From a strictly point-to-point travel bubble policy, popular destination Coron, Palawan is gearing up to welcome local travelers back on its shores and jumpstart domestic tourism this month. Coron, Palawan (Photo from Department of Tourism) In a recent executive order released by the municipal...
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) will prioritize the improvement of Manila Bay's water quality before reopening the Dolomite beach. In a statement Saturday, Nov. 6, DENR Usec. Jonas Leones reiterated that the agency will focus on cleaning the waters so the public can not...
The Dolomite beach at the Manila Bay will be closed again to the public after its brief reopening, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) announced Wednesday, Nov. 3. This means that its five-day temporary closure, which started on Oct. 29 in observance of the All Saints' Day...
• For the past two weeks since the dolomite beach opened to the public on Oct. 16, a total of 322,718 people have already visited • The highest single-day number was recorded on Oct. 24 at a whooping 121,744 • Visitors included children not properly wearing face masks, and adults violating...
MEDIUM RARE Jullie Y. Daza Dolomite, dolomite! “What’s the fuss?” asked an exasperated photographer, Sonny E, who has seen lots of beaches, more beautiful and less controversial than the one along Roxas Blvd. If he was tearing his hair as he said so, would Sonny have ripped his shirt as...
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) said on Thursday, Oct. 28, that it will not file charges against the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) over the breach of health protocols issue at the Manila Baywalk Dolomite Beach. In an interview in ANC, DILG...
Former Vice President and senatorial aspirant Jejomar Binay expressed his concern over the sudden relaxation of pandemic restrictions amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and the threat of its more contagious Delta variant. "Some government officials are eager to allow more people outdoors. This is...
With the overcrowding incident that happened recently in Dolomite Bay, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources has announced that minors will not be allowed as of the moment in this area. They also posted in their website the following rules: 1. The Dolomite Beach is closed every Friday...
Fishers' group Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (PAMALAKAYA) on Wednesday, Oct. 27, said that it is seeking the shutdown of Manila's dolomite beach after its "superspreader" opening. (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) "Aside from holding the officials accountable over the...
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) may close again to the public the Dolomite beach in the Manila Bay amid a huge influx of people going to the area. If DENR Sec. Roy Cimatu had all the power, he would close the Dolomite beach until its water samples finally yield safe fecal...
Manila Mayor Francisco "Isko Moreno" Domagoso's call on the national government's pandemic task force to file charges against Environment Department's officials over Dolomite beach overcrowding is only a "sarcasm," an agency official said Wednesday, Oct. 27. "Based on what I heard yesterday, this...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) was elated by the correction on visiting rules at the controversial "Dolomite Beach" in Manila, saying the stricter rules will ensure that the relaxing activities in the area would not become super spreader events amid the continuous threat from the coronavirus...
