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DILG: Full Boracay rehab to take 2 years
The full rehabilitation of Boracay Island will take about two years, the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) said, ahead of the reopening of the world-renowned beach destination to local and foreign ...
- October 21, 2018
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
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
DENR mobilizing communities in cleaning esteros and rivers draining into Manila Bay
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) is taking the Manila Bay rehabilitation works down to the esteros and rivers draining into the bay. On March 31, simultaneous cleanup of Manila Bay tributaries, ...
- March 1, 2019
DENR: Manila Bay establishments should connect to STPs
All establishments within the Manila Bay region are now required to connect to existing sewer lines or set up their own sewerage treatment plants (STP) to ensure that wastewater is properly collected and treated. Department ...
- April 22, 2019
DENR urged: clarify boracay sewage policy
Stakeholders at Boracay in Aklan are calling on the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) to clarify its directive compelling resorts and hotels to install their own sewage treatment plant (STPs).“We have ...
- August 24, 2018
Negros ethanol plant suspended over fishkill
Environment authorities suspended the operations of an ethanol plant of Universal Robina Sugar Milling Corp. (URSMC) after finding that its untreated wastewater caused fishkill that economically dislocated 200 fishing ...
- August 13, 2015
DENR firming up Boracay environmental protection
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) will strictly enforce environmental rules and guidelines as the dry run for the reopening of famed Boracay Island gets underway on Monday. DENR Secretary Roy Cimatu ...
- October 14, 2018
Help locate 9 endangered species stolen from zoo- DENR
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), through its Biodiversity Management Bureau (BMB), is asking the public to help in locating the nine endangered animal species stolen from Avilon Zoo last August ...
- August 19, 2018
Corals seized in Cebu
Authorities here have seized more than ₱300,000 worth of sea corals, locally known as gasang, from a local trader in Sitio Kolo, Barangay Punta Engaño, in this city. Inspector Jacinto Mandal Jr. of the Lapu-Lapu City Police ...
- March 18, 2010