Monsoon rains force Luzon dams to open spillways
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Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, July 26) Three of Luzon’s major dams opened spillway gates after the southwest monsoon dumped heavy rains over the weekend.
The Ambuklao Dam in Benguet province released water as the reservoir hit close to its spilling level of 752 meters early Monday morning, according to the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration. Water discharged from the dam flows to its downstream Binga dam.
Luzon’s biggest dam, the San Roque Dam in Pangasinan, serves as the catch basin for the Ambuklao-Binga dam systems. San Roque Dam’s water level on Sunday was way below its spilling level of 280 meters, enough to contain spills from the other two dams.
Published May 12, 2021, 4:16 PM
San Miguel Corporation (SMC) has committed to spend P1 billion for the cleanup of the Pasig River – touted as the boldest and most recent attempt at reviving the biologically inactive river.
In partnership with the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), SMC said the cleanup will start before the end of May.
The cleanup, which is shaping up to be the largest joint government and private sector effort to clean up the heavily polluted and silted Pasig River, is the second such initiative of SMC.
SMC President Ramon S. Ang
For the Pasig River rehabilitation project, SMC is looking to extract some 50,000 metric tons of silt and waste every month, or a total of 600,000 metric tons per year from the river.
Published May 10, 2021, 10:40 AM
Cris Nievarez became the eighth Filipino to qualify to the 2021 Tokyo Olympics after organizers confirmed his qualification in the men’s singles sculls.
The Philippine Rowing Association announced this on social media Monday, where the 21-year-old Atimonan, Quezon native will join pole vaulter EJ Obiena, world champion gymnast Carlos Yulo, 2016 Rio Olympics silver medalist Hidilyn Diaz of weightlifting, and boxers Eumir Marcial, Carlo Paalam, Nesthy Petecio and Irish Magno.
Nievarez, who only joined the national team in 2016 at 15 years old, finished ninth in his event at the Asia Oceania Continental Qualification over the weekend in Tokyo, Japan, where only the top five rowers will earn tickets.
Published May 7, 2021, 12:57 PM
Photo from Coach Ed Maerina
The Philippine rowing team failed to earn an Olympic berth in the Asia Oceania Continental Qualification after the last man standing Cris Nievarez fell short in his campaign in the men’s single sculls semifinal in Tokyo, Japan Friday morning, May 7.
Nievarez, who turned 20 last month, finished fifth in his six-man group after clocking 7 minutes and 28.84 seconds behind Japanese, Indian, Vietnamese and Hong Kong rowers.
He earned a semis seat after topping Thursday’s repechage.
The 12 semifinalists were divided into two groups with the top three rowers of each bracket advancing to the finals Friday afternoon.