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                    [Title] => Quezon vice gov urged to collect royalty from Angat Dam
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Quezon Vice Gov. Vicente ‘Kulit’ Alcala, who opposes the construction of the Laiban Dam is now urged to collect a percentage of royalty from the Umiray-Angat Dam project through a compromise agreement between the Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System and the local government of Quezon province.

[DatePublished] => 2010-07-16 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1520577 [AuthorName] => Michelle Zoleta [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 434105 [Title] => DENR acts to curb illegal logging in Sierra Madre [Summary] =>

The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) in Region 3 has stopped the issuance of transport permits to lumber dealers without legitimate logging concessions in Aurora province.

[DatePublished] => 2009-01-25 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Agriculture [SectionUrl] => agriculture [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 431963 [Title] => No more transport permits for Aurora lumber dealers [Summary] =>

Amid reports of unabated illegal logging in the remaining forests of the Sierra Madre mountains, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has stopped the issuance of transport permits to lumber dealers without legitimate logging concessions in Aurora province.

[DatePublished] => 2009-01-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804849 [AuthorName] => Ding Cervantes [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 431918 [Title] => DENR freezes permits of lumber dealers in Aurora [Summary] =>

SAN FERNANDO CITY, Philippines  – Amid reports of unabated illegal logging in the remaining forests of the Sierra Madre mountains, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) here has stopped the issuance of transport permits to lumber dealers without legitimate logging concessions in Aurora province.

[DatePublished] => 2009-01-16 14:15:40 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804849 [AuthorName] => Ding Cervantes [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 272484 [Title] => Angat water could reach critical level by April 7 [Summary] => If the dry spell continues, the water at Angat Dam could reach the critical level of 180 meters by April 7 and if this happens, the National Water Resources Board (NWRB) might be forced to cut down water supply to farmlands.

"The water would not last long because the dam’s shape is conical. It has a smaller base, and the release of water is faster," Jorge Tioko, NWRB’s Monitoring Enforcement Division (MED) chief, said in a forum organized by the Philippine Press Institute (PPI) at the Orchid Garden Suite.
[DatePublished] => 2005-04-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096905 [AuthorName] => Evelyn Macairan [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 271846 [Title] => 10-¢ water tax eyed [Summary] => The National Water Resources Board (NWRB) is eyeing a 10-centavo per cubic meter "water tax," which is expected to generate around P10 billion in additional income every year to fund reforestation projects in watersheds.

Ramon Alikpala, executive director of the NWRB, said the planned tax on water is also aimed at promoting efficient water service among water utilities and encourage the public to conserve water.
[DatePublished] => 2005-03-29 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097177 [AuthorName] => Katherine Adraneda [SectionName] => Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 166612 [Title] => ‘Angat water receding at an alarming level’ [Summary] => The Angat Dam, which supplies 97 percent of Metro Manila’s water needs, has fallen to a critical level and continues to recede alarmingly with no contingency measures being put in place, an official of the Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System (MWSS) said.

The official, who requested anonymity, said the Angat water reservoir continues to decline steeply despite massive diversion of water from as far as the Umiray River in Quezon last month.
[DatePublished] => 2002-07-01 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1413632 [AuthorName] => Jose Aravilla [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) ) )
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