Ahead of Earth Day celebration, local environmental advocates reiterate call vs reclamation projects in Cebu

Wenilyn Sabalo 04/22/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines — An environmental conservation organization in Cebu, the Save Cebu Movement,  reiterated its call to halt reclamation projects in Cebu and revoke the clearances and permissions for those projects, which are expected to cover…

U.S. experts arrive in Oriental Mindoro to assist in oil spill response

PR 03/21/2023

MANILA, Philippines —At the request of the Philippine government, eight experts from the United States government arrived in Pola, Oriental Mindoro today, March 21, to support the oil spill response operations of the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG).…

US provides P38M in grants to promote women’s role in clean energy

PR 03/15/2023

MANILA, PHILIPPINES —On International Women’s Day March 8, the United States government, through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), announced two new grant projects valued at P37.9 million ($690,000) to boost women’s participation in energy…

‘Jubilee for the Environment’ tree-planting yields 3.5T trees in 10 months

PR 12/07/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines –An environment-oriented celebration of 500 Years of Christianity resulted in growing more than 3,500 trees in a series of five tree-planting activities that involved 10 organizations in what was once a mined-out area in…

Bohol LGUs told: Protect marine resources, learn from Panglao’s experience

Doris C. Bongcac 11/28/2022

MANDAUE CITY, Cebu – Learning from the experience of Panglao town, localities in Bohol province are told the importance of having regulations being set in place before they should start to accommodate divers and other tourists in their…

CESET apprehends violators, conducts cleanup drive in Mambaling

Wenilyn B. Sabalo 10/07/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — At least 70 individuals from Sitio Nava in Barangay Mambaling, Cebu City were issued citation tickets by personnel of the Cebu City Environmental Sanitation and Enforcement Team (CESET) for violation of the “No…

Tuburan mayor: 11,000 bamboo seedlings for environment, livelihood of farmers

Futch Anthony Inso 09/18/2022

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Philippines — Eleven thousand bamboo seedlings were planted during the World Bamboo and Cleanup Day 2022 in Tuburan town on Saturday, September 17, 2022.  Tuburan Democrito “Aljun” Diamante led the ceremonial planting of the bamboo…

Coastal clean-up in Lapu-Lapu set

Futch Anthony Inso 09/16/2022

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Cebu—The Lapu-Lapu City Government is all set to conduct the 2022 International Coastal Clean-up on Saturday, September 17, 2022. The clean-up drive will be held at the Liberty Shrine in Barangay Mactan. City Hall employees…

200 kilos of garbage collected in Ubay mangrove area

Morexette Marie B. Erram 09/15/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines —  Environment and fisheries regulators here continue to remind the public to dispose of their garbage properly in order to prevent polluting seas and other vital ecosystems. Personnel from the Bureau of Fisheries and…

Rare endemic lizard rescued in Samboan, Cebu

Morexette Marie B. Erram 09/12/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Eco-tourism guides in Samboan town in southwestern Cebu released on Sunday, September 11, a rare lizard, endemic to the Philippines, back to the wild after it was trapped in a garden.  The Tangbo…

Cebu City Jail Male Dorm plants 200 seedlings for 131st BJMP anniversary

Pegeen Maisie Sararana 09/05/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — At least 200 fruit-bearing seedlings were planted on Monday, September 5, 2022,  by Cebu City Jail Male Dormitory personnel at the Osmeña Shrine in Barangay Kalunasan, here in line with the 31st anniversary…

EMB-7 recommends immediate course of action in Cordova costal water problems

Futch Anthony Inso 08/17/2022

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Cebu—The Environmental Management Bureau in Central Visayas (EMB-7) has recommended to the Municipality of Cordova to take immediate course of action to mitigate any environmental pollution in the town’s coastal waters. EMB-7 recommended to the…

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