54 charged for illegal fishing in Tañon Strait

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 11/19/2015

AT least 54 people have been charged for  illegal fishing in Tañon Strait between Cebu and Negros Islands from September to October this year. Four commercial fishing boats were also apprehended and remain in custody of the…

23 charged for illegal cutting of trees in Toledo City

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 11/18/2015

Criminal charges were filed on Monday against 21 directors and officers  of three corporations, a lot owner and a steward after  982 trees were cut down without a permit in Toledo City. The Department of Environment and…

DENR-7 seeks custody of felled trees

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 11/13/2015

AFTER 982 trees were found illegally cut down in a private lot in Toledo city, who will keep the felled trees? Renewable energy developer SunAsia Energy, Inc. should turn over the  trees  cut down in the Baltao…

Permit to cut trees available online

Mary Claire U. Catado 11/06/2015

THE Department of Environment and Natural Resources in Central Visayas (DENR 7) has initiated an online application for the issuance of permit to cut trees. DENR 7 Enforcement Division Chief Ariel Rica said the online process will…

Stinking garbage

Editorial 10/28/2015

  One of the items included in that much-talked-about (at least in Cebu City) Supplemental Budget 1 (SB1) was the funds that will be used by the city government to pay the private haulers of garbage and…

Weather experts believe haze affecting Cebu again

Jose Santino S. Bunachita, Marites Villamor Ilano, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 10/24/2015

  Pagasa notes poor visibility in Cebu; EMB takes air samples with new gear Cebu had gloomy skies and visibility was poor as a team from the Environmental Management Bureau (EMB) took air samples using a new…

Group opposes garbage facility

Nestle L. Semilla 10/18/2015

A HOMEOWNERS association, whose members are families of active and retired military personnel, objected to the construction of a materials recovery facility (MRF) in barangay Apas, Cebu City. In a letter to Vice Mayor Edgardo Labella, the…

‘Do we need to cut trees?’

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 07/27/2015

Removal should be backed by study, not opinion—IEC venue chief A Church official in charge of the venue for next year’s International Eucharistic Congress (IEC) said any removal of trees planted in center islands should be backed…

City needs to request DENR to remove trees

Melissa Q. Cabahug 07/18/2015

THE Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) 7 has not received any written request from the Cebu City government to earth-ball or cut down  the 43 trees along Pope John Paul II Avenue in barangay Mabolo…

Firm to face raps for cutting trees in protected area

Melissa Q. Cabahug 07/16/2015

THE Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR 7) held a contractor accountable for illegally cutting 54 trees in sitio Camp 2, barangay Jaclupan, Talisay City. DENR-7 information officer Eddie Llamedo said QM Builders, which was contracted…

Rama: Remove center island

Jose Santino S. Bunachita, Nestle L. Semilla 07/08/2015

Move will ease traffic in Pope John Paul II Avenue in time for APEC meet Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama is proposing to remove the center island along Pope John Paul II Avenue (formerly known as J.…

Sta. Fe wants probe on vessels dumping wastes

Melissa Q. Cabahug 06/08/2015

THE municipal council of Sta. Fe town in Bantayan Island will pass a resolution in today’s session asking the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) to investigate the vessels that were dumping their wastes on their…

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