Haze and our (uncaring) habits

10/04/2015

Unlike today, the children of my generation experienced clear skies, occurring as regularly as the sunrise and sunset, unless it was the rainy season, of course. I remember the solitary hours when I would lie on my…

Fighting illegal fishing

Atty. Gloria Estenzo Ramos 08/31/2015

Despite our progressive laws, illegal fishing  is still a huge problem. Last week, boxes of fish caught through dynamite fishing from Medellin in northern Cebu were seized in Liloan. Fourteen fishers using the banned hulbot-hulbot or Danish…

In hot pursuit of healthy air for all

Atty. Gloria Estenzo Ramos 08/24/2015

Arriving from a trip out of Cebu, I expected another painstaking hour of waiting in the increasingly alarming traffic congestion in our cities. But I was in for a pleasant surprise. It was a smooth flow all…

Safety first

Atty. Gloria Estenzo Ramos 08/17/2015

Safety First.”  This ubiquitous sign in plants and factories remind the workers to always integrate personal security into their work and decisions. It can also be interpreted to mean that management puts a premium in the protection…

Small but sustainable

Atty. Gloria Estenzo Ramos 08/10/2015

Hats off to the women in Sitio Kamanggahan in Barangay Guadalupe, Cebu City who are  among the growing number of citizens prioritizing ecological solid waste management (SWM) and small-scale and sustainable urban agriculture. Relying on their own…

Water woes in Metro Cebu

Atty. Gloria Estenzo Ramos 08/03/2015

I was getting ready for a meeting last Friday when heavy rainfall and the consequent flooding again hit Metro Cebu for the second time last week. Since my colleagues and I knew better than to get stuck…

Ending the romance with dirty coal

Atty. Gloria Estenzo Ramos 07/27/2015

Why is the most vulnerable and poster country to climate impacts still gung-ho about coal? It defies reason and logic to build more climate-change causing coal power plants amid the indubitable fact that burning coal and other…

The significance of the Tañon Strait Ruling

Atty. Gloria Estenzo Ramos 07/13/2015

The day before Earth Day in April this year, the Supreme Court (SC) announced its much-awaited ruling on the seismic survey and oil drilling in Tañon Strait Protected Seascape (TSPS). In December, 2007, twin cases were filed…

Way to go, Cebu!

Atty. Gloria Estenzo Ramos 07/06/2015

Establishing a shark and ray sanctuary was among those in the dream list for consideration and action by participants of the first Shark Summit in Cebu last year. Now, the novel idea has become  a reality, thanks…

Meaningful Journey with Partners

Atty. Gloria Estenzo Ramos 06/29/2015

In my younger years as an environmental advocate, my understanding friends would tease my habit of waking them up at 6 in the morning or earlier with text messages about seeds of ideas and strategies that propped…

Strengthening alliances for our seas

Atty. Gloria Estenzo Ramos 06/01/2015

Ferry passengers from Cebu to Negros Oriental traverse  the narrow but deep body of water dividing Cebu from the Negros provinces. Just like the tourists enjoying the famous dive spots in Moalboal and Bantayan, the whale and…

Champions of the oceans

Atty. Gloria Estenzo Ramos 05/25/2015

On May 27, we celebrate the 17th anniversary of the Presidential Proclamation of Tañon Strait as a protected seascape. Tañon Strait is a unique global natural heritage which every Filipino should feel privileged to be part of.…

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