Credit to Author: clopez| Date: Wed, 22 May 2019 21:10:16 +0000
Some 400 truckloads of silt and trash have already been removed from Manila Bay since the government kicked off its rehabilitation program
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Read moreCredit to Author: clopez| Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2019 21:12:30 +0000
Aside from monitoring the water quality in the heavily polluted Manila Bay, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) also has its eyes set on another potential foe in the waters: toxic heavy metals.
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Read moreCredit to Author: besguerra| Date: Tue, 05 Mar 2019 23:23:19 +0000
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) on Tuesday began massive dredging to remove more than 225,000 cubic meters of silt and garbage from a portion of Manila Bay.
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Read moreCredit to Author: eestopace| Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2019 12:01:54 +0000
MANILA, Philippines — Bayan Muna chair and senatorial candidate Neri Colmenares and other militant groups staged a protest against the reclamation of the Manila Bay during the launch of an organization tasked to monitor the rehabilitation of the famed tourist spot. Colmenares, along with Anakpawis Rep. Ariel Casilao, former Bayan Muna Rep. Satur Ocampo, and […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: besguerra| Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2019 21:03:39 +0000
Several food establishments, including a popular fast-food chain and a well-known Filipino restaurant, have been slapped with cease-and-desist orders (CDOs) by the Laguna Lake Development Authority (LLDA), adding to the growing number of companies found to be polluting Manila Bay.
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Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Sun, 17 Feb 2019 21:16:07 +0000
FORT DEL PILAR, Baguio City — Businesses led by the country’s biggest shopping mall chain have offered to adopt and clean Metro Manila rivers, which was part of the government’s effort to clean Manila Bay and other waterways, Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu said here on Saturday.
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Read moreCredit to Author: cbibe| Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2019 02:45:01 +0000
Former Deputy Speaker Erin Tañada warned that copying the blueprint for the Boracay rehabilitation would be disastrous.
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Read moreCredit to Author: besguerra| Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2019 21:03:18 +0000
A total of 22 reclamation projects are planned along Manila Bay that will affect — and likely pollute — a 22,000-hectare area of the body of water, an official of the Philippine Reclamation Authority (PRA) admitted to lawmakers on Monday.
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Read moreCredit to Author: besguerra| Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2019 21:03:30 +0000
A total of 17 more establishments in the cities of Manila and Pasay, including the Philippine International Convention Center (PICC) and several hotels, have been cited by the Laguna Lake Development Authority (LLDA) for polluting Manila Bay.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Alexander Magno| Date: Sat, 09 Feb 2019 10:33:44 +0000
Vice President Leni Robredo on Saturday praised the ongoing rehabilitation of the hyperpolluted Manila Bay but urge the government to help the people displaced by the program.
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