CEBU Auxiliary Bishop Oscar Florencio yesterday urged the faithful to become stewards of the environment. “It (environment) is a gift to us. It has to be respected as a gift,” he said in his homily during the…
Amid the potshots and verbal tirades he unloaded at administration standard-bearer Mar Roxas, Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte articulated one obvious, yet still valid point, when asked to explain his stand on climate change. The mayor, who’s…
Last week, Scotland closed the last of its coal power plants. “The Longannet power station, the last and largest coal-fired power plant in Scotland, ceased operations Thursday. What once was the largest coal plant in Europe shut…
Yesterday, all roads led to the University of the Philippines-Cebu (UP Cebu) campus for the much-awaited second leg of the national presidential debate organized by the Commission on Elections. It is a credit to the leadership of…
FORMER United States vice president Al Gore on Monday rallied hundreds of “climate leaders” to take on the “extraordinary challenge” of convincing people from different parts of the world to address climate change. “We’re in an unusual…
The recently concluded climate change conference in Paris, France, known as the 21st Conference of Parties (COP21), may not draw praise from environmental groups who said the agreement signed by the world’s nations was inadequate. But First…
Reef gleaning, or “panginhas” in Cebuano, has been an integral part of the lifestyle of seaside villagers, most especially the women and children. This practice has been ongoing for as long as we can remember, dating back…
The specter of El Niño, the strongest in five decades, as scientists have so warned, is still to seep into the consciousness of many. While the national government has boldly asserted that it is preparing for its…
Official also notes high fecal coliform level in Mactan beaches Some major rivers in Cebu have been found to have poor water quality, the Environmental Management Bureau in region 7 reported. Only the Luyang River in Carmen…
Nineteen trees at the University of the Philippines-Cebu (UP Cebu) campus will be cut down this year to make way for additional school buildings in its 12.8-hectare property. “Understandably, these trees are important. But the school has…
There is literally too much money chasing too few fish,” somberly noted US Secretary John Kerry to the participants of the second “Our Oceans Conference” in Valparaiso, Chile last week. He obviously referred to the big global…
THE Cebu Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCCI) – Bantayan chapter is not against planting of mangroves, but is against planting of bakhaw (Rhizophora species) on seagrass areas. Robert Ybañez, who represented the chamber in a dialogue…
