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'1,000 barangays ignored Manila Bay cleanup drive'
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 ...
- May 3, 2019
Manila Bay cleanup a unifying cause
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 ...
- September 11, 2019
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
MPIC joins Manila Bay rehab program
Maynilad Water Services Inc. and Metro Pacific Investments Corp. (MPIC) signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) for the Adopt-an Estero Program under the ...
- May 24, 2019
Nestlé Philippines joins World Oceans Day clean-ups
Hundreds of Nestlé Philippines employees from different work sites joined their colleagues in over 30 countries, participating in the clean-up of coastlines and waterways, in celebration of World Oceans Day under the ...
- July 3, 2019
Reclamation blues
A top official of the Philippine Reclamation Authority (PRA) told a hearing of the House of Representatives that the agency is currently processing 22 reclamation project in Manila Bay, three of which are nearing approval. ...
- February 13, 2019
Pasig River estero clean-up: 96% budget used for less than 30% completion
The Pasig River Rehabilitation Commission (PRRC) utilized P107.568 million funding for the clearing of six waterways in Metro Manila in 2018 but reported low accomplishments ranging from only 1 to 27.65 percent. This was ...
- June 3, 2019
Mangrove tree planting
Representatives of MLhuillier's OPEC Norte region participated in a mangrove tree rehabilitation activity in Sta. Rosa, Ollango Island in Cebu early this year. This mangrove tree rehabilitation was done in collaboration ...
- May 24, 2019
Boracay rehabilitation to cost P25B: NEDA
The Medium-Term Boracay Action Plan (BAP), which formally lays out the proposed programs for island's rehabilitation, has an estimated total investment requirement of P25.27 billion, according to the National Economic and ...
- January 8, 2019
FedEx employees lead Batangas mangrove-planting
FedEx Express together with Pusod Foundation, an environmental non-profit organization, recently launched a mangrove-planting activity in Barangay activity in Barangay Papaya, Nasugbu, Batangas through its global giving ...
- April 26, 2019