Browsing Manila Bulletin by Place "Laguna Lake"

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    • 17 indigenous fish species in Laguna Lake extinct, say fisherfolk 

      Benaning, Marvyn N. (Manila Bulletin, September 1, 2012, on page 3)
      They're gone. This was that the fisherfolk said of the 17 indigenous fish species at the Laguna de Bay that they used to catch before the Napinda Hydraulic Control Structure (NHCS) was built in 1982 and stopped the entry ...

    • After Boracay, rehabilitate Laguna de Bay, Manila Bay 

      (Manila Bulletin, September 30, 2018, on page 10)
      Long before he acted decisively on the “cesspool” that, he said, Boracay’s waters had become, President Duterte had singled out Laguna de Bay as a body of water that demanded immediate government attention and action. ...

    • Dismantling of Laguna Lake fish pens now in full force 

      Miraflor, Madelaine B. (Manila Bulletin, January 28, 2017, on page B-4)
      The dismantling of fishpens in Laguna Lake, the largest lake in the Philippines and the second largest inland freshwater lake in Southeast Asia, continues and is now in full force. The Department of Environment and Natural ...

    • Dumping garbage at Laguna Lake 

      Binay, Jejomar (Manila Bulletin, August 1, 2018, on page 11)
      According to the LLDA, IPM Construction and Development Corp. and Level Up Construction and Development Corp. have illegally reclaimed 47 hectares of the lake. The LLDA has ordered the closure of the sites, and have filed ...

    • First-of-its-kind Pinoy-made Knifefish leather to debut at Fashion week 

      Aguiba, Melody M. (Manila Bulletin, August 18, 2013, on page B-3)
      The first-of-its-kind Filipino-made knifefish leather will be exhibited at this year's Fashion Week after its successful development by the Bureau of Animal Industry (BAI) as a prized exotic leather. The knifefish leather ...

    • Fishermen grumble as water hyacinths clog Laguna Lake again 

      Andrade, Nel B. (Manila Bulletin, August 10, 2019, on page 7)
      Water hyacinths, commonly referred by locals as water lilies, are once again clogging the shores of villages in this town. Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office head, Mario Yokingco told Manila Bulletin ...

    • Fishers to take case to SC 

      Postrado, Leonardo D. (Manila Bulletin, September 9, 2010, on page 1)
      A fisherfolk group has vowed to shift the battleground to save the dying Laguna Lake before the Supreme Court (SC) after the Department of Justice (DoJ) allowed the national government and Belgian firm to proceed with the ...

    • For Laguna Lake water: Manilad to build ₱10-B new treatment plant 

      Miraflor, Madelaine (Manila Bulletin, February 20, 2020, on page B-4)
      West Zone concessionaire Maynilad Water Services, Inc. (Maynilad) has turned further to Laguna Lake as it now finds it "too risky" to depend on the 52- year- old Angat Dam amid lack of new water sources. In a statement, ...

    • Gov't urged to upgrade Laguna Lake's water-holding capacity 

      Benaning, Marvyn N. (Manila Bulletin, September 16, 2010, on page B-6)
      Twenty-five experts who assessed the Laguna de Bay ecosystem have urged government to craft a program to improve the water holding capacity of Laguna de Bay to ensure its sustained fish production. These experts, led by ...

    • Laguna fishers look forward to resolution of impasse 

      Javier, Emil (Manila Bulletin, October 21, 2018, on page B-2)
      After two years of uncertainty, Laguna Lake fish growers now look forward to the resolution of the impasse over the continuing presence of fish pens and cages in Laguna de Bay. They are now ready to fully re-stock their ...

    • Laguna fishers, farmers prod DENR to proceed with lake rehab project 

      Benaning, Marvyn N. (Manila Bulletin, September 23, 2010, on page 8)
      Saying that their very lives depend on it, scores of Laguna fishermen, farmers and residents asked Environment Secretary Ramon J. P. Paje to allow the dredging of the 94,900-hectare lake to proceed immediately. The picketers, ...

    • Manila Water receives LLDA penalty notice 

      Loyola, James A. (Manila Bulletin, February 5, 2010, on page B-2)
      Manila Water Company has been penalized by the Laguna Lake Development Authority (LLDA) after having been found by the agency to be discharging pollutive wastewater into Laguna Lake. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock ...

    • Options for Laguna Lake 

      Ynares, Jun A. (Manila Bulletin, December 12, 2010, on page 11)
      We were privileged to have seen first-hand President Noynoy Aquino at work as a consensus-builder. The President recently called the various key stakeholders in the issues and challenges related to the survival of Laguna ...

    • Palace eyes total dismantling of fish cages in Laguna Lake 

      Kabiling, Genalyn D. (Manila Bulletin, September 25, 2018, on page 2)
      Malacañang has called on the Laguna Lake Development Authority (LLDA) to look into the possible dismantling of all fish pens and fish cages in Laguna de Bay to give it a chance to recover from congestion. Presidential ...

    • Protesters ask DENR to revoke Laguna Lake dredging project 

      De Vera, Ellalyn B. (Manila Bulletin, September 24, 2010, on page 15)
      Fisherfolk and urban poor residents along Laguna Lake appealed yesterday to the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) to revoke the contract of a Belgian dredging firm for the conduct of the controversial ...

    • SMC's P2-B Pasig clean-up reaches milestone in Feb. 

      Loyola, James (Manila Bulletin, February 1, 2023, on page B-3)
      Diversified conglomerate San Miguel Corporation (SMC) is expecting its P2-billion Pasig River cleanup project to cross the one million metric tons threshold in silt and solid wastes removed by next month. This will come ...

    • Success in carp aquaculture cited 

      Zamora, Jorge (Manila Bulletin, October 5, 1987, on page 8)
      Atop a hill at Tapao point in Binangonan, a suburban town overlooking Laguna Lake - the largest in the country - researchers are quietly revolutionizing fish production to meet Asia's need for cheap protein. The 45-hectare ...

    • We need to clean up the nation's water bodies 

      (Manila Bulletin, August 24, 2017, on page 8)
      Laguna Lake was singled out by President Duterte as one problem needing immediate attention in his first State-of-the-Nation Address (SONA) in July, 2016. Each time he flew to Davao, City, he said then, he looked down and ...

    • Ynares welcomes shelving of ₱18-B lake dredging 

      (Manila Bulletin, September 10, 2010, on page 14)
      The move of the Department of Finance (DoF) to shelve the P18.7-billion dredging project for Laguna Lake is a welcome development as far as Rizal Governor Casimiro "Jun" Ynares III is concerned. Ynares, who formerly headed ...