SINULOG GARBAGE WATCH

Inna Gian Mejia 12/05/2017

To encourage revelers to throw their trash in designated bins and to help the city’s street sweepers after the Sinulog Festival, the Cebu City government is introducing a program called “Sinulog Garbage Watch.” The program will involve…

A shared responsibility – a healthy environment

Atty. Gloria Estenzo Ramos 11/12/2017

Were you among the captivated viewers of Atom Araullo’s “Philippine Seas” documentary aired by GMA 7 on November 5? It was excellently crafted and for advocates, a much-needed platform to highlight not just the world-renowned beauty of…

Experts: Landslides to continue, ground to stabilize in 4 months

Morexette Marie B. Erram 11/11/2017

The landslides will likely continue for at least four to six months, the time estimated by experts for the ground in the affected barangays in Boljoon town to stabilize. Rafael Luche, Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office…

‘Danger Zone’ expands

Morexette Marie B. Erram 10/31/2017

The municipal government of Boljoon has expanded the areas affected by the landslide in Barangay Lower Becerril to three sitios and required all of its residents to abandon these places as it is no longer safe for…

Oposa emphasizes negative effects of dev’t in forum

Jessa Mae O. Sotto 10/01/2017

PLANT seeds of ideas and inspiration. This was the challenge of environmental lawyer Antonio Oposa to the students from the different schools during a forum titled “The time for talk is over: Edible landscapes and Road Sharing”…

Inayawan scavengers oppose city’s plan for landfill

Chris A. Ligan, USJ-R Journalism Intern Kristine Q. Remolisan 09/27/2017

At least 50 scavengers of Inayawan Sanitary Landfill were blocked from entering the Cebu City hall building to join their leaders in giving copies of their petition against the proposed construction of a waste incinerator at the…

Lopez and her CA rejection

Ricky Poca 05/08/2017

  The first week of May started with the sad news of Environment Secretary Gina Lopez being rejected by the Commission on Appointments (CA) in Congress. Many Filipinos were disappointed by the CA’s decision to reject Lopez…

From plastic trash to plastic bag

Morexette Erram 05/01/2017

Trash to treasure” may be a cliché, but what it signifies is really what is direly needed today. For 20-year-old Fine Arts student Marriel Colaljo a native of Naga City, Cebu, her advocacy of saving the earth…

Hazards of the job

Editorial 04/10/2017

She hasn’t been confirmed yet, but nearly one year into her tenure, Environment Secretary Gina Lopez has been butting heads with government officials and officials of mining firms, most of which she suspended in her belief that…

ARN development in Binaliw ‘illegal’

Nestle L. Semilla 04/05/2017

THE development done by ARN Builders on a private lot in Sitio Kainsikan, Barangay Binaliw was deemed illegal by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources-Environment Management Bureau in Central Visayas (DENR-EMB 7). Cebu City Councilor Joel…

Palma calls on stakeholders to help protect the environment

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 03/25/2017

AS Metro Cebu residents switched off their lights to join the global observance of Earth Hour yesterday, Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma called on the public to do their share to protect and preserve the environment. Speaking to…

Lopez’s fate

Editorial 03/13/2017

In the likelihood that she is rejected by the Commission on Appointments (CA), Environment Secretary Gina Lopez’s exit is more a loss to President Duterte’s administration than to herself. In fact, if what she is championing for…

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