‘Save Poro’s trees’: Parish church widens calls vs tree-cutting

Morexette Marie B. Erram 05/16/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The parish church in Poro town, Camotes Island, in northern Cebu is not giving up on its fight to save hundreds of trees from being chopped down. The Sto. Niño de Poro Parish…

Carcar City’s century-old trees slowly regaining beauty

Immae Lachica 01/22/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines— A slow but beautiful recovery for the famous century-old trees of Carcar City is gaining attention online.  The trees are one of the highlights of the heritage city of Carcar with their lustrous green…

‘Running priest’ is in Naga City, Cebu to help fight against ‘EJK of trees’

Rosalie Abatayo 10/17/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Environmentalist priest Fr. Roberto Reyes will run along the national highway of Naga City, Cebu on Thursday, October 17, 2019, to protest against the scheduled cutting of 32 century-old trees. Reyes said the…

No tree-cutting for a week as DPWH, DENR conduct reassessment

Rosalie Abatayo 10/15/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The century-old trees in the cities of Carcar and Naga are temporarily safe. This happened as the Department of Environment and Natural Resources Central Visayas (DENR-7) and Department of Public Works and Highways…

Youth activists, residents protest to stop cutting of trees in Naga City

Rosalie Abatayo 10/15/2019

NAGA CITY, Cebu—  Lito Lapure, 48, hoisted himself on a tree in 2014 to protest against the scheduled cutting of 84 trees in Barangay Inoburan, Naga City. The trees were saved. This morning, October 15, Lapure, a…

Acacia trees live another day

01/06/2015

Four old trees along the national highway in the City of Naga, southern Cebu were chopped down in 2014. Eighty-four were spared, but for how long? In the name of public safety, four century-old Acacia trees in…

‘Trim, not cut trees’

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 10/13/2014

No budget to maintain century-old trees in Cebu and other parts of the country? No problem, according to the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) which issued an order directing all regional and district engineering offices…

Online survey shows support to save century trees

Bjorn Abraham Tabanera 08/11/2014

The ongoing dispute between the Departments of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), Public Works and Highways (DPWH) and environmental groups on the fate of the century-old trees lining up the roads of Naga and Carcar cities has…

‘Delays in cutting trees to raise road project cost’

08/10/2014

Further delays in dealing with roadside trees in south Cebu will jack up  the cost of long-delayed road widening of the Carcar-Naga road, said former Cebu congressman Eduardo Gullas. He welcomed plans for  an independent third party…

A white ribbon for every tree

Apple Ta-as, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 08/10/2014

The campaign to stop the cutting of roadside trees in south Cebu continues with a  “solidarity walk, run, bike” activity today  from Naga City to Carcar City and San Ferando town. Mountaineering groups  and other volunteers  will…

DPWH told to cut trees at night instead

08/06/2014

The ongoing tree-cutting in barangay Tina-an, Naga City led some local officials to propose that it be done in the evening in order to avoid traffic congestion. In a press conference early today, Naga City Information Officer…

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