CEBU CITY, Philippines — After months of complying with some requirements related to the proposed comprehensive Septage Management Program for Metro Cebu, a signing ceremony was held last January 11, 2019 to signal another milestone. The Signing…
SIARGAO ISLAND – It started with Boracay Island. Now the triumvirate composed of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), Department of Tourism (DOT) and Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) are on the…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — Hospital wastes, which have been found floating off the seas of four barangays in Lapu-Lapu City, have also been recovered at Barangay Mactan. This brings the number of barangays in Lapu-Lapu City to…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — After the discovery of medical wastes floating on the seas off Lapu-lapu City, a religous environmentalist group is encouraging government officials to create concrete programs to clean the rivers and other waterways. Pusyon…
SIARGAO ISLAND — The rehabilitation of Manila Bay would take seven years to accomplish and would cost around P47 billion, according to Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Undersecretary Benny Antiporda. “Based on the statement of…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — As the Sinulog Festival fever rises up, a group of environmentally conscious advocates called on both partygoers and pilgrims to bring their own reusable bottles or tumblers to lessen plastic pollution. Tony Galon,…
It was the vigilance of netizens in calling out a potential environmental hazard that led to the cancelled plan of a French restaurant to release hundreds of wish-bearing sky lanterns in Cebu City. …
Things are much different now for the fisherfolk of San Remigio, a third-class municipality located in the northwestern part of Cebu. Incidents of illegal fishing have dwindled and the town enjoys bountiful harvests from the seas. “Maka-ingon…
THE dwindling supply of fish in some parts of Negros Island’s major fishing ground is now up for rehabilitation. Silliman University (SU), together with University of Rhode Islands and University of the Philippines (UP), are putting into…
A rumbling volcano on the Indonesian resort island of Bali spewed smoke hundreds of meters into the air Saturday, officials said, just days after thousands were forced to flee over fears it would erupt. Mount Agung belched…
Amlan, a sleepy fourth class municipality in Negros Oriental that has offered to take Cebu City Zoo’s animals once it will be closed, apparently is more than qualified to make that offer. Amlan, which is just a…
Cebu fish no longer found in Naga river; candidate for extinct species Small fish that used to thrive in clean rivers of the City of Naga in south Cebu are feared to have become extinct, conservation advocates…
