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The Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Office (PENRO) found out that some resorts in Badian town, Cebu have no environmental permits. PENRO officer-in-charge Jayson Lozano said they already sent notices for beach resort owners to comply with…
“Let’s help protect the environment here in Cebu because we only have one Cebu.” This was the message of the newly appointed officer-in-charge of the Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Office (PENRO), Jayson Lozano, to tourists who…
A 2017 waste characteristics and analysis study of the Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Office (PENRO) revealed that Cebu province has generated trash at a rate of 1.2 million kilograms per day. The study, conducted last October,…
Investigators not ruling out arson after loss of documents It was something they didn’t expect to happen. Various documents of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources in Central Visayas (DENR-7) went up in smoke in an…
The intensified campaign of the Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Office (Penro) to apprehend violators including those sand and gravel companies committing Penro violations resulted to a 10-month collection of P15.7 million. Edna Toring-Obenita, local treasury operations…
THE Cebu Provincial government and other stakeholders are studying successful models of sanitary landfills such as the one in Tacloban where they can adopt for the province’s planned landfill in Barangay Dauis Sur, Carmen Town in northern…
ASIAN Marine Transport Corp., the operator of the vessel that ran aground at the Sta. Fe Sanctuary last Nov. 25, could not be faulted for the incident because it was due to the strong winds and waves…
A PROVINCIAL environment officer is calling for the removal of the vessel which ran aground in Hilantagaan Island at the marine sanctuary of Sta. Fe town in northern Cebu at the height of typhoon Marce more than…
THE Provincial Health Office (PHO) is encouraging the residents of Asturias town in northern Cebu to put mosquito nets or screens on their windows and doors to prevent the flies found in their area from entering their…
THE Cebu Provincial Board is asking the Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Office (Penro) and Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Central Visayas (BFAR-7) to file appropriate cases against the 13 fishermen who killed 19 thresher sharks…
The province’s supply of gravel is depleting fast due to excessive extraction in rivers, the Capitol’s environment chief said yesterday. “Frankly speaking, our supply of gravel in Cebu is depleting due to rampant illegal quarrying activities in…
AFTER five Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Office (Penro) enforcers were dismissed last July 1 for alleged extortion activities, five more were being investigated also for the same allegation. Penro head Baltazar Tribunalo said in an interview…
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