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Friday, February 6th, 2009
Call for Proposals: Dialogue on Governance: Strategic Projects Facility (SPF 2)
Reference: DCI-ASIE/126814/L/ACT/P
Dialogue on Governance: Strategic Projects Facility (SPF 2)
Call for Proposals
Reference: DCI-ASIE/126814/L/ACT/PH
The European Commission is seeking proposals for projects in the Philippines which might receive grant assistance from the EC-funded “Dialogue on Governance: Strategic Projects Facility” (SPF 2).
The overall objective ...
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Monday, August 11th, 2008
TWO years after a massive oil spill hit this island-province, officials and experts said the island is showing recovery and coping from the impact of the calamity.
But rehabilitation efforts have been stalled by the non-release of around P150 million intended for development programs.
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Thursday, January 17th, 2008
PARIS, France -- A French court Wednesday found Total guilty of negligence and ordered the oil giant and three other parties to pay nearly 200 million euros in damages for the 1999 Erika oil spill, one of France's worst environmental disasters.
Establishing a legal precedent, the judge ruled that some of the ...
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Wednesday, January 16th, 2008
THE PROTECTED Areas Wildlife Coastal Zone Management Service (PAWCZMS) here confirmed the presence of Tabon bird or Mega Podius Posillus Species commonly known as scrub fowl in Taklong Island, Guimaras.
Vilma G. Limates, OIC-chief of the Coastal Marine Management Division (CMMD) of PAWCZMS, said teams from the San Roque Coastal Environment ...
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Sunday, August 12th, 2007
THE GUIMARAS oil spill has driven home one powerful lesson: The need to be prepared before calamity strikes.One year after it happened, the effects of the spill are still very much in evidence.
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Saturday, August 11th, 2007
JOEL Villagracias still clearly remembers that night.He and his family were asleep in their nipa hut when they were roused by the cries of their youngest child, who had difficulty breathing.
Then the pungent odor struck them, so strong that they felt dizzy.
Only later did they realize that the shoreline, 60 meters ...
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Monday, September 25th, 2006
WHILE PETRON Corp. is known for its much-publicized advocacy of corporate social responsibility (CSR), the way its executives initially navigated the recent oil spill accident near Guimaras has become another case study of how companies don’t usually walk the talk.
During the stormy afternoon of Aug. 11, 2006, an overloaded Solar ...
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