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Boracay placed under state of calamity
President Duterte yesterday placed all three barangays in Boracay Island under a under a state of calamity and said the closure of the island-resort, which started yesterday, will be up to October 25 this year. The declaration ...
- April 27, 2018
Boracay full rehab complete by Dec. 2019
The world-famous Boracay Island would be completely rehabilitated by December next year according to Bernadette Romulo-Puyat, secretary of the Department of Tourism (DOT). Addressing senators during the agency's budget ...
- September 14, 2018
Boracay soft opening seen in September
Parts of Boracay Island in Malay, Aklan could be reopened to tourists by first week of September, an official of Department of Interior and Local Governments official told senators yesterday. DILG Undersecretary Epimaco ...
- June 21, 2018
Cabinet may take up Boracay issue today
Proposals on the closure of Boracay Island may be taken up at the Cabinet meeting today, Senior Deputy Executive Secretary Menardo Guevarra said yesterday. He said a more detailed proposal has been submitted by an inter-agency ...
- April 4, 2018
LG Commemorates World Environment Day 2018 with a Global Clean-up Initiative
Celebrated every year on June 5, World Environment Day, hosted by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), promotes positive eco-action, and creates ideal opportunities for individuals and communities to understand ...
- June 13, 2018
PCSO partners with Navy, DENR for coastal cleanup
Marine pollution — as people know but do not really pay attention to – is any human-made material that is thrown, abandoned or amassed on the coast, bay, beach, waterways that lead to the ocean, or in the ocean itself. ...
- December 26, 2018
Colombia's island fishermen dive into battle to protect coral reefs
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. ...
- November 13, 2018
Aboitiz, EDC help clean Boracay, adopt wetlands
Two companies have signed agreements with the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) to sustain the efforts in cleaning Boracay island. Lopez-led power firm Energy Development Corp. through BINHI, its ...
- August 17, 2018
Aquino's tack with China made sea dispute worse: Palace
The Duterte government prefers to deal with China on a conciliatory and friendly manner with regards to the territorial dispute in the South China Sea because of the Aquino administration's confrontational approach resulted ...
- July 23, 2018
Volunteers turn up for SM coastal cleanup drive
In an unprecedented attendance, 7,086 registered volunteers took part in this year’s SM By the Bay Cleanup Drive. Held in partnership with the SM Mall of Asia, Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Pasay City ...
- October 1, 2018