PB backs Cordova demand for oil spill compensation

Peter L. Romanillos 02/19/2014

THE Cebu Provincial Board (PB) expressed its support to the Cordova municipal government’s demand for a P126.8-million compenstion from two shipping companies and an insurer whose vessels caused a massive oil spill in their area last year.…

Tragedy of Silot Bay commons

02/07/2014

The Silot Bay issue in Liloan town is a problem with how commons are being appropriated by a few. The act of owning a part of the sea does not even qualify as feudalism,  although the element…

DENR checking if Silot Bay fence within property limits

Carine M. Asutilla, Peter L. Romanillos 02/07/2014

The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) in Central Visayas sent a team to Silot Bay to check  whether the fencing of the area by the Mendozas is within  proper boundaries. DENR Regional Executive Director Isabelo…

DENR metes P50K fine to dairy farm in Guba

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 02/05/2014

A dairy farm in barangay Guba, Cebu City has been fined by the environment department P50,000 for operating without an Environmental Compliance Certificate (ECC). Water samples were also collected by the Environment Management Bureau (EMB) in the…

Water forum set

02/04/2014

The European Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines (ECCP)will hold its first Water Challenge Forum on March 6 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Cebu Grand Ballroom of Marco Polo Plaza Hotel. With the theme…

Total quarry ban in Sapangdaku mulled

Peter L. Romanillos 02/04/2014

The Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Office (Penro) is proposing a total ban on the extraction of sand and gravel in Sapangdaku River in Toledo City. Penro head Czareem Estella made the recommendation to Gov. Hilario Davide…

How Silot Bay ended up privately owned

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 02/04/2014

In 1954, labor leader Democrito Mendoza acquired a fishpond permit for the bay. In 1967, President Ferdinand Marcos ordered that all fishpond areas be released by the Bureau of Forestry to the Bureau of Lands as “alienable…

Businesswoman invited to clarify reports on waste disposal in area

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 01/30/2014

The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) will invite businesswoman Mimi Yuvienco for a technical conference next week after its team found traces of cow manure in Guba creek. The agency will also impose a P10,000…

The weakly implemented ESWM law

Atty. Gloria Estenzo Ramos 01/27/2014

The image of a mother in Carles, IIoilo carrying her infant near a heap of burning trash which included styrofoam and other food packages is still vivid in my mind. I lost no time in telling her…

Climate change: a youth leader’s view

Atty. Gloria Estenzo Ramos 01/20/2014

It is each citizen’s responsibility to know and understand the root causes of our vastly changed climate and most importantly, to be part of the solution. It is heart-warming to see our youth actively taking the cudgels…

Rain

Raymund Fernandez 01/15/2014

It is around this time of year when things fall into place for the rest of the year. The minutes, the hours, the days fall like rain. The world becomes shades of blue and grey. Who said…

Our right to a sustainable future

Atty. Gloria Estenzo Ramos 01/13/2014

Last week, the news about an oil find in Aloguinsan, Cebu (Cebu Daily News/Jan. 10) surprised and alarmed not a few citizens who are aware of its serious implications in this climate-challenged millennium. Oil is a fossil…

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