DENR-7 wants to declare Danajon Double Reef as protected area

Futch Anthony Inso 10/10/2018

The DENR-7 has proposed to declare the Danajon Double Reef as a protected area. PENRO Nestor Canda said that aside from the conservation and protection of marine species, Danajon Double Reef also has a big potential for…

DENR-7 urges more volunteers for International Coastal Clean-up Day

Gerard Vincent Francisco 09/12/2018

The Department of Environment and Natural Resources in Central Visayas (DENR – 7) encourages more volunteers to join the International Coastal Clean-up Day to be held on Saturday (September 15). Around 7,000 individuals have already volunteered, but…

DENR-7 to start electronic data capture of land records

Rosalie Abatayo 08/15/2018

The Department of Environment and Natural Resources in Central Visayas (DENR-7) will start the electronic data capture of two million sheets of land records by September this year. Engr. Maria Fe C. Baquirquir, chief of the Records…

DENR-7 in need of Tañon Strait special prosecutor

Futch Anthony Inso 07/15/2018

The Department of Environment and Natural Resources in Central Visayas (DENR-7) is now seeking the appointment of a special prosecutor that will handle cases involving the conservation of Tañon Strait. The appointment of a prosecutor is intended…

DENR-7: Demolish 1K illegal structures in Bantayan Island’s coastal areas

Futch Anthony Inso 06/30/2018

The Department of Environment and Natural Resources in Central Visayas (DENR-7) has recommended the demolition of over a thousand structures situated along the coastal areas in Bantayan Island. Raul Pasoc, Community Environment and Natural Resources Officer (CENRO)…

DENR-7: Six Mactan resorts violated easement zone rule

Nestle L. Semilla 03/20/2018

AT LEAST six resorts in Lapu-Lapu City, Cebu were found to have violated the easement zone rule under the Presidential Decree (PD) 1067 or the Water Code of the Philippines. Nestor Canda, the regional coordinator on the…

DENR-7 begins check on Panglao hotels’ environmental compliance

Futch Anthony Inso 02/24/2018

Out of 200 hotels and resorts registered by municipal authorities in Panglao, Bohol only 32 complied with environmental requirements to establish a sewage and wastewater facility. Environmental Management Bureau (EMB-7) regional director William Cuñado warned that if…

DENR-7: Cebu hot spot of smuggled wildlife

Jessa Mae O. Sotto 02/14/2018

CEBU is one of the hot spots for wildlife smuggling. This is according to an official of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources in Central Visayas (DENR-7). Ariel Rica, chief of the Enforcement Division of the…

DENR-7 arrests 2 men for online sales of reptiles

Fe Marie D. Dumaboc, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 07/15/2017

TWO men were arrested in separate operations by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources and the National Bureau of Investigation in Central Visayas on Friday for the unauthorized sales of reptiles and endangered animals to customers…

Man arrested for selling endangered monitor lizards

Fe Marie D. Dumaboc 07/14/2017

A 24-YEAR OLD man was arrested in a joint raid operation by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources and the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) for allegedly selling illegal wildlife in Barangay Carreta, Cebu City earlier…

Sirao, a ‘no man’s land’ – city official

Inna Gian Mejia 07/07/2017

THE mountain barangay of Sirao will be like a “no man’s land”. This was the statement of Cebu City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (CDRRMO) chief Nagiel Bañacia on the danger of the incident of landslides…

Fire guts old office buildings of DENR 7 in Banilad

Norman V. Mendoza 03/13/2017

CEBU CITY—Fire destroyed two 2-story buildings of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources in Central Visayas (DENR 7) located at Greenplains Subdivision in Barangay Banilad, Mandaue City about 3 a.m. on Monday. The blaze of still…

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