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  • Industry brings up fisheries dep't campaign promise
    Galang, Vincent Mariel P. (BusinessWorld Publishing Corporation, 2019-12-11)
    The fisheries industry continued its lobbying for the establishment of a Department of Fisheries, saying a dedicated Cabinet-level office will better promote the sector’s development. “Once and for all tinatawag namin ang pansin ng ating presidente, Rodrigo (R.) Duterte na ito ay isang campaign promise (we are calling the attention of our President Rodrigo R. Duterte, because this was his campaign promise),” Joseph Martin H. Borromeo, board member of the National Fisheries Research and Development Institute (NFRDI), said at a news conference Tuesday in Quezon City.
  • The Manila Bay crisis
    de Guzman, Sara Soliven (Philippine Star Printing Co., Inc., 2019-02-24)
    The recent photos taken of Manila Bay showed the beautiful sunset and happy people strolling by the bay and a few even bold enough to take a dip in the seemingly clean waters. But the real clean up hasn’t even started. Let’s not get too excited over this initial feat. There’s still a lot of work to be done. Remember Manila Bay waters is worst than Boracay.
  • Duterte creates Manila Bay Task Force
    Geducos, Argyll B.; Unite, Betheena (Manila Bulletin Publishing Corporation, 2019-02-22)
    President Duterte has ordered the creation of the Manila Bay Task Force that will expedite the rehabilitation, restoration, and conservation of the coastal and marine ecosystem of the Manila Bay. In Administrative Order No. 16 signed by Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea on February 19, the secretary of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) was designated as chair of the Task Force. The secretaries of the Interior (DILG) and Tourism (DOT) departments will serve as vice-chairpersons. The DENR is tasked to strictly enforce the Philippine Clean Water Act on the conduct of containment, removal, and clean operations, and the exercise of supervision and control on all aspects of water quality management.