Traffic seen as cutting of century trees in Naga proceeds

08/04/2014

Traffic is expected to build up as the highway will be temporarily closed to traffic for at least 4 hours when trees along the highway of Tinaan, Naga will be cut tomorrow morning. The Department of Public…

Old, rotting Acacia tree falls on highway in Carcar city; Impact misses neighbors

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 07/27/2014

CLOSE CALL AT 4:30 AM His family was sleeping soundly when a loud thud woke them at 4:30 am. Jun Bacon, his wife and two daughters got up, thinking a typhoon had hit barangay Perrelos, Carcar City.…

Caring for century-old trees

07/15/2014

The collapse of a nearly century-old giant acacia tree in  San Fernando town, southern Cebu is a painful reminder of how time, abuse and neglect can  erode a  magnificent living tower  and cause harm to whoever is…

Gov’t collaboration and citizen engagement

Atty. Gloria Estenzo Ramos 07/14/2014

News of the century-old tree toppling down and blocking off the highway in the southern part of Cebu elicited a cacophony of responses from public officials. The usual “I-told-you-so” remarks that the old trees should be removed…

Traffic returns to normal; DPWH pushes for inventory of trees

Jose Santino S. Bunachita, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 07/11/2014

Eatery owner Mirasol Bartido was washing dishes when she heard a loud cracking sound outside. She looked for her 8-year-old daughter, who was playing nearby then grabbed her and ran outside the eatery. “Good thing the tree…

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