Court stops firm’s quarrying in Minglanilla to protect community

Futch Anthony Inso 05/05/2026

The Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 76 in Naga City has issued an ex-parte Temporary Environmental Protection Order (TEPO) against JOMARA Konstruckt and JOMARA Agri Foods.…

1,500 beagles, freed from research facility, to get new lives

David Fischer 05/04/2026

The first beagles removed from a Wisconsin dog breeding and research facility seemed to know right away that they were safe. …

Cebu City’s Binaliw landfill use on pause amid safety concerns

Airam Limatog 05/04/2026

Cebu City will not send its garbage to the partially reopened landfill in Barangay Binaliw unless strict safety measures are verified and enforced, Mayor Nestor Archival said. …

Kiwi birds return to New Zealand’s capital after a century away

Charlotte Graham-McLay 05/03/2026

The kiwi, New Zealand’s sacred national bird, vanished from the hills around Wellington more than a century ago. Now the capital’s residents are waging an improbable citizen campaign to return the endangered flightless birds to the city.…

LOOK: Heavy Mayon ashfall blankets towns in Albay

Ma. April Mier-Manjares and Michael B. Jaucian - @inquirerdotnet 05/02/2026

Following a strombolian eruption and continuous pyroclastic density currents (PDCs) from Mayon Volcano, heavy ashfall blanketed several towns in Albay’s third district on Saturday, local officials said. …

Haze dissipates: Metro Cebu air quality hits ‘fair’ levels

Airam Limatog 05/02/2026

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Cebu — Air quality across Metro Cebu has improved steadily over the last few days, with monitoring stations now reporting generally “fair” conditions, according to the Environmental Management Bureau in Central Visayas (EMB-7). On Saturday,…

Bohol tarsiers: Protecting one of nature’s most fragile primates

Doris C. Bongcac 05/02/2026

MANDAUE CITY, Cebu – Did you know that tarsiers are so shy and sensitive that extreme stress can lead to their death? For this reason, tarsier conservation centers – especially those in Bohol Province – strictly prohibit…

Chonkers the sea lion draws crowds to San Francisco’s Pier 39

05/01/2026

An intrepid sea lion nicknamed Chonkers is waddling his way into the hearts of tourists and locals who have flocked to San Francisco’s Pier 39 for a glimpse of the massive pinniped.…

Timmy the humpback whale journeys in a barge to the North Sea

04/30/2026

A barge carrying a humpback whale that had been stranded in shallow waters near Germany since March has begun its journey toward the North Sea. It reached Danish waters on Wednesday, German authorities said.…

Tropical forest loss eases but still at worrying levels

04/29/2026

Paris, France–The pace of tropical forest destruction slowed in 2025 after record losses the year before but remained at worrying levels equivalent to 11 football fields per minute, researchers said Wednesday. The world lost 4.3 million hectares (10.6…

Metro Cebu haze: Heat, no rain push air quality to poor levels anew

Airam Limatog 04/25/2026

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Cebu — Prolonged high temperatures and weeks without rainfall have caused pollutants to accumulate, triggering fluctuating air quality levels across Metro Cebu, environmental officials said. Data from the Environmental Management Bureau in Central Visayas (EMB-7)…

How CCLEX-SRP viaduct would spare hundreds of Cebu City families

Pia Piquero 04/25/2026

The planned Cebu-Cordova Link Expressway (CCLEX) Guadalupe ramp will no longer pass through V. Rama Avenue after planners proposed to build a viaduct connecting the bridge to the Compania Maritima Area of the South Road Properties (SRP).…

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