CPDRC guards ang kunsabo?

Lloyd Suarez 08/04/2014

With all due respect,  gi-mislead si Governor Junjun Davide sa iyang mga tawo nga ipagawas gyud nga  dili  tinuod nga gikan sa Cebu Provincial Detention and  Rehabilitation Center  (CPDRC)  ang shabu  nga  gikompra  ni Jocelyn Pilapil Curia…

Old, rotting Acacia tree falls on highway in Carcar city; Impact misses neighbors

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 07/27/2014

CLOSE CALL AT 4:30 AM His family was sleeping soundly when a loud thud woke them at 4:30 am. Jun Bacon, his wife and two daughters got up, thinking a typhoon had hit barangay Perrelos, Carcar City.…

Caring for century-old trees

07/15/2014

The collapse of a nearly century-old giant acacia tree in  San Fernando town, southern Cebu is a painful reminder of how time, abuse and neglect can  erode a  magnificent living tower  and cause harm to whoever is…

Sharks fly no more

07/11/2014

Public awareness of the need to conserve the ocean’s apex predator – the sharks – was heightened  when its  slaughter and consumption was exposed in Cebu lately. Several restaurants responded by removing shark’s fin soup from their…

DENR appeals anew for copy of tree video

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 07/11/2014

The regional office of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR-7)  has renewed its request for a copy of the footage of a closed-circuit television (CCTV) camera recording from the Cebu City government that may have…

2 coal-fired plants for Naga; Salcon rehab plant junked

Aileen Garcia-Yap, Peter L. Romanillos 07/02/2014

Two new coal-fired power plants that will add 200 megawatts to the Visayas grid will be built in the City of Naga, southern Cebu within three to four years. Cesar Villarete, senior manager of Salcon Power Corp.…

Shark meat factory owner insists they didn’t violate local law

Norman V. Mendoza 06/30/2014

The owner of a shark meat processing factory located in sitio Suba Masulog in barangay Suba-basbas, Lapu-Lapu City said he didn’t violate any law by receiving imported gummy shark meat  from Australia. “We asked the Bureau of…

DENR to tap Oposa in filing case against resort

Peter L. Romanillos 06/30/2014

The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) will file a case against Marlin’s Beach Resort even though the  management told reporters it is willing to take down its seawall in Sta. Fe town, Bantayan Island. “Our…

Wounded dolphin rescued

06/24/2014

A dolphin was rescued by Bantay Dagat members after it got stranded along the coast of the South Road Properties (SRP) Kawit Island yesterday afternoon. The dolphin was rescued at 4 pm yesterday by Antonio Tahir, Bantay…

Court denies Argao govt petition to lift DENR stoppage order

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 06/19/2014

The Regional Trial Court denied the Argao municipal government’s petition to cancel the road project stoppage order issued by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR). In his June 9 order, RTC Judge Maximo Perez said…

Cordova coastal folk complain about drilling, use of ‘chemicals’, noise in Mactan stone quarrying

Peter L. Romanillos 06/05/2014

Several residents and fisherfolk families living in the coastal barangay of Bangbang in Cordova town have complained about the excavation of coral stone in the area. Backhoes and jackhammers are used to drill and cut blocks of…

Mainstreaming environmental justice

Atty. Gloria Estenzo Ramos 06/02/2014

In a presentation made by Kaabag sa Sugbo coordinator Cathy Ruiz during the recently concluded Environmental Law Talks3 (ELT3) organized by the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (KAS) Rule of Law Program Asia and the University of Cebu (UC),…

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