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President to Nature: Go Away. / Also:missing plane
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http://www.gmanews.tv/story/155286/Arroyo-orders-Boracay-cleared-of-moss
MANILA, Philippines — President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo wants Boracay Island cleared of moss that gathered on the island-resort’s waters.The President gave the order after hosting visiting Papua New Guinea Prime Minister Michael Somare there last weekend, during which she noticed moss encroaching into the shoreline, a report of online news site Visayan Daily Star (www.visayandailystar.com) said Thursday.
Boracay Eminent Persons Group secretary and island administrator Virtus Gil said they will hire workers to put up nets 150 meters from the shoreline to block the moss from the bathing area.
I’m not sure where they did that. I never saw any nets and the algae bloom was around for months. Must’ve been only in a certain area.
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In other news, a plane is missing.
A twin-engine aircraft has gone missing today in the Philippines. The plane, a twin-engine Britten-Norman Islander (RP-C764), departed Tuguegarao City Airport in the northern Philippines (Cagayan Province) at around 8:55 AM today, but failed to reach its destination in the town of Maconacon only 35 minutes away. ..The airplane carried five passengers and two crewmen. …Weather at the time was reported to be “fairly good” by CAAP officials.
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Kinda PC, but kinda not… I mean, she travels with a lot of people and it seems really odd that she got as far as making a formal public statement and no-one (especially her PR and environmental people) bothered to do some informing. In her defense, she has people that worry about marine ecology for her. And then again, maybe it was a quick spur of the moment comment.
Apr 6, 2009 at 9:30 AM