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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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Traffic slowed to a turtle crawl as century-old trees along Tinaan, Naga were being cut down by the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) early morning, Tuesday. Police and barangay tanods lacked communication equipment while manning…
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