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Water quality problem hounds El Nido anew

EL NIDO, PALAWAN, Philippines — The degraded quality of this tourist town’s coastal waters cropped up anew with environment officials in the Mimaropa (Mindoro, Marinduque, Romblon, Palawan) region repeating a warning against elevated coliform levels in Bacuit Bay—a popular leisure destination—making it unsafe for swimming. Joe Amil Salino, regional director of the Environmental Management Bureau

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Raided steel plant in Misamis shutdown

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Philippines — The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has ordered the closure of Chinese-run Philippine Sanjia-Steel Corp. after radioactive materials were found within its 22.6-hectare facility at an economic zone in Misamis Oriental province. According to experts from the Philippine Nuclear Research Institute (PNRI), they detected uranium-238, thorium-228 and

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Group seeks action on Davao’s mounting garbage crisis

DAVAO CITY, Philippines — An environmental group has called attention to “a critical waste management crisis” facing this city, Mindanao’s largest and premier urban center, two weeks after a mound of garbage in its sanitary landfill facility collapsed and buried three people. In a statement released on Wednesday, the nongovernment group Interfacing Development Interventions for

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PCG rescues distressed fishing boat off Zambales; 9 crews return safely

SAN ANTONIO, ZAMBALES, Philippines — After two days at sea, nine fishermen on board a distressed fishing boat were rescued and arrived in Silanguin Cove here, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said on Thursday, June 4. According to the PCG, its patrol vessel BRP Cabra (MRRV-4409) was dispatched after the fishing boat FFB Maria Luisa

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Over 206,000 Calabarzon PUV drivers receive P5,000 fuel aid – DSWD

LUCENA CITY, QUEZON, Philippines — A total of 206,633 public utility vehicle (PUV) drivers in the Calabarzon (Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal, Quezon) region have received P5,000 each in government financial assistance as of June 2 to help cushion the impact of rising fuel prices. In a report Wednesday, the Department of Social Welfare and Development

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