- July 6, 2023
Gov't to investigate post-oil spill actions
The government will verify the status of the 2006 massive oil spill in Guimaras. Yesterday, Guimaras marked the eighth anniversary of the oil spill – the worse environmental disaster to hit the country. Earlier, the ...
- August 12, 2014
Boracay eyed as water quality mgt area
Making this island resort a water quality management area (WQMA) will ensure the protection of its coasts, according to the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR). Section 5 of Republic Act 9275, or the ...
- May 15, 2018
Aquaculture industry maintains strong hold
With an annual growth of 10 percent for the past three years, the aquaculture industry has maintained a strong hold in securing the future of the Filipinos. Congressman Alfredo G. Marañon, Jr. of the House Subcommittee on ...
- July 24, 2003
'Dugong' washes ashore in Belison
A three-meter female dugong weighing around 200 kilos was washed ashore in Barangay Boroc-boroc, Belison town on Wednesday, Oct. 19. Dugongs are marine mammal. Commonly known as “sea cows”, they graze peacefully on sea ...
- October 21, 2022
DENR-Antique to monitor, launch trash clean -up
Immediately, some local government units cleaned the mess left by the 2019 midterm elections but the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR)- Antique will ensure the clean-up to the remotest place. " Our ...
- May 17, 2019
Who should be accused for Boracay mess?
The very people who should be hauled to court for Boracay's environmental degradation are the following: (1) owners of hotels, resorts, restaurants, and other commercial establishments; (2) residents; (3) concerned barangay ...
- July 4, 2018
DA works with private sector, Congress for salt industry dev't
The government is awaiting the passage of bills that would modernize the salt industry. Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) national director Demosthenes Escoto said the law needs updating. “The existing law ...
- July 17, 2023