Browsing Malaya by Subject "water pollution"

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    • '1,000 barangays ignored Manila Bay cleanup drive' 

      Africa, Raymond (Malaya, May 3, 2019, on page B1-B3)
      Nearly 18 percent of the 5,714 barangays surrounding Manila Bay have complied with a directive from the interior department to participate in a drive to clean the polluted bay. The interior department is preparing show-cause ...

    • Aquaculture poisoning Taal Lake 

      Icamina, Paul (Malaya, February 4, 2010, on page A1-A6)
      The calm waters of Taal Lake are deceiving, and what lies below may be toxic. Fish cages have poisoned the sediments below while surface waters remain relatively safe for fisheries, according to a study made by the University ...

    • Boracay 'polluters' given 2 months to comply 

      Macapagal, Jed (Malaya, February 15, 2018, on page A2)
      The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has given commercial establishments releasing untreated wastewater and sewage into the waters of the island of Boracay up to two months to connect to sewage treatment ...

    • Cleaning Manila Bay 

      (Malaya, January 14, 2019, on page B4)
      Several administrations in the past have attempted-- and obviously failed -- to clean the waters of Manila Bay, where one can see the world-famous beautiful sunset. This time around, under the leadership of President ...

    • Cleaning the lake 

      (Malaya, December 20, 2018, on page B4)
      The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) is at the head of Government efforts to clean important tourist attractions such as Boracay, Bohol, and Palawan. While they are at it, it would be better if concerned ...

    • Colombia's island fishermen dive into battle to protect coral reefs 

      Moloney, Anastasia (Malaya, November 13, 2018, on page B5)
      For nearly three decades, Javier Barker has fished in the Caribbean Sea surrounding the Colombian island of San Andres - but until recently he knew little about the importance of coral reefs that fish depend on to survive. ...

    • Conglomerate commits to rehab river for P1B 

      (Malaya, March 7, 2019, on page A3)
      The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) said its rehabilitation efforts for Manila Bay got a major boost after San Miguel Corp. (SMC) agreed to clean up the Tulahan-Tinajeros river system, one of the ...

    • DENR Cracks down hard on restaurants polluting Manila Bay 

      Orias, Evan (Malaya, January 28, 2019, on page B1-B3)
      The wastewater-discharging facilities of two restaurants and establishments were ordered closed by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) yesterday for releasing "pollutive wastewater" into the Manila ...

    • DENR creates task force to monitor coral bleaching 

      de Leon, Angela Lopez (Malaya, September 13, 2010, on page B2)
      Environment Secretary Ramon Paje has ordered the Protected Areas and Wildlife Bureau (PAWB) to create a task force that will monitor and document coral bleaching in the country. Paje also directed his regional officials ...

    • G20 plastic trash reduction goal doesn't address 'excessive production: Activists 

      Reuters (Malaya, July 2, 2019, on page B5)
      The world produced about 242 million tons of plastic waste in 2016, according to the World Bank. Some 8 million of that enters the ocean annually, with China and Indonesia being the biggest offenders, a study in the journal ...

    • Heavy Antibiotics, chemical abuse poison fish industry's health 

      Icamina, Paul (Malaya, March 16, 2012, on page A1-A10)
      The heavy use of chemicals and antibiotics in aquaculture may result in disease outbreaks and even the collapse of the industry, the head of the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC) warns. "Chemical and ...

    • Heavy pollutants plague Seven Lakes 

      Icamina, Paul (Malaya, March 27, 2018, on page A4)
      The appearance of white worms bodes ill for the Seven Lakes of San Pablo, Laguna. The worms, called by local fishermen "puting bulate," are found in the guts of Nile tilapia caught in the Seven Lakes. The worms have alerted ...

    • Interests converge vs marine pollution 

      United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) (Malaya, October 12, 2012, on page A11)
      Public awareness about the seas in the Philippines may be unparalleled. This, according to the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) which cites the work of the Coastal Conservation and Education Foundation (CCEF) in ...

    • Laguna de Bae and its knifefish 

      Aspillera, Dahli (Malaya, October 20, 2017, on page B5)
      Laguna de Bae is the largest fresh water lake of all of South East Asia, 12 leagues wide (66 kilometers) and very deep. Centuries past, fishing from this lake was productive, for subsistence fisherfolks, but not anymore ...

    • Landbank, DENR, Manila launch 'STP for Manila Bay' 

      (Malaya, September 17, 2019, on page A3)
      The Land Bank of the Philippines has signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) with the Department Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) and the city of Manila ofr the "STP for Manila Bay," a new credit program that will ...

    • A lesson from Sri Lanka on saving mangroves 

      Marcelo, Ferdie C. (Malaya, June 1, 2015, on page B1-B6)
      When Yolanda lashed Samar and Leyte in November 2013, feet tripped on feet to contain the damage. The statistics that surfaced five months after were terrifying: 6,300 dead, 4.1 million displaced, and 1.1 million houses ...

    • Manila Bay cleanup a unifying cause 

      (Malaya, September 11, 2019, on page B4)
      It has been eight months since the Duterte administration, particularly the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), embarked on the almost impossible task of cleaning Manila Bay and making its waters safe ...

    • Nurturing a sustainable partnership 

      (Malaya, October 1, 2018, on page B7)
      The Philippines ranks third in plastic pollution in terms of dumping plastic into our oceans. Because of this, the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) Philippines, has been closely involved in coastal cleanups and other ...

    • The oyster is NY's environment 'hero' 

      Associated Press (AP) (Malaya, September 4, 2012, on page B4)
      On a summer morning, marine biologist Ray Grizzle reaches into the waters of the Bronx River estuary and pulls up an oyster. The 2-year-old female is "good and healthy." He grabs another handful and gets more good news. "

    • P20B losses seen with Boracay closure 

      Iglesias, M.; Montemayor, Jocelyn (Malaya, April 6, 2018, on page A1-A4)
      As much as P20 billion will be lost due to the six-month closure of Boracay Island. President Duterte is set to declare a state of calamity in Boracay before the island is shut down starting April 26 and will make available ...