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LOWER AGE OF CRIMINAL RESPONSIBILITY TO 12 – GO

Former Special Assistant to the President (SAP) Bong Go called on parents and legal guardians to exercise responsibility when it comes to children under their care, in light of the approval of the House justice panel to lower the minimum age of criminal responsibility from 15 years old to 12 years old. “Ako naman po […]

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DENR TO IMPLEMENT EXTENSIVE CLEANUP OF MANILA BAY COASTLINE – CIMATU

Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Secretary Roy Cimatu has vowed to implement an extensive cleanup of the Manila Bay coastline. The bay’s coastline stretches some 190 kilometers through Cavite, Metro Manila, Bulacan and Pampanga. Cimatu made the assurance during his visit to the new DENR-Calabarzon (Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal and Quezon) office. “The […]

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MANILA BAY INFORMAL SETTLERS TO BE RELOCATED – CIMATU

Government plans to start relocating informal settlers on the shores of Manila Bay as early as Phase 1 of the project to rehabilitate the polluted bay. According to Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Secretary Roy Cimatu, the plan aims to significantly curb pollution in Manila Bay as soon as possible and open up […]

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DENR TO LAUNCH MANILA BAY CLEAN UP IN NCR, CENTRAL LUZON AND CALABARZON – CIMATU

The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) will spearhead on Sunday simultaneous water clean up activities in the National Capital Region, Central Luzon (Region 3) and Calabarzon (Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal, Quezon) to kick off the rehabilitation of Manila Bay. “The rehabilitation’s Phase I includes cleanup of esteros and coasts of Manila Bay,” DENR […]

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SUPPORT REHABILITATION OF MANILA BAY – DOT

The Department of Tourism (DOT) expressed full support for the government’s initiative to clean-up and revive the polluted Manila Bay by replicating the same rehabilitation strategy used in Boracay. In a statement, the agency noted that such efforts “are for the best interest of the tourism industry” and are in line with their thrust to […]

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CLEAN UP, REHAB OF MANILA BAY LONG OVERDUE – LUNTIANG PILIPINAS PARTYLIST

Luntiang Pilipinas Partylist has supported the order of President Rodrigo Duterte to Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu and Interior Secretary Eduardo Año for the immediate cleanup of Manila Bay. Luntiang Pilipinas Partylist First Nominee Michael Ubac said Secretaries Cimatu and Año face a three-pronged problem in cleaning the bay: lack of wastewater treatment facilities of hotels […]

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MANILA BAY CLEAN UP CAMPAIGN TO BE TIGHTENED – DENR

The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) will tighten its campaign to clean up Manila Bay. Aside from assuring the agency’s action against solid waste pollution in Manila Bay, DENR Secretary Roy Cimatu will be inspecting sewage outfalls and pipes that lead to the bay. The inspection aims to help DENR and other authorities […]

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NEA ISSUES IRR OF ELECTRIC COOPERATIVES EMERGENCY AND RESILIENCY FUND ACT – MASONGSONG

State-run National Electrification Administration (NEA) has issued the implementing rules and regulations (IRR) of Republic Act No. 11039, also known as the “Electric Cooperatives Emergency and Resiliency Fund (ECERF) Act.” The 15-page IRR was approved and signed by NEA Administrator Edgardo Masongsong on December 14, 2018. It has already been registered with the Office of […]

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DENR TO INTENSIFY MANILA BAY REMEDIATION – CIMATU

The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) will further intensify its remediation efforts in Manila Bay starting next year to help improve water quality and stop further environmental degradation as so ordered by the Supreme Court (SC). The DENR is scheduled to meet with stakeholders to discuss measures to reduce the volume of indiscriminately […]

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MORE SURPRISE VISITS TO EL NIDO NECESSARY – ROMULO-PUYAT

Tourism Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat said her department will be making frequent “surprise visits” to El Nido in Palawan to ensure the municipal government will seriously implement sustainable tourism policies. “I will come back here very often, it will be a surprise, it will be unannounced,” Romulo-Puyat said. The tourism chief, who was in El Nido […]