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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
Coral Triangle nations meet to address common threats
Six nations comprising the Coral Triangle meet this week to address unsustainable fishing, pollution, and loss of critical habitats from coastal land development to protect this biodiversity-rich region. Environment and ...
- November 30, 2017
Cimatu to address garbage problem hounding Pasig River and tributaries
Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Secretary and Pasig River Rehabilitation Commission (PRRC) chairperson Roy Cimatu said that he will address the longstanding garbage problem hounding the Pasig River ...
- September 18, 2019
HS seniors help organize run for La Mesa watershed
Millennials are in the forefront of a sporting event that aims to highlight environmental awareness among city dwellers when the third and final leg of the Compressport Forest Run is held at the La Mesa Nature Reserve on ...
- November 9, 2018
Duterte cartoon pushes coastal environment protection
The Department of Agriculture (DA) has produced an animated video featuring President Duterte in an educational campaign on coastal environment protection. Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Piñol presented the video in a ...
- January 26, 2017
Manufacturers urged to help protect seas, freshwater areas
Sen. Cynthia Villar has renewed her call to the public to help protect and maintain the cleanliness of the country's seas and freshwater areas, which are sources of food and other resources. Villar, who chairs the Senate ...
- December 28, 2017
Phl to give Rise undersea features Filipino names
Maritime law expert Jay Batongbacal earlier revealed that China had earned naming rights to five undersea features in what used to be called Benham Rise, a 13-million-hectare submerged continental shelf off Aurora province ...
- February 16, 2018
Koko, Zubiri pushing plastic use reduction
Senators Aquilino Pimentel III and Juan Miguel Zubiri are pushing for a reduction in the use of plastic in the country amid reports that the Philippines is one of the biggest sources of plastic waste dumped into the oceans. ...
- June 8, 2018
Destructive China reclamation hit
Citing a study of the United Nations Environment Program, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) yesterday said China's massive reclamation activities in the South China Sea have destroyed 300 acres of coral reefs systems, ...
- April 14, 2015
‘Eco-terrorism victimizes butanding’
The New York-based Royal Carribean Cruises Ltd. (RCL) launched last Monday a global partnership with the World Wildlife Fund (WWF)-Philippines to promote what they chose to support as the most environmentally sustainable ...
- January 27, 2016