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Boracay rehab assured despite reelection of dismissed mayor
The reelection of dismissed Malay town, Aklan mayor, Ciceron Cawaling, will not hamper the rehabilitation of the world-renowned Boracay Island, Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu has assured. The Office of the Ombudsman ...
- May 27, 2019
16,466 kilos of trash collected in int'l coastal, river cleanup
Iloilo City's conduct of International Coastal Cleanup Day and Jaro River Cleanup drive collected a total of 16,466 kilos of garbage from shores and riverbank over the weekend. The initiative gathered 5,500 stakeholders ...
- September 30, 2019
Toyota holds simultaneous nat'l coastal clean-up and mangrove planting
Toyota Motor Philippines (TMP) recently led 1,900 volunteers spread out across 35 locations nationwide for its very first “Start Your Impossible” National Coastal Clean-up and Mangrove Planting weekend. Held in partnership ...
- October 10, 2019
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
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
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
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