Search
Now showing items 11-20 of 50
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
CENRO Bago spearheads Sum-ag River Cleanup
One hundred eighty five (185) participants from the Philippine Coast Guard, Sum-ag Elementary School, PCG Auxiliary, City Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Management Council(CFARMC) Guardians Emigrant and barangay officials ...
- September 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
Life-choking plastic garbage
Since a lot of plastic items we use are low cost and disposable, we create an awful lot of plastic trash. Hundreds of tons of plastic rubbish have been removed during the cleanup of Manila Bay and this is just along the ...
- September 16, 2019
Global cooperation critical as criminal activity in plastic waste trade increases: WWF
“Waste crime is a rising threat with roots in a more fundamental problem: the inability to manage our plastic use and production. We are witnessing the impacts of plastic pollution on marine ecosystems and now, the criminal ...
- August 29, 2020
CCC on Envi Day, month: Practice sustainability to protect ailing environment
In celebration of World Environment Day (June 5) and Philippine Environment Month (June), the Climate Change Commission (CCC) urged households and citizens to adopt a more sustainable lifestyle, including reducing and ...
- June 5, 2021
Panay River cleanup drive collects 15 sacks of garbage
15 sacks of garbage were collected by concerned sectors in a cleanup drive at the Panay River on September 12. The Roxas City PNP, Capiz Bikers Association Club, Capiz Mini Bikers, members of the Philippine Army, Roxas ...
- September 14, 2021
Boracay task force to decide on plea of businesses breaking easement rule
The Boracay inter-agency task force (BIATF) will soon decide on a plea made by the island's commercial establishment operators and local residents for a moratorium on the demolition of structures sitting within the island’s ...
- December 4, 2020
Boracay closure focus of sustainable tourism development summit
The Department of Tourism (DOT) joined the rest of the Asia Pacific regions cause for responsible development of travel and tourism as it hosted the Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) Annual Summit in Cebu City. The ...
- May 16, 2019
Boracay: A model of Clean Water
It is an amazing story worthy to be told again and again. Boracay is one of the world's most beautiful islands, until it was rocked with the controversy of being tagged a "cesspool" by no less than the country's president. ...
- April 22, 2019