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'History at Your Fingertip' Pasig LGU Launches Talking Walls Project

Pasig City’s history and heritage has been made more accessible thanks to the local government and the Kabataang Tambuli ng Pasig (KTP)’s Talking Walls Project, an initiative that utilizes “Quick Response” (QR) code technology to access information about the city’s cultural landmarks.

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Published at 2022-12-31 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : Arts, Culture, History

Tags: Pasig, Project, Tourism

ADB to Bankroll $3.8 Million to Protect Philippine Coral Reefs

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved $3.8 million worth of support for the development of insurance for the restoration, conservation and management of coral reefs in the Philippines and three other countries in Southeast Asia and the Pacific.

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Published at 2022-10-02 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : Environment, Recreation, Travel

Tags: Pacific, Project, climate, coral, coral reefs, reefs

PROP UP: Designing Future-proof Hotels

The hotels today are far from what we used to know, encouraging designers to step up to the challenge of dealing with change. The future of the hotel industry is really a hybrid of a hospital and a hotel.

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Published at 2021-08-29 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : Business, Leisure, Travel

Tags: Hospitality, Manila, Project, Tourism, industry

'Monumental Eco-disaster'

Residents of Dumaguete City are up in arms over a massive offshore reclamation project being spearheaded by their local government. Voting 6-3, the Dumaguete City council last week approved a motion authorizing Mayor Felipe Antonio B. Remollo to forge a joint venture agreement with Quezon City-based construction company E.M. Cuerpo Inc. on the proposed P23-billion Dumaguete Smart City Reclamation Project, which aims to add 174 hectares of reclaimed land to the current city coastline.

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Published at 2021-07-22 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : Business, Environment, Fauna and flora, Politics

Tags: Dumaguete, Project, marine

New Flora, Fauna Species Found in Davao Oriental

Several new species of flora and fauna were discovered in Mount Hamiguitan, Davao Oriental, the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) has announced.

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Published at 2021-04-17 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : Environment

Tags: Davao, Hamiguitan, Mindanao, Project, biodiversity, research

PH's Second Nanosatellite, Maya 2, Successfully Deployed into Orbit from ISS

The Philippines’ fourth satellite and second nanosatellite, Maya-2, was successfully deployed into orbit from the International Space Station (ISS) on Sunday evening, March 14, the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) said.

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Published at 2021-03-16 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : News and Events, Technology

Tags: Japan, Project

A Philippine Community Sees Life-saving Payoffs from Restoring Its Mangroves

The initial 50 hectares has expanded to 220 hectares (544 acres), thanks to both ongoing planting efforts and natural reforestation. The Kalibo mangrove is considered a major tourist attraction; in 2019, prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, the mangrove forest registered 38,455 foreign and local tourists, and the Kalibo Save the Mangrove Association (KASAMA), founded by the planters, has received several national awards.

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Published at 2020-11-23 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : Communities, Environment, Fauna and flora, Stories

Tags: Aklan, DENR, Kalibo, Program, Project, fishing, forest, illegal, mangrove, typhoon

It's All Systems Go for Malolos-Clark Railway Plan

The Department of Transportation (DOTr) on Thursday signed P85 billion in construction contracts for a key phase of the 148-kilometer North-South Commuter Railway (NSCR) System in Luzon, a major infrastructure project that is moving forward under the Duterte administration.

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Published at 2020-10-09 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : News and Events, Technology, Travel

Tags: Pampanga, Project

Marawi Recovering from Scars of Fierce Battle

'I would like to thank each and every Marawi citizen and everyone who believes in Marawi...for being strong and resilient, for their courage and determination that someday, life will get better,' says Marawi Mayor Majul Gandamra

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Published at 2019-08-25 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : Communities, News and Events, Politics, Society

Tags: Marawi, Project, government, photography, rehabilitation

The Women Behind the Bataan Legacy Project

With all the horrific incidents of torture and death associated with it, the Bataan Death March also sealed the friendship between the Filipinos and Americans during World War II. The Bataan Death March is on its 75th anniversary this April 9, a reminder of the time that approximately 70,000 American and Filipino servicemen were forced to march from the southern end of the Bataan Peninsula to Camp O’Donnell in Nueva Ecija, a span of more than 60 miles in 1942.

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Published at 2018-03-13 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : People

Tags: Bataan, Legacy, Project, women

Hundred Islands National Park

The Hundred Islands National Park is the first national park and a protected area located in Alaminos, Pangasinan in the northern Philippines. The islands, totaling 124 at low tide and 123 at high tide, are scattered in Lingayen Gulf covering an area of 16.76 square kilometres (6.47 sq mi). Only three of them have been developed for tourism: Governor Island, Quezon Island, and Children's Island.

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Published at 2018-02-17 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : Documentary, Fauna and flora

Tags: Alaminos, Project

Puerto Princesa Subterranean River National Park

The Puerto Princesa Subterranean River National Park is a protected area of the Philippines located about 80 kilometres (50 mi) north of the city centre of Puerto Princesa, Palawan. The river is also called Puerto Princesa Underground River. The national park is located in the Saint Paul Mountain Range on the western coast of the island. It is bordered by St. Paul Bay to the north and the Babuyan River to the east. The City Government of Puerto Princesa has managed the National Park since 1992.

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Published at 2018-02-17 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : Documentary, Fauna and flora

Tags: Palawan, Parks, Project