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Landbank, DENR, Manila launch 'STP for Manila Bay'
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 ...
- September 17, 2019
RP asked to back ban on bluefin tuna
An official of the World Wild Fund for Nature (WWF) yesterday urged the Philippines to support a proposed ban on the fishing and trade of the Atlantic bluefin tuna. "If we don't support the international trade ban, we might ...
- March 19, 2010
Dismantling of Laguna de Bay fishpens remuses
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) and the Laguna Lake Development Authority (LLDA) yesterday resumed dismantling illegal fish pens and cages in Laguna de Bay. The two agencies resumed the clearing ...
- April 5, 2017
Region 8 emerging as mariculture center
The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) said that it was aiming to develop Region 8 as the country's mariculture center with some 12,000 to 15,000 jobs expected to be created in every mariculture park built. ...
- October 14, 2005
Private sector's role in Manila Bay cleanup
Government officials are fond of saying that an important project cannot see the light of day without the full cooperation and participation of the citizens, particularly the private sector. For sure, there are important ...
- January 23, 2020
DOF freezes P19B Laguna de Bay dredging project
Finance Secretary Cesar Purisima has ordered a freeze of the P19-billion dredging project in Laguna de Bay, a government-to-government undertaking with Belgium. "I have instructed the Department of Environment and Natural ...
- September 8, 2010
What's going on in Benham Rise?
The decision of the Duterte government to allow Chinese scientists to do research in Benham Rise, renamed Philippine Rise, a 13-million-hectare undersea region off the provinces of Isabela and Aurora has generated heated ...
- January 29, 2018
Cleaning Manila Bay
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 ...
- January 14, 2019
BFAR's P281M fish centers waste of money, says COA
Government auditors have labeled the P281.2 million community Fish Landing Centers (CFLC) project of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources as a "wastage of government funds" after discovering that only 19 out of ...
- September 18, 2018
P20B losses seen with Boracay closure
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 ...
- April 6, 2018