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Mangrove farm to turn Baseco into tourist spot
The Pasig River Rehabilitation Commission (PRRC) and the ABS-CBN Lingkod Kapamilya plan to set up a mangrove farm at the Baseco compound in Tondo, Manila and turn the slum area into a tourist spot. Gina Lopez, chairman of ...
- November 12, 2015
DENR: Private sector to help fund Manila Bay cleanup
Certain industries have offered to help the government fund the rehabilitation of Manila Bay, Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu said. Without naming the companies, Cimatu said their heads have also offered to come up with ...
- December 23, 2018
Review of Manila Bay reclamation projects eyed
In line with President Duterte’s order to clean up Manila Bay, the government is mulling a review of all reclamation projects, Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Año said yesterday. ...
- January 11, 2019
DILG to Manila Bay mayors: Shut down violators
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) yesterday ordered mayors of 178 towns and cities in the Manila Bay watershed area to revoke the business permits of establishments violating environmental laws. ...
- March 20, 2019
DILG: Inventory Manila Bay's informal settlers
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) has directed barangays to conduct an inventory of the informal settler families (ISFs) living along Manila Bay’s shoreline and the bay’s tributaries, an official ...
- February 3, 2019
Manila Bay rehab; DENR orders sewage treatment plants put up
Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Secretary Roy Cimatu yesterday gave establishments surrounding Manila Bay three months to put up their own sewage treatment plants (STPs). “Establishments have to put ...
- January 13, 2019
Boracay Water hikes budget amid rehab
Boracay Island Water Co. Inc. may adjust its five-year capital budget to allow it to accelerate the construction of the Yapak sewage treatment plant as part of the rehabilitation efforts in the island. The Yapak STP is ...
- June 23, 2018
Boracay Water ready for Oct opening
The Boracay unit of Ayala-led Manila Water Co. Inc. is intensifying its operations in the island to ensure readiness in time for the reopening by October. Boracay Island Water Co. Inc. recently acquired additional desludging ...
- July 7, 2018
Boracay may open earlier if business groups cooperate
Boracay could reopen earlier than October if businesses will fully cooperate with the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) in the rehabilitation of the island. In a meeting with stakeholders over the ...
- July 8, 2018
Guidelines on Boracay closure out
Except in emergency situations, not even guests of Boracay residents will be allowed to visit the island during its closure, according to general guidelines issued by authorities. The guidelines will form part of the ...
- April 13, 2018