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Cleanup in Paradise: Government plans to replicate 'Boracay model' in other tourist sites
The re-opening (and renaissance, according to some) of Boracay was met by approval from almost all sectors of society Tourists now rave about its cleaner surroundings and clearer water. Though new reports have revealed ...
- November 22, 2018
DENR clearing Laguna Lake of fish pens
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) began the other day a massive clearing of illegal structures in Laguna de Bay. Two weeks have passed since the DENR issued a final notice to operators of fish pens ...
- January 28, 2017
Raising crabs like chickens
Farm technician Butch Juanga made the observation while tending chickens tied to a pole near a mud crab hatchery in Samar back in 2008."When chickens are not allowed to roam, they consume all their feeds and get fat," he ...
- September 28, 2012
Company that dumped medical waste into sea faces suspension
The Environmental Management Bureau (EMB) of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) in Central Visayas recommended to EMB-Manila the suspension of the operation of the Davao City Environmental Care, ...
- January 18, 2019
House panel okays bill on swift reversion of abandoned fishponds
A House of Representatives committee has approved a bill proposing to cut short the waiting period for reversion to forestlands of unutilized and abandoned fishponds, saying that the move would help address the devastating ...
- November 26, 2019
Coastal cleanup
The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) spearheaded the cleaning of coastline areas in Barangay Mataas Na Bayan, Lemery, Batangas as the company lent its full support to the Department of Environment and ...
- September 25, 2012
Bamboo to save Laguna Lake
Calamba City, Laguna — The government has laid out an elaborate plan to cover one million hectares of watershed, riverbanks and lakeshores with 200 million seedlings of high and commercially productive variety of bamboo ...
- April 28, 2017
Healing Boracay
Doreen Fugoso had barely landed a job as chef in one of the big hotels here when word got around that President Rodrigo Duterte had ordered the closure of the island for six months. “I had not reached a year yet in my job ...
- October 21, 2018
"Sea Citizens" launched
An all women organization focused on the maritime environment is set to launch its "Citizens of the Sea" project here in Iloilo anytime within the year. This was disclosed by Environment and Natural Resources Regional ...
- March 8, 2010
Paraw sailing, island hopping to be regulated
Paraw or sailboats and island hopping activities on this resort island will not be banned, according to the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR). However, it will only be temporarily suspended up to two ...
- October 21, 2018