Gomez to DENR: Cancel ECC issued to poultry farm in Palompon

Futch Anthony Inso 08/11/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Rep. Richard Gomez of the 4th district of Leyte wanted to know why a poultry farm was allowed to operate close to the Palompon Watershed Forest Reserve (PWFR), a protected area. At the…

NBI-7 files charges vs man, mother-in-law for falsifying public documents in land claim

Mary Rose Sagarino 10/27/2022

MANDAUE CITY, Philippines — The National Bureau of Investigation Central Visayas (NBI 7) Cebu District Office has charged a claimant and his mother-in-law for allegedly falsifying documents to prove possession of land in Barangay Paknaan here. The…

Samsam Gullas open to allowing floating cottages in Talisay

Futch Anthony Inso 08/31/2022

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Philippines — Talisay City Mayor Gerald Anthony “Samsam” Gullas is open to allowing floating cottages to operate in the city’s coastal waters. Gullas made said this after he received reports regarding floating cottages that were…

COA tells Bantayan to secure ECC, water permits for desalination plant

Morexette Marie B. Erram 07/15/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Commission on Audit (COA) has flagged the P21-million desalination plant being constructed in Bantayan town, northern Cebu. The state auditing body instructed the local government of Bantayan to secure Environmental Compliance Certificate…

Consolacion officials bent on realizing reclamation project

Mary Rose Sagarino 06/14/2022

MANDAUE CITY, Philippines — A public hearing on the reclamation project in Barangay Tayud that was proposed by the local government of Consolacion was conducted at the amphitheater of the town’s municipal hall on Tuesday, June 14.…

Security guard in Cebu receives ECC assistance

PR 07/17/2018

“ABI nako dili nako mabuhi human ko madunggabi (I thought I would not survive after being stabbed),” said Jonathan Flordelis, security guard of a government hospital in Cebu City. On January 12, 2015, Flordelis was requested by…

EMB- 7: Rico’s Lechon operating without ECC

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 08/24/2017

IT ISN’T just Cebu City Hall that is going after Rico’s Lechon. The Environmental Management Bureau (EMB) of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) 7 is also in pursuit of the company after it found…

Environmental protection and permits

Atty. Gloria Estenzo Ramos 07/09/2017

The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Secretary Roy Cimatu’s announcement that the agency will revert to the process in the past in the issuance of environmental compliance certificate (ECC) left not a few environmental advocates…

City’s private garbage hauler violates ECC

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 06/23/2017

Regional Environmental Management Bureau official says Evo Enviro Solutions violates four out of the 15 conditions stipulated under the environmental compliance certificate Another problem is bothering Cebu City Hall’s private garbage hauler. The Environmental Management Bureau in…

Shared problem

Editorial 02/06/2017

Seven months after he assumed office, Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña finds himself resorting to palliative solutions to resolve the mounting garbage problem in the city after a court ruled against his original plan to reopen the…

EMB to issue cease and desist order for SRP dump site

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 12/20/2016

The Environmental Management Bureau in Central Visayas (EMB 7) will issue a cease and desist order (CDO) to stop the dumping of garbage at the South Road Properies (SRP). EMB-7’s chief legal officer Unalee Monares made this…

Dino hopes court to allow housing in Bantayan Island

Victor Anthony V. Silva 11/29/2016

PRESIDENTIAL Assistant for the Visayas Michael Dino said he was confident the court will lift the injunction on the issuance of Environmental Compliance Certificates (ECC) for construction projects on Bantayan Island, northern Cebu. Dino anchored his optimism…

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