Militants oppose lake flood control project
By DJ Yap
Militant groups on Friday raised fears that a P780-million flood control project around Laguna de Bay would displace some 400,000 people in four towns of Laguna province.
Militant groups on Friday raised fears that a P780-million flood control project around Laguna de Bay would displace some 400,000 people in four towns of Laguna province.
If you can’t lick them, eat them. Or feed them to other fish. The knife fish, an ornamental fish whose population has boomed and is harming the aquaculture industry in Laguna Lake, will be converted into fish meal and fed to sea bass cultured at the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) research center here.
A Laguna legislator has asked the Department of Public Works and Highway (DPWH) to find a permanent solution to the recurrent flooding that has been devastating several lakeshore communities near Laguna Lake.
Operators of fish pens in Laguna Lake are bracing for bad news as a still undetermined number of fish that they were keeping in the pens were lost when the lake level rose at the height of heavy rains early this week.
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) is looking into the possibility of growing soft-shelled turtles in the Laguna Lake as a solution against the spread of the knife fish.
Collecting and harvesting of knife fish eggs could stop the spread of what was described to be an invasive species in Laguna Lake.
Water conditions in Laguna Lake have returned to normal as of this Tuesday after a fishkill in parts of the lake in the Laguna and Rizal provinces.
The Philippines fisheries chief on Sunday said he had ordered a study into a foreign species called “knife fish” that was posing a threat to the fishing industry in the country’s largest lake.
Two known companies in the food business have been discharging polluted water into Laguna Lake, prompting authorities to padlock the establishments’ water pipes.
Newly appointed Laguna Lake Development Authority (LLDA) general manager Nereus “Neric” Acosta is batting for a zero-backlog in all LLDA transactions this year starting with the approval of new applications and the shutdown of industries violating the Clean Water Act and those hindering its implementation.
It was a laid-back rural scene worthy of a painting by Fernando Amorsolo: women chattering over their laundry and their children doing stunts and splashing in the shallow Molawin Creek.
SAN PEDRO, Laguna—The foreign contractor of the shelved Laguna Lake Rehabilitation dredging project has filed a case at an international arbitration body and sought 70 million euros, or P4 billion, in damages from the Philippine government. The Baggerwerken Decloedt en Zoon (BDC), a Belgian company, “has formally filed its case at the International Centre for [...]
President Benigno Aquino has found yet another assignment for his party-mate, Nereus Acosta, whom he has already appointed as his adviser on environmental protection. Acosta is now a member of the board of the Laguna Lake Development Authority in an “acting” capacity.
