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  • IATF: 'Positive result on Caluya oil spill cleanup'
    (Panay News, Inc., 2023-07-06)
    Months-long cleanup initiatives to address the oil spill in the island municipality of Caluya yielded positive results, according to the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF). On July 3, the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management (PDRRM) Office said the endpoints specified in the Shoreline Cleanup and Assessment Technique (SCAT) were successfully met.
  • Coast Guard: Capsized dredger sinks, spills oil off Bataan waters
    Dantes, Charles (Philippine Manila Standard Publishing, Inc., 2023-05-08)
    The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said Sunday that the capsized MV Hong Hai 189 has sunk in waters off Mariveles, Bataan, and released about 30 to 50 liters of oil and other mixed substances. The MV Hong Hai, a Sierra Leone-registered dredger, sank 400 yards away from Sisiman Lighthouse in Mariveles at around 5:21 a.m. on Saturday, after colliding with the MT Petite Soeur, a a Marshall Island-flagged chemical and oil product tanker in the waters off Corregidor Island.
  • Oil spill-affected Mindoro coastal towns to get fishing ground sharing scheme
    Atlenza, Kyle Aristophere (BusinessWorld Publishing Corporation, 2023-05-05)
    The National Government will provide a fishing ground sharing scheme for coastal towns in Oriental Mindoro that are still affected by a major oil spill from a sunken fuel tanker. The Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) and the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources “will adopt a cluster approach to ensure that all affected fisherfolk will have a place to go and congestion in one fishing area will be avoided,” DILG Secretary Benjamin Abalos, Jr. said in a statement.
  • Carles forms country's biggest task force vs IUU fishing
    Sornito, Ime (Panay News, Inc., 2023-02-21)
    To curb illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing, the local government unit (LGU) of Carles organized the largest Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) in the country. A kick off ceremony for the IATF was held on Feb. 13 at Bancal Port in Carles. “We cannot (eliminate IUU fishing) alone. Now, we see that our cries for help have been heard,” said Vice Mayor Arnold T. Betita II.
  • MMDA joins coastal cleanup day activities in Manila Bay
    Zurbano, Joel (Philippine Manila Standard Publishing, Inc., 2023-09-16)
    The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) on Saturday joined International Coastal Cleanup (ICC) Day activities in Manila Bay as part of its commitment to save the environment. MMDA general manager Procopio Lipana led the volunteers and staff of various government agencies in cleaning and collecting garbage in the area. The Department of Environment and Natural Resources, the Department of Interior and Local Government, the Philippine Coast Guard, and the Pasay City government also supported the cleanup.
  • Sen. Villar lauds DENR for efforts to help clean and save Manila Bay via solar-powered Sewage Treatment Plant
    (Philippine Business Daily Mirror Publishing, Inc., 2020-11-15)
    Recognizing the importance that Manila Bay serves for Filipinos, Senator Cynthia A. Villar underscored the importance of a Sewerage Treatment Plan (STP) to help clean and save the bay. This was in response to the plan of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) to build the solar-powered Sewage Treatment Plant (STP) at Baywalk area in Malate, Manila. The STP, which is capable of catching and treating 500,000 liters of wastewater per day from the drainage outfalls of Padre Faura, Remedios, and Estero de San Antonio Abad, was inaugurated last July 30 by DENR Secretary Frank Cimatu and MMDA Chair Gen. Danilo Lim.
  • SC urged to cite DENR in contempt over sand dumping
    Requejo, Rey E.; Casas, Willie (Philippine Manila Standard Publishing, Inc., 2020-09-24)
    The Supreme Court has been asked to cite the Department of Environment and Natural Resources in contempt for allegedly dumping dolomite sand on Manila Bay, a move complainants said was a direct violation of the high court’s continuing mandamus order for state agencies to clean up and rehabilitate the bay. In a 16-page motion, the Akbayan Citizens’ Action Party through its chairman emeritus Etta Rosales sought to intervene in the more than 10 year-old mandamus case pertaining to the rehabilitation of the Manila Bay. The party-list group said dolomite sand is hazardous to health and the environment.
  • Fish cage development to boost catch, says DA
    Simeon, Louise Maureen (Philippine Star Printing Co., Inc., 2019-06-15)
    The Department of Agriculture and local fish importers have agreed to develop fish cage farming in the country to boost production. Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Piñol recently met with fisheries product importers where the latter agreed on establishing fish cages in selected coves determined by the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources. This is in line with the government’s efforts to boost local fish production while strengthening and protecting the local market.
  • 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.
  • BFAR, partners ink pact on marine conservation
    Ogatis, James Earl E.; Toreno, Sheila Mae H. (Daily Guardian Multi-Media Services, Inc., 2017-10-17)
    Regional Director Remia Aparri of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) 6 signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with two local government units and other enforcement agencies to strengthen the protection of marine environment and resources in Western Visayas. In the opening of the 54th Fish Conservation Week Celebration in Tanza, Iloilo City on Oct 15, 2017, Aparri cited the importance of preserving, conserving and protecting the coastal and marine resources as the main source of livelihood of the coastal communities. The MOU with Mayor Siegfredo Betita of Carles and a representative of Mayor Milliard Villanueva of Concepcion, Iloilo seeks to create a joint task force that will address the rampant and unabated illegal, unreported fishing activities within the municipal waters.