More volunteers expected to show up for Lahug River clean-up drive

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 03/08/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines—The Cebu City Environment Office (Cenro) is expecting more than 2,000 volunteers to help in the Lahug River clean-up on Saturday, March 9, 2019. Cenro Head Nida Cabrera said that more people have volunteered for…

Tourist on Tumalog Falls photo: I hope this gets the attention of Oslob town execs, residents

Morexette Marie B. Erram 03/05/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines – A photo of Tumalog Falls in Oslob of southern Cebu that seemed to have lost its curtain-like appeal is now making the rounds on social media.  The photo was uploaded by a Facebook…

City Council urged: Pass proposed plastic ban measure without exceptions

Futch Anthony Inso 03/04/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Environmental advocates want the Cebu City Council to approve the proposed ordinance which bans the use of single-use plastics without any exceptions. Nash Yap, one of the coordinators of Basura Run, said that…

Suspected bottlenose dolphin found dead in Danao City

Rosalie O. Abatayo 03/04/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines—A suspected bottlenose dolphin was found dead with several puncture wounds at the coast of Barangay Maslog, Danao City on Sunday morning, March 3. In a post on Danao City Government’s Facebook page, the city’s…

Cebu City Council to mull measure banning single-use plastic in the city

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 03/02/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Single-use plastics may be no longer be seen in Cebu City in the next three years if the proposed measure to completely ban the use of these kinds of plastic materials in supermarkets…

Cebu City DVMF out to find persons behind stingrays recovered in Pasil

Morexette Marie B. Erram 02/27/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines – 50 kilograms of stingrays, or locally known as pagi, were recovered by inspectors from the Cebu City Department of Veterinary Medicine and Fisheries (DVMF) at the Pasil Fish Market on Wednesday afternoon, February…

Greenpeace’s Rainbow Warrior ready for Cebu visit 

Immae Lachica 02/27/2019

Cebu City, Philippines — The Rainbow Warrior, the flagship vessel of Greenpeace, is ready for its Cebu visit on March 13 to 16, 2019. Angela Carballo Pago, Greenpace’s media campaigner, told Cebu Daily News Digital that the…

Piggery in San Fernando, Cebu shut down due to environmental issues

Morexette Marie B. Erram, Paul Lauro 02/26/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Authorities shut down a large-scale piggery in San Fernando town,  southeastern Cebu after it was caught in the act of directly discharging untreated livestock waste into the sea. The piggery was caught in a…

14 businesses that violated Cebu City’s trash ordinance help in Bulacao River cleanup

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 02/23/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines—Fourteen business establishments in Cebu City apprehended for illegal dumping of garbage and for releasing untreated waste water to the rivers joined the cleanup at the Bulacao River on Saturday morning, February 23. According to…

Kids join river clean-up drive, hope to see a cleaner Butuanon River

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 02/22/2019

MANDAUE CITY, Cebu, Philippines—Over 400 volunteers beat the sunrise on Friday morning, February 22, to participate in the clean-up drive at the Butuanon River in Mandaue City as part of the simultaneous river clean-up in 10 rivers…

DENR-7 to deputize 500 river guards to monitor region’s waterways

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 02/22/2019

MANDAUE CITY, Cebu, Philippines—The Department of Environment of Natural Resources in Central Visayas (DENR-7) will deputize  500 river guards to monitor the region’s streams and the waterways and apprehend violators contributing to the pollution of these rivers.…

Simultaneous river clean-up in Central Visayas kicks off

Delta Dyrecka Letigio, Immae Lachica 02/22/2019

MANDAUE CITY, Cebu, Philippines – The Department of Environment and Natural Resources in Central Visayas (DENR-7) launched a simultaneous river clean-up in 10 rivers in Central Visayas on Friday morning, February 22, 2019. According to DENR-7 Director…

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