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January 31, 2021 | 6:48 pm
Cordova Mangrove Center with bird-watching deck launched
THE town of Cordova in Cebu’s Mactan Island now has a mangrove propagation center that also features a view deck for bird watching. The facility was funded by Metro Pacific Investments Foundation, the corporate social responsibility arm of Metro Pacific Investments Corp. (MPIC) and its subsidiary Cebu-Cordova Link Expressway Corporation (CCLEC). “We entrust this Mangrove Propagation and Information Center to the people of Cordova, under Mayor Mary Therese Sitoy-Cho, in the belief that they will use this to advance their environmental and economic agenda,” said MPIC Chairman Manuel V. Pangilinan in a statement following the facility’s inauguration last week. CCLEC is the proponent of the P30-billion Cebu-Cordova Link Expressway, an 8.5-kilometer toll bridge that will serve as an additional route between Mactan and Cebu City through the South Road Properties. Th
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Based on latest laboratory results, shellfishes collected from the coastal waters “are still positive for paralytic shellfish poison that is beyond the regulatory limit.”
The affected areas are Honda and Puerto Princesa Bays in Puerto Princesa City, and coastal waters of Inner Malampaya Sound, Taytay in Palawan; Sorsogon Bay in Sorsogon; coastal waters Dauis and Tagbilaran City in Bohol; Tambobo Bay in Sianton, Negros Oriental; coastal waters of Daram Island, Zumarraga, and Cambatutay in Western Samar; coastal waters of Calubian, Leyte, Carigara Bay, and Cancabato Bay, Tacloban City in Leyte; coastal waters of Biliran Islands; coastal waters of Guiuan and Matarimao Bay in Eastern Samar; Balite Bay in Mati City, Davao Oriental; Lianga Bay and coastal waters of Hinatuan in Surigao del Sur; and Dumanquillas Bay in Zamboanga del Sur.
Bays in 2 Samar provinces, Leyte added to list of red tide positive areas
THE BUREAU of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) has warned consumers against eating shellfish harvested from Daram Island and Cambatutay Bay in Western Samar, Matarinao Bay in Eastern Samar, and Carigara Bay in Leyte after testing positive for red tide contamination. In its first shellfish bulletin for 2021, BFAR said these areas are the latest additions to the list of red tide positive zones in the country, which include Honda and Puerto Princesa Bays and Inner Malampaya Sound in Palawan; Milagros in Masbate; Sorsogon Bay in Sorsogon; and Dauis and Tagbilaran City in Bohol. Other areas that are affected by red tide include Tambobo Bay in Negros Oriental; Zumarraga in Western Samar; Calubian and Cancabato Bay in Leyte; Biliran Islands; Guiuan in Eastern Samar; Balite Bay in Davao Oriental; Lianga Bay and Hinatuan in Surigao del Sur; and Dumanquillas Bay in Zamboanga del Sur. All types of shellfish and Ace