As an archipelagic country rich in fish and other marine life, the Philippines has a major role to play in protecting oceans and ensuring the sustainable use of underwater resources, Environment Secretary Ramon Paje said Friday.
WATER is life. Without it, there would be no life on Planet Earth. The normal lean adult body is made up of about 70 percent water (50 percent intracellular; 15 percent interstitial; and, 5 percent in the blood
Environment Secretary Ramon Paje on Saturday urged residents of Metro Manila to conserve water, even as he allayed fears of a looming water crisis in the peak of summer.
Environment Secretary Ramon Paje on Saturday urged residents of Metro Manila to conserve water, even as he allayed fears of a looming water crisis in the peak of summer.
Summer is near and taps may run dry. But an even sadder reality is that 19 million Filipinos do not have access to water, an official of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) said here.
Summer is near and taps may run dry. But an even sadder reality is that 19 million Filipinos do not have access to water, an official of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources said here.
The number of dead pigs found in a Shanghai river that provides drinking water to the Chinese financial hub has risen to 7,545, after local authorities retrieved 944 more pigs Thursday.
True to their word, workers have completed the dredging of Burnham Lake here two weeks before the opening of the Baguio Flower Festival in February.
Water and wastewater service rates on Boracay Island, Aklan, already one of the highest in the country, are expected to increase early this year.
Water, water everywhere – just not in plastic bottles, says a town in the US state of Massachusetts.
THE Metropolitan Cebu Water District (MCWD) provided free potable water to the beneficiaries of the Pasko sa Uptown, a Christmas party for the kids, spearheaded by the Cebu City Progressive Uptown Movement.
Residents of Agoo and Tubao towns in La Union wait with much anticipation the establishment of a modern water system that will help bring down the rate of waterborne diseases in communities there, a local official said.
The Iloilo City Council has placed the city under a state of calamity not due to flooding brought by Typhoon “Pablo” but because of varying levels of water shortage in almost a third of the city’s 180 barangays.
