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Groups raise indignation vs 'black sand mining' in NegOcc coastlines
Youth organizations, student councils, non-government organizations (NGOs), civil society and concerned groups and sectors have raised their growing indignation on the alleged black sand mining plan under the guise of ...
- October 5, 2020
DENR trash traps to reduce solid waste in Manila Bay
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) is utilizing floating trash traps made of recycled materials to prevent solid wastes from reaching into the waters of Manila Bay. About 50 trash traps made of used ...
- August 18, 2020
Sipalay celebrates two decades of environment conservation
Sipalay City commemorates its yearly environment week that has already run for two decades. The City Environment and Natural Resources Office (Cenro) held a series of ridge to reef conservation activities in the last week ...
- July 10, 2020
Bangkung Malapad now an eco-tourism area
Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu issued Department of Environment and Natural Resource Administrative Order (DAO) 2021-36, declaring the 405-hectare Sasmuan Bangkung Malapad Coastal Wetland in Sasmuan town as a critical ...
- November 30, 2021
Pampanga River a major source of plastics in the ocean
I've read many articles about plastic waste in oceans and none of them specifically cited the Philippines as a major source. Now an article published online at ourworldindata.org/ocean-plastics entitled “Where does the ...
- June 25, 2021
Capitol's gripes against 2 dolomite companies in Alcoy
[1] The provincial and municipal governments and the barangay (Pugalo) where the mining and processing of dolomite take place are not getting their due share in the profits of the enterprise in the form of taxes. Problem: ...
- September 14, 2020
Garcia stops dolomite mining for Manila Bay project
Cebu Governor Gwendolyn Garcia on Tuesday, September 8, 2020, issued an executive order stopping the extraction and transport of dolomite rocks from Alcoy for the Manila Bay beautification project. Executive Order (EO) 25 ...
- September 9, 2020
Cimatu suspends dolomite mining operations in Alcoy
Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu on Friday, Sept. 25, 2020, ordered the two companies that supplied dolomite sand to Manila Bay to temporarily cease their operations in Alcoy to pave the way for an investigation into the ...
- September 26, 2020