Gwen stops spring resort in Carmen due to environmental violations

Pia Piquero 05/04/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Cebu Governor Gwen Garcia has ordered a spring resort in Carmen, a northern town of Cebu, to stop its operations due to breaking environmental laws. In Executive Order No. 8, issued on May…

Environmental protection and accountability

Atty. Gloria Estenzo Ramos 10/03/2019

October is celebrated as the Local Government Month, with this year marking the 28th anniversary of the signing of RA 7160, the “revolutionary” Local Government Code of 1991. The Code is meant to make real the principle…

ICC summit aims to promote grassroots level support for environment protection

Irene R. Sino Cruz 09/26/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines–Recognizing the need for widespread support for the protection of the environment in Cebu, Sustainable Energy and Enterprise Development for Communities (Seed4Com ) organized the International Coastal Clean-up summit Wednesday, September 25, at the Hoopsdome…

No confirmed data saying there’s haze in Cebu — EMB-7

Rosalie Abatayo 09/17/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — An official of the Environmental Management Bureau in Central Visayas (EMB-7) says there is no data yet which confirm that a haze is affecting parts of Cebu and its neighbouring provinces.  This is contrary…

‘No more land to build on’

Juli Ann M. Sibi 10/15/2015

If the University of the Philippines-Cebu (UP-Cebu) had a choice, they won’t cut down any of the 19 trees to make room for proposed additional buildings. Based on the plan, nine trees will be cut this year…

UP-Cebu students, eco-advocacy groups oppose cutting down of trees in campus

Juli Ann M. Sibi 10/14/2015

STUDENTS and environmental advocacy groups voiced their opposition to plans by the University of the Philippines- Cebu to cut down nine trees in today’s public hearing on the issue. The trees have to be cut to make…

Averting a ‘major catastrophe’

Atty. Gloria Estenzo Ramos 10/11/2015

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…

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