CEBU, Philippines — The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has formed an independent, composite investigation team to probe the January 8 collapse of the Binaliw Sanitary Landfill. This comes amid mounting pressure from Cebu City…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — Members of the Cebu City Council expressed dissatisfaction with the Department of Environment and Natural Resources–Environmental Management Bureau (DENR-EMB) Region 7 on Wednesday after officials failed to give clear, detailed answers on regulatory…
MANILA – The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has launched a multi-sectoral investigation into the deadly Binaliw sanitary landfill landslide in Cebu and ordered a nationwide review of all operating sanitary landfills in the country to…
LAPU-LAPU CITY, Cebu — The Department of Environment and Natural Resources in Central Visayas (DENR-7) has ordered the immediate shutdown of the Binaliw sanitary landfill in Cebu City following a landslide that trapped and claimed the lives…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — Mayor Nestor Archival has rejected claims that he has been silent on the controversial Monterrazas de Cebu project, saying the issue is already the subject of pending national cases and that renewed calls…
MANILA – The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) reported major gains in forest restoration, water management, and environmental governance in 2025, as the Philippines faced increasingly extreme and unpredictable weather conditions. Secretary Raphael Lotilla said…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — A Cebu-based environmental planner has warned that the government’s decision to charge the developer of the controversial Monterrazas project under a minor forestry provision risks setting a “catastrophic precedent” for all future upland…
MANILA – The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) is fast-tracking the National Flood Master Plan, saying that flood management is a key component of the country’s broader water security strategy. In a press briefing on…
MANILA – The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has filed both criminal and administrative cases against the Monterrazas project in Cebu City for what it described as massive tree-cutting. “For the Monterrazas case, we already…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — Monterrazas de Cebu is pushing back against claims that it cut down more than 700 trees and contributed to the widespread flooding in Cebu during Typhoon Tino on November 4, citing the allegations…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) confirmed that only 11 out of 745 trees documented in 2022 remain standing within the Monterrazas de Cebu development site. The decline from more than…
MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has launched a joint investigation into the Monterrazas de Cebu Project to assess its compliance with environmental laws and identify potential risks, including landslides and flooding,…
