Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Sun, 17 Feb 2019 23:22:49 +0000
Loss and degradation threaten the Philippines’ numerous wetlands, and both government officials and environment groups are calling for a national conservation policy — before it’s too late.
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Read moreCredit to Author: lalos| Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2019 21:12:55 +0000
The management of a beach resort here voluntarily dismantled a concrete gazebo that it illegally built on top of a rock formation following a warning it received from local environment officials.
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Read moreCredit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2019 09:43:45 +0000
MANILA, Philippines – Appropriate charges will be filed against local elected government unit officials who violated environmental laws that resulted in the massive pollution in Manila Bay, the Department of Natural and Environmental Resources (DENR) said on Friday.
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Read moreCredit to Author: mfrialde| Date: Thu, 07 Feb 2019 07:37:34 +0000
Members of the House Makabayan opposition bloc on Thursday filed a bill declaring the waters of Manila Bay Area as a “reclamation-free zone.”
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Read moreCredit to Author: jespinosa| Date: Wed, 06 Feb 2019 03:45:17 +0000
Parts of Manila Bay will be fenced off following the surge of people who swam in its waters, DENR Undersecretary Benny Antiporda said Tuesday.
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Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Mon, 04 Feb 2019 08:53:03 +0000
MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Health (DOH) advised the public against taking a dip in the waters pf Manila Bay despite the government’s cleanup initiatives. Health Undersecretary Rolando Domingo said that based on the latest test conducted by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), coliform level in the bay is still beyond […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: cbibe| Date: Mon, 04 Feb 2019 03:05:23 +0000
President Rodrigo Duterte has transferred the power to approve reclamation projects from the NEDA to the Philippine Reclamation Authority.
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Read moreCredit to Author: clopez| Date: Sat, 02 Feb 2019 21:50:25 +0000
Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu and Interior Secretary Eduardo Año have met with six Metro Manila mayors who backed plans to “restore the beauty and bounty” of Manila Bay.
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Read moreCredit to Author: clopez| Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2019 21:38:43 +0000
Four more establishments were slapped with government cease-and-desist orders on Wednesday for discharging untreated wastewater into Manila Bay
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Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2019 08:21:19 +0000
MANILA, Philippines – Local government units in Metro Manila have agreed to cancel the business permit of establishments around Manila Bay that will disregard the cease and desist orders (CDOs) issued by concerned government agencies, Interior Secretary Eduardo Año said Thursday.
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