LOOK: Rare Rafflesia blooms in Davao Oriental protected area

Beatrice Pinlac - @inquirerdotnet 04/06/2023

MANILA, Philippines — The rare bloom of a Rafflesia – the world’s largest flower with a distinctive rotten odor – has added to the allure of the Aliwagwag Protected Landscape in Cateel, Davao Oriental. The Department of…

No Time To Waste: A collaboration

Analiza Rebuelta-Teh - @inquirerdotnet 09/03/2022

The Philippines, named as the fourth top waste generator in Southeast Asia and one of the top ocean polluters in the world, is undeniably facing a problem on solid waste management (SWM). This is a result of…

Report old trees that need to be cut down, Mandaue firemen urge residents

Mary Rose Sagarino 05/04/2022

  MANDAUE CITY, Philippines — The Mandaue City Fire Office is encouraging residents to request or report to the barangay if there are trees that need to be cut down. The call was made after a couple…

DILG, DENR need to regulate visitors of dolomite beach — DOH

Daniza Fernandez 10/25/2021

MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) and the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) must regulate visitors of the so-called dolomite beach in Manila Bay, Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said…

30 bamboos planted in Mandaue’s Green Corridor

Mary Rose Sagarino 09/17/2021

MANDAUE CITY, Philippines — Thirty Maxima bamboos were planted on Friday, Sept. 17, in Mandaue City’s Green Corridor to celebrate the International Coastal Cleanup Day and World Bamboo Day. Mandaue City Mayor Jonas Cortes and officials of…

Want to do business with PPA? Plant trees first before getting its nod

Daphne Galvez - Reporter / @DYGalvezINQ 01/21/2021

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine Ports Authority is going green. PPA now requires those who want to do business with the agency to plant trees or mangroves before it entertains their papers. On Thursday, the PPA said…

Kalikasan writ eyed against Manila Bay white sand project

Krixia Subingsubing - Reporter / @KrixiasINQ 09/07/2020

MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) claims that the “white sand” being poured to create a beach on a stretch of Manila Bay’s rocky shore poses no harm to the bay’s ecosystem,…

Group tells gov’t: Rehabilitate, not reclaim Manila Bay

Morexette Marie B. Erram 09/04/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Criticisms directed towards the government’s initiative to transform Manila Bay into an artificially made white-sand beach continue to mount. Environmental group Oceana Philippines, in an official statement, expressed alarm on the project. They…

Cimatu to visit Cebu City barangays to assess COVID-19 situation

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 06/23/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Secretary Roy Cimatu of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), who was sent to oversee the Interagency Task Force (IATF) operations in Cebu City, said he will be going to the…

No tree-cutting for a week as DPWH, DENR conduct reassessment

Rosalie Abatayo 10/15/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The century-old trees in the cities of Carcar and Naga are temporarily safe. This happened as the Department of Environment and Natural Resources Central Visayas (DENR-7) and Department of Public Works and Highways…

373 farmers in Cebu, Bohol receive agricultural patents

Irene R. Sino Cruz 09/06/2019

CEBU CITY—Over 300 farmers in Cebu and Bohol received agricultural patents from the Department of Environment and Natural Resources in Central Visayas (DENR-7). In a post on its Facebook page, DENR-7 reported it had distributed 373 agricultural…

20 tons of garbage gathered in Guadalupe River clean-up drive; Mahiga Creek to follow

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 08/17/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines—The Cebu City Government’s move to rehabilitate its waterways and river systems will also be done at the Barangay Mabolo portion of Mahiga Creek come September 2019. Cebu City Mayor Edgardo Labella revealed this on…

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