Pro-environment activist group Kalikasan People’s Network for the Environment (Kalikasan PNE) said Tuesday, July 27 that there were 12 major omissions in President Duterte's sixth and final State of the Nation Address (SONA) as far as environmental issues were concerned. A recent cleanup...
President Duterte has directed concerned authorities to step up efforts to restore Manila Bay to its former glory after years of pollution. President Rodrigo Duterte delivers his sixth and final State of the Nation Address before a joint session of Congress on July 26, 2021. (Malacañang) The...
The dolomite beach in Manila Bay is still intact. River warriors from the Department Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) and members of Manila City Hall's Department of Public Safety collect trash and water plants washed up along Manila Bay reaching up to the edge of the dolomite beach on...
No more rains mean it's now time to take out the trash, truckloads of them. REMEMBRANCE FROM THE RAINS--Manila Bay's shoreline is littered with garbage that had been swept there by the monsoon rains. Here, Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) personnel are seen tidying up the area on...
While our Asian neighbors are still close to tourism, it's still possible to experience their culture, cuisine, and even fashion without ever leaving the country. One of the well-known retail and lifestyle malls in the country is offering its mall goers a taste of travel with its four indoor Asian...
Visitors who are out to see the newly-opened "dolomite beach" along the stretch of Roxas Boulevard in Manila Bay should brace not only for refreshing sceneries but also for more police personnel that will remind them to strictly observe the minimum public health standards (MPHS). The Manila Bay...
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) reopened the first phase of the artificial white sand along Manila Bay in Roxas Boulevard today, Sunday, July 18, 2021. The Manila Bay dolomite beach. (Photos by Noel Pabalate) The dolomite beach, however, can only be accessed by the public...
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) assured the public Friday, July 9, that no oil spill happened in the aftermath of a collision between a cargo ship that contained 3,000 liters of oil and a utility foreign vessel at the Manila South Harbor. A cargo vessel MV Palawan Pearl and foreign utility vessel...
An environmental activist group wants to find out if the controversial issuance of an Environmental Compliance Certificate (ECC) to the "Aerocity" reclamation project had any bearing on the oil spill that took place in Manila Bay Thursday morning, July 8. (Photo by Tom Barrett/ Unsplash) “This...
Cavite's garbage problem must be addressed if the pollution of Manila Bay has any achance of getting solved. DENR Secretary Roy Cimatu (Photo from DENR Facebook Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Secretary Roy Cimatu had this to say in his recent talk with officials of the...
Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Undersecretary Benny Antiporda has told shipyard users that he is bent on solving Manila Bay's water pollution problem, which the latter may be exacerbating. (Photo from Undersecretary Benny Antiporda's Facebook) This, as Antiporda held a...
The first phase of the artificial white beach along Manila Bay is now 80 percent complete, Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Undersecretary Benny Antiporda said. Dolomite-dumping activities along Manila Bay continued during the summer. (Ali Vicoy / MANILA BULLETIN) Antiporda,...
