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'Boracay resort owners skirt environment compliance through local execs'
A large number of resort owners – mostly the small ones – managed to get away with non-compliance of environmental requirements in the world-class Boracay island primarily because they are relatives of local officials who ...
- February 19, 2018
Boracay resort shut down for lack of permit
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has shut down a beach resort in Boracay for operating without necessary permits and clearances. The Boracay Interagency Task Force on Friday served the closure ...
- February 24, 2019
'Industries around Laguna de Bay violating Clean Water Act'
Presidential Adviser for Environmental Protection and Laguna Lake Development Authority (LLDA) general manager Neric Acosta said recently that hundreds of industries in Metro Manila and CALABARZON are in clear violation ...
- December 21, 2011
Firefighters join Manila Bay cleanup
At least 175 firemen from Metro Manila joined the cleanup of Manila Bay over the weekend. The firefighters collected trash and declogged drains covering the portion of the bay in Pasay City at around 5:30 a.m. yesterday. ...
- February 18, 2019
DILG to convene mayors on Manila Bay rehab today
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) will convene today 178 city and municipal mayors to discuss the rehabilitation efforts for Manila Bay. DILG Secretary Eduardo Año said the local chief executives’ ...
- February 11, 2019
Pinoys urged to help save coral reefs
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) urged Filipinos to take action and do their share to help save what remains of the country’s coral reefs. Concerted effort, the agency noted, is necessary to ensure ...
- May 18, 2015
Mindoro mangroves offer protection, promote eco-tourism
The coastal barangay of Silonay in Calapan City, Oriental Mindoro has been living under the constant threat of storm surges for decades because of its location. While situated within the center of the Coral Triangle known ...
- March 20, 2014
Palace wants more info on proposed Boracay closure
Malacañang has ordered agencies to elaborate on their recommendation to close Boracay island on April 26 after they submitted a two-paragraph letter on the matter. Senior Deputy Executive Secretary Menardo Guevarra said ...
- April 3, 2018
DENR launches anti-trash campaigne in Bulacan town
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) recently launched here two campaign programs to minimize plastic trash clogging the waterways of the province. Lormelyn Claudio, Environment Management Bureau ...
- July 5, 2018
US pays P87 M for Tubbataha damage
The Philippine government has received P87 million, or $1.97 million, from the United States for the damage caused by the grounding of the minesweeper USS Guardian in Palawan’s Tubbataha Reef two years ago. The Department ...
- February 19, 2015