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Amid reclamation controversy: P1.4B allotted to sustain Manila Bay rehab
Amid the controversy over massive reclamation projects, the Department of Environment and National Resources (DENR) is getting another P1.4 billion in new appropriations to sustain the cleanup and rehabilitation of Manila ...
- August 14, 2023
DENR: Desilting of Malandog River essential to ecosystem
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has started the desilting of Malandog River as an essential undertaking to sustain the sound eco-system in the area. Provincial Environment and Natural Resources ...
- July 16, 2020
PSA-Guimaras, partners plant 200 mangrove seedlings
Two hundred mangrove seedlings of Bakhaw baye were planted by Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) personnel and representatives from various member agencies of the Provincial Statistics Committee (PSC)-Guimaras in ...
- November 13, 2019
Sicogon Island Wildlife Sanctuary as new legislated PA
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) in Region 6 now have fifteen (15) Protected Areas and six of those were legislated, with the recent proclamation of Sicogon Island Wildlife Sanctuary (SIWS), which ...
- August 19, 2022
2 tons of waste fished from Calahunan Creek
The Iloilo City General Services Office (GSO) collected more or less two tons of waste from Calahunan Creek in Mandurriao district during a cleanup drive on May 17, 2019. The activity was part of the Department of Environment ...
- May 5, 2019
6 coastal villages join cleanup drive
Six coastal villages in Valladolid, Negros Occidental joined a cleanup drive yesterday as part of their preventive measures on stranded sea animals which are being tangled by fishing nets and other garbage. The activity ...
- August 23, 2019
'Overmarketed, overpromised': Save the Gigantes Islands before it's too late
After Boracay Island underwent a six-month rehabilitation closure last year, tourists have been flooding the Gigantes Islands in Carles, Iloilo because of its promise of white-sand beaches, highly comparable to that of ...
- September 17, 2019
It's the green, blue and sand combination
Located in the northernmost tip of Negros Occidental lies the well-preserved 32,000 hectares of lush marine resources. Sagay City is one of the major fishing coastal communities in Negros Occidental. But with man’s destructive ...
- April 21, 2022
Firm assures no oil debris will be left in Guimaras
The owner of the power barge stationed in Iloilo City that triggered an oil spill earlier this month assured local officials of Guimaras that it will never leave the island until it has cleaned up the spill. In a meeting ...
- July 21, 2020
Revenge of the river – 2
In my first article, this writer pointed out that it is the people of Metro Iloilo who suffered the most because of the molasses contamination fiasco of Jalaur River caused by the criminal act of a sugar central. This ...
- June 17, 2019