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Gov't braces for legal challenges to Boracay closure
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) is ready to face possible legal complaints from business establishments in Boracay following the government’s decision to close the island resort for about six ...
- April 7, 2018
Phl tops participation in international coastal cleanups
The Philippines ranks first among the top 25 countries that participated in International Coastal Cleanup activities around the globe, according to the ocean Conservancy 2018 Report. Over 200,000 volunteers from the country ...
- September 27, 2018
Negros Oriental sets water confab
Water is at the core of Negros Oriental’s efforts to pursue sustainable development, with the province poised to emerge as the best-case practice for using water as a key driver for inclusive growth. A joint undertaking ...
- August 13, 2015
World Environment Day: Let’s stop plastic pollution
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has urged the public to be more responsible in managing garbage since waste, particularly plastic, can be devastating for marine biodiversity. Plastics are ...
- June 6, 2018
China ignores global outcry vs reclamation
Beijing shrugged off yesterday the expression of concern raised by the Group of Seven industrialized countries over threats to stability in the South China Sea and West Philippine Sea, saying China’s activities in the ...
- April 19, 2015
Phl wins seat in marine science organization
The Philippine has won a seat in the Executive Council of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) during the 28th session of its assembly at UNESCO headquarters in Paris, France last month. It will sit for two ...
- July 8, 2015
Stop Manila Bay reclamation projects, Duterte urged
President Duterte should stop reclamation projects in Manila Bay, Buhay party-list Rep. Lito Atienza said yesterday. “The problem of pollution and flooding will worsen. This is what happened to Navotas and Malabon, which ...
- June 29, 2018
Technology will help clean up our seas
Apparently there’s a group that calls themselves a “Plastic Bank.” It plans to create a currency for the world’s poor using plastic trash as its main product. As their story goes, “The company, formed in 2013, pays people ...
- October 23, 2018
TIEZA steps up Boracay rehab
The Tourism Infrastructure and Enterprise Zone Authority (TIEZA) has mobilized the construction of a temporary discharge pipeline to fast-track rehabilitation activities in Boracay at the onset of the rainy season in June. ...
- May 27, 2018
DENR calls for concerted efforts to end garbage crisis
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) yesterday called for cooperation among all stakeholders and the public in solving the country’s perennial garbage problem, especially in Metro Manila. “Solid waste ...
- December 9, 2019