Dredging Today – Philippines: Department of Environment and Natural Resources Eyes Master Plan for Laguna de Bay

Dredging Today – Philippines: Department of Environment and Natural Resources Eyes Master Plan for Laguna de Bay: "The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) as well as other agencies concerned aim to develop this year a comprehensive master plan for saving Laguna de Bay, the Philippines’ largest but dying freshwater body.
“This aims to ensure that what we’ll do is correct,” Environment chief Ramon Paje said Wednesday on the side of the Communication and News Exchange Forum that Philippine Information Agency organized with Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) and which DENR hosted at its headquarters in Quezon City.
PCOO head Secretary Sonny Coloma agrees, noting work on the lake requires thorough planning to maximize resources appropriated for the purpose.
“Correct analysis of a problem will help yield the correct solution,” he said at the forum.
Laguna de Bay continues reeling from environmental degradation and other threats which further reduce this water body’s water carrying capacity and socio-economic potential."

Cheetahs need your help to go to Peru | The Manila Bulletin Newspaper Online

Cheetahs need your help to go to Peru | The Manila Bulletin Newspaper Online: "ANILA, Philippines — They’re not just any old cheetah, they’re GOOD CHEETAHS!! (So good, in fact, that they need the double exclamation point.)

Something else they’re not? Four-legged.

These cheetahs are of the human variety, and they need your help to vacation in Peru.

Comprised of a group of students taking up their master’s degree in Management from the University of the Philippines Mindanao, all the while working full time, the GOOD CHEETAHS! joined a contest organized by Intrepid Travel.

The rules of the contest are simple enough: create a team (maximum 11 members, that includes you), take a photo of said team, then tell the world why you need to win. The prize? An all-expense paid trip to Peru to explore the wonders of Machu Picchu."

Travel website 'Choose Philippines' gives the real deal on PH destinations | ABS-CBN News | Latest Philippine Headlines, Breaking News, Video, Analysis, Features

Travel website 'Choose Philippines' gives the real deal on PH destinations | ABS-CBN News | Latest Philippine Headlines, Breaking News, Video, Analysis, Features: "MANILA, Philippines - Filipinos and foreigners looking for the real deal on what to see, where to go, what to eat, and where to stay in the Philippines will find the newly launched Choose Philippines website helpful.

The travel website with the URL http://www.choosephils.com/ promises to give 'accurate and up-to-date information about the places, food and culture of the Philippines from a uniquely Filipino perspective,' according to a statement released by the ABS-CBN Regional Network Group (RNG), which publishes the website.

Launched on April 15, Choose Philippines is touted as the first geo-social networking website on travel, places, events, food, and people of the Philippines."