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	<title>Iloilo River</title>
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	<description>Renewing the Public Realm</description>
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		<title>1M cu m of wastewater dumped in Iloilo River</title>
		<description><![CDATA[RESIDENTIAL and commercial establishments discharge some 1 million cubic meters of wastewater in the Iloilo River daily, according to environment officials.
City Environment and Natural Resources Officer Noel Hechanova said 200 drainage pipes from 13 hotels, 7 hospitals and numerous houses and commercial buildings along the riverbanks spew out untreated wastewater in the river.

Hechanova said the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Remove illegal structures from Iloilo River – Mabilog</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Mayor Jed Patrick Mabilog has ordered City Agriculturist Josegil Parreñas to remove all illegal structures at the Iloilo River by the end of August or face the consequence of being transferred to another office.
Mabilog gave this order following reports that illegal fishpens and other structures are still enjoying a boom at the Iloilo River.
Mabilog said [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Demolish houses along Iloilo River</title>
		<description><![CDATA[THE Iloilo City Environment and Natural Resources Office (CENRO) here wanted all houses along the Iloilo River removed as part of the Iloilo River Development Plan.
Engr. Reynan Escoto of the CENRO said that if they have their way, all houses near and along the riverside should be removed to hasten government projects intended to preserve [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.iloiloriver.com/demolish-houses-along-iloilo-river.html</link>
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		<title>Lot owners form group to protect Iloilo River</title>
		<description><![CDATA[AN informal association of seven lot owners along the banks of the Iloilo River fronting Tabucan in Mandurriao district is initiating steps to protect the river from informal settlers and illegal fishpens. 
Headed by former Department of Tourism Secretary Narzalina Lim, the real estate owners have formulated a common strategy for river protection and at [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.iloiloriver.com/lot-owners-form-group-to-protect-iloilo-river.html</link>
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		<title>Walk kicks off Iloilo River Watch project</title>
		<description><![CDATA[THE Iloilo City Government, spearheaded by the City Environment and Natural Resources Office (Cenro) in partnership with the Youth Eco Defenders here, will launch the Operation Bantay Suba starting with a walk for a cause on January 17.
“Bantay Suba aims to encourage Ilonggos to be more concerned and participative about the plight of the Iloilo [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.iloiloriver.com/walk-kicks-off-iloilo-river-watch-project.html</link>
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		<title>The Forgotten Crisis</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The United Nations General Assembly has declared 2010 as the International Year of Biodiversity (IYB) to raise awareness on the importance of biodiversity all over the world and its value for life on Earth. Biodiversity is defined as the variation of life forms within a given ecosystem, biome, or for the entire planet.
With the slogan [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.iloiloriver.com/the-forgotten-crisis.html</link>
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		<title>Addressing climate change</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The failure of the global summit on climate change in Copenhagen to strike a binding deal in curbing greenhouse gas emissions should change the campaign landscape for the 2010 elections, given the fact that the Philippines has been identified as a highly vulnerable country to the effects of climate destabilization such as tropical cyclones and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.iloiloriver.com/addressing-climate-change.html</link>
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		<title>A pebble in the water</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Environmentalist Dr. Kristin Treñas, in a text message the other day, questioned why the recent launching of the Metro Iloilo Airshed Governing Board was preceded by a caravan. “They are contradicting themselves,” part of her text message reads. “Do they really know what they are doing?”
The good pediatrician was right. That caravan was not only [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.iloiloriver.com/a-pebble-in-the-water.html</link>
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		<title>Tubong-tubong</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Climate change has been threatening rice production elsewhere, jeopardizing our food security. The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) reported that for every one degree Celsius rise in temperature, there is a corresponding 10 percent drop in rice yield. Rice is very vulnerable to extreme weather and climate change results in the higher incidence of flood, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.iloiloriver.com/tubong-tubong.html</link>
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		<title>A Bioregional Platform</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As the 2010 election approaches, aspirants to various political offices have already started laying down their respective platforms of government as they try to woo voters into backing their candidacies. Some capitalize on good governance catchphrases while others bank on local economic development slogans. There are those who vow to build a city college and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.iloiloriver.com/a-bioregional-platform.html</link>
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