this article seems to have been written 3 weeks after typhoon Emong. subic bay has relatively clean water and beaches, however after the first major storm of the year tons of trash are swept from inland areas into the bay. much of that ends on the shore of the bay and some goes out into the South China Sea. after emong Our hotel had between two to five men cleaning trash from the beach, it was almost a month till it returned to its normal level. In the first two days after the storm eased up, we removed 250 rice bags filled with thrash. the most common items were plastic cups from jolibee, straws and flip flops. in all over 1,000 bags of trash were removed. the beach of the hotel is only 20 meters wide. The city beach near by dug 15 foot deep holes, filled it with trash, burned what they could and buried all that remained. burying the trash is not a great option but it does solve the problem short term.

the holes filled with trash mentioned above was most likely the result of a clean up effort. I believe that the locals do what they can to help keep the beaches clean.

There was a comment made that said the locals were just trying to shift the blame to others, in this case I believe that it is justified. Manila bay gets filled with trash that eventual gets pushed out to sea, clockwise rotation of storms that pass to the northern portions of Luzon causes trash to be pushed back to shore.

My view is that 9 months of the year the zambales beaches are clear of trash. just avoid the early storm season. Efforts need to be made to stop the trash at its source before it gets into the water ways

Awareness and Education, this is part of the solution.

Perhaps establishing sustainable living or environmental programs to educate students within these communities may help change attitudes.

I have always dreamed of designing a youth initiative which involves keeping our communities clean and more importantly sustainable. I believe engaging with young people plays a pivotal part in finding a long term solution.

I live in Sydney Australia, blessed and privilaged by this beautiful country but still enjoy going home to zambales for a short vacation. During my vacations I have noticed that in some particular areas the locals had a lack of knowledge on sustainability and caring for the environment, sadly, this education is not provided to them hence, locals are unaware of their faults.

We can only continue to educate and make the locals aware of what they are doing wrong and ultimately what the consequences are.

I would be keen to support and participate in any campaigns/programs/initiatives to education and provide awareness within our coastal zambales communities.

Cheers!

“Man did not weave the web of life, he is merely a strand in it. Whatever he does to the web, he does to himself. ”
? Chief Seattle

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Why choose GUIMARAS if we have ZAMBALES Mangoes!

We have a place in Zamabales about 20 minutes away from Punduquit beach. Just went there this last weekend and the beach was clean, & the water was beautiful. We were in the resort area not the public beach. I did not see any of the trash they are talking about there. While I have never tried staying over, the way to enjoy it is to go early in the morning during the summer months (now) and rent a bamboo hut, called a nipa hut, from one of the resorts. We liked Megan’s for this. Don’t expect much from the bathrooms (bring your own tp and do not put it in the toilets) but they do have grills and sinks where you can cook out. It’s more oriented to locals than foreign tourists. If you have some locals with you, expect to pay around 600 pesos for a day rental of a nipa hut. An all foreigner group might have to pay a little more. No idea.

If we spend more time there, I will find out what is being done about the cleanup and perhaps something can be done to organize volunteer efforts in the other areas.

Now that I became a Zambalena, I am really proud to know this place. I hope you can brought this to Zambales government officials and inform them that there are a lots of issued needed attention.

Thank you.

though, the biggest downfall of this wonderful place is truly the garbage management… i don’t know who to blame?

first of all, i guess its the local government who seems to be neglecting this fact. truly, this place is a potential tourist destination, given the proper attention… it’s the town that would surely benefit from all of its God-given natural gifts. Dapat bumuo sila ng group na magmamanage ng lugar na yan and will impose all the necessary rules and regulations to protect the place. The place is so public,,, you’ll only be charged for the boat fee and entrance fee of P50 for daytour and P100 for overnight and you can be free to do anything. The boat fee I guess is just good enough, it compensates the gasoline and the effort of the boatman, considering din un layo ng lugar,,, it’s back & forth anyway…i just dont know lng who should take responsibility for the entrance fee,,, as far as I understand, the reason why they’re charging that amount is for the maintenance of the place,,, but what the heck are those garbage doing… though, i could understand that during peak season, pwedeng hindi na kayanin ng care taker ang pgm-maintain ng lugar kung maraming bisitang iresponsable!

that’s why I say now… 2nd to be blamed are the visitors! why blame the locals? in the first place, are there residents living in Anawangin? dont you remember that going there, you must ride on a boat first… and Anawangin is a place na sasadyain tlga… do you expect the locals to go there from time to time and clean up the mess that the visitors had left? us, being the visitors should know how to care,,, and care enough!

again, I must say this: Anawangin is truly a wonderful place to go… you’ll appreciate nature at its best. The pics in the many blogs that display its lovely scene are genuine and not fake! Hindi nman basura lng ang laman ng Anawangin,,, more than the garbage that’s highlighted in this blog, there are so much wonderful things to appreciate in Anawangin,,, you’ll never fail to get connected to nature once you’re there… it is just sad that no proper maintenance on this place when it comes to garbage disposal especially during peak season is being done. and it’s truly a dismay!

and btw, mahal tlga ang bilihin dun,,, kya if you’re planning to go there… magbaon kn ng bonggang-bongga! again, ang Anawangin ay tinatawid ng bangka… so ang mga paninda ay dinadala p from town proper going to Anawangin,,, kaya wag kayo mag expect ng presyong kapareho lng ng nasa tindahan ni Aling Nena sa kanto… kaya kung ayaw nyo magsatusan ng triple, magbaon kayo!

i wouldn’t comment on the resorts or hotels nearby,,, i havent tried any. and remember, Anawangin is not a resort, again, it’s public… it’s an undeveloped island… and it could be a camp site where you can spend the night… it’s safe! but if you’re really looking for a place to spend the night and dont want to have an overnight at Anawangin, I would suggest that you find a hotel or resort in Subic na lng… mas alive ang night life dun as this blog says.

being a Zambalena, I must say that Zambales has alot to offer… it is just sad that the local government is not pushing it through and don’t do any act to promote a good tourism in it, kaya up to now, Zamabales is still underrated. Hindi lng sana SBMA ang dapat i-highlight. There are so much treasure in the Northern part of Zambales, it’s so natural… it’s so wonderful. pero kulang sa push! Gising Zambales officials… napaka promising ng lalawigan natin, pero I must say… hanggang ngayon, boring pa rin at wala tayo’ng pwede’ng ipagmalaki sa turismo dahil wala kayo’ng ginagawa! Sa tagal na panahon,,, ang Zambales, isa’ng agricultural place pa rin when in fact… this is such a very beautiful place,,, kumpleto ang gift ng nature… mapa-bundok, dagat, ilog, falls… name it!

we, as private individuals should not stop promoting a place gaano man tayo nadismaya… hindi ibig sabihin na “nalukot” ang iyong pagkakakilala ay titigil tayo at madi-discourage na. it all boils down to ones potential,,, pansinin ang kulang at i-highlight ang pwede pa’ng i-improve.

i’m just praying na one day, magising ako at makita ko ang aking home province na umunlad na dahil na-manage ng tama!

again, Zambales is not a WOW place pra s mga taong mataas ang expectation… hindi yan katulad ng ibang tourist spot sa Pilipinas gaya ng Palawan o kung saan man… pero Zambales is truly a wonderful and promising place only if nurtured, given attention and pushed towards a very good management of its God given resources.

Just giving my opinion for someone that has been staying here for almost 6
months. Enjoy!