Garganera: Keep BICs as contact tracing intensifies

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 07/06/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City Councilor Joel Garganera is urging the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) to keep the Barangay Isolation Centers (BICs) available for patients while testing and contact tracing intensifies in the city. This after…

Cebu City Council to raise COVID-19 concerns to Cimatu

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 07/05/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City Council will be raising the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) concerns of the city to Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu, the overseer of the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) in Cebu, in a…

Ban on single-use plastics in gov’t approved

Jhesset O. Enano - Philippine Daily Inquirer 02/25/2020

MANILA, Philippines — The National Solid Waste Management Commission (NSWMC) has approved a resolution that mandates the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) to prepare and to implement the banning of “unnecessary” single-use plastics in all…

Cimatu to visit Panglao Island on Tuesday

Doris C. Bongcac 11/26/2018

Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu is expected to visit Panglao Island in Bohol province on Tuesday (November 27) to again discuss issues affecting tourism destinations on the island with the different stakeholders. An advisory posted on the Facebook…

Cimatu to find ways to mitigate risks

Jessa Mae O. Sotto, Rosalie O. Abatayo 11/22/2018

NAGA LANDSLIDE “WE WILL be solving the problem in Naga City because of the threat coming from ‘yong naiwan pang debris sa taas.” This was the statement of Secretary Roy Cimatu of the Department of Environment and…

Cimatu expresses doubts quarry caused deadly Naga landslide

Rosalie O. Abatayo and Melvin Gascon 10/02/2018

WHILE growing up, Procesa Aliganga was accustomed to the quarry operations of a cement firm which was just 50 meters away from her home in Barangay Tinaan, Naga City, Cebu. She added the quarry operations of Apo…

Cimatu lifts ban in ’90% of quarry sites’

Rosalie Abatayo 10/02/2018

Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu said the quarrying operations in Naga City cannot be directly blamed for the tragedy, as this has been existing site before a community emerged. “The quarry site is at an isolated area, but…

MINING HALTED IN 8 REGIONS

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, JOSE SANTINO BUNACHITA 09/22/2018

  In the wake of the recent tragedies in Cebu and Benguet that many blamed on quarrying and mining activities, President Rodrigo Duterte last night announced that he would consider suspending mining activities in most parts of…

Gov’t-built sewerage system near shoreline disturbs Cimatu

Inquirer.net 05/19/2018

BORACAY MESS Boracay Island, Aklan — Even while commercial establishments are being directed to demolish structures encroaching on the 30-meter beach setback on Boracay Island, Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu was surprised to find a government-built sewerage system…

Cimatu stops Palawan nickel mining firm from cutting trees

Inquirer.net 05/19/2017

BROOKE’S POINT, Palawan — Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu ordered on Friday Ipilan Nickel Corp. (INC) to stop its tree cutting activities following an inspection of the company’s mining tenement. Cimatu also urged the company to face up…

Cimatu vows action on water quality, solid waste

Inquirer.net 05/17/2017

ILOILO CITY — Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu vowed to “double efforts” in addressing environmental concerns on Boracay Island and other tourist destinations. “The law is there. We have to implement the law in tourist destinations (and) tourist…

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