AN online petition has been circulated to mobilize public support against the proposed reclamation project in Cordova town. The project has been described by environmental groups as the biggest reclamation project in the country with a total…
“With all this trouble now, we will just have to cancel the project or move it inland and avoid the coast,” said Toledo City Mayor John Henry “Sonny” Osmeña. Osmeña said this would be the “worst case…
Installing solar panels in houses or commercial centers is part of Visayan Electric Co.’s net metering scheme. (CDN File Photo) Six residential customers of the Visayan Electric Co., Inc. (Veco) have availed of the “sexy business”…
We dared defy the odds, and succeeded. The Supreme Court, by a unanimous vote, has ruled that the offshore oil drilling in Tañon Strait Protected Seascape is unconstitutional. To most of the citizens opposed to the destructive…
Over 15,000 mangroves will be planted in coastal and public plazas and parks in nine coastal areas in Medellin and Pinamungajan towns and Danao City for the annual Earth Day observance on April 22. The activity to…
He walks the talk—and quite literally, too. Apart from being an incorrigible living and breathing environmentalist (he traded his car for the “luxury” of walking and considers picking up random rubbish for fun) who is gung ho…
A spinner dolphin was found dead on the shore of barangay Punta Engaño in Lapu-Lapu City Monday morning. Local fishermen found the sea animal bleeding and lifeless. They immediately contacted Task Force Kalikasan to examine the dolphin…
The Supreme Court under then Chief Justice Reynato Puno promulgated A.M. No. 09-6-8-SC, the trailblazing Rules of Procedure for Environmental Cases (the “Rules”) on April 13, 2010. American author and lawyer Elizabeth Barrett Ristroph acknowledges that “In…
Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama yesterday flew to Seoul, South Korea to attend a world congress on environmental initiatives. The mayor was invited as a speaker by the event organizers, the International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives…
The crucial role of barangays in the life of the nation, specifically in protecting our rights to life, health, livelihood and environment, is sadly underestimated. Imagine if over more than 40000 barangays in the country are self-reliant…
On my way to the Mactan airport, a heartbreaking sight caught my range of vision. A male senior citizen nonchalantly poured a pail full of debris into the polluted river. Obviously, it was a destructive regular habit…
We are now in the throes of preparing for the New Year celebration. The question that comes to the mind is: Are we facing 2015 with glee or with trepidation? Thankfully, just like the past years, many…
