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Manila Bay can be saved
In the United States, the Federal Clean Water Act (CWA) mandates all states to adopt water quality standards that would define how much of pollutants can be in the water such that it might meet the minimum threshold for ...
- February 23, 2019
All hands on deck to save the Manila Bay!
ANGEL THOUGHTS ‘The only things you can take with you when you go on your final journey are the things packed in your heart. So start packing!’ The US side of the majestic Niagara Falls has frozen over, thanks to a snowstorm. ...
- January 27, 2019
USAID reinforces commitment to conservation in Palawan
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Mission Director Lawrence Hardy II visited Palawan this week to meet with development partners and reinforce the US government’s commitment to the province’s ...
- March 8, 2018
Manila Bay reclamation opposed
Residents of Baseco compound in Tondo, along with fisherfolk and environmental groups, marched to Manila City Hall Monday morning to protest the four Manila Bay reclamation projects that have allegedly been approved by ...
- February 19, 2019
Binay: Who's really on top of Boracay clean-up?
Binay made the call after a Senate hearing revealed that misunderstandings among concerned government agencies are causing delays on the rehabilitation programs on the popular tourist spot which Duterte had ordered to be ...
- June 25, 2018
SMC allots P1B for Tullahan River cleanup
San Miguel Corporation (SMC) is providing P1 billion for the extensive cleanup of the Tullahan River system – a crucial step to rehabilitating the Manila Bay – through a joint commitment with the Department of Environment ...
- March 5, 2019
What to do with the fish pens in Laguna de Bay (Part 3)
‘There are those who look at things the way they are, and ask why… I dream of things that never were, and ask why not?’– Robert Kennedy In the 05 March 2017 column I dealt at length with Resolution 518 series of 2017 of ...
- March 19, 2017
Tons of trash collected from Pasig River
The Pasig River Rehabilitation Commission (PRRC) has collected 500 sacks of garbage weighing around 15,000 kilograms in total during a half-day clean-up along the Pasig River last Saturday. PRRC Executive Director Jose ...
- April 29, 2019
Cabadbaran City cultivates 'ridge-to-reef' ecosystem
The city of Cabadbaran, the provincial capital of August del Norte, is taking the lead in protecting its ridge to reef ecosystem. According to the Department of Environment and Natural Resources' Protected Areas and Wildlife ...
- August 27, 2015
Mangrove nursery now supplies seeds
The mangrove seedling nursery in a barangay in this city now supplies planting materials to areas devoted to mangrove and beach forest species. Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Eastern Visayas Regional ...
- December 10, 2016