11,000 signatures sought to save roadside trees in Carcar, Naga

Rosalie Abatayo 10/10/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — You know that you have reached Carcar City when towering Acacia trees arch over the road adding a scenic view to your trip. The city has been fondly known for the view of…

Labella’s Promise: Cebu City to plant 3M trees to replace 5 trees cut by DENR

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 10/05/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The five trees which the Department of Public Works and Highways in Central Visayas (DPWH-7) ordered cut from along Don Gil Garcia Street in Cebu City will be replaced with three million new…

No one stops cutting of century-old trees in Naga City this time

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 10/04/2019

NAGA CITY, Cebu, Philippines–On August 8, 2014, a mountain climber of the Inter Mountaineering Society hoisted himself up with a rope on a century-old Acacia tree in Naga City, Cebu to protest the planned cutting of 84…

DENR-7: Cutting of trees in Barangay Capitol Site follows forestry rules

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 09/25/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines–The Department of Natural Resources in Central Visayas (DENR-7) said that the  cutting of five trees along M. Velez  Street and Don Gil Garcia Street in Barangay Capitol Site in Cebu City was done in…

DENR urges LGUs to invest in sanitary landfills

Irene R. Sino Cruz 08/15/2019

CEBU CITY—Noting the lack of sanitary landfills in Central Visayas, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) is urging local government units to invest in sanitary landfills. “At present, some of our municipalities are still operating…

Gwen orders halt on all small-scale quarry operations in Cebu

Rosalie Abatayo 07/01/2019

Cebu City, Philippines—There will be no quarrying activities in the whole of Cebu Province starting Monday, July 1, 2019.  This after Governor Gwendolyn Garcia has issued a memorandum directing the Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Office (Penro)…

Mandaue’s garbage woes: Fortuna seeks help of new Consolacion, Cebu City mayors

Doris C. Bongcac 06/29/2019

MANDAUE CITY, Philippines -Left with no other place to dispose the city’s garbage, outgoing Mandaue City Vice Mayor Carlo Fortuna is hopeful that Cebu City and Consolacion town will continue to accommodate the city’s trash. Fortuna said…

528 sea turtles released in Sarangani

/INQ.net 05/23/2019

MAASIM, SARANGANI, Philippines — Sea turtle conservation has been successful in Sarangani province, with 528 hatchlings released in this town’s waters last week. Nilo Tamoria, regional director of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), said…

DENR shuts down 10 hotels in El Nido antipollution drive

Inquirer 05/19/2019

PUERTO PRINCESA CITY, PALAWAN, Philippines — The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has ordered the closure of at least 10 hotels found illegally discharging waste into El Nido’s Bacuit Bay. Michael Drake Matias, director of…

Nograles cites low completion rate of Yolanda housing construction in Cebu

Irene R. Sino Cruz 05/17/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines— Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles on Thursday disclosed that there was a low completion rate for the Yolanda housing construction in Cebu. This holds true specifically in Camotes Island where not even one housing unit…

Lahug River clean up generates 100 sacks of trash

03/09/2019

LOOK: At least 100 sacks  of garbage were collected by personnel from the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR-7)  and volunteers during the Saturday morning, March 9, clean up of the Lahug River in Cebu City.…

ALQC: Developments in Naga landslide area are part of DENR-approved rehab plan

Rosalie O. Abatayo 03/05/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines—Apparent developments at ground zero of the landslide area in Barangay Tinaan, Naga City have prompted speculations that Apo Land and Quarry Corp. (ALQC) has resumed its operations despite the absence of a green light…

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