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  • Guiguinto River crocodile captured
    Silverio, Frederick (The Manila Times Publishing Corporation, 2022-07-18)
    A crocodile roaming free in Guiguinto River was captured by residents on Sunday afternoon. Guiguinto Mayor Paula Agatha "Agay" Cruz confirmed that the crocodile was captured around 2 p.m. along the riverbank in Sitio Tabon, Barangay Malis in this town. She said the crocodile, which is more than four feet in length, was turned over to the Biodiversity Management Bureau (BMB) of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR).
  • Mangrove park outside of planned Bulacan airport
    Orejas, Tonette (Philippine Daily Inquirer, Inc., 2019-08-24)
    A mangrove park that was rehabilitated by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) in a town in Bulacan province is far from the proposed 2,500-hectare New Manila International Airport project of San Miguel Holdings Corp. (SMHC). Bulakan town’s Mangrove Ecopark is 277 meters away from the proposed SMHC aerotropolis and will not be affected by its construction, according to a certification issued on July 22 by Emelita Lingat, Bulacan provincial environment and natural resources officer. Bulakan residents have been concerned about the ecopark at Sitio Wawang Capiz in Barangay Taliptip, which is north of the planned P734-billion international gateway.
  • 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.