Cutting of 84 trees in the City of Naga and San Fernando town to proceed, But no more trees will be replanted by the roadside. The good news is that government agencies finally agreed yesterday to cut…
THE public works department won’t touch the trees in Naga City, delaying a scheduled “sanitation cutting” this week of seven old and decaying Acacias that may topple and harm road users. Regional Director Ador Canlas of the…
Trees will not be cut down but incorporated in the design of the next phase of widening the Naga-Carcar highway in south Cebu, said Ador Canlas, regional director of the Dept. of Public Works and Highways (DPWH)…
The initiative of the Visayan Electric Company to encourage the private sector and home consumers in energy saving has been lauded by the Department of Energy, not just as pioneering but also helping plug the thin power…
Several residents and fisherfolk families living in the coastal barangay of Bangbang in Cordova town have complained about the excavation of coral stone in the area. Backhoes and jackhammers are used to drill and cut blocks of…
Several resorts in Sta.Fe , Bantayan Island are back in the shoreline, even those whose seawalls were demolished in 2010 by a court order for violating a 20-meter public easement. This is already known by the Department…
A “climate-proof and green” courthouse is what the Supreme Court envisions for the soon-to-rise Judicial Complex in Cebu City. Supreme Court Administrator Jose Midas Marquez said last Thursday that the High Court wants to cushion the effects…
To culminate the Month of the Ocean, the regional office of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR-7) has installed a reef monitoring system off Mactan Island and conducted mangrove planting and coastal clean-up activities in…
DESPITE a recent ruling by the Malabon City Regional Trial Court lifting the ban on the destructive “hulbot-hulbot” or Danish Seine fishing, the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) is firm on its stand not to…
After typhoon Yolanda, a “no-build” zone is supposed to keep coastal families from rebuilding their homes 40 meters from the shoreline. But in Sta. Fe town, whose long shoreline of powdery white sand draws many tourists, several…
An adult female green sea turtle which was rescued earlier with four gunshot wounds in Bato, Toledo City last Sunday was found ‘fit and healthy’ and was released to the wild. Tañon Strait Protected Seascape (TSPS) Assistant…
The Philippine archipelago is covered by the Coral Triangle, a vast expanse of sea spanning six countries in Southeast Asia, portions of the Pacific and the Indian Ocean and home to 76 percent of the world’s coral…
