New library to promote love of reading

Contributor 01/09/2015

A new air-conditioned public library was inaugurated last Dec. 18 at the City of Naga, southern Cebu to promote the love of reading among the residents. The public library, which stands on a 188-square meter lot fronting…

Hazards on the highway

11/23/2014

  What happens if a motorist driving along the national road in southern Cebu  from Naga to Carcar doesn’t notice these trees sticking out of the road? They aren’t visible at night. No warning signs are in…

DENR set to issue permanent protection order for Naga trees

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 11/18/2014

Environment Secretary Ramon Paje said he  will issue a permanent protection order for the 21 trees that were spared from cutting when land was cleared for  a sports oval project of the Naga City government. “He (Paje)…

24 Naga trees cut after filing of Writ of Kalikasan

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 11/09/2014

The city government of Naga resumed cutting the remaining trees in a 3.2-hectare lot that will be transformed into an athletic field. Naga City environment officer Ma. Obdulla Lescano said they cut 21 trees at 8:30 p.m.…

Petition asks Court of Appeals to stop tree cutting in Naga

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 11/08/2014

Five concerned citizens yesterday asked the Court of Appeals (CA) to stop the cutting of trees in Naga City Central School where a sports oval is supposed to be built. They filed a petition for the court…

Five-year-old boy missing after being caught by strong water current

Bjorn Abraham Tabanera, Doris C. Bongcac 11/03/2014

A five-year-old boy went missing after being washed away at the Pandan river in Tinaan, Naga, Monday morning. Christian Dave Alferez was headed to kindergarten class when he left his slippers while crossing the river. The kid…

Burglars strike in Naga

Apple Ta-as 10/23/2014

About P35,000 worth of items and cash were taken by burglars from an apartment in barangay West Inayagan in the City of Naga last Tuesday evening. The 48-year-old apartment owner Jessica Trivinio told police that her 23-year-old…

Naga industrial park seen to create 20,000 jobs

Aileen Garcia-Yap 10/20/2014

At least 20,000 more jobs in the manufacturing sector will be created for Cebu following the recent investment of local developer Primary Properties Corp. (PPC) on a 36-hectare industrial park in the City of Naga. The Naga…

Forestry experts to assess old Cebu trees

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 09/24/2014

The regional office of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR-7) wants to tap two forest pathology experts to assess the condition of trees in southern Cebu. Dr. Ernesto Militante, a retired forest pathologist and Mutya…

Palma: Cut down ailing, century trees that block highway project

09/02/2014

Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma wasn’t misquoted by reporters after all as far as his position on the century-old acacia trees along Cebu’s south is concerned. The 63-year-old prelate made it clear that he supports the cutting of…

Online survey shows support to save century trees

Bjorn Abraham Tabanera 08/11/2014

The ongoing dispute between the Departments of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), Public Works and Highways (DPWH) and environmental groups on the fate of the century-old trees lining up the roads of Naga and Carcar cities has…

Secretary Paje agrees to ‘rethink and reconsider’ tree-cutting permits issued for road widening projects

Jose Santino S. Bunachita, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 08/11/2014

After the DPWH, it’s now the turn of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources to blink. Environment Secretary Ramon Paje was reported to have agreed to “rethink and reconsider” the tree-cutting permits they issued for road…

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